Hiroko Hori
NationalityJapanese
Born(1949-04-01)April 1, 1949
Tokyo
DiedApril 30, 1985(1985-04-30) (aged 36)

Hiroko Hori (Japanese: 堀ひろ子) (b.(1949-04-01)April 1, 1949 Tokyo) was a pioneering Japanese motorcycle racer and long-distance motorcyclist.[1] Hori rode around the world on a Honda CB750F in 1975, and across the Sahara Desert on a Suzuki DR500 in 1982, the latter ride becoming the subject of her 1982 book Landscape with a motorcycle and her 1987 book Me, the Sahara and a motorcycle.[citation needed] In 1976, she became the first Japanese female road racer.[citation needed]

She died in 1985.

Bibliography

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  • Hori, Hiroko (1982). オートバイのある風景 [Landscape with a motorcycle]. Sara Books.
  • Hori, Hiroko (1987). サハラとわたしとオートバイ [Me, the Sahara and a motorcycle]. Kodansha Bunko. ISBN 4061840509.

References

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  1. ^ "Motorcycle heroes". Moto Navi. No. 82. June 2016. JAN 4910087030660.