Early career Ogura was born in
Kiyose, Japan. The son of a motorcycle enthusiast, he rode a
pocketbike for the first time at the age of three, and began participating in races at four years old. He stepped up to mini-bikes after turning nine. Ogura was selected to participate in the second ever
Asia Talent Cup season in
2015 at 14 years of age, where he clinched a win and three podiums. For 2016, Ogura joined the
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and finished on the podium in one race, ending 11th overall. He was given a second year in the Asia Talent Cup where he finished as runner-up. After his successful period in the Asia Talent Cup, he was given a seat in the Asia Talent Team by
Honda in the
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, winning one race in
Jerez. Ogura also took part in the
2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, earning five podiums in total, including two wins, despite missing several races due to an injury. In 2018, Ogura participated in his last
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship season, where he earned five podiums and a single win in
Valencia.
Moto3 World Championship Asia Talent Team (2018) Ogura made his
Moto3 World Championship debut as a wildcard during the
2018 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing 15th and scoring his maiden point. He made three more wildcard appearances, wherein two of them he finished outside the points, and crashed with three laps to go in the
German Grand Prix after a collision with
Gabriel Rodrigo when he was running ninth. He also participated in the
FIM CEV Moto3 where he finished fifth in the standings.
Honda Team Asia (2019–2020) Ogura signed with Honda Team Asia for the
2019 Moto3 World Championship alongside compatriot
Kaito Toba, who had spent the previous two seasons with said team. He scored points in fourteen out of the nineteen races, and managed to finish second in the
Aragon Grand Prix, it being his single podium and best result of the season. Ogura was coincidentally collected by
Andrea Migno in both of the
San Marino and
Thai rounds in the very last lap while running fourth. He finished tenth in the standings with 109 points. For the
2020 season, Ogura stayed in Honda Team Asia, teaming up with rookie
Yuki Kunii, and managed to be consistent throughout the whole season reaching the podium in seven occasions. Ogura remained second in the standings for the most part of the season and took the championship battle with
Tony Arbolino and
Albert Arenas to the last round in
Portugal, where the latter ended up taking the crown, while Ogura lost the second spot in the standings to Arbolino. His final position was third with a total of 170 points, with his best result being second in
Jerez and
Misano.
Moto2 World Championship Idemitsu Honda Team Asia (2021–2023) 2021 In
2021, Ogura was promoted to Moto2, riding for
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia alongside Thai
Somkiat Chantra. In his rookie season, he managed to be in the top-ten in every race he finished except for the first round in
Qatar. Ogura qualified in the front row twice at the
Red Bull Ring in the
Styrian and
Austrian Grand Prix, and earned his single podium and best result of the season after finishing second in the latter round, where he managed to follow championship contender and fellow rookie
Raúl Fernández until the last lap with only a 0.845 second gap separating each other at the finish line. Ogura missed the
Valencia round as a result of an injury sustained after crashing in the
Algarve Grand Prix where he suffered a small left-foot fracture. He was beaten by Fernández to the rookie of the year award, who finished second in the standings. Meanwhile, Ogura ended up eighth with 120 points and managed to finish ahead of teammate Chantra.
2022 For
2022, Ogura remained in the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, where he fought for the title until the last race. He started off the season achieving two podiums in the first four rounds in
Argentina and
COTA. Ogura was involved in a multi-rider crash in the
Portuguese Grand Prix when he was running third after a rain shower unexpectedly hit part of the track resulting in unwarned riders losing control of their machines. He was able to pick up the bike and bring it to the pits but was not allowed to restart as five minutes had already passed after the red flag had been shown. He earned his first World Championship win in the sixth round in
Jerez starting from pole position. After a third position in
Mugello, Ogura was tied in points with then championship leader
Celestino Vietti, and led the championship for the first time after the 13th round in
Austria where he achieved his second pole and win, with a last lap battle involving teammate Chantra. Ogura and
Augusto Fernández took the title fight to the last rounds, wherein Ogura earned his home win in
Motegi and got the championship lead back after the
Australian round. With two rounds left and heading to the
Malaysian Grand Prix, he held a 3.5 point lead gap to Fernández but lost it due to a crash in the last lap after taking the race lead from
Tony Arbolino. Ogura ultimately lost the championship to Fernández after crashing in the last round in
Valencia. He finished as championship runner-up with 242 points.
2023 During the
2023 pre-season training in Spain, Ogura suffered a broken wrist which ruled him out of the first two rounds in
Portugal and
Argentina. He started the season in
COTA, and earned three podiums in total, one being second in his home race in
Motegi. Ogura came 9th in the standings with 137.5 points. On 15 September 2023, MT Helmets – MSi announced that Ogura would be joining their Moto2 project for the
2024 season alongside
Sergio García. Two weeks later,
HRC revealed that Ogura would stay linked with their program next season.
MT Helmets – MSi (2024) 2024 MT Helmets – MSi signed a deal with
Boscoscuro to race with their chassis for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which set a challenge for Ogura who had been racing on a
Kalex frame for the past three seasons. He started the season with consistent performances edging the podium spots until
Le Mans, where he finished second, and the next race in
Barcelona where he got his first win of the season, in front of teammate and championship leader García. He won again in
Assen and was third in
Sachsenring. On 15 August 2024, ahead of the
Austrian Grand Prix,
Trackhouse Racing announced that Ogura would be promoted to MotoGP in a two-year deal with the American team for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, alongside
Raúl Fernández. This contractually marked the end of Ogura's career-long affiliation with Honda. On the same weekend's Saturday Practice Ogura highsided exiting Turn 2's chicane, fracturing his right hand, which made him sit out of the Grand Prix. He went on to win the
San Marino Grand Prix only three weeks after suffering his fracture, which placed him as championship leader for the first time. Ogura finished second in
Indonesia and home race
Motegi. He would then finish fourth in
Australia and second in
Thailand to secure the 2024 Moto2 World Riders' Championship in front of remaining championship contenders
Canet,
Aldeguer and
García. He finished the season with a fourth position in the
Solidarity Grand Prix, earning three wins and eight podiums in total.
MotoGP World Championship Trackhouse Racing (2025–) 2025 Ogura had an impressive debut weekend at the
Thai Grand Prix. His Friday Practice lap pace was strong enough to secure a direct pass to Q2. In qualifying, he set the fifth fastest lap time which put him on the second row for the weekend's races. He finished fourth in the Sprint race and fifth in the Sunday race on his
Aprilia RS-GP25. This was the best debut race result by a rookie since
Marc Márquez's third place in
Qatar 2013. In the second round in
Argentina, Ogura struggled to score points in the Sprint race but managed an eighth-place finish in the Sunday race. However, he was later disqualified for using a non-homologated software version on his bike, which had not been approved by the organization. It was later revealed that
Trackhouse had to rebuild Ogura's bike with spare parts after a crash in Q1 that wrote off his
RS-GP25. One of the components used was an unapproved firmware version from testing.
Aprilia's technical director clarified how the software drew "zero" performance benefit. During Friday's Free Practice at the
British Grand Prix, Ogura fell at the exit of Turn 2. After a medical check, he was found to have a fracture in his right tibia and was consequently declared unfit to participate in the remainder of the weekend. He underwent a minor procedure on his leg, but after a medical evaluation ahead of the
Aragon Grand Prix, he was advised not to return to racing yet. After nearly a month of recovery, he was ultimately given the medical clearance just before the start of the
Italian Grand Prix. ==Personal life==