The 104th Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships wrapped with another windy day. In the D2 men's pole vault Hiroto Shinotsuka (Ikuei Univ.) delivered the day's only new meet record, clearing a PB 5.37 m to win by 20 cm. Arie Flores (Nittai Univ.) impressed again, edging Shihori Sato (Juntendo Univ.) in the last 50 m to win the D1 women's 200 m final 23.26 to 23.34 (+2.5) in her 8th race over the 4 days of the meet.
Sarah Wanjiru (Daito Bunka Univ.) made it another 5000/10000 double title, running most of the D1 women's 5000 m final with company from Daisy Cherop (Josai Kokusai Univ.) but pulling away to win easily in 15:49.26. Once dropped Cherop folded, ultimately fading to 5th with 2nd going to Airi Tajima (Juntendo Univ.) in 16:09.22.
Both the D1 and D2 men's 5000 m were great 3-way last lap battles. 1st-year Rui Suzuki (Waseda Univ.) impressed in the D1 race, throwing in a big surge to catch up to 4th-year Kenyans Victor Kimutai (Josai Univ.) and James Mutuku (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) and hammering over the last lap. Kimutai had the kick to take the win in 13:31.83, but Suzuki put over 2 seconds on 10000 m champ Mutuku for 2nd in 13:32.34. Stephen Muthini (Soka Univ.) took the D2 title in 13:32.59, with Dennis Kipruto (Nihon Yakka Univ.) and Brian Kiptoob (Reitaku Univ.) making it an all-Kenyan podium.
In overall team scoring, Nittai University easily took the D1 women's title with 147 points, 31.5 points ahead of Tsukuba University. Tokai University took the D1 men's win by 5 points over Juntendo University, 103 to 98, with Surugadai University winning D2 with 97 points. D2 women and D3 men are reserved for graduate school programs, where Juntendo won the women's title and Tsukuba the men's.
104th Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships
Day Four Highlights
Sagamihara Gion Stadium, Kanagawa, 11 May 2025
D1 Women's 200 m Final +2.5 m/s
1. Arie Flores (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 23.26
2. Shihori Sato (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 23.34
3. Aoi Sato (3rd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 23.54
4. Miho Kurahashi (4th yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 23.70
5. Miu Sugimoto (1st yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 23.95
6. Akiha Kobari (1st yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 24.03
7. Kyoka Uchiyama (4th yr., Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 24.44
8. Misa Iida (4th yr., Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 24.60
D1 Men's 200 m Final +3.2 m/s
1. Kaisei Uchida (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 20.56
2. Shunya Kimura (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 20.57
3. Shoki Karatsu (3rd yr., Meiji Univ.) - 20.62
4. Haruki Niwayama (1st yr., Toyo Univ.) - 20.65
5. Ryuki Shinbutsu (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 20.70
6. Reishin Yamamoto (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 20.74
7. So Kuboi (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 23.41
8. Kei Wakana (1st yr., Waseda Univ.) - 33.17
D2 Men's 200 m Final +2.2 m/s
1. Hayate Watanabe (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 20.65
2. Harutoshi Sugimoto (2nd yr., Sakushin Gakuin Univ.) - 20.74
3. Kosei Ikejima (4th yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 20.77
4. Kanta Sakai (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 21.07
5. Koki Ikeda (3rd yr., Seigakuin Univ.) - 21.22
6. Yuki Hashimoto (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 21.25
7. Kenta Kobayashi (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 21.41
8. Shunsuke Suzuki (2nd yr., Sakushin Gakuin Univ.) - 21.51
D2 Women's 800 m Final
1. Kurumi Sugure (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 2:11.47
2. Ichigo Nomura (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 2:12.29
3. Haruka Tamura (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 2:12.80
4. Yui Nagashima (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 2:12.99
5. Mana Aiba (3rd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 2:14.54
6. Miri Arino (4th yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 2:14.81
7. Mizuki Wada (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 2:15.99
8. Kiho Tanaka (3rd yr., Josai Univ.) - 2:16.74
D1 Men's 800 m Final
1. Takuto Nagasawa (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 1:48.80
2. Kenta Kose (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 1:49.33 - PB
3. Mitsuki Teranishi (4th yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:49.56
4. Yuto Mizushima (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 1:50.06 - PB
5. Kaishi Kitamura (4th yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:51.02
