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Prize money rankings in overall history
Another characteristic of keirin cyclists is the fact that they have a long career life. It’s no surprise that there are competitors in their 50’s. Here, we’re going to introduce the top 5 of the grand total prize money rankings, and that of the annual total prize money rankings.
Grand total prize money rankings
| 1st | Yuichiro Kamiyama | 2,873,131,709 yen |
| 2nd | Yoshihiro Murakami | 1,938,921, 789 yen |
| 3rd | Yuji Yamada | 1,917,825,099 yen |
| 4th | Masamitsu Takizawa | 1,576,440,831 yen |
| 5th | Masayoshi Kobashi | 1,710,733,488 yen |
*Date of reference; 31st, December, 2019
Annual total prize money rankings
| Rankings | name of cyclist | sum of prize money | year |
| 1st | Ryuki Mitani | 255,313,000 yen | 2018 |
| 2nd | Yuji Yamada | 244, 348, 500 yen | 2002 |
| 3rd | Hiroyuki Murakami | 237,938,200 yen | 2010 |
| 4th | Yoshihiro Murakami | 229,204,000 yen | 2016 |
| 5th | Yuichiro Kamiyama | 228,571,400 yen | 1997 |
*Reference; December, 2020
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