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withdrawn - 43.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withdrawn - Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu)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

National University Championships Entry Lists and Streaming

The 95th National University Track and Field Championships run Friday through Monday at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. The complete meet schedule and live results are here . The 10000 m races were already held separately earlier this season. Streaming starts at 9:00 a.m. Saturday Japan time, with separate field event channels and Day 2 and 3 streaming here . Top entries in each event with best performance in the qualifying window: Men 100 m Shoma Yamamoto (Hiroshima Univ.) - 10.04 Fukuto Komuro (Chuo Univ.) - 10.07 Naoki Nishioka (Tsukuba Univ.) - 10.09 Riku Oishi (Toyo Univ.) - 10.13 Kaito Kuroki (Chuo Univ.) - 10.14 Ryunosuke Mizuno (Waseda Univ.) - 10.14 Yugo Haitamataira (Juntendo Univ.) - 10.17 Shun Miyashita (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10.19 200 m Akira Hayashi (Keio Univ.) - 20.36 Tomoru Funaki (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 20.39 Oma Asai (Tsukuba Univ.) - 20.47 Reishin Yamamoto (Toyo Univ.) - 20.49 Shingo Suzuki (Tokai Univ.) - 20.54 Haruto Nakamura (Fukuoka Univ.) - 20.55 400 m Shinya Hayashi...

Yuasa and Niiya Win Hokkaido Marathon, 6 Qualify for Olympic Trials

Six more people picked up qualifying spots for next year's MGC Race at yesterday's Hokkaido Marathon in Sapporo, guaranteeing themselves places at Japan's 2028 Los Angeles Olympics marathon trials. In the men's race, Hibiki Yoshida tried to break away from the massive lead group at 30 km, opening a 25-second lead between there and 35 km before getting cut down by the chase trio of Jin Yuasa , Ken Tansho and Masato Arao . All three stayed together until the very end, Yuasa showing the same kind of closing speed he had in winning 2025 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon and pulling away to win in 2:10:46. The debuting Tansho was next in 2:10:55, with Arao, 6th at last year's Sydney Marathon in an excellent 2:07:42, 3rd here in 2:10:59. By clearing 2:12:00 all three picked up MGC qualifying spots, freeing them up to go overseas next spring. Continuing a great season, Soka University 's Shoki Yamaguchi was 4th in 2:11:47, missing out on trials qualification but bea...

Monterey Welcomes Student-Athletes from Sister City Nanao, Japan

a press release by the Monterey-Nanao Cross Country Exchange Project photos here Fourteen student-athletes from Nanao High School in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, recently completed a weeklong visit to the Monterey Peninsula as part of the Monterey–Nanao Cross Country Exchange Project , bringing together young people from the two Sister Cities through running, education, environmental stewardship, cultural exchange, and friendship. The seven boys and seven girls from Nanao were paired with 14 members of the Monterey High School cross country team and stayed in their homes throughout the visit. The week marked the first half of a reciprocal exchange that will continue when the Monterey students travel to Nanao later this year. The visitors received their first introduction to Monterey shortly after arriving at Monterey High School, walking with their hosts to Sister City Park and gathering for photographs beside the sign honoring Nanao — a fitting beginning for a week devoted to bringin...

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