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National High School Championships Day 5 Highlights

Only 5 finals happened on the fifth day of the 2026 National High School Championships, but in the girls' pole vault Kiyora Matsuura (Kumiyama H.S.) turned in the second meet record of the championships so far. Having already cleared 4.10 m to move up to all-time high school #4 in May, Matsuura had her sights on the 4.16 m high school record. With nobody else going higher than 3.90 m Matsuura cleared 4.00 m and 4.05 m on her first attempts, then passed on 4.10 m to go straight to 4.17 m. But it wasn't to be, and her 4.05 m stood as the new MR, at least until her senior year next year.

Toma Tabushi (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) jumped 15.64 m (+0.2) to win the boys' triple jump, Hikaru Mizuno (Yashiro H.S.) taking the boys' hammer throw with a 64.63 m on his final attempt. On the track, the 200 m titles went to Nao Yamada (Shiritsu Kashiwa H.S.) in the girls' race in 23.91 (-0.8) and Randi Tsukamoto (Hoshigaya H.S.) in 20.95 (-1.2) in the boys' race.

National High School Championships

Day 5 Highlights
Otsu, Shiga, 3 August 2026

1. Nao Yamada (Shiritsu Kashiwa H.S.) - 23.91
2. Yui Kato (Reitakudai Heian H.S.) - 24.03
3. Haru Balogun (Ichikawa H.S.) - 24.12
4. Mimi Tamura (Asahikawa Shiho H.S.) - 24.30
5. Natsuki Kawamura (Hiroshima Minami H.S.) - 24.45
6. Rion Komiya (Akikusa Gakuen H.S.) - 24.47
7. Yua Ito (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) - 24.70
8. Nozomi Miyazawa (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 24.71

1. Randi Tsukamoto (Hoshigaya H.S.) - 20.95
2. Eita Katayama (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) - 21.12
3. Yuto Yamada (Tamano Konan H.S.) - 21.13
4. Jion Suzuki (Hamamatsuko Higashi H.S.) - 21.26
5. Aiki Taniguchi (Kyoto Kyoei Gakuen H.S,.) - 21.31
6. Kodai Okumura (Saikyo H.S.) - 21.33
7. Reon Taninaka (Hokkaido Sakae H.S.) - 21.37
7. Shunta Maeda (Miyoshi H.S.) - 21.37

1. Kiyora Matsuura (Kumiyama H.S.) - 4.05 m - MR
2. Koa Nakamura (Oji Kogyo H.S.) - 3.90 m
3. Miyu Takahashi (Shigaku Kagawa H.S.) - 3.90 m

1. Toma Tabushi (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) - 15.64 m (+0.2)
2. Yuki Itano (Takigawa H.S.) - 15.56 m (+2.6)
3. Daichi Takino (Rakunan H.S.) - 15.38 m (+1.4)

1. Hikaru Mizuno (Yashiro H.S.) - 64.63 m
2. Haruma Fukui (Kochi Gakugei H.S.) - 62.57 m
3. Kohei Nomura (Saikyo H.S.) - 61.24 m

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