Skip to main content

Japan Announces Team of 42 for Napoli Universiade



The JOC has announced a team of 42, 16 women representing 11 universities and 26 men from 13 universities, for track and field competition at next month's 30th anniversary Napoli Universiade. Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba Univ.) is the only returning medalist from the 2017 Universiade on the Japanese team, part of last time's gold medal-winning men's 4x100 m lineup. But medal chances are good in the men's and women's half marathons, both areas of traditional strength, in the men's 20 km race walk, where Masatora Kawano (Toyo Univ.) and Koki Ikeda (Toyo Univ.) have the 2nd and 3rd-best times in the world so far this year, the men's long jump, where Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.) is tied for 4th-best in the world, the women's javelin throw, with Haruka Kitaguchi (Nihon Univ.) throwing 8th-best in the world this season, the men's 400 m hurdles, where Masaki Toyoda (Hosei Univ.) is ranked 18th in the world this season, and the men's pole vault, with Masaki Ejima (Nihon Univ.) ranked 30th. This year's Universiade will be a key competition for next-generation talent hoping to make it onto the Doha World Championships and Tokyo Olympic teams.

30th Universiade - Japanese National Team

Napoli, Italy, July 8 - 13, 2019
complete team listing

Women

 Sprints
Mai Fukuda (Nittai Univ.)
Mae Hirosawa (Nittai Univ.)
Tomomi Yanagiya (Osaka Seikei Univ.)
Kanako Yuasa (Nittai Univ.)

Middle/Long Distance
Rino Goshima (Chuo Univ.)
Rika Kaseda (Meijo Univ.)
Natsuki Sekiya (Daito Bunka Univ.)
Ayano Shiomi (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Yuka Suzuki (Daito Bunka Univ.)
Yuki Tagawa (Matsuyama Univ.)
Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (Meijo Univ.)
Yuna Wada (Meijo Univ.)

Jumps
Ayaka Kora (Tsukuba Univ.)

Throws
Haruka Kitaguchi (Nihon Univ.)
Nanaka Kori (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.)
Maki Saito (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.)

 Men

 Sprints
Bruno Dede (Tokai Univ.)
Mitsuki Kawauchi (Kinki Univ.)
Naoki Kitadani (Tokai Univ.)
Daisuke Miyamoto (Toyo Univ.)
Yoshihiro Someya (Chuo Univ.)
Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba Univ.)

Middle/Long Distance
Hiroki Abe (Meiji Univ.)
Akira Aizawa (Toyo Univ.)
Tatsuhiko Ito (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.)
Taisei Nakamura (Komazawa Univ.)
Kazuya Nishiyama (Toyo Univ.)
Ryoji Tatezawa (Tokai Univ.)

Race Walks
Koki Ikeda (Toyo Univ.)
Masatora Kawano (Toyo Univ.)
Yuta Koga (Meiji Univ.)

Hurdles
Kakeru Inoue (Juntendo Univ.)
Shunsuke Izumiya (Juntendo Univ.)
Ryohei Sakaguchi (Tokai Univ.)
Masaki Toyoda (Hosei Univ.)

Jumps
Masaki Ejima (Nihon Univ.)
Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.)
Yusei Takekawa (Hosei Univ.)
Hibiki Tsuha (Toyo Univ.)

Throws
Gen Naganuma (Kokushikan Univ.)
Tatsuya Sakamoto (Osaka Taiiku Univ.)

Decathlon
Yuma Maruyama (Nihon Univ.)

© 2019 Brett Larner, all rights reserved

Buy Me A Coffee
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Most-Read This Week

Ichiyama 8th at Copenhagen Marathon

Currently the #10-ranked Japanese man in the marathon with the fastest-ever domestic time at the elite Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, Tsubasa Ichiyama (Sunbelx) made his international debut at Sunday's Copenhagen Marathon , literally an international debut as it was his first time outside the country. Ichiyama hoped to be in contention to break the 2:08:23 CR and go for the win, and with cool and breezy conditions ran easy in the lead group through 30 km. But something ate away at almost everyone as time went by, several people in the lead men's and women's groups saying humidity, and past 30 km Ichiyama fell off. Falling as low as 9th, he rallied after 40 km to finish 8th in 2:13:07. "It was different than in Japanese races," he said. "I'm used to bigger packs and more even pacing, but this was a kind of racing I hadn't done before. There's a lot to think about. I didn't feel like I was sweating a lot, but I got really thirsty and started sk
Post a Comment
Read more

Wanjiru Breaks Own MR, Fuwa and Ishida Return - Kanto Regionals Day 1 Highlights

Japan's best college meet kicked off Thursday at Tokyo's National Stadium at the 103rd Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships . Looking like she was doing a controlled tempo run, 2nd-yr Sarah Wanjiru (Daito Bunka Univ.) lapped the entire field to win the women's 10000 m in a meet record 32:02.87, almost 15 seconds under the record she last year in her debut. 3rd-yr Aoi Takahashi (Josai Univ.) was 2nd in 33:29.22 and 2nd-yr Nana Nagashima (Josai Kokusai Univ.) 3rd in a PB 33:30.28, but the other main news alongside Wanjiru's new record was the return of collegiate 10000 m record holder Seira Fuwa (Takushoku Univ.) in her first 10000 m in 19 months. Fuwa hung at the back of the chase pack for the first half, made a move to lead it in the second half, and ultimately faded to 9th in 33:40.20. Every comeback has to start somewhere. The D1 men's 10000 m had a tight group up front with the top 6 all finishing within 6 seconds and under 28:10. 3rd-yr Jam
1 comment
Read more

Two-Time Olympic Marathon Medalist Erick Wainaina Referred to Prosectors on Suspicion of Assault

  According to investigators, two-time Olympic marathon medalist Erick Wainaina has had his case referred to prosecutors after allegedly injuring a railway employee by striking him in the face at a station in Setagaya, Tokyo. Wainaina, 50, was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and won silver in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Wainaina is suspected of assaulting a woman in her late teens and a male Tokyo Denentoshi Line employee by hitting them in the face during an altercation at Komazawa University Station in March this year, resulting in minor injuries to the man's face. According to investigators, the incident began on the train between Wainaina and the woman, and after getting off at Komazawa University Station he hit her in the face when she asked him to go to the station office with her to report it. When the male railway employee responded to the situation Wainaina reportedly hit him too. In response to questioning Wainaina is said to have answered,
Post a Comment
Read more