National Track and Field Championships Entry Lists

Entry lists are out for Japan's National Championships at the end of the month in Niigata. Top three there with the standard or inside their event quota is the primary way for people who haven't yet to score places on the Paris Olympics team, and it's notable that three people with the standard, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown in the men's 100 m, Ryuji Miura in the men's 3000 mSC, and Shunsuke Izumiya in the men's 400 mH, are giving Nationals a miss. One effect of their absence is that it improves the chances that other people are going to make the Paris quota on points, especially in the 100 m and steeple where Sani Brown and Miura are the only ones with the standard and likely to still be that way post-Nationals. Whether that's intentional only they can say, but it's interesting that one outcome of the World Athletics world rankings system is that in a way it encourages top talent to skip their National Championships to help out their teammates.

But the most noteworthy event is the men's 5000 m. With a qualification window from Jan. 1, 2023 to June 5, 2024, thirty Japanese men cleared 13:30, filling the entire field of thirty with sub-13:30 runners for the first time ever. That's something only Kenya and the U.S.A. could match. In the same window, Kenya had 78 men sub-13:30, over 1/3 which did it in Japan, and the U.S.A. 55, while Ethiopia only had 25. At the top end there's still a gap, Japan's fastest man being 20-year-old Keita Sato at 13:09.45, but the depth at this distance is something new, real progress that would have been hard to believe a few years ago and that signals a change in focus that came about partly because of the COVID pandemic-era restrictions on road races. It'll be interesting to see where it goes.

Look for a more detailed preview the week leading into Nationals.

108th National Track and Field Championships

Entry List Highlights

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata, 27-30 June 2024

complete entry lists

Men's 100 m

Hiroki Yanagita (Toyo Univ.) - 10.02 SB / PB

Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 10.03 SB / 9.98 PB

Ryuichiro Sakai (Osaka Gas) - 10.08 SB / 10.02 PB

Akihiro Higashida (Sekisho) - 10.10 SB / PB

Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.10 SB / 10.01 PB

Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.11 SB / 9.98 PB

Ryo Wada (Miki House) - 10.13 SB / 10.10 PB

Naoki Okami (Asunaro) - 10.15 SB / PB

Shoma Yamamoto (Hiroshima Univ.) - 10.16 SB / PB

Rikuto Higuchi (Suzuki) - 10.17 SB / PB

Men's 200 m

To Uzawa (Tsukuba Univ.) - 20.23 SB / PB

Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 20.27 SB / 20.11 PB

Soshi Misakubo (Miyazaki Sports Assoc.) - 20.43 SB / PB

Yudai Nishi (Mint Tokyo) - 20.43 SB / PB

Koki Ueyama (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.43 SB / 20.26 PB

Naoki Uemoto (Ace Japan) - 20.48 SB / PB

Shoto Uno (Orico) - 20.49 SB / PB

Kento Matsui (Kansai Univ.) - 20.60 SB / PB

Kotaro Yamaji (Cynet) - 20.62 SB / PB

Aoto Suzuki (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.67 SB / PB

Men's 400 m

Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 44.77 SB / PB

Fuga Sato (Mizuno) - 44.88 SB / PB

Yuki Joseph Nakajima (Fujitsu) - 45.04 SB / PB

Ryuki Iwasaki (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 45.19 SB / PB

Kenki Imaizumi (Team SSP) - 45.54 SB / PB

Takuho Yoshiji (GK Line) - 45.71 SB / PB

Kaito Kawabata (Chukyo Univ. AC) - 45.77 SB / 45.73 PB

Rikuya Ito (Sumitomo Denko) - 45.84 SB / 45.79 PB

Mizuki Obuchi (Torihei AC) - 45.95 SB / 45.78 PB

Yudai Nishi (Mint Tokyo) - 32.52 (300m) SB / 47.09 PB

Men's 800 m

Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) - 1:46.18 SB / 1:45.75 PB

Yukichi Ishii (Penn State) - 1:46.22 SB / PB

Junya Matsumoto (FAJ) 1:46.52 SB / PB

Ko Ochiai (Shiga Gakuen H.S.) - 1:46.54 SB / PB

Kentaro Usuda (DeNA) - 1:46.97 SB / 1:46.17 PB

Kaishi Kitamura (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:47.11 SB / PB

