Japanese rider, Takaaki Nakagami, currently racing in the FIM MotoGP World Championship Moto2 class, will compete in the MotoGP premier class from the beginning of the 2018 season.

Nakagami first competed in the Moto2 class in 2012 season. Two years later, he joined IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia, a part of Honda's initiative to nurture Asian riders to compete on the world stage. In 2016, Nakagami was on the Moto2 podium four times including his first victory at the Dutch TT. This season, he has already finished on the podium three times, and as of the completion of Round 11, the Austrian Grand Prix, Nakagami is 7th place in the championship.

In the upcoming 2018 MotoGP season, Nakagami will be joining LCR Honda, riding Honda's RC213V MotoGP race bike to challenge established teams.

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