Updates on Retirements, Team Transfers, and New Recruits

The Japanese fiscal and academic years run April through March, so most changes to teams' lineups happen then. With changes to regulations over team transfers after a national government investigation of potential anti-trust violations by the National Corporate Federation there's no shortage of transfers between teams. A quick look at some of the changes to the top corporate teams this year:

Women

Shiseido

retiring - Naruha Sato, 25 - 10000 m 31:52.43 

transfer out - Wakana Kabasawa, 24 - 5000 m 15:24.79

Sekisui Kagaku

new recruit - Yuma Yamamoto, 22 - 3000 m 8:52.19, 5000 m 15:16.71

new recruit - Akari Matsumoto, 18 - 3000 m 9:11.96

new recruit - Yuna Arai, 22 - 10000 m 32:11.08

Japan Post

new recruit - Kokone Sugimori, 18 - 3000 m 9:10.01, 5000 m 15:34.54

new recruit - Kae Gyu, 22 - 3000 m 9:14.29

Edion

new recruit - Kana Mizumoto, 18 - 3000 m 9:05.03

Daihatsu

new recruit - Aiko Hosoya, 18 - 3000 m 9:13.09

new recruit - Marin Nishizawa, 18 - 3000 m 9:14.24

Toyota Jidoshokki

new recruit - Riho Yoshida, 18 - 3000 m 9:13.06

transfer out - Nozomi Tanaka, 23 - 3000 m 8:40.84, 5000 m 14:59.93

transfer out - Yume Goto, 23 - 3000 m 8:49.65

transfer out - Momoka Kawaguchi, 24 - 10000 m 31:57.81

Panasonic

new recruit - Janet Nyiva, 18 - 3000 m 8:47.89, 5000 m 15:03.34

Daiichi Seimei

retiring - Hanae Tanaka, 33 - marathon 2:26:19

new recruit - Rinka Hida, 22 - half marathon 1:10:10

Kyudenko

transfer out - Winnie Jerotich, 23 - 3000 m 8:57.86, 5000 m 15:14.84

Uniqlo

transfer in - Yume Goto, 23 - 3000 m 8:49.65

transfer in - Momoka Kawaguchi, 24 - 10000 m 31:57.81

Men

Honda

transfer out - Jackson Kavesa, 21 - 10000 m 27:38.50

transfer out - Yuta Shitara, 31 - half marathon 1:00:17, marathon 2:06:11

new recruit - Vincent Yegon, 22 - 5000 m 13:15.15, 10000 m 27:24.42

new recruit - Ken Tansho, 22 - 5000 m 13:46.17, 10000 m 28:01.24

Fujitsu

retiring - Hirooki Arai, 34 - Rio de Janeiro Olympics 50 km RW bronze medalist

transfer out - Takamasa Kitagawa, 26 - Eugene World U20 Championships 4x400 m silver medalist

new recruit - Tatsuya Iyoda, 22 - 10000 m 28:06.26, half marathon 1:02:11

new recruit - Daiki Ozawa, 22 - 5000 m 13:43.81, 10000 m 28:20.67

Toyota

retiring - Chihiro Miyawaki, 31 - 10000 m 27:41.57, half marathon 1:00:53

transfer out - Alex Cherono, 22 - 5000 m 13:25.28

transfer in - Masashi Nonaka, 27 - 5000 m 13:35.94, half marathon 1:00:48

GMO

transfer out - Gideon Rono, 20 - 5000 m 13:16.51, 10000 m 27:11.03

transfer out - Tadashi Isshiki, 28 - half marathon 1:01:50, marathon 2:07:39

transfer out - Shohei Kurata, 30 - half marathon 1:02:08, marathon 2:08:44

transfer out - Ryo Hashimoto, 29 - half marathon 1:01:56, marathon 2:09:12

new recruit - Philip Mulwa, 21 - 5000 m 13:29.42, 10000 m 27:35.29

new recruit - Hironori Kishimoto, 22 - 5000 m 13:37.96, 10000 m 28:23.71

new recruit - Yudai Shimazu, 23 - 10000 m 28:34.40, half marathon 1:02:45

transfer in - Chihiro Ono, 23 - 5000 m 13:42.81, 10000 m 28:23.68

SGH

new recruit - Emmanuel Kipchichir, 19 - 5000 m 13:24.77

new recruit - Kotaro Kondo, 22 - 5000 m 13:34.88, 10000 m 28:10.50

new recruit - Takuma Takemura, 22 - half marathon 1:02:42

new recruit - Yuito Nakamura, 22 - 10000 m 28:29.43, half marathon 1:02:52

Subaru

transfer out - Andrew Lorot, 25 - 5000 m 13:26.40, 10000 m 27:33.21, half marathon 59:54

Toyota Boshoku

retiring - Junpei Kanisawa, 27 - half marathon 1:02:37

new recruit - Yuma Nishizawa, 22 - half marathon 1:02:35

JR Higashi Nihon

retiring - Natsuki Terada, 31 - half marathon 1:02:37, marathon 2:08:03

new recruit - Yuta Nakayama, 22 - 10000 m 28:07.33

new recruit - Shungo Yokota, 22 - marathon 2:07:47

Toyota Kyushu

transfer out - Kento Otsu, 31 - half marathon 1:01:56, marathon 2:08:15

retiring - Taishi Sakamoto, 27 - half marathon 1:01:54

retiring - Shoya Okuno, 29 - half marathon 1:02:26, marathon 2:09:28

new recruit - Kei Takase, 22 - half marathon 1:02:49

Logisteed (formerly Hitachi Butsuryu)

retiring - Shota Hattori, 31 - 5000 m 13:37.64, half marathon 1:01:25

retiring - Mitsunori Asaoka, 30 - 5000 m 13:38.05, 10000 m 27:59.72

transferring out - Wataru Tochigi, 27 - 10000 m 28:00.49, half marathon 1:01:21

transferring out - Kenta Koshikawa, 25 - half marathon 1:01:18

transferring out - Sho Nagato, 26 - 10000 m 28:07.32, half marathon 1:02:37

transferring out - Takumu Une, 24 - half marathon 1:02:42

new recruit - Tamaki Fujimoto, 22 - 5000 m 13:32.58, 10000 m 28:18.52, half marathon 1:02:20

new recruit - Masaya Yamatani, 22 - 5000 m 13:36.77, 10000 m 28:11.94

new recruit - Shunpei Tomita, 22 - 5000 m 13:41.74, half marathon 1:02:10

new recruit - Shunsuke Shikama, 22 - 10000 m 28:36.03

Kurosaki Harima

new recruit - Sota Fukutani, 22 - half marathon 1:02:58

Sunbelx

transfer out - Daisuke Momozawa, 30 - 10000 m 28:09.07, half marathon 1:01:50

transfer in - Kento Otsu, 31 - half marathon 1:01:56, marathon 2:08:15

new recruit - Yoshinori Shimazaki, 23 - 10000 m 28:27.98

Asahi Kasei

retiring - Ryoichi Matsuo, 31 - marathon 2:11:43

transfer out - Chihiro Ono, 23 - 5000 m 13:42.81, 10000 m 28:23.68

new recruit - Sonata Nagashima, 18 - 1500 m 3:44.87, 5000 m 13:37.46

new recruit - Ryuto Igawa, 22 - 10000 m 27:59.74, half marathon 1:02:39

new recruit - Taiga Nakanishi, 22 - 5000 m 13:38.45, 10000 m 28:03.26, half marathon 1:01:22

new recruit - Jun Kasai, 22 - 10000 m 28:21.72

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