Flores and Aoki Break MR - Kanto Regionals Day Two Highlights

Following up her collegiate record 51.71 last weekend in Shizuoka, Arie Flores (Nittai Univ.) lit up a windy 2nd day of the Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships with a solo 52.82 MR, over half a second under the old record and beating 2nd place by a second and a half. With her Japanese citizenship transfer from Peru still in processing it's only a matter of time before Flores officially erases the 2008-era 51.75 m NR.

She wasn't the only athlete to set a new MR despite the windy conditions. The D1 women's and men's 1500 m finals were nothing special time-wise, but in the D2 men's race Ryuto Aoki (Rikkyo Univ.) set a D2 MR 3:44.92 for the win, with the next 3 all running new PBs. Women's hammer throw 3rd-placer Misaki Takako (Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) also set a D2 MR with a throw of 54.37 m.

But except for Flores, the races of the day were the D1 and D2 men's 100 m finals. With a massive +4.5 m/s tailwind, #1-ranked Hiroki Yanagita (Toyo Univ.) ran 9.95 to win, with 2nd-placer Yuta Sekiguchi (Waseda Univ.) running 10.02 and 3rd-placer Riku Oishi (Toyo Univ.) 10.04. The fun kept coming in the D2 race, where Yuhi Mori (Daito Bunka Univ.) ran 9.97 with a +3.9 m/s tailwind. With that kind of tailwind those times don't really mean much, but it was noticeable that in both races there was a pretty significant drop-off in times behind the people above, D1 4th-placer Kaito Kuroki (Chuo Univ.) running 10.18 and D2 runner-up Ryunosuke Kitahara (Daito Bunka Univ.) 10.22.

Kanto Regionals continue through Sunday.

104th Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships

Day 2 Highlights

Sagamihara Gion Stadium, Kanagawa, 9 May 2025

complete results

D1 Women's 100 m Final +3.8 m/s

1. Miu Sugimoto (1st yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 11.53

2. Miho Kurahashi (4th yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 11.60

3. Aoi Sato (3rd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 11.60

4. Akiha Kobari (1st yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 11.62

5. Yuiko Yamazaki (4th yr., Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.). 11.67

6. Mako Kubota (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 11.79

7. Misa Iida (4th yr., Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 11.80

8. Noa Morita (2nd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 11.88

D1 Men's 100 m Final +4.5 m/s

1. Hiroki Yanagita (4th yr., Toyo Univ.) - 9.95

2. Yuta Sekiguchi (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 10.02

3. Riku Oishi (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 10.04

4. Kaito Kuroki (2nd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 10.18

5. Hayato Watanabe (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 10.23

6. Haruki Narushima (4th yr., Toyo Univ.) - 10.24

7. Hibiki Yui (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 10.30

8. Kazuki Mitsui (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 10.35

D2 Men's 100 m Final +3.9 m/s

1. Yuhi Mori (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 9.97

2. Ryunosuke Kitahara (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10.22

3. Takumi Ueyama (1st yr., Shobi Gakuen Univ.) - 10.26

4. Kuga Ishii (1st yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 10.27

5. Daiki Kikuchi (3rd yr., Jobu Univ.) - 10.28

6. Marin Miyashita (3rd yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 10.30

7. Yuki Matsumoto (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10.31

DQ - Kosei Ikejima (4th yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.)

