An Update on Japan's Potential Team for Oregon '22

An update to last week's story on where Japan's potential team for next month's Oregon World Championships stands with 3 days left in the qualifying window.

Men's 100 m (48)

33. Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Tumbleweed TC) - 10.04 (+0.8)

withdrawn - 43. Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei)

Men's 200 m (56)

quota - 38. Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko)

quota - 50. Koki Ueyama (Sumitomo Denko)

Men's 400 m (48)

quota - 36. Fuga Sato (Nasu Kankyo)

quota - 42. Kaito Kawabata (Chukyo Univ. AC)

quota - 47. Julian Walsh (Fujitsu)

Men's 5000 m (42)

36. Hyuga Endo (Sumitomo Denko) - 13:10.69

Men's 10000 m (27)

standard, not top 3 - 22. Ren Tazawa (Komazawa Univ.) - 27:33.44

Men's 110 mH (40)

13. Shunsuke Izumiya (Sumitomo Denko) - 13.21 (-1.2)

19. Rachid Muratake (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.27 (-0.5)

in range of quota - 41. Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu)

in range of quota - 42. Shunya Takayama (Zenrin)

in range of quota - 42. Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.)

Men's 400 mH (40)

24. Kazuki Kurokawa (Hosei Univ.) - 48.89

quota - 39. Masaki Toyoda (Fujitsu)

in range of quota - 45. Takayuki Kishimoto (Fujitsu)

Men's 3000 mSC (45)

8. Ryuji Miura (Juntendo Univ.) - 8:09.92

35. Ryoma Aoki (Honda) - 8:20.09

quota - 40. Kosei Yamaguchi (Aisan Kogyo)

Relays

Men's 4x100 m

Men's 4x400 m

Men's High Jump (32)

quota - 16. Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko)

quota - 25. Ryoichi Akamatsu (Awas)

quota, did not compete at Nationals due to injury - 17. Naoto Tobe (JAL)

Men's Pole Vault (32)

quota - 30. Seito Yamamoto (Toyota)

quota, injured post-Nationals - 32. Masaki Ejima (Fujitsu)

Men's Long Jump (32)

9. Yuki Hashioka (Fujitsu) - 8.27 m (+1.4)

in range of quota - 35. Natsuki Yamanaka (Saga Sports Assoc.)

in range of quota - 36. Hiromichi Yoshida (Kamisaki T&F Assoc.)

Men's Javelin Throw (32)

quota - 19. Roderick Genki Dean (Mizuno)

in range of quota - 34. Kenji Ogura (Tochigi Sports Assoc.)

Men's Marathon (100)

13. Kengo Suzuki (Fujitsu) - 2:04:56

Gaku Hoshi (Konica Minolta) - 2:07:31

Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) - 2:07:47

Men's 20 kmRW (60)

1. Toshikazu Yamanishi (Aichi Seiko) - 1:17:20

7. Koki Ikeda (Asahi Kasei) - 1:18:53

9. Eiki Takahashi (Fujitsu) -1:19:04

Hiroto Jusho (Juntendo Univ.) - 1:20:14

Men's 35 kmRW (60)

1. Masatora Kawano (Asahi Kasei) - 2:26:40

2. Daisuke Matsunaga (Fujitsu) - 2:27:09

3. Tomohiro Noda (SDF Academy) - 2:27:18

withdrawn - Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu)

Women

Women's 1500 m (45)

10. Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 3:59.19

quota - 45. Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku)

Women's 5000 m (42)

22. Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 14:52.84

26. Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 14:59.93

standard, not top 3 - 25. Kaede Hagitani (Edion) - 14:59.36

Women's 10000 m (27)

18. Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 31:00.71

21. Rino Goshima (Shiseido) - 31:10.02

standard, not top 3 - Narumi Kobayashi (Meijo Univ.) - 31:22.34

standard, did not compete at Nationals - 12. Seira Fuwa (Takushoku Univ.) - 30:45.21

standard, did not compete at Nationals - Yuka Ando (Wacoal) - 31:18.18

Women's 100 mH (40)

quota - 38. Masumi Aoki (77 Ginko)

quota - 39. Mako Fukube (NKK)

Women's 400 mH (40)

in range of quota - 43. Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa)

Women's 3000 mSC (45)

quota - 44. Yuno Yamanaka (Ehime Ginko)

Women's Long Jump (32)

quota - 24. Sumire Hata (Shibata Kogyo)

Women's Javelin Throw (32)

quota - 15. Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL)

quota - 26. Momone Ueda (Zenrin)

in range of quota - 33. Sae Takemoto (Saga Sports Assoc.)

