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Japanese bicycle racer

Kohei Uchima

Uchima in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Kohei UchimaJapanese: 内間 康平
Born (1988-11-08) November 8, 1988 (age 36)Urasoe, Japan
Team information
Disciplines RoadTrack
Role Rider
Professional teams
2011–2013 D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo
2014–2016 Bridgestone–Anchor
2017–2018 Nippo–Vini Fantini
2019–2020 Team Ukyo[1]

Kohei Uchima (内間 康平, Uchima Kōhei, born November 8, 1988, in Urasoe) is a Japanese cyclist, who was selected to represent Japan in the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.[2]

After ten years as a professional – competing with Bridgestone–Anchor, Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini (two spells) and Team Ukyo – Uchima retired from road cycling in August 2020, aiming to enter Keirin racing.[3]

  1. ^ "Team Ukyo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "世界選手権日本代表選手が決定". Cyclist Sanspo. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Uchima Yasuhira senshu keiyaku shūryōnōshirase" 内間康平選手契約終了のお知らせ [Kohei Uchima Notice of termination of contract] (PDF). Team Ukyo (in Japanese). Katayama Planning Co., Ltd. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.