Nakagami has spe♛nt his entire MotoGP career with LCR Honda, being confirmed for a sixth season after pressure from young countryman Ai Ogura, title runner-up in Moto2.

While Nakagami advanc﷽ed from 20th to 13th to 10th during his initial years in MotoGP he badly needs to halt a subsequent ෴slide to 15th and then 18th in the last two seasons.

Like new team-mate Alex R🎃ins’ 2023 livery unveili🙈ng earlier today, Nakagami's new colours were presented in the form of a short video centered around 'the p𒆙ower of dreams'.

Nakagami's saw the Japanese dreaming he had gone back in time to 195ꦇ3 and that the presentation of his 'new bike' was actually a Honda Cub! He then woke up and his real MotoGP livery was unveiled.

"My first 'racing dream' was when I visited the Japanese Grand Prix when I was ni𒊎ne and met my idol Daijiro Kato," Nakagami said. "After that, I realised one day I wanted 🃏to be like him. He's my biggest idol even now."

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Hand injuries from a clash with Marc Marquez at Aragon ruled Nakagami out of three rounds towards the end of 2022 and he finished the world championship having broken the top ten on just three occasions🌳.

Aragon was also the scene of Nakagami’s best podium and victory chance to date, the Japanese falling from the lead during the opening lap in 2020, after qualifying on pole p🦋osition and looking to have an excellent race pa♋ce.

Nakagami will ride 💫alongside new team-mate Alex Rins, a former Mo꧟to2 rival, this season.

The l🍌atest LCR colours will be on track at this weekend's final pre-seas🐎on test at Portimao.