Yoshihide Muroya
Yoshihide "Yoshi" Muroya is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He started glider flight training in 1991 because it was an inexpensive way to fly. Muroya went to the United States privately to earn his airplane license at the age of twenty.
After that, he worked long hours to earn enough money to get his training in the United States for a period of two months a year. At the same time, he continued glider training in Japan and learned long-distance flight techniques in Australia.
In 2009 he participated in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as first Japanese and first Asian pilot. Special Team Mate Robert Fry joined as Team coordinator.
In the final race in Barcelona, Spain he took 6th place. In 2017 he became Red Bull Air Race's World Champion.
Until now, he has held some 170 air-shows over 12 years without incident.Racing record
Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: DisqualifiedGallery
