1997 All Japan Superbike Championship
Between March 16 and November 2 1997, 118 riders competed in 12 races on 6 circuits.
Race summary
Key: E = total entries / P = total riders who practised / Q = total qualifiers / S = total starters / C = total classified finishers.
| Date | Circuit | Winner | E | P | Q | S | C | Conditions | Distance | Avg. KMH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-16 |  Suzuka | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 58 | 55 | 43 | 44 | 36 | Cloudy / Dry | 164.19 km | 160.01 km/h |
| 1997-04-27 | Sugo | Yuichi TAKEDA / Honda | 43 | 40 | 40 | 29 | Sunny / Dry | 93.44 km | 146.41 km/h | |
| 1997-05-18 | Tsukuba | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 34 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 24 | Sunny / Dry | 62.10 km | 127.80 km/h |
| 1997-06-01 | Suzuka | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 68 | 63 | 44 | 44 | 36 | Cloudy / Dry | 205.24 km | 160.25 km/h |
| 1997-06-22 | Fuji | Yuichi TAKEDA / Honda | 53 | 52 | 40 | 40 | 34 | Overcast / Dry | 89.49 km | 164.14 km/h |
| 1997-07-06 | Sugo | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 37 | 32 | 32 | 27 | Cloudy / Dry | 93.44 km | 145.43 km/h | |
| 1997-08-10 | CP MINE | Shin'ichi ITO / Honda | 25 | 21 | 21 | 21 | Cloudy / Wet | 55.06 km | 114.81 km/h | |
| 1997-09-07 | Suzuka | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 54 | 44 | 44 | 37 | Cloudy / Dry | 87.96 km | 160.85 km/h | |
| 1997-09-07 | Suzuka | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 54 | 44 | 43 | 33 | Overcast / Dry | 87.96 km | 161.08 km/h | |
| 1997-09-21 | Tsukuba | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 39 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | Overcast / Dry | 60.03 km | 126.77 km/h |
| 1997-10-19 | TI Aida | Katsuaki FUJIWARA / Suzuki | 39 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 30 | Sunny / Dry | 92.55 km | 143.42 km/h |
| 1997-11-02 | Sugo | Katsuaki FUJIWARA / Suzuki | 52 | 46 | 40 | 40 | 33 | Sunny / Dry | 93.44 km | 146.68 km/h |
Rider statistics
Key: R = total races started / W = total wins / P = total podiums / PP = total pole positions / RT = total retirements / BF = best finish pos. / AF = average finish pos. / AP = average points scored per race / Fin. % = percentage of races finished / TL = total laps completed / BG = best grid position / AG = average grid position.
| Rider | Points | R | W | P | PP | RT | BF | AF | AP | Fin. % | TL | BG | AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abiko, Katsutoshi | 1 | 28 | 28 | 100.00 % | 24 | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Akiyoshi, Kousuke | 57.00 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6.33 | 100.00 % | 201 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Anzai, Kazuto | 1 | 28 | 28 | 100.00 % | 21 | 36 | 36 | ||||||
| Aoki, Tomonao | 3 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 33.33 % | 46 | 30 | 37 | |||||
| Aoyanagi, Yukihiro | 8.00 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 0.80 | 90.00 % | 213 | 16 | 25 | |||
| Arai, Shuya | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 1.50 | 75.00 % | 81 | 12 | 24 | |||
 Bontempi, Piergiorgio | 1 | 12 | 12 | 100.00 % | 35 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Fujibayashi, Katsushi | 9.00 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2.25 | 100.00 % | 98 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| Fujiwara, Katsuaki | 167.00 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13.92 | 100.00 % | 289 | 1 | 4 | |
| Fujiwara, Norihiko | 9.00 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9.00 | 100.00 % | 35 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Fukami, Takahiro | 2.00 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 0.22 | 77.78 % | 180 | 17 | 25 | |||
| Fushimi, Yoshimasa | 1 | 26 | 26 | 100.00 % | 19 | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| Gomi, Morimichi | 2 | 19 | 27 | 100.00 % | 47 | 16 | 21 | ||||||
| Goriku, Yasuhiko | 3 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 33.33 % | 38 | 14 | 28 | |||||
| Haga, Noriyuki | 202.00 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16.83 | 91.67 % | 281 | 1 | 3 |
| Haraguchi, Yuji | 27.00 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2.45 | 81.82 % | 223 | 14 | 16 | |||
| Hasegawa, Hideto | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 5 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| Hasegawa, Katsunori | 35.00 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 3.18 | 100.00 % | 257 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| Higashimura, Isami | 3.00 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1.50 | 100.00 % | 30 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Imura, Kazuhiro | 7 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 85.71 % | 145 | 20 | 31 | |||||
