Tags: Motorcycle Rider, Motorsport Racer.
Hideo Kanaya (Shinjitai: 金谷 秀夫 Hideo Kanaya) (February 3 1945 – December 19 2013) was a 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.