What was your best race result in 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: National champion and Asian champion.
Who do you think kicked ass in the Elite Men class this year?
Yoshi Nagasako: Niek Kimmann for the win from gate 8 at Papendal and the UCI Elite Men World's tittle.
Who impressed you most in the Elite Women class?
Yoshi Nagasako: Mariana Pajon, Stefany Hernandez
Have you been active on social media in 2015 and where can people follow you?
Yoshi Nagasako: Mostly my instagram @yoshi993nagasako and now I made new instagram for my hobby photograph @yn_lens. I’m posting my life with/out bmx and traveling the whole world where my bike takes me to!
What track did you like most in 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: Rio maybe? Haha. W
eather was bad and they took results from the 1st moto, but I like the track when people get scared to ride or to jump it. That’s my adrenaline and I want to try something better than them.
Who did the best move on the track this year that you remember?
Yoshi Nagasako: At World's woman's final 2nd turn for Stefany Hernandez
What race had the best race conditions?
Yoshi Nagasako: Santiago Del Estero? That was one of my races without rain or wind.
Where was the weather horrible to race in?
Yoshi Nagasako: Sweden and Rockhill for wind and rain...
Worst crash of 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: at Santiago Del Estero, down the hill and I got sandwiched in the air and straight to the ground...
Who had the best looking bike of 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: My bike for sureeee
Best hotel/place you stayed at in 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: A house in South Carolina, USA. Fishing, paddle board and canoe in the lake in front of the house.
The 2015 Afterparty award goes to?
Yoshi Nagasako: Amidou Mir haha.
Worst travel experience this season?
Yoshi Nagasako: Myanmar for Asian championships. Hot weather, 7h plane to 7h bus on road, Spicy food, insects on my bed, floor everywhere.
Best person you hung out with in 2015?
Yoshi Nagasako: My team mates from the WCC for sure, Team Japan that I don’t see them that much so always too much talking while racing weekends.
Plans for 2016?
Yoshi Nagasako: Enjoy my ride and my life. Back to finals in World Cup and the Worlds! and qualify for my first olympics. Move to New place.
Pics by Bart de Jong/EBC
Name: Yoshi Nagasako
Hometown: Kasaoka JPN
Sponsors: UNIQLO, SUBARU, HARO Bikes, FmG, Thule, Shimano, BOX components, Profile, SPY, Kabuto, ChampionSystem, RxLsocks, Systematic BMX, TMG13.
Which race in 2015 turned out better than you could have hoped for?
Yoshi Nagasako: European cup R6 in Denmark
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