| Ito, Shin'ichi | 134.00 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11.17 | 91.67 % | 276 | 1 | 4 |
| Izutsu, Hitoyasu | 51.00 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4.64 | 72.73 % | 211 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Kamada, Manabu | 51.00 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4.25 | 83.33 % | 269 | 11 | 13 | |||
| Kamiya, Noboru | 1 | 30 | 30 | 100.00 % | 26 | 34 | 34 | ||||||
| Kaneyasu, Tomohiko | 9.00 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 1.29 | 71.43 % | 129 | 13 | 19 | |||
| Kanki, Keishiro | 1 | 29 | 29 | 100.00 % | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Kawase, Hiroaki | 2 | 24 | 26 | 100.00 % | 61 | 35 | 37 | ||||||
| Kikugawa, Kosei | 1 | 36 | 36 | 100.00 % | 24 | 43 | 43 | ||||||
| Kishida, Takaharu | 4 | 17 | 24 | 100.00 % | 88 | 19 | 23 | ||||||
| Kitagawa, Keiichi | 64.00 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10.67 | 100.00 % | 137 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Kobayashi, Hiroki | 4 | 17 | 25 | 100.00 % | 87 | 21 | 36 | ||||||
| Kobayashi, Toshiya | 2.00 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 0.50 | 75.00 % | 87 | 16 | 22 | |||
| Konishi, Yoshiteru | 1.00 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 100.00 % | 34 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Koshiyama, Katsuhito | 7 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 71.43 % | 148 | 17 | 26 | |||||
| Kunimatsu, Toshiki | 8.00 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 1.60 | 80.00 % | 79 | 13 | 28 | |||
| Maesoba, Hidenori | 1 | 30 | 30 | 100.00 % | 24 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Matsubara, Izumi | 3 | 21 | 25 | 100.00 % | 71 | 26 | 32 | ||||||
| Matsushima, Yu | 2 | 26 | 29 | 100.00 % | 49 | 32 | 36 | ||||||
| Matsushita, Toshitake | 1 | 33 | 33 | 100.00 % | 19 | 39 | 39 | ||||||
| Minamikawa, Kozo | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 50.00 % | 33 | 29 | 31 | |||||
| Mizusawa, Tamotsu | 2.00 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0.25 | 87.50 % | 160 | 15 | 23 | |||
| Murakami, Masakatsu | 1 | 26 | 26 | 100.00 % | 24 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Nakamura, Ken'ichiro | 1.00 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 0.14 | 85.71 % | 142 | 18 | 26 | |||
| Nakamura, Tamotsu | 4 | 4 | RT | 0.00 % | 24 | 27 | 32 | ||||||
| Nakamura, Yoshihiko | 3 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 66.67 % | 60 | 31 | 33 | |||||
| Nakatani, Shin'ya | 47.00 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 3.92 | 100.00 % | 288 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| Nakaue, Shin'ichi | 2 | 27 | 30 | 100.00 % | 60 | 35 | 39 | ||||||
| Nakazawa, Keiichi | 4 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 75.00 % | 81 | 29 | 33 | |||||
| Narumi, Hideaki | 1 | 22 | 22 | 100.00 % | 28 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Nashimoto, Kei | 7.00 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 3.50 | 100.00 % | 62 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| Nishijima, Osamu | 10.00 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 2.00 | 60.00 % | 70 | 13 | 15 | |||
| Ohya, Tohru | 2.00 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.50 | 50.00 % | 75 | 20 | 24 | |||
| Onishi, Hideki | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 13 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Onodera, Yasuhiro | 2.00 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 0.50 | 100.00 % | 99 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| Osaki, Ryuichi | 3 | 17 | 21 | 100.00 % | 81 | 25 | 29 | ||||||
| Ota, Hiroshi | 5 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 80.00 % | 97 | 25 | 32 | |||||
| Ryo, Akira | 125.00 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11.36 | 90.91 % | 240 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Sasaki, Eiji | 3 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 66.67 % | 60 | 25 | 30 | |||||
| Sasaki, Masana | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 0 | 38 | 38 | ||||||
| Sato, Kiyokazu | 5 | 16 | 22 | 100.00 % | 119 | 20 | 25 | ||||||
| Sekido, Yasushi | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 50.00 % | 36 | 26 | 30 | |||||
| Senmyo, Hideo | 2.00 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 0.20 | 80.00 % | 193 | 15 | 24 | |||
| Serizawa, Tamaki | 79.00 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6.58 | 83.33 % | 255 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Shimizu, Kazuki | 1.00 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 100.00 % | 25 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Shimizu, Takumi | 1 | 30 | 30 | 100.00 % | 19 | 37 | 37 | ||||||
