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Japanese National Team Lineup for Doha World Championships

The final roster for Japan's team at the 2019 World Championships starting tomorrow in Doha, Qatar. Women's 10000 m national champion Rina Nabeshima (Japan Post) is a late withdrawal from the 5000 m and 10000 m with a stress fracture.

Based on entry list rankings, Japan has solid medal prospects in just four events, the men's high jump via Naoto Tobe (JAL), the men's long jump thanks to Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin), the men's 20 km race walk where the entire three-man squad is ranked in the top four, and the men's 4x100 m relay. Top ten placings look achievable in the women's 10000 m, women's javelin throw, women's 20 km race walk, men's 110 m hurdles, men's 4x400 m relay, and men's 50 km race walk. For the second time this year JRN will be on-site in Doha throughout the Championships.

Japanese National Team, Doha World Championships

times listed are best within qualifying window
ranking is ranking on entry list by season best

Women

Long Distance
5000 m - 28th - Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Jidoshokki TC) - 15:15.80
5000 m - 30th - Tomoka Kimura (Shiseido) - 15:19.99
10000 m - 9th - Minami Yamanouchi (Kyocera) - 31:16.48
10000 m - 13th - Hitomi Niiya (Nike Tokyo TC) - 31:22.63

Hurdles
100 m Hurdles  - 28th - Asuka Terada (Pasona Group) - 12.97
100 m Hurdles - 38th - Ayako Kimura (Edion) - 13.11
3000 m Steeplechase - 45th - Reimi Yoshimura (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 9:49.30

Throws
Discus Throw - 31st - Nanaka Kori (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 59.03 m
Javelin Throw - 11th - Haruka Kitaguchi (Nihon Univ.) - 64.36 m
Javelin Throw - 21st - Yuka Sato (Nikonikonori) - 62.88 m

Marathon
14th - Mizuki Tanimoto (Tenmaya) - 2:25:28
16th - Ayano Ikemitsu (Kagoshima Ginko) - 2:26:07
19th - Madoka Nakano (Noritz) - 2:27:39

Race Walks
20 km - 7th - Kumiko Okada (Bic Camera) - 1:27:41
20 km - 10th - Nanako Fujii (Edion) - 1:28:58
50 km - 13th - Masumi Fuchise (Kenso Kogyo) - 4:19:56

Men

Sprints
 100 m - 13th - Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Univ. of Florida) - 9.97
100 m / 200 m - 15th / 24th - Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 9.98 / 20.24
100 m - 18th - Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 10.01
200 m - 28th - Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 20.27
200 m - 42nd - Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba Univ.) - 20.40
400 m - 24th - Julian Walsh (Fujitsu) - 45.21

Hurdles
110 m Hurdles - 11th - Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) - 13.25
110 m Hurdles - 22nd - Shunsuke Izumiya (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.36
110 m Hurdles - 37th - Taio Kanai (Mizuno) - 13.46
400 m Hurdles - 14th - Takatoshi Abe (Yamada Denki) - 48.80
400 m Hurdles - 20th - Masaki Toyoda (Hosei Univ.) - 49.05

 Jumps
Pole Vault - 24th - Masaki Ejima (Nihon Univ.) - 5.71 m
Pole Vault - 24th - Seito Yamamoto (Toyota) - 5.71 m
Pole Vault - 24th - Daichi Sawano (Fujitsu) - 5.71 m
High Jump - 1st - Naoto Tobe (JAL) - 2.35 m
High Jump - 13th - Takashi Eto (Ajinomoto) - 2.30 m
High Jump - 28th - Ryo Sato (Tonichi Insatsu) - 2.27 m
Long Jump - 2nd - Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) - 8.40 m
Long Jump - 7th - Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.) - 8.32 m
Long Jump - 12th - Hibiki Tsuha (Toyo Univ.) - 8.23 m

Throws
Javelin Throw - 31st - Ryohei Arai (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 82.03 m

 Mixed Events
Decathlon - 24th - Keisuke Ushiro (Kokushikan Club) - 7948

 Relays
4x100 m Relay - 2nd
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Univ. of Florida) - 9.97
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 9.98
Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 10.01
Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.12
Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 10.19
Aska Cambridge (Nike) - 10.20
Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba Univ.) - 10.43

 4x400 m Relay - 9th
Julian Walsh (Fujitsu) - 45.21
Rikuya Ito (Waseda Univ.) - 45.79
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 45.91
Mitsuki Kawauchi (Kinki Univ.) - 45.96
Kota Wakabayashi (Surugadai Univ.) - 46.04
Yoshinobu Imoto (Tokai Univ.) - 46.61
Shota Iizuka (Chuo Univ.) - 20.29
Tomoya Tamura (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.67

Marathon
19th - Kohei Futaoka (Chudenko) - 2:09:15
20th - Yuki Kawauchi (Kawauchi) - 2:09:21
30th - Hiroki Yamagishi (GMO) - 2:10:14

Race Walks
20 km - 1st - Toshikazu Yamanishi (Aichi Seiko) - 1:17:15
20 km - 2nd - Koki Ikeda (Toyo Univ.) - 1:17:25
20 km - 4th - Eiki Takahashi (Fujitsu) - 1:18:00
50 km - 4th - Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu) - 3:39:07
50 km - 5th - Tomohiro Noda (SDF) - 3:39:47
50 km - 9th - Hayato Katsuki (SDF Academy) - 3:45:05

Mixed

Relays
Mixed 4x400 m Relay - 16th
Seika Aoyama (Osaka Seikei AC) - 53.13
Saki Takashima (Soyo H.S.) - 53.31
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.52
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 45.91
Mitsuki Kawauchi (Kinki Univ.) - 45.96
Kota Wakabayashi (Surugadai Univ.) - 46.04
Tomoya Tamura (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.67

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