Osaka Half Marathon Elite Field

Along with yesterday's announcement of the Jan. 29 Osaka International Women's Marathon elite field, organizers have also announced the fields for the simultaneous Osaka Half Marathon. With athletes from 9 countries it's the most international field in the event's history, a welcome sign as other races like the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon a week later continue to restrict entries to residents of Japan.

Osaka Half Marathon

Elite Field Highlights

Osaka, 29 Jan. 2023

complete field listing

times listed are best in last 3 years except where noted

Women

Zeyituna Husan (Denso) - 1:09:24 (Sanyo 2020)

Desta Burka (Denso) - 1:09:31 (Sanyo 2021)

Kaede Kawamura (Iwatani Sangyo) - 1:10:17 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Shuri Ogasawara (Denso) - 1:10:25 (Sanyo 2020)

Mirai Waku (Univ. Ent.) - 1:10:26 (Sanyo 2020)

Yukina Ueda (Daihatsu) - 1:10:49 (Osaka 2020)

Wuga He (China) - 1:10:54 (Philadelphia 2022)

Hanae Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei) - 1:11:08 (Sanyo 2021)

Hina Yanagitani (Wacoal) - 1:11:26 (Osaka 2022)

Rui Aoyama (Univ. Ent.) - 1:11:36 (Marugame 2020)

Men

Patrick Mathenge Wambui (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 1:00:12 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2021)

Yohei Ikeda (Kao) - 1:00:59 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Shohei Otsuka (Kyudenko) - 1:01:09 (Marugame 2020)

Simon Kariuki (Togami Denki) - 1:01:11 (Olympic Test Event 2021)

Boniface Mulwa (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:01:17 (Ageo 2022)

Akira Tomiyasu (Aisan Kogyo) - 1:01:23 (Osaka 2022)

Naoki Okamoto (Chugoku Denryoku) - 1:01:25 (Osaka 2022)

Kenta Murayama (Asahi Kasei) - 1:01:26 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2020)

Takumi Kiyotani (Chugoku Denryoku) - 1:01:27 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2020)

Daisuke Uekado (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:01:37 (Marugame 2020)

David Nilsson (Sweden) - 1:01:40 (World Half 2020)

Keita Sakamoto (Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:42 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Joseph Nganga Waweru (Chugoku Denryoku) - 1:01:44 (Osaka 2022)

Ryo Kuchimachi (Subaru) - 1:01:46 (Osaka 2022)

Tatsuya Sumide (Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:46 (Osaka 2022)

James Mwanzia Mutuku (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:01:49 (Shibetsu 2022)

Daisuke Momozawa (Sunbelx) - 1:01:50 (Houston 2020)

Hiroyuki Ishikawa (Aisan Kogyo) - 1:01:55 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Teruya Wada (Nishitetsu) - 1:01:57 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Kenji Yamamoto (Mazda) - 1:01:58 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2020)

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