Yoshihide Muroya
Born	(1973-01-27) 27 January 1973 (age 51)
Nationality	Japan
Website	yoshi-muroya.jp

Yoshihide "Yoshi" Muroya (室屋 義秀, Muroya Yoshihide, born 27 January 1973) is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot^[1] 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.

In 2021, Muroya partnered with Lexus to launch Lexus/Pathfinder Air Racing, a joint team competing in the Air Race World Championship.^[2]

Racing record

Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Yoshihide Muroya at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Rank
2009	13th	11th	14th	12th	10th	6th			9	0	14th
2010	10th	9th	12th	DNS		12th	CAN	CAN	5	0	12th
Series not held between 2011 and 2013
2014	9th	3rd	10th	12th	6th	9th	9th	9th	10	0	9th
2015	6th	8th	10th	9th	3rd	10th	3rd	4th	23	0	6th
2016	7th	14th	1st	5th	8th	14th	5th	CAN	31.5	1	6th
2017	13th	1st	1st	3rd	13th	6th	1st	1st	74	4	1st
2018	2nd	4th	14th	11th	8th	2nd	12th	5th	40	0	5th
2019	1st								28	1	1st

Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified

Gallery

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  Aerobatics by Extra 300S
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  Sukhoi Su-26
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  Extra 300L
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  Zivko Edge 540 V2
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  Zivko Edge 540 V3 of FALKEN color