Relays

Women's 4x100 m

Mixed 4x400 m

Women's Marathon (100)

13. Mizuki Matsuda (Daihatsu) - 2:20:52

14. Mao Ichiyama (Shiseido) - 2:21:02

15. Hitomi Niiya (Sekisui Kagaku) - 2:21:17

Women's 20 kmRW (60)

22. Nanako Fujii (Edion) - 1:29:29

23. Kumiko Okada (Fujitsu) - 1:29:31

Women's 35 kmRW (60)

6. Serena Sonoda (NTN) - 2:45:48

quota - 33. Kaori Kawazoe (SDF Academy)

quota - 36. Maika Yagi (Chiba Kogyo Ginko)

Australian Male Arrested on Drug Smuggling Charges After Entering Japan for Osaka Marathon

On Apr. 9 the Kinki Region Bureau of Health, Labor and Welfare's Drug Control Division arrested Matthew Inglis Fox , 38, an Australian business owner of no known fixed address, on charges of violating the importation regulations of the Narcotics Control Act by smuggling tablets containing marijuana elements from the United States. The suspect had entered Japan in February to run in the Osaka Marathon . The suspect was arrested on suspicion of smuggling approximately 12 pills containing marijuana by sending them from a U.S. airport to Osaka's Kansai Airport using an international courier service on Feb. 19. The Osaka branch of the Customs Service discovered the tablets in arriving cargo and suspected them to be narcotics. Customs contacted the Narcotics Control Division, which then began its investigation of the case. According to the Narcotics Control Division, the suspect denies the charges. Translator's note: Fox, who received a lifetime ban from the Ageo City Half Mara...

Matsumoto Marathon Canceled After Fraudulently Hiding Past Financial Losses

On Apr. 23 the city government of Matsumoto, Nagano announced that it was canceling this fall's Matsumoto Marathon after discovering accounting fraud in the event's operation. "We are going to conduct a review of how the race has been conducted up to now," a statement from the city read. Mayor Yoshinao Gaun apologized at a press conference, saying, "We sincerely apologize for letting down everyone involved in putting the event together." The Matsumoto Marathon is run by an executive committee made up of representatives from the city, the Matsumoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Shinano Mainichi Newspaper, and the relevant track and field associations. According to city officials, financial records for the November, 2023 edition of the race were fraudulently manipulated. Income from participants' entry fees was lower than expected, and although the city managed to get the Shinano Mainichi, to which it had outsourced overall event management, to r...

Nyiva and Wolde Win Gifu Seiryu Half

Two good races happened Sunday at the Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon . The women's race was a head-to-head race between 2022 marathon world champion Gotytom Gebreslase and debuting Japan-based Janet Nyiva . Side-by-side through 15 km, Nyiva shattered Gebreslase with a massive surge over the last 5 km that ultimately put 52 second between them, Nyiva wining in 1:07:37 and Gebreslase next in 1:08:29. 2023 Asian marathon champion Eunice Chebichii Chumba held off the up-and-coming Kana Kobayashi , a member of Japan's marathon team for September's Tokyo World Championships, with a 1:09:07 for 3rd. Kobayashi's 1:09:09 for 4th was a PB by almost 5 minutes and the fastest time ever on the rolling Gifu course by a Japanese woman. Yumi Yoshikawa was 5th in 1:10:51. Five men went out front on mid-59 pace. Dawit Wolde , debuting Kiprono Sitonik , Vincent Yegon and veteran Bedan Karoki all took turns leading, with only Richard Kimunyan tucking in and declining to share the load. ...

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