Hideo Kanaya

Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider


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Name = Hideo Kanaya
Nationality = flagicon|Japan Japanese
Years = 1967, 1972 - 1973, 1975
Teams = Kawasaki, Yamaha
Races = 21
Championships =
Wins = 3
Podiums = 15
Points = 207
Poles = 2
Fastest laps = 1
First race = 1967 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
First win = 1972 250cc German Grand Prix
Last win = 1975 350cc Austrian Grand Prix
Last race = 1975 350cc Austrian Grand Prix

Hideo Kanaya (born February 3, 1945) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. Kanaya began his Grand Prix career in 1967 and won his first Grand Prix at the 1972 250cc German Grand Prix. In 1972, Kanaya and Jarno Saarinen raced the first four cylinder, two stroke Yamaha TZ 500 in the 500cc world championship. After Saarinen's death in the 250cc race at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the TZ 500 project was put aside and Kanaya raced only in the 250cc class. Kanaya's best season was in 1975, when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind his Yamaha team-mate, Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta's Phil Read. He also won the Macau Grand Prix in 1975.