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Complete Team Announced for World Road Running Championships

Following an earlier announcement of the half marathon teams for September's Copenhagen World Road Running Championships, on June 26 the JAAF announced the mile and 5 km squads that will join them. No women were named to the mile.

Women

5 km
Kana Mizumoto (Edion) - 15:06.98
Rina Kusu (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:10.91

Half Marathon
Yumi Yoshikawa (Canon) - 1:09:14
Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 1:09:20
Rina Shimizu (Noritz) - 1:09:22
Yuna Takahashi (Shimamura) - 1:09:23

Men

Mile
Ojiro Honda (Waseda Univ.) - 3:37.53 (1500 m)
Tomoki Nakano (Toenec) - 3:37.92 (1500 m)

5 km
Yota Mashiko (Waseda Univ.) - 13:20.35
Rui Suzuki (Waseda Univ.) - 13:20.64

Half Marathon
Tomoya Ogikubo (Hiramatsu Byoin) - 1:00:22
Yuma Nishizawa (Toyota Boshoku) - 1:00:26
Neo Namiki (Subaru) - 1:00:29
Daisuke Sato (Chuo Univ.) - 1:00:40

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Anonymous said…
Absolutely delighted to see Kana Mizumoto in the 5km lineup. I'm really looking forward to seeing how she performs in her first race as a Japanese representative at the senior level. I have high hopes.
June 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Brett Larner said…
Agreed. Serious representation from Waseda on the men's side too.
June 28, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Anonymous said…
Waseda guys popping up everywhere, bodes well for added depth at Hakone/Ekiden season and we are here for it
June 29, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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