D1 Women's 400 m Final

1. Arie Flores (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 52.82 - MR

2. Haruna Seta (2nd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 54.31 - PB

3. Shihori Sato (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 54.41 - PB

4. Chikako Ueshima (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 54.99

5. Gloria Akenta (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 55.67

6. Ririka Miyachi (2nd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 56.09

7. Marin Ishimine (4th yr., Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 56.40

8. Kiyoko Neoi (2nd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 57.54

D1 Men's 400 m Final

1. Shinya Hayashi (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 46.21 - PB

2. Yushin Komata (2nd yr., Meiji Univ.) - 46.69 - PB

3. Sho Tanabe (2nd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 46.69

4. Jinta Harima (2nd yr., Josai Univ.) - 46.92

5. Haruki Morita (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 47.00

6. Kentaro Shirahata (2nd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 47.16

7. Seinosuke Irizuki (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 47.26

8. Kyo Kikuta (1st yr., Hosei Univ.) - 47.60

D2 Men's 400 m Final

1. Daichi Shimizu (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 47.61

2. Sota Saito (2nd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 47.91

3. Soma Sakakibara (3rd yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 48.03

4. Koshi Watanabe (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 48.07

5. Daiki To (4th yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 48.86

6. Hiroto Yamada (3rd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 49.02

7. Yusuke Nakajima (2nd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 49.04

8. Rairu Sumi (4th yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 49.42

D3 Men's 400 m Final

1. Kohei Kanno (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 47.80

2. Alan Meldoram (2nd yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ. Grad School) - 47.86

3. Kenta Kanno (1st yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ. Grad School) - 48.34

4. Ryota Fukunaga (2nd yr., Nittai Univ. Grad School) - 49.16

5. Reo Matsumoto (2nd yr., Keio Univ. Grad School) - 49.99

6. Shota Biyama (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 50.91

7. Shuhei Tanaami (1st yr., Gunma Univ. Grad School) - 51.50

D1 Women's 1500 m Final

1. Airi Tajima (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 4:21.16

2. Suzuna Kinoshita (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 4:23.20

3. Miu Suzuki (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 4:24.92

4. Mana Aiba (3rd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 4:25.13

5. Daisy Cherop (1st yr., Josai Kokusai Univ.) - 4:25.19

D1 Men's 1500 m Final

1. Takumi Shiobara (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 3:50.56

2. Kiyoto Ono (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 3:51.09

3. Taiyo Suzuki (4th yr., Keio Univ.) - 3:51.41

4. Yota Yaguchi (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 3:51.96

5. Takayoshi Oba (2nd yr., Josai Univ.) - 3:52.68

D2 Men's 1500 m Final

1. Ryuto Aoki (3rd yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 3:44.92 - MR

2. Hikaru Ogawara (2nd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 3:45.40 - PB

3. Shuto Iguchi (2nd yr., Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) - 3:46.98 - PB

4. Ibuki Sugiyama (1st yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 3:47.96 - PB

5. Yura Umehara (2nd yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 3:49.05

D1 Women's 100 mH Final +3.8 m/s

1. Ami Takahashi (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.14

2. Ayu Kariya (1st yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13.15

3. Marika Yasui (4th yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13.26

4. Momoka Takasaki (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 13.45

5. Yuki Hata (1st yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13.50

6. Makoto Nakamura (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13.55

7. Anna Matsuda (1st yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13.58

8. Saki Kodera (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.64

D1 Men's 110 mH Final +5.3. m/s

1. Hayato Higuchi (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.33

2. Tetsuro Nishi (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13.39

3. Ryo Koike (3rd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 13.52

4. Kaisei Uchida (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.56

5. Nozomu Matsumoto (4th yr., Hosei Univ.) - 13.57

6. Yuki Morioka (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13.72

7. Kyosuke Yamanaka (2nd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 13.80

8. Hiroto Miyamoto (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.88

D2 Men's 110 mH Final +4.0 m/s

1. Kanto Tomita (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 13.83

2. Yuma Sato (4th yr., Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - 13.98

3. Mukai Fukasawa (3rd yr., Seikei Univ.) - 14.23

4. Hayato Okubo (2nd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 14.42

5. Kuta Yamaguchi (1st yr., Ikuei Univ.) - 14.45

6. Kazuma Komiya (3rd yr., Seikei Univ.) - 14.45

7. Shin Sato (2nd yr., Meikai Univ.) - 14.58

DQ - Aoto Nakazato (4th yr., Surugadai Univ.)

D1 Women's 10000 mRW Final

1. Kayane Saito (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 46:36.12

2. Toko Nakajima (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 46:41.37 - PB

3. Ayaka Nakamura (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 46:43.92 - PB

4. Mamika Fujita (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 47:24.66 - PB

5. Natsuki Hirose (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 48:54.86

D1 Women's 4x100 m Relay Final

1. Aoyama Gakuin University - 45.22

2. Nittai University - 45.65

3. Tokyo Joshi Taiiku University - 45.80

4. Nihon Joshi Taiiku University - 45.90

5. Chuo University - 46.10

6. Surugadai University - 46.31

7. Sakushin Gakuin University - 46.67

8. Juntendo University - 46.87

D1 Men's 4x100 m Relay Final

1. Chuo University - 39.03

2. Toyo University - 39.15

3. Nihon University - 39.19

4. Waseda University - 39.28

5. Tokai University - 39.58

6. Hosei University - 39.76

7. Keio University - 39.86

8. Juntendo University - 40.09

DQ - Meiji University

D2 Men's 4x100 m Relay Final

1. Daito Bunka University - 39.83

2. Surugadai University - 40.25

3. Ryutsu Keizai University - 40.29

4. Heisei Kokusai University - 40.98

5. Rikkyo University - 41.05

6. Seikei University - 41.09

7. Wellness Sports University - 41.40

8. Kanto Gakuen University - 46.22

D1 Women's Long Jump Final

1. Mizuki Otsu (4th yr., Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 6.43 m (+2.2)

2. Ion Kondo (1st yr., Nihon Univ.) - 6.24 m (+3.0)

3. Shion Hashimoto (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 6.23 m (+3.1)

D2 Men's Triple Jump Final

1. Taito Tomita (4th yr., Gunma Univ.) - 15.28 m (+3.6)

2. Nijitaro Sato (3rd yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 14.82 m (+2.2)

3. Risaburo Tokuno (1st yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 14.73 m (+2.2)

D1 Men's Shot Put Final

1. Akito Yamada (3rd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 17.91 m

2. Rua Teruya (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 15.57 m

3. Shunpei Kowata (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 15.51 m

D1/D2 Women's Hammer Throw Final

1. Mingamon Konpon (4th yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 61.55 m

2. Satsuki Arikumi (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 56.86 m

3. Misaki Takako (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 54.37 m - D2 MR, PB

D1 Men's Javelin Throw Final

1. Hiroya Kiyokawa (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 76.06 m

2. Kota Yamada (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 70.82 m

3. Kosuke Seino (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 66.77 m

D1 Men's Decathlon Final

1. Ryo Takahashi (2nd yr., Keio Univ,) - 7127

2, Kazuki Maeda (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 6987 - PB

3. Natsuki Miyauchi (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 6969 - PB

D2 Men's Decathlon Final

1. Ryoki Hatori (3rd yr., Gunma Univ.) - 6987 - PB

2. Ryotaro Iida (4th yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 6497

3. Sora Suzuki (3rd yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 6359

D3 Men's Decathlon Final

1. Maaku Hikari (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 6893 - PB

2. Haruka Ooi (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 6765 - PB

3. Genta Murakami (1st yr., Tokai Univ. Grad School) - 6221

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