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Kanakuri Memorial Meet and 10000 m National Championships Entry Lists

The first big meet of Japan's outdoor season happens in Kumamoto Apr. 12 with the Kanakuri Memorial Meet, where the men's and women's 10000 m double as the National Championships and other events count as key selection races for May's Asian Championships in South Korea. Top entries per event below with best times within the qualifying window. Complete 10000 m entries here, other distances here.

Men's 10000 m National Championships
Emmanuel Maru (Kenya/Toyota Boshoku) - 27:09.96
Jun Kasai (Asahi Kasei) - 27:17.46
Charles Kamau (Kenya/SGH) - 27:18.89 
Mebuki Suzuki (Toyota) - 27:20.33
Tomoki Ota (Toyota) - 27:20.94
Kazuya Shiojiri (Fujitsu) - 27:36.37
Tomoya Ogikubo (Hiramatsu Byoin) - 27:38.28
Yuto Imae (GMO) - 27:42.65
Yamato Yoshii (Toyota) - 27:42.88
Ryo Saito (Asahi Kasei) - 27:45.08
Shoya Saito (Josai Univ.) - 27:45.12
Yuya Yoshida (GMO) - 27:45.85
Hayate Honma (Chuo Univ.) - 27:46.60
Tsuyoshi Bando (Osaka Gas) - 27:48.53
Kazuki Tamura (Sumitomo Denko) - 27:49.09
Masaya Yamatani (Logisteed) - 27:50.77
Tomonori Yamaguchi (Waseda Univ.) - 27:52.37
Katsuhiko Suzuki (Subaru) - 27:55.35
Daiki Ozawa (Fujitsu) - 27:55.74
Torazo Kai (Suzuki) - 27:56.61
Ryo Goda (Yasukawa Denki) - 27:57.12
Hiroki Wakabayashi (Nihon Seimei) - 27:59.53
Tatsuya Iyoda (Fujitsu) - 28:05.03
Kazuma Hattori (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 28:45.12

Women's 10000 m National Championships
Rino Goshima (Shiseido) - 30:53.31
Miyaka Sugata (Japan Post) - 31:42.28
Nanaka Izawa (Starts) - 31:44.85
Yuka Takashima (Shiseido) - 31:52.07
Erika Tanoura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 31:52.19
Kazuna Kanetomo (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 31:53.76
Mikuni Yada (Edion) - 32:00.08
Shiho Tachizako (Shiseido) - 32:16.31
Margaret Akidor (Kenya/Comodi Iida) - 32:20.71
Kana Kobayashi (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 32:22.98
Sora Shinozakura (Yokohama T&F Assoc.) - 32:24.50
Kaho Horio (Route Inn Hotels) - 32:31.72
Hikaru Ozaki (Sysmex) - 33:01.59
Kokoro Nakachi (Sysmex) - 33:08.19
Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 15:33.25
Rion Furukawa (Nitori) - 15:34.38
Momoka Kawaguchi (Uniqlo) - 15:36.51
Kurumi Yoda (Panasonic) - 15:39.71

Men's 5000 m
Benson Kiplangat (Kenya/Subaru) - 12:58.78
Keita Sato (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:09.45
Samuel Kibathi (Kenya/Toyota) - 13:12.28
Raphael Daps (Kenya/JR Higashi Nihon) - 13:12.82
Anthony Maina (Toyota Kyushu) - 13:13.10
Emmanuel Kiprop Kipruto (Kenya/Asahi Kasei) - 13:15.17
Antipas Kibet (Kenya/Komori Corp.) - 13:15.38
Kotaro Shinohara (Fujitsu) - 13:15.70
Sitonik Kiprono (Kenya/Kurosaki Harima) - 13:15.85
Nagiya Mori (Honda) - 13:16.76
Emmanuel Kiplagat (Kenya/Mitsubishi Juko) - 13:17.61
James Mutuku (Kenya/Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 13:18.18
Masaya Tsurukawa (GMO) - 13:18.51
Gilbert Kiprotich (Kenya/Sunbelx) - 13:18.84
Edwin Kisalsak (Kenya/Fujisan no Meisui) - 13:19.23
Felix Korir (Kenya/Toyota) - 13:19.23
Hyuga Endo (Sumitomo Denko) - 13:20.28
Ren Tazawa (Toyota) - 13:36.99
Hiroto Yoshioka (Juntendo Univ.) - 13:44.04

