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Japan Announces Team of 78 for July's Bangkok Asian Championships

The JAAF has announced a team of 78 for the Bangkok Asian Championships July 12-16 in Thailand, perfect parity with 39 women and 39 men. Out of the Japanese athletes to have already cleared the Budapest World Championships qualifying standard and be named to Japan's team for Worlds, only Shunya Takayama is scheduled to compete in Bangkok in the 110 m hurdles. 34 of the Asian Championships are currently in the quota for their event for Budapest. Another half dozen including Arisa Kimishima, Maki Saito, and Hikaru Ikehata are on the cusp of making the quota.

For that half of the team, the chance to score area championships placing points for world rankings make the Asian Championships critical to their chances of representing Japan in Budapest. A bit surprisingly, no men's relay teams, one of Japan's areas of strength in recent history, are entered.

Athletes in bold are currently in the Budapest World Championships quota for their listed event. Athletes in bold and underlined have cleared their event's standard and are already named to the Budapest team.

Women

100 m
Arisa Kimishima - 11.36
Midori Mikase - 11.46

200 m
Arisa Kimishima - 23.17
Remi Tsuruta - 23.17

400 m
Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56
Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07

800 m
Ayano Shiomi - 2:02.57
Airi Ikezaki - 2:03.08

1500 m
Nozomi Tanaka - 3:59.19
Yume Goto - 4:09.41

5000 m
Yuma Yamamoto - 15:16.71
Nanami Watanabe - 15:25.48

10000 m 
Momoka Kawaguchi - 31:57.81
Haruka Kokai - 32:01.83

100 mH 
Masumi Aoki  - 12.86
Asuka Terada - 12.86

400 mH 
Ami Yamamoto - 56.06
Eri Utsunomiya - 56.50

3000 mSC
Reimi Yoshimura - 9:39.86
Chikako Mori - 9:45.27

High Jump
Nagisa Takahashi - 1.85 m

Pole Vault
Misaki Morota - 4.41 m
Megumi Dainobu - 4.18 m

Long Jump 
Sumire Hata - 6.75 m
Ayaka Kora - 6.50 m

Triple Jump 
Mariko Morimoto - 14.16 m
Maoko Takashima - 13.82 m

Shot Put
Nanaka Kori - 16.57 m

Discus Throw
Nanaka Kori - 59.03 m
Maki Saito - 57.43 m

Hammer Throw
Joy McArthur - 69.89 m
Raika Murakami - 65.33 m

Javelin Throw
Marina Saito - 62.37 m
Momone Ueda - 61.75 m

20 kmRW
Yukiko Umeno - 1:33:38
Miyu Naito - 1:33:41

Heptathlon
Yuki Yamasaki - 5975
Karin Odama - 5720

4x100 m Relay
Arisa Kimishima - 11.36
Midori Mikase - 11.46
Masumi Aoki - 11.48
Remi Tsuruta - 11.48
Shuri Aono - 11.53
Miu Kurashige - 11.58

4x400 m Relay
Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56
Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07
Ami Yamamoto - 54.84
Shuri Aono - 54.87
Eri Utsunomiya - 54.97
Remi Tsuruta - 56.30

Mixed 4x400 m Relay
Nanako Matsumoto - 52.56
Haruna Kuboyama - 53.07
Shuri Aono - 54.87
Fuga Sato - 45.26
Kentaro Sato - 45.31
Kenki Imaizumi - 45.54

Men

100 m
Ryuichiro Sakai - 10.02
Hiroki Yanagita - 10.13

200 m 
Koki Ueyama - 20.26
Towa Uzawa - 20.32

400 m
Fuga Sato - 45.26
Kentaro Sato - 45.31

800 m
Sho Kawamoto - 1:45.75
Mikuto Kaneko - 1:45.85

1500 m
Kazuki Kawamura - 3:35.42
Yusuke Takahashi - 3:38.69

5000 m
Hyuga Endo - 13:10.69
Kazuya Shiojiri - 13:16.53

10000 m
Ren Tazawa - 27:23.44
Yuto Imae - 27:50.93

110 mH
Shunya Takayama - 13.10
Taiga Yokochi - 13.45

400 mH
Yusaku Kodama - 48.77
Kaito Tsutsue - 49.35

3000 mSC
Ryoma Aoki - 8:20.09
Seiya Sunada - 8:26.36

High Jump
Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.29 m
Naoto Hasegawa - 2.26 m

Pole Vault
Seito Yamamoto - 5.77 m
Tomoya Karasawa - 5.60 m

Long Jump
Shotaro Shiroyama - 8.40 m
Yuki Hashioka - 8.36 m

Triple Jump 
Riku Ito - 17.00 m
Hikaru Ikehata - 16.75 m

Shot Put
Hitoshi Okumura - 18.42 m

Discus Throw
Yuji Tsutsumi - 62.59 m
Masateru Yugami - 62.16 m

Hammer Throw
Ryota Kashimura - 72.92 m
Shota Fukuda - 71.79 m

Javelin Throw 
Ryohei Arai - 86.83 m
Roderick Genki Dean - 84.28 m

20 kmRW 
Yutaro Murayama - 1:19:25
Hiroto Jujo - 1:20:14

Decathlon
Yuma Maruyama - 7816
Shun Taue - 7764

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Stefan said…
I'm looking forward to seeing how Haruka Kokai performs in the 10000m. She has been improving all year in all middle distances and hopefully she can keep up this momentum and post a PB although I'd expect the conditions might play a part in that.
June 14, 2023 at 5:24 PM
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