Masami Kageyama

[1] His older brother is Masahiko Kageyama who was also a successful racing driver in similar categories.

In 1999 his fortunes turned as he only managed ninth in points in his JGTC-GT500 Skyline and only competed in one Formula Nippon race.

In 2001 Kageyama fell to seventh in JGTC and returned to Formula Nippon, finishing ninth in points.

In 2004 he stayed with the NISMO team as they switched cars to the new Nissan Fairlady Z. Kageyama finished ninth in points.

Kageyama returned to Le Mans for the 2008 race but the Tōkai University Courage-Oreca LC70 he drove failed to finish.

The team improved to ninth in points in 2009 and also made two starts in the Asian Le Mans Series.