Junki Ishimoto (Nihon Univ.) - 1:47.15 SB / PB

Daichi Setoguchi (Team SSP) - 1:47.20 SB / PB

Hinata Maeda (Kantaiheiyo Univ.) - 1:47.45 SB / PB

Hiroto Takamura (Nittai Univ.) - 1:47.51 SB / PB

Men's 1500 m

Kazuto Iizawa (Sumitomo Denko) - 3:35.62 SB / PB

Ryoji Takezawa (DeNA) - 3:37.13 SB / PB

Kazuki Kawamura (Toenec) - 3:38.45 SB / 3:35.42 PB

Masato Saiki (Fujisan no Meisui) - 3:38.53 SB / PB

Yusuke Takahashi (Asu Labo) - 3:38.69 SB / PB

Keisuke Morita (Subaru) - 3:38.75 SB / 3:37.36 PB

Nanami Arai (Honda) - 3:39.37 SB / 3:36.63 PB

Alex Kipchirchir (Comodi Iida) - 3:39.64 SB / PB (OP)

Yudai Noguchi (Toenec) - 3:40.10 SB / 3:39.01 PB

Rikuto Iijima (Ami AC) - 3:41.34 SB / 3:38.35 PB

Tomohiro Chimori (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 3:41.42 SB / PB

Men's 5000 m

Keita Sato (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:09.45 SB / PB

Titus Wambua (SID Group) - 13:17.49 SB / 13:17.40 PB (OP)