Women's 5000 m
Agnes Mwikali (Kenya/Kyocera) - 14:49.21
Tabitha Njeri Kamau (Kenya/Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 14:56.12
Janet Nyiva (Kenya/Panasonic) - 15:01.25
Janet Kepkoech (Kenya/Kurashiki H.S.) - 15:13.37
Dolphine Nyaboke Omare (Kenya/Uniqlo) - 15:16.05
Rina Kusu (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:20.65
Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 15:20.94
Sora Shinozakura (Yokohama T&F Assoc.) - 15:26.95
Esther Wambui Wangui (Kenya/Starts) - 15:28.12
Nanami Watanabe (Panasonic) - 15:29.67
Yuma Yamamoto (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:31.53
Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 15:33.25
Mao Ichiyama (Shiseido) - 16:10.19

Men's 3000 mSC
Yutaro Niinae (Aisan Kogyo) - 8:20.36
Ryoma Aoki (Honda) - 8:24.21
Hibiki Obara (GMO) - 8:25.07
Yasunari Kusu (Ami AC) - 8:27.37
Soma Nagahara (Juntendo Univ.) - 8:30.37

Women's 3000 mSC
Miu Saito (Panasonic) - 9:45.62
Manami Nishiyama (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 9:48.16
Ayaka Koike (Denso) - 10:00.81
Yuzu Nishide (Daihatsu) - 10:02.76
Yukina Honjo (Wacoal) - 10:09.78

Men's 1500 m
Kazuto Iizawa (Sumitomo Denko) - 3:35.62
Abraham Guem (South Sudan/Ami AC) - 3:36.55
Masato Saiki (Fujisan no Meisui) - 3:38.53
Keisuke Morita (Subaru) - 3:38.75
Nanami Arai (Honda) - 3:38.79
Kazuki Kawamura (Toenec) - 3:38.88
Yusuke Takahashi (Sanyo Tokushu Seiko) - 3:39.35
Hinata Maeda (Kantaiheiyo Univ.) - 3:40.75
Jae Ung Lee (South Korea) - 3:41.13
Ko Ochiai (Komazawa Univ.) - NM

Women's 1500 m
Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) - 3:59.69
Teresiah Muthoni (Kenya/Daiso) - 4:02.54
Esther Muthoni (Kenya/Nitori) - 4:06.54
Yume Goto (Uniqlo) - 4:09.41
Chikako Mori (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:10.33
Sherry Drury (Tsuyama H.S.) - 4:16.69

Men's 800 m
Sota Okamura (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) - 1:46.38
Yugo Shikata (Saurus TC) - 1:46.82
Shuta Azuma (Hiroshima Keizai Univ.) - 1:46.83
Kaishi Kitamura (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:47.11
Junki Ishimoto (Arcyell) - 1:47.15

Women's 800 m
Rin Kubo (Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S.) - 1:59.93
Ayano Shiomi (Iwatani Sangyo) - 2:01.93
Ai Watanabe (Uniqlo) - 2:02.39
Airi Ikezaki (Daiso) - 2:03.56
Ayaka Kawata (Niconiconori) - 2:03.65

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Anonymous said…
This meeting has delivered some good races in recent years despite being early in the season so looking forward to this one as well.

10.000 and 5000 men's races should be fun, Ota (given his recent consistent form) vs the field in the former, Sato/Shinohara likely fighting it out in the latter.
Miura usually ran 1500 at this meeting but this year he won't be there, could have been a fun addition to the 5000 meters field.

Glad to see Ochiai ended up at Komazawa, likely the best college to develop him.
Curious to see him in the 1500 though I hope he tries to improve his already good base for the 800 metres.
Curious about Rin Kubo as well.

March 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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