Yukiya Arashiro

Yukiya Arashiro (新城幸也, Arashiro Yukiya; born 22 September 1984) is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini.^[5]

Yukiya Arashiro

Arashiro in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Yukiya Arashiro
Born	(1984-09-22) 22 September 1984 (age 40) Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2006	Cycle Racing Team Vang
2007	Nippo Corporation
2008	Meitan Hompo-GDR
2009–2015	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2016	Lampre–Merida
2017–2024	Bahrain–Merida[1][2][3][4]
2025–	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Asian Road Race Championships (2011) National Road Race Championships (2007, 2013, 2022)
Medal record Representing  Japan Men's road bicycle racing Asian Championships 2011 Nakhon Ratchasima Road race 2016 Izu Road race 2025 Phitsanulok Mixed team relay 2008 Nara Time trial 2023 Rayong Road race 2024 Almaty Time trial

Career

Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National Road Race Championships three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022.

In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the Tour de France.^[6] Along with Fumiyuki Beppu, he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasions Kisso Kawamuro and Daisuke Imanaka had started, but not finished, the race.^[7] By finishing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish two Grand Tour events.^[8] He recorded a third-place stage finish on the fifth stage, behind breakaway companions Jérôme Pineau and Julien Fouchard.^[9] He completed his third Tour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time^[10]—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.^[11] He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 48th place.^[12] A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by the UCI, the Tour du Limousin of the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Limoges.^[13] Competing in the 2015 Vuelta a España,^[14] he became the first Japanese person to finish the three Grand Tours.^[15] He took part three further times in the Olympic road race, coming 27th (2016), 35th (2021), and 56th (2024).

Arashiro has completed all sixteen Grand Tours that he has started, with a best finish of 65th at the 2014 Tour de France and the 2015 Vuelta a España.

Major results

2005

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial

1st Road race

9th Tour de Okinawa

2006

3rd Overall Tour du Limousin

3rd Tour de Okinawa

2007

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan

2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León

1st Mountains classification

2nd Tour du Jura

3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido

1st Stage 4

3rd Tour de Okinawa

5th Japan Cup

7th Tour du Finistère

2008

1st Overall Tour de Okinawa

1st Stages 1 & 2

Asian Road Championships

3rd Time trial

10th Road race

3rd Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 2

3rd Overall Tour de Kumano

1st Stage 2

5th Overall Tour of Japan

7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

2009

9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

10th Trophée des Grimpeurs

10th Grand Prix de Denain

2010

1st Critérium cycliste international de Quillan

5th Paris–Tours

7th Grand Prix de la Somme

9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

9th Val d'Ille Classic

9th Japan Cup

2011

Asian Road Championships

1st Road race

4th Time trial

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Paris–Corrèze

10th Overall Tour du Limousin

2012

1st Overall Tour du Limousin

Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France

2013

1st Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Tour du Limousin

2014

10th Amstel Gold Race

2015

3rd Japan Cup

5th Paris–Camembert

6th Cholet-Pays de Loire

10th Road race, Asian Road Championships

2016

1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan

2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships

9th Japan Cup

Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France

2017

Asian Road Championships

2nd Team time trial

7th Road race

3rd Hong Kong Challenge^[16]

2018

Asian Road Championships

1st Team time trial

5th Road race

1st Overall Tour de Taiwan

2019

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2022

National Road Championships

1st Road race

3rd Time trial

2023

3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

2024

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	—	93	—	—	—	127	—	—	—	—	—	89	77	—	123
Tour de France	129	112	—	84	99	65	—	116	109	—	—	—	—	—
/ Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	65	106	—	—	110	—	116	—