Tatsuhiko Ito (Honda) - 13:17.65 SB / PB

Kazuya Shiojiri (Fujitsu) - 13:19.85 SB / 13:16.53 PB

Hyuga Endo (Sumitomo Denko) - 13:20.28 SB / 13:10.69 PB

Kanta Shimizu (Subaru) - 13:21.18 SB / PB

Shunsuke Yoshii (Chuo Univ.) - 13:22.01 SB / PB

Nagiya Mori (Honda) - 13:23.08 SB / PB

Shota Nakano (Honda) - 13:24.11 SB / PB

Yohei Ikeda (Kao) - 13:24.14 SB / PB

Kazuki Tamura (Sumitomo Denko) - 13:24.38 SB / PB

Men's 110 mH

Rachid Muratake (JAL) - 13.04 SB / PB

Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 13.20 SB / PB

Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) - 13.25 SB / 13.10 PB

Ken Toyoda (Keio Univ.) - 13.29 SB / PB

Taiga Yokochi (Team SSP) - 13.33 SB / PB

Tatsuki Abe (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.35 SB / PB

Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) - 13.36 SB / PB

Ryota Fujii (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 13.41 SB / PB

Thomas Higashi Ishida (Katsuura Golf Club) - 13.42 SB / PB

Ryota Machi (Niigata Albirex RC) - 13.43 SB / PB

Men's 400 mH

Ken Toyoda (Keio Univ.) - 48.36 SB / PB

Kaito Tsutsue (ST-Wako) - 48.58 SB / PB

Kazuki Kurokawa (Sumitomo Denko) - 48.58 SB / PB

Yusaku Kodama (Nojima T&F Club) - 48.77 SB / PB

Haruto Deguchi (Zenrin) - 48.83 SB / PB

Shunta Inoue (Hosei Univ.) - 48.91 SB / PB

Daiki Ogawa (Toyo Univ.) - 48.91 SB / PB

Masaki Kanemoto (Waseda Univ.) - 49.04 SB / PB

Takayuki Kishimoto (Fujitsu) - 49.28 SB / 48.41 PB

Masaya Oda (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 49.29 SB / PB

Men's 3000 mSC

Ryoma Aoki (Honda) - 8:20.54 SB / 8:20.09 PB

Hibiki Obara (GMO) - 8:25.07 SB / PB

Seiya Sunada (Press Kogyo) - 8:26.36 SB / PB

Yasunari Kusu (Ami AC) - 8:27.37 SB / 8:25.70 PB

Atsushi Shobu (Kao) - 8:28.16 SB / PB

Yutaro Niinae (Aisan Kogyo) - 8:28.54 SB / PB

Soma Nagahara (Juntendo Univ.) - 8:32.12 SB / PB

Hironori Tsuetaki (Fujitsu) - 8:32.41 SB / 8:25.49 PB

Yuki Murao (Jutendo Univ.) - 8:33.76 SB / PB

Shintaro Nagazono (SID Group) - 8:34.76 SB / PB

Men's High Jump

Ryoichi Akamatsu (Seibu Prince) - 2.30 m SB / PB

Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko) - 2.29 m SB / 2.31 m PB

Takashi Eto (KDL) - 2.26 SB / 2.30 m PB

Yuto Seko (FAAS) - 2.26 m SB / 2.27 m PB

Haruki Horii (Daishin Plant) - 2.25 m SB / PB

Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.25 m SB / 2.26 m PB

Men's Pole Vault

Shingo Sawa (Kiraboshi Ginko) - 5.60 m SB / 5.61 m PB

Seito Yamamoto (Toyota) - 5.60 m SB / 5.77 m PB

Tomoya Karasawa (Nittai Univ.) - 5.56 m SB / 5.60 m PB

Koki Kuruma (Striders AC) - 5.50 m SB / 5.60 m PB

Kosei Takekawa (Marumoto Shogyo) - 5.50 m SB / 5.70 m PB

Masaki Ejima (Fujitsu) - 5.50 m SB / 7.71 m PB

Men's Long Jump

Yuki Hashioka (Fujitsu) - 8.28 m SB / 8.36 m PB

Hiromichi Yoshida (Gulliver) - 8.26 m SB / PB

Keito Yamaura (Katsuura Golf Club) - 8.13 m SB / PB

Yuto Toriumi (Nojima T&F Club) - 8.07 m SB / 8.11 m PB

Hibiki Tsuta (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 8.07 m SB / 8.23 m PB

Tenju Togawa (Hashiri no Gakko) - 8.05 m SB / PB

Men's Triple Jump

Hikaru Ikehata (Surugadai Univ. AC) - 16.73 m SB / 16.75 m PB

Yuto Adachi (Fukuoka Univ.) - 16.46 m SB / PB

Yuki Yamashita (Fujibo) - 16.38 m SB / 16.57 m PB

Manato Miyao (Toyo Univ.) - 16.38 m SB / PB

Hajime Araki (Juntendo Univ.) - 16.28 m SB / PB

Hiromi Ogawa (Chiba T&F Assoc.) - 16.25 m SB / PB

Men's Shot Put

Jason Atuobeng (Fukuoka Univ.) - 18.56 m SB / PB

Hitoshi Okumura (Senko) - 18.53 m SB / PB

Ryuji Iwasa (Team SSP) - 18.36 m SB / PB

Daichi Morishita (Kagotani) - 18.24 m SB / 18.29 m PB

Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ. AC) - 18.00 m SB / PB

Akito Yamada (Hosei Univ.) - 17.74 m SB / PB

Men's Discus Throw

Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ. AC) - 62.52 m SB / PB

Masateru Yugami (Toyota) - 59.31 m SB / 62.16 m PB

Yuji Tsutsumi (Alsok) - 59.07 m SB / 62.59 m PB

Hiroki Kitahara (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 57.24 m SB / PB

Kosei Yamashita (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 55.68 m SB / PB

Koshiro Fujiwara (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 55.32 SB / PB

Men's Hammer Throw

Shota Fukuda (Sumitomo Denko) - 73.00 m SB / PB

Ryota Kashimura (Yamada Holdings) - 72.92 m SB / PB

Tatsuto Nakagawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 72.05 SB / PB

