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National High School Championships Day 7 Highlights

The 2026 National High School Championships wrapped Wednesday. It's been a big season for the high school girls' 100 m hurdles, with 6 of the 10 fastest-ever times by Japanese high school girls having been run across 5 different races since May 29. A bit surprisingly, only one of those 6 made the final at high school Nationals, but Yui Yoshinaga (Nagasaki Nichidai H.S.) showed her quality with a 13.44 win by 0.31, 0.11 off her all-time #7 mark of 13.33 from June despite a -2.1 m/s headwind.

Koki Takajo (Miyazaki Nishi H.S.) took the boys' 110 mH in 13.90 (-1.2) and Yutaro Takenobu (Fukodai Joto H.S.) the boys' 3000 mSC in 8:48.64. The boys' shot put saw the biggest performance of the day, as Takara Ogaki (Atsuma H.S.) threw a 18.62 m PB on his 4th attempt, enough for the win by 90 cm and landing him at all-time Japanese #3 on the high school lists. The day's other field event titles went to Yukiya Izutani (Oji Kogyo H.S.), 5.10 m in the boys' pole vault and Sora Matsubara (Seiko Gakuen H.S.), 45.42 m in the girls' discus throw.

The Chukyodai Chukyo H.S. girls won a close 4x400 m