Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga (芳賀 紀行, Haga Noriyuki; born 2 March 1975 in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya) is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He won 43 world championship superbike races during a 25-year racing career, making him one of the most accomplished competitors never to have won a Superbike World Championship. Haga was the runner-up in the championship three times and, four times finished in third place. His 43 victories rank him sixth all time in the history of the Superbike World Championship behind Jonathan Rea, Álvaro Bautista, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, Carl Fogarty and Troy Bayliss. Haga ranks fourth behind Troy Corser, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea in career World Superbike race starts with 313. He last competed in the 2018 CIV Supersport 600 Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.