Kohei Oda (Fukumoto Kogyo) - 70.49 m SB / PB

Yudai Kimura (Zenrin) - 70.17 m SB / 71.21 m PB

Takahiro Kobata (Support Zen) - 69.66 m SB / 71.34 m PB

Men's Javelin Throw

Yuta Sakiyama (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 83.54 m SB / PB

Ryohei Arai (Suzuki) - 83.37 m SB / 86.83 m PB

Roderick Genki Dean (Mizuno) - 83.15 m SB / 84.28 m PB

Hiroya Kiyokawa (Tokai Univ.) - 81.67 m SB / PB

Kenji Ogura (Agec Sports Management) - 80.13 m SB / 81.63 m PB

Yusaku Iwao (Tsukuba Univ.) - 80.09 m SB / PB

Women's 100 m

Mei Kodama (Mizuno) - 11.37 SB / 11.24 PB

Arisa Kimishima (DKSiken) - 11.37 SB / 11.36 PB

Manaka Miura (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 11.45 SB / PB

Aiha Yamagata (Fukuoka Univ.) - 11.46 SB / PB

Midori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) - 11.51 SB / 11.46 PB

Wakana Okane (Konan Univ.) - 11.55 SB / PB

Yu Ishikawa (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 11.55 SB / 11.48 PB

Yume Okuno (Konan Univ.) - 11.58 SB / PB

Yuna Miura (Cerespo) - 11.59 SB / 11.55 PB

Hinami Yamanaka (Shiga T&F Assoc.) - 11.62 SB / 11.61 PB

Women's 200 m

Arisa Kimishima (DKSiken) - 23.17 SB / PB

Remi Tsuruta (Minami Kyushu Family Mart) - 23.27 SB / 23.17 PB

Shuri Aono (ND Software) - 23.42 SB / PB

Haruna Kuboyama (Imamura Byoin) - 23.57 SB / PB

Sayumi Yoshida (Crane) - 23.65 SB / PB

Ami Takahashi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 23.67 SB / PB

Reika Matsubayashi (MMG) - 23.75 SB / PB

Yuzuki Kojima (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 23.82 SB / PB

Mei Kodama (Mizuno) - 23.83 SB / 23.41 PB

Shizuho Moriyama (Ichigo) - 23.84 SB / PB

Women's 400 m

Haruna Kuboyama (Imamura Byoin) - 53.07 SB / PB

Yuna Iwata (Suzuki) - 53.38 SB / 53.37 PB

Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.42 SB / 52.56 PB

Shizuho Moriyama (Ichigo) - 53.82 SB / 53.62 PB

Marin Adachi (Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 53.83 SB / 53.65 PB

Abigail Fuka Ido (Toho Ginko) - 53.87 SB / PB

Yujiki Kojima (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 53.99 SB / PB

Arie Flores (Nittai Univ.) - 54.07 SB / PB

Mayu Inaoka (Kagotani) - 54.08 SB / 54.07 PB

Miyu Akasaka (Tsukuba Univ.) - 54.28 SB / PB

Women's 800 m

Airi Ikezaki (Daiso) - 2:03.08 SB / PB

Rin Kubo (Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S.) - 2:03.57 SB / PB

Ayano Shiomi (Iwatani Sangyo) - 2:03.67 SB / 2:02.57 PB

Ai Watanabe (Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 2:03.75 SB / PB

Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) - 2:03.98 SB / 2:02.36 PB

Yuri Nishida (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 2:04.15 SB / PB

Ayaka Kawata (Niconiconori) - 2:04.24 SB / 2:02.71 PB

Yume Kitamura (Edion) - 2:05.01 SB / 2:00.92 PB

Hana Yamada (Warabeya Nichiyo) - 2:05.54 SB / 2:05.46 PB

Yuki Hirota (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2:05.59 SB / 2:04.18 PB

