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Asian XC Championships and National XC Championships Entry Lists


The 2026 Asian Cross Country Championships happen Saturday in Fukuoka in conjunction with Japan's National Cross Country Championships. Complete entry lists are at the links below, with Japan's entries for the 4 teams as listed. The senior men's 10 km team is especially strong, with 3000 mSC NR holder Ryuji Miura (Subaru) leading 3 other men all in the 27:36-27:37 range for 10000 m, Yuma Nishizawa (Toyota Boshoku), Hiromichi Nonaka (Koku Gakuin Univ.) and Kaisei Okada (Chuo Univ.). As of right now there is no info on streaming available, but we'll update this with links if it surfaces.

Yuma Nishizawa (Toyota Boshoku) - 27:36.61 (Hachioji 2025)
Hiromichi Nonaka (Koku Gakuin Univ.) - 27:36.64 (Hachioji 2025)
Kaisei Okada (Chuo Univ.) - 27:37.06 (Hachioji 2025)
Ryuji Miura (Subaru) - 28:32.28 (Inzai 2021) / 8:03.43 NR (Monaco 2025)

Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 31:03.14 (Osaka 2025)
Momoka Kawaguchi (Uniqlo) - 31:57.81 (Kyoto 2022)
Amisa Murayama (Tohoku Fukushi Univ.) - 32:15.10 (Osaka 2025)

Shinta Igarashi (Suijo H.S.) - 13:49.50 (Hikone 2025)
Kota Tamura (Kansai Soka H.S.) - 14:00.53 (Shizuoka 2025)
Rikuto Ikeya (Komazawa H.S.) - 14:07.11 (Tokyo 2025)
Kain Inagaki (Rakunan H.S.) - 14:14.76 (Kyoto 2025)

Yui Onotora (Tohoku H.S.) - 9:07.16 (Hiroshima 2025)
Wakana Fukuyama (Saitama Sakae H.S.) - 9:08.87 (Hikone 2025)
Mona Utsunomiya (Sapporo Yamanote H.S.) - 9:11.66 (Yokohama 2024)
Michi Kawanishi (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 9:13.50 (Osaka 2025)

National Cross-Country Championships entries are at the links below. Prominent entries include women's 3000 mSC NR holder Miu Saito (Panasonic) and rival Yuzu Nishide (Daihatsu) in the senior women's 10 km, sub-28 teammates Ryuto Igawa and Sonata Nagashima (Asahi Kasei) in the senior men's 10 km, 2025 National High School Girls' Ekiden winner Nagano Higashi H.S. team members Nami Kawakami and Rena Imai, and Hirotaka Wakata and Osuke Misawa from 2025 National High School Boys' Ekiden CR breaker Gakuho Ishikawa H.S.


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