Fukuoka International Marathon Elite Field

The Fukuoka International Marathon is back Dec. 7 with exactly the kind of boutique field it's had over the decades. Up front are two of the home soil stars from February's Osaka Marathon, Kyohei Hosoya, 2:05:58, and Shunya Kikuchi, 2:06:06. Their toughest competition comes from Djibouti NR holder and 2023 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon winner Ibrahim Hassan, 2:06:13, and Yusuke Nishiyama, who ran a 2:06:31 PB in Tokyo last year despite getting caught up in a fall in the early going.

There's a layer of 5 2:07 men, 3 at 2:08 and a lone 2:09 runner below them, a total of 6 sub-2:10 Japanese men competing for 6 places at the L.A. Olympic marathon trials for anyone who goes under 2:09 here with support from 7 internationals from 5 countries. The Konica Minolta corporate team hasn't shown incredible aptitude for the marathon, but its 1:01:04 half marathoner Ren Yonemitsu is an interesting debut.

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2025 Fukuoka International Marathon Elite Field Highlights

Fukuoka, 7 Dec. 2025

complete field listing

times listed are athletes' best within last 3 years except where noted

Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) - 2:05:58 (Osaka 2025)

Shunya Kikuchi (Chugoku Denryoku) - 2:06:06 (Osaka 2025)

Ibrahim Hassan (Djibouti) - 2:06:13 (Paris 2025)

Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) - 2:06:31 (Tokyo 2024)

Tatsuya Maruyama (Toyota) - 2:07:06 (Tokyo 2025)

Michael Githae (Kenya/Suzuki) - 2:07:08 (Fukuoka Int'l 2023)

Vincent Raimoi (Kenya/Suzuki) - 2:07:23 (Tokyo 2023)

Yitayew Abuhay (Israel) - 2:07:26 (Seville 2025)

Goitom Kifle (Eritrea) - 2:07:38 (Seville 2025)

Dominic Letting (Kenya) - 2:08:23 (Frankfurt 2023)

Tetsuya Yoroizaka (Asahi Kasei) - 2:08:34 (Shanghai 2024)

Bayelign Yegzaw (Ethiopia) - 2:08:56 (Dubai 2024)

Takumi Iwata (JFE Steel) - 2:09:28 (Osaka 2025)

Tomoki Yoshioka (Kraftia) - 2:10:03 (Beppu-OIta 2024)

Ryuichi Yoshioka (Honda Tochigi) - 2:10:49 (Tokyo 2025)

Yudai Fukuda (Ishikawa T&F Assoc.) - 2:11:26 (Berlin 2025)

Kazuma Kubo (Nishitetsu) - 2:11:31 (Osaka 2025)

Shintaro Miyakawa (Tokyo Police) - 2:11:39 (Tokyo 2025)

Shinta Miyazawa (Suzuki) - 2:11:55 (Hofu 2024)

Debut

Ren Yonemitsu (Konica Minolta) - 1:01:04 (Marugame Half 2025)

Kohei Okada (Fukuoka T&F Assoc.) - 1:02:16 (National Corporate Half 2024)

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