Women's 1500 m

Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) - 4:02.98 SB / 3:59.19 PB

Mirriam Cherop (Shin Nihon Jusetsu) - 4:07.14 SB / PB (OP)

Yume Goto (Uniqlo) - 4:10.22 SB / 4:09.41 PB

Tomoka Kitamura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:10.75 SB / 4:09.79 PB

Ayano Ide (Shiseido) - 4:12.03 SB / PB

Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:12.14 SB / 4:07.90 PB

Hellen Ekarare (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:13.20 SB / 4:05.82 PB (OP)

Ai Fujita (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:14.67 SB / PB

Saki Katagihara (Edion) - 4:15.37 SB / 4:13.82 PB

Sherry Drury (Tsuyama H.S.) - 4:15.50 SB / PB

Ayu Henmi (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:15.62 SB / PB

Akira Matsui (Ehime Ginko) - 4:15.91 SB / PB

Women's 5000 m

Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) - 14:47.69 SB / 14:29.18 PB

Judy Jepngetich (Shiseido) - 14:57.63 SB / 14:50.20 PB (OP)

Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 15:07.43 SB / 14:52.84 PB

Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Denko) - 15:18.76 SB / PB

Tomoka Kimura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:21.60 SB / 15:02.48 PB

Rika Kaseda (Daihatsu) - 15:21.72 SB / 15:15.03 PB

Rino Goshima (Shiseido) - 15:22.33 SB / 15:13.53 PB

Rina Kusu (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:23.89 SB / 15:10.91 PB

Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo) - 15:24.36 SB / PB

Erika Tanokura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:24.37 SB / PB

Miyaka Sugata (Japan Post) - 15:25.81 SB / PB

Women's 100 mH

Asuka Terada (Japan Create) - 12.86 SB / PB

Yumi Tanaka (Fujitsu) - 12.89 SB / PB

Masumi Aoki (77 Ginko) - 12.90 SB / 12.86 PB

Mako Fukube (NKK) - 12.90 SB / 12.73 PB

Chisato Kiyoyama (Ichigo) - 12.96 SB / PB

Yuki Omatsu (CDL) - 12.97 SB / PB

Hitomi Shimura (Rita Japan) - 13.00 SB / PB

Hikari Tanaka (Fujisan no Meisui) - 13.01 SB / PB

Hitomi Nakajima (Hasegawa) - 13.07 SB / PB

Manaka Shibata (Edion) - 13.08 SB / PB

Women's 400 mH

Ami Yamamoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 56.06 SB / PB

Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa) - 56.65 SB / 56.50 PB

Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.92 SB / 56.79 PB

Honoka Aoki (Zenrin) - 57.48 SB / PB

Moe Matsuoka (Chuo Univ.) - 57.80 SB / 57.57 PB

Akane Minamisawa (Matsumoto DK) - 57.82 SB / PB

Mei Kudo (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 57.84 SB / PB

Shiori Chiba (Waseda Univ.) - 57.85 SB / PB

Meri Masuko (Chiba Univ.) - 57.91 SB / PB

Sumika Okawa (Waseda Univ.) - 58.12 SB / PB

Women's 3000 mSC

Reimi Yoshimura (Cramer Japan TC) - 9:46.65 SB / 9:39.86 PB

Miu Saito (Nittai Univ.) - 9:47.76 SB / PB

Chikako Mori (Sekisui Kagaku) - 9:48.70 SB / 9:45.27 PB

Manami Nishiyama (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 9:49.77 SB / 9:39.28 PB

Yuzu Nishide (Daihatsu) - 9:52.28 SB / 9:38.95 PB

Ayaka Koike (F-Assist) - 10:01.53 SB / PB

Ayana Yamashita (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 10:03.57 SB / PB

Soyoka Segawa (Sysmex) - 10:07.69 SB / 9:58.81 PB

Mayu Kawase (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10:10.61 SB / PB

