Comments on: Japanese Keirin ~ Sprinting Across Culture

By: twotone

twotone — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:13:47 +0000

Even more Keirin history from John Prolly.

By: Eddie Dawkins

Eddie Dawkins — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:29:47 +0000

I am the New Zealand national elite keirin champion and it has always been a dream of mine to ride in the japanese keirin circut. For someone like me, What are the options for me to get noticed or invited to attend the keirin school as an international rider?

Thhank you
Eddie Dawkins

By: michael

michael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:16:56 +0000

how can one go to the school? im very interested in it and would like to apply. i cant find any information on how to actually get in. my kilometer time is 1:05

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:24:36 +0000

Thanks for the information. I’d be interested in trying it.

By: Craig Howitt

Craig Howitt — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:21:29 +0000

Nice article, very informative

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:51:02 +0000

Shikaku is just another term for “disqualify” for any number of reasons for that particular race and there are many of them that have no effect on your overall career (like riding below the lower line for more than X# of seconds). Other reasons could certainly end your career (like getting caught working with some yakuza fixing a race by taking someone out in order for someone to win lots of $$), but those are quite rare.

Koichi Nakano was one of the first Japanese Keirin riders to compete outside Japan.

I recently learned at the US Hall of Fame induction ceremony from an old time track racer from the 50’s-60’s that there was an exhibition team of keirin racers who came to the USA to do some racing in 1953. Don’t know much more than that but it might be worth exploring in more detail.

As of a couple years ago the Japns. Keirin Assn. made some major changes to their rules for entering the keirin league: non-Japanese are eligible, there’s no age restrictions, and there are no more written exams. So, if you’re fast enough (I think your 1 km TT time has to be under 1:15 sec to qualify now). I’ve tried getting an official from the Keirin Assn. to confirm this but so far they haven’t responded to my email request; you might want to continue pursuing this before publishing it as fact.

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:19:51 +0000

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