Japan Announces Team of 78 for July's Bangkok Asian Championships

The JAAF has announced a team of 78 for the Bangkok Asian Championships July 12-16 in Thailand, perfect parity with 39 women and 39 men. Out of the Japanese athletes to have already cleared the Budapest World Championships qualifying standard and be named to Japan's team for Worlds, only Shunya Takayama is scheduled to compete in Bangkok in the 110 m hurdles. 34 of the Asian Championships are currently in the quota for their event for Budapest. Another half dozen including Arisa Kimishima, Maki Saito, and Hikaru Ikehata are on the cusp of making the quota.

For that half of the team, the chance to score area championships placing points for world rankings make the Asian Championships critical to their chances of representing Japan in Budapest. A bit surprisingly, no men's relay teams, one of Japan's areas of strength in recent history, are entered.

Athletes in bold are currently in the Budapest World Championships quota for their listed event. Athletes in bold and underlined have cleared their event's standard and are already named to the Budapest team.

Women

100 m

Arisa Kimishima - 11.36

Midori Mikase - 11.46

200 m

Arisa Kimishima - 23.17

Remi Tsuruta - 23.17

400 m

Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56

Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07

800 m

Ayano Shiomi - 2:02.57

Airi Ikezaki - 2:03.08

1500 m

Nozomi Tanaka - 3:59.19

Yume Goto - 4:09.41

5000 m

Yuma Yamamoto - 15:16.71

Nanami Watanabe - 15:25.48

10000 m

Momoka Kawaguchi - 31:57.81

Haruka Kokai - 32:01.83

100 mH

Masumi Aoki - 12.86

Asuka Terada - 12.86

400 mH

Ami Yamamoto - 56.06

Eri Utsunomiya - 56.50

3000 mSC

Reimi Yoshimura - 9:39.86

Chikako Mori - 9:45.27

High Jump

Nagisa Takahashi - 1.85 m

Pole Vault

Misaki Morota - 4.41 m

Megumi Dainobu - 4.18 m

Long Jump

Sumire Hata - 6.75 m

Ayaka Kora - 6.50 m

Triple Jump

Mariko Morimoto - 14.16 m

Maoko Takashima - 13.82 m

Shot Put

Nanaka Kori - 16.57 m

Discus Throw

Nanaka Kori - 59.03 m

Maki Saito - 57.43 m

Hammer Throw

Joy McArthur - 69.89 m

Raika Murakami - 65.33 m

Javelin Throw

Marina Saito - 62.37 m

Momone Ueda - 61.75 m

20 kmRW

Yukiko Umeno - 1:33:38

Miyu Naito - 1:33:41

Heptathlon

Yuki Yamasaki - 5975

Karin Odama - 5720

4x100 m Relay

Arisa Kimishima - 11.36

Midori Mikase - 11.46

Masumi Aoki - 11.48

Remi Tsuruta - 11.48

Shuri Aono - 11.53

Miu Kurashige - 11.58

4x400 m Relay

Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56

Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07

Ami Yamamoto - 54.84

Shuri Aono - 54.87

Eri Utsunomiya - 54.97

Remi Tsuruta - 56.30

Mixed 4x400 m Relay

Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56

Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07

Shuri Aono - 54.87

Fuga Sato - 45.26

Kentaro Sato - 45.31

Kenki Imaizumi - 45.54

Men

100 m

Ryuichiro Sakai - 10.02

Hiroki Yanagita - 10.13

200 m

Koki Ueyama - 20.26

Towa Uzawa - 20.32

400 m

Fuga Sato - 45.26

Kentaro Sato - 45.31

800 m

Sho Kawamoto - 1:45.75

Mikuto Kaneko - 1:45.85

1500 m

Kazuki Kawamura - 3:35.42

Yusuke Takahashi - 3:38.69

5000 m

Hyuga Endo - 13:10.69

Kazuya Shiojiri - 13:16.53

10000 m

Ren Tazawa - 27:23.44

Yuto Imae - 27:50.93

110 mH

Shunya Takayama - 13.10

Taiga Yokochi - 13.45

400 mH

Yusaku Kodama - 48.77

Kaito Tsutsue - 49.35

3000 mSC

Ryoma Aoki - 8:20.09

Seiya Sunada - 8:26.36

High Jump

Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.29 m

Naoto Hasegawa - 2.26 m

Pole Vault

Seito Yamamoto - 5.77 m

Tomoya Karasawa - 5.60 m

Long Jump

Shotaro Shiroyama - 8.40 m

Yuki Hashioka - 8.36 m

Triple Jump

Riku Ito - 17.00 m

Hikaru Ikehata - 16.75 m

Shot Put

Hitoshi Okumura - 18.42 m

Discus Throw

Yuji Tsutsumi - 62.59 m

Masateru Yugami - 62.16 m

Hammer Throw

Ryota Kashimura - 72.92 m

Shota Fukuda - 71.79 m

Javelin Throw

Ryohei Arai - 86.83 m

Roderick Genki Dean - 84.28 m

20 kmRW

Yutaro Murayama - 1:19:25

Hiroto Jujo - 1:20:14

Decathlon

Yuma Maruyama - 7816

Shun Taue - 7764

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