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Japan's Team for World Indoor Championships

Japan is sending a team of 3 women and 7 men to this weekend's Kujaway Pomorze World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland. A quick look at the lineup with best times in last 3 years:

Women
3000 m 
Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) - 8:33.52 (2025)

60 mH
Mako Fukube (NKK) - 8.02 (2026)
Chisato Kiyoyama (Ichigo) - 8.09 (2026)

Men
60 m
Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 6.53 (2024)
Yoshiki Kinashi (Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 6.60 (2026)

800 m
Allon Tatsunami Clay (Penn State Univ.) - 1:45.17 (2026)

60 mH
Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F) - 7.59 (2026)
Ryota Fujii (Tottori Sports Assoc.) - 7.71 (2024)

High Jump
Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.30 m (2026)
Tomohiro Shinno (Kraftia) - 2.30 m (2026)

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