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withdrawn - 43.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withdrawn - Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu)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)

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