| Shimoda, Ken'ichi | 2 | 20 | 22 | 100.00 % | 52 | 21 | 26 | ||||||
| Shiomi, Keiji | 1 | 21 | 21 | 100.00 % | 24 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Sohwa, Takahiro | 56.00 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5.09 | 90.91 % | 233 | 1 | 10 | |
| Sugesawa, Hitoshi | 1 | 32 | 32 | 100.00 % | 19 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Sugino, Hidefumi | 3 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 66.67 % | 37 | 32 | 40 | |||||
| Suzuki, Takayuki | 6 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 83.33 % | 116 | 22 | 26 | |||||
| Suzuki, Tohru | 1 | 28 | 28 | 100.00 % | 22 | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| Taga, Yuichiro | 1 | 26 | 26 | 100.00 % | 34 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Takahara, Masayuki | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 7 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Takahashi, Hiroshi | 1 | 27 | 27 | 100.00 % | 23 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 3 | 18 | 19 | 100.00 % | 64 | 20 | 21 | ||||||
| Takamiya, Yoshifumi | 2 | 20 | 23 | 100.00 % | 51 | 24 | 26 | ||||||
| Takatsuto, Yoshihiko | 4 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 75.00 % | 92 | 25 | 34 | |||||
| Takeda, Yuichi | 149.00 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12.42 | 100.00 % | 285 | 1 | 5 | |
| Takeishi, Shin'ya | 85.00 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7.08 | 66.67 % | 242 | 1 | 3 | |
| Takemi, Shogo | 4 | 19 | 24 | 100.00 % | 73 | 27 | 31 | ||||||
| Taniguchi, Hitoshi | 3 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 66.67 % | 48 | 27 | 29 | |||||
| Tokinaga, Makoto | 5 | 16 | 23 | 100.00 % | 109 | 21 | 25 | ||||||
| Tokunaga, Masaki | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 5 | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Tomita, Nobumichi | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 50.00 % | 34 | 30 | 31 | |||||
| Tsujimoto, Noriyuki | 5 | 18 | 25 | 100.00 % | 96 | 19 | 31 | ||||||
| Tsukamoto, Masaaki | 6 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 83.33 % | 103 | 18 | 32 | |||||
| Tsukamoto, Shoichi | 36.00 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9.00 | 100.00 % | 80 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Tsuruta, Ryuji | 7.00 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7.00 | 100.00 % | 25 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Tsutsui, Hideaki | 8 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 62.50 % | 150 | 18 | 23 | |||||
| Watanabe, Katsuya | 1 | 29 | 29 | 100.00 % | 24 | 39 | 39 | ||||||
| Yabumoto, Hiroaki | 3 | 3 | RT | 0.00 % | 38 | 38 | 39 | ||||||
| Yamakawa, Mamoru | 3 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 33.33 % | 27 | 31 | 33 | |||||
| Yamamoto, Takuma | 3.00 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1.50 | 100.00 % | 50 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| Yamanaka, Masayuki | 3.00 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 0.60 | 100.00 % | 135 | 21 | 26 | ||||
| Yanagawa, Akira | 10.00 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10.00 | 100.00 % | 35 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Yanagi, Ken'ichi | 1.00 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0.17 | 100.00 % | 135 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| Yoshihiro, Atsushi | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 23 | 38 | 41 | ||||||
| Yoshikawa, Wataru | 140.00 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11.67 | 91.67 % | 278 | 1 | 5 | |
| Yoshioka, Naoki | 2 | 30 | 33 | 100.00 % | 27 | 36 | 36 |
Manufacturer statistics
Key: C = total competitors representing this manufacturer / R = total races started / W = total wins / P = total podiums / PP = total pole positions / RT = total retirements / BF = best finish pos. / AF = average finish pos. / AP = average points scored per race / Fin. % = percentage of races finished / TL = total laps completed / BG = best grid position / AG = average grid position.
| Manufacturer | Points | C | R | W | P | PP | RT | BF | AF | AP | Fin. % | TL | BG | AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducati | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 75.00 % | 310 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| Honda | 36 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 84.12 % | 3559 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Kawasaki | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 83.18 % | 2222 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Suzuki | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 92.73 % | 1256 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Yamaha | 20 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 79.57 % | 1900 | 1 | 20 |