6. Kuma Ishizawa (2nd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 1:51.23
7. Tenpei Abiru (2nd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 1:53.98
8. Akira Kanbayashi (3rd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 1:55.84
D2 Men's 800 m Final
1. Kairu Yamada (1st yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 1:53.74
2. Ren Ikeda (4th yr., Kanagawa Univ.) - 1:54.48
3. Riki Yamada (3rd yr., Tokyo Keizai Univ.) - 1:54.91
4. Haruto Noguchi (3rd yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ. - 1:55.02
5. Kota Okamoto (3rd yr., Asia Univ.) - 1:55.16
6. Ikki Nemoto (4th yr., Tokyo Keizai Univ.) - 1:55.27
7. Shoma Iso (2nd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1:55.28
8. Teppei Cho (3rd yr., Asia Univ.) - 1:56.29
D1 Women's 5000 m Final
1. Sarah Wanjiru (3rd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 15:49.26
2. Airi Tajima (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 16:09.22
3. Sayo Imanishi (1st yr., Teikyo Kagaku Univ.) - 16:09.57
4. Haruka Ogawa (3rd yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 16:12.66
5. Daisy Cherop (1st yr., Josai Kokusai Univ.) - 16:14.21
6. Asahi Shirakawa (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 16:19.80
7. Ichigo Ishikawa (3rd yr., Josai Univ.) - 16:20.46
8. Mio Motozawa (2nd yr., Josai Univ.) - 16:25.13
9. Nanami Matsuki (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 16:33.36 - PB
10. Ichino Saito (2nd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 16:36.18
D1 Men's 5000 m Final
1. Victor Kimutai (4th yr., Josai Univ.) - 13:31.83
2. Rui Suzuki (1st yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13:32.34
3. James Mutuku (4th yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 13:34.88
4. Itta Tameike (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 13:36.93
5. Hisaya Hanaoka (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 13:42.49
6. Ryuto Hirashima (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13:46.30 - PB
7. Fumiya Oshima (4th yr., Hosei Univ.) - 13:49.24
8. Shunpei Yamaguchi (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13:49.72
9. Shunsuke Tajima (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13:50.50 - PB
10. Judah Hyodo (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 13:54.41
D2 Men's 5000 m Final
1. Stephen Muthini (3rd yr., Soka Univ.) - 13:32.59
2. Dennis Kipruto (3rd yr., Nihon Yakka Univ.) - 13:35.50
3. Brian Kiptoob Shuakitu (2nd yr., Reitaku Univ.) - 13:40.92
4. Raphael Longisa (3rd yr., Takushoku Univ.) - 13:43.99
5. Hiromichi Nonaka (3rd yr., Koku Gakuin Univ.) - 13:52.93
6. Sota Orita (2nd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13:57.12
7. Nelson Mandela Mbithi (4th yr., Obirin Univ.) - 13:57.67
8. Riki Koike (3rd yr., Soka Univ.) - 13:57.73
9. Junna Ishimaru (4th yr., Soka Univ.) - 13:57.77
10. Johnson Mogeni (3rd yr., Asia Univ.) - 14:04.22
D1 Women's 400 mH Final
1. Reo Shinto (4th yr., Shobi Gakuen Univ.) - 57.10 - PB
2. Meri Masuko (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 57.51
3. Marino Taneru (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 57.68 - PB
4. Sumika Okawa (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 57.90 - PB
5. Shiori Chiba (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 57.94
6. Saaya Natsume (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 59.89 - PB
7. Yuki Hata (1st yr., Nittai Univ.) - 1:02.09
8. Emily Harada (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 1:02.37
D1 Men's 400 mH Final
1. Ryosuke Takahashi (4th yr., Hosei Univ.) - 49.06 - PB
2. Shota Funagami (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 49.57
3. Yuki Morioka (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 49.95
4. Kiyoto Yanagita (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 50.22
5. Shu Watanabe (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 50.78
6. Kairi Gonda (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 50.85
7. Yamato Sakai (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 51.24
8. Ryoma Konno (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 52.47
D2 Men's 400 mH Final
1. Naoya Ishida (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 51.06 - PB
2. Shunsuke Kakumoto (2nd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 51.36 - PB
3. Yushin Yokosawa (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 51.68 - PB
4. Haru Saito (2nd yr., Sakushin Gakuin Univ.) - 51.96 - PB
5. Haruto Konishi (2nd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 52.56
6. Riku Goto (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 52.83
7. Tomohiro Ikawa (4th yr., Teikyo Univ.) - 53.19
8. Koki Masui (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 53.41