Karin Akahori (Tokyo Metro) - 10:14.26 SB / 10:13.54 PB

Women's High Jump

Nagisa Takahashi (Senko) - 1.88 m SB / PB

Sheriai Tsuda (Tsukiji Gindago) - 1.85 m SB / PB

Miyuki Tetsumaru (Kagoshima Ginko) - 1.82 m SB / PB

Moe Takeuchi (Kanseki) - 1.80 m SB / PB

Mairu Wada (Osaka Taiiku Univ.) - 1.78 m SB / PB

Reina Takeyama (Edion) - 1.78 m SB / 1.80 m PB

Women's Pole Vault

Misaki Morota (Art Home) - 4.48 m SB / PB

Rena Tanaka (Yoshida Seikyu) - 4.20 m SB / PB

Megumi Dainobu (Nittai Univ. SMG). 4.20 m SB / PB

Kanae Tatsuta (Nippatsu) - 4.20 m SB / 4.30 m PB

Mitsuki Kobayashi (Nittai Univ.) - 4.13 m SB / PB

Akari Osakaya (Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 4.13 m SB / PB

Women's Long Jump

Sumire Hata (Sumitomo Denko) - 6.97 m SB / PB

Ayaka Kora (JAL) - 6.46 m SB / 6.50 m PB

Miu Kimura (Shikoku Univ.) - 6.36 m SB / PB

Maya Takeuchi (Mizuno) - 6.30 m SB / PB

Nagisa Yamamoto (Hasegawa) - 6.30 m SB / 6.31 m PB

Akari Funada (Mukogawa Joshi Univ.) - 6.29 m SB / PB

Women's Triple Jump

Mariko Morimoto (Orico) - 14.16 m SB / PB

Maoko Takashima (Kyudenko) - 13.83 m SB / PB

Akari Funada (Mukogawa Joshi Univ.) - 13.54 m SB / 13.81 m PB

Sakura Miyahata (Seven) - 13.16 m SB / PB

Moeno Saito (Sunrise) - 13.00 m SB / PB

Saki Kenmochi (Hasegawa) - 12.94 m SB / 13.42 m PB

Women's Shot Put

Nanaka Kori (Niigata Albirex RC) - 16.19 m SB / 16.57 m PB

Honoka Oyama (Imamura Byoin) - 15.75 m SB / 15.78 m PB

Fumika Ono (Tsukuba Univ.) - 15.74 m SB / 16.37 m PB

Haruka Osako (Somay-Q) - 15.28 m SB / PB

Kotomi Okuyama (Okayama Shoka Univ.) - 15.26 m SB / PB

Ryoka Hinatsu (Fukuoka Univ.) - 14.99 m SB / PB

Women's Discus Throw

Maki Saito (Tokai Univ.) - 58.47 m SB / PB

Nanaka Kori (Niigata Albirex RC) - 57.85 m SB / 59.03 m PB

Minori Tsujikawa (Uchida Yoko AC) - 53.84 m SB / 54.46 m PB

Akane Kawaguchi (Wizas) - 52.03 m SB / 54.05 m PB

Mika Yamamoto (Kondotech) - 50.06 m SB / 50.51 m PB

Natsumi Fujimori (STAC) - 49.53 m SB / 52.97 m PB

Women's Hammer Throw

Joy McArthur (unattached) - 70.51 m SB / PB

Raika Murakami (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 65.33 m SB / PB

Miharu Kodate (Somay-Q) - 64.52 m SB / PB

Sara Fujimoto (Kondotech) - 62.94 m SB / PB

Remi Katsuya (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 61.71 m SB / 61.94 m PB

Teresa Epasaka (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 61.55 m SB / PB

Women's Javelin Throw

Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL) - 67.38 m SB / PB

Marina Saito (Suzuki) - 62.07 m SB / 62.37 m PB

Momone Ueda (Zenrin) - 61.15 m SB / 61.75 m PB

Mahiro Osa (Kokushikan Club) - 61.10 m SB / PB

Yuka Sato (Niconiconori) - 60.37 m SB / 62.88 m PB

Kiho Kuze (Kondotech) - 59.16 m SB / PB

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