D1 Women's 3000 mSC Final
1. Mayu Kawase (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10:09.37 - PB
2. Yuka Komatsu (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 10.19.16
3. Haruka Yamada (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10:28.76 - PB
4. Mei Komatsu (2nd yr., Hakuoh Univ.) - 10:32.82 - PB
5. Saho Tomita (1st yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 10:38.19
D1 Men's 3000 mSC Final
1. Sanetada Ono (2nd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 8:39.92 - PB
2. Kaname Ito (4th yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 8:49.85 - PB
3. Hinata Yuda (3rd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 8:51.58
4. Kosuke Tsuji (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 8:54.74 - PB
5. Rikuto Yasuda (4th yr., Keio Univ.) - 8:56.23
D2 Men's 3000 mSC Final
1. Solomon Mutuku (2nd yr., Soka Univ.) - 8:38.89 - PB
2. Hinata Kuroki (4th yr., Soka Univ.) - 8:44.25
3. Kai Ogata (4th yr., Kanto Gakuin Univ.) - 8:45.52
4. Sota Harada (3rd yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 8:57.18 - PB
5. Sota Muta (1st yr., Komazawa Univ.) - 8:57.25
D1 Women's 4x400 m Relay Final
1. Aoyama Gakuin University - 3:39.30
2. Tsukuba University - 3:41.08 - PB
3. Chuo University - 3:41.45
4. Waseda University - 3:41.46
5. Nihon Joshi Taiiku University - 3:47.25
6. Tokyo Joshi Taiiku University - 3:47.64
7. Hosei University - 3:47.67
8. Kokushikan University - 3:47.74
D1 Men's 4x400 m Relay Final
1. Toyo University - 3:05.59
2. Waseda University - 3:05.97
3. Chuo University - 3:06.16
4. Nihon University - 3:08.03
5. Tokai University - 3:08.93
6. Nittai University - 3:11.99
7. Tsukuba University - 3:12.87
DQ - Juntendo University
D2 Men's 4x400 m Relay Final
1. Daito Bunka University - 3:10.90
2. Surugadai University - 3:11.95
3. Ikuei University - 3:12.20
4. Tokyo Nogyo University - 3:12.67
5. Rikkyo University - 3:12.75
6. Kanagawa University - 3:12.82
7. Wellness Sports University - 3:17.70
8. Sakushin Gakuin University - 3:21.18
D1 Men's High Jump Final
1. Riku Kasai (2nd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 2.13 m - PB
2. Takumi Sato (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 2.13 m - PB
3. Minato Fukushi (2nd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 2.13 m
D2 Men's Pole Vault Final
1. Hiroto Shinotsuka (4th yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 5.37 m - MR, PB
2. Yusei Suzuki (1st yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 5.17 m - PB
3. Michi Takahashi (1st yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 4.82 m
D3 Men's Pole Vault Final
1. Shinto Matsui (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 5.22 m
2. Kazuki Furusawa (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 5.02 m
3. Yuito Nomoto (1st yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 4.82 m
D1 Women's Triple Jump Final
1. Hazuki Otsuka (4th yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13.21 m (+4.3)
2. Ririya Yamasaki (1st yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.07 m (+3.2)
3. Haruka Tsukimoto (2nd yr., Yokohama Kokusai Univ.) - 12.79 m (+2.0) - PB
D2 Men's Javelin Throw Final
1. Shinnosuke Furuya (3rd yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 65.26 m
2. Ryogo Shinoki (4th yr., Teikyo Univ.) - 60.92 m - PB
3. Kaito Ozawa (4th yr., Utsunomiya Univ.) - 59.17 m
D3 Men's Javelin Throw Final
1. Kota Takano (1st yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 62.85 m
2. Zutan Ryan (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 56.87 m
3. Shutaro Hashimoto (1st yr., Kokushikan Univ. Grad School) - 54.74 m
D1 Women's Heptathlon Final
1. Ayu Kariya (1st yr., Nittai Univ.) - 5365
2. Karin Shimomoto (2nd yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 5353
3. Momoka Takasaki (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 5218
D1 Women's Overall Team Scoring
1. Nittai University - 147
2. Tsukuba University - 115.5
3. Juntendo University - 78.5
4. Aoyama Gakuin University - 75
5. Daito Bunka University - 45
D1 Men's Overall Team Scoring
1. Tokai University - 103
2. Juntendo University - 98
3. Waseda University - 82
4. Toyo University - 77
5. Nittai University - 75
D2 Men's Overall Team Scoring
1. Surugadai University - 97
2. Daito Bunka University - 94.5
3. Ryutsu Keizai University - 83
4. Heisei Kokusai University - 57
5. Soka University - 46
D2 Women's Overall Team Scoring
1. Juntendo University Grad School - 5
1. Tsukuba University Grad School - 5
3. Surugadai University Grad School - 3
D3 Men's Overall Team Scoring
1. Tsukuba University Grad School - 27
2. Daito Bunka University Grad School - 10
3. Tokai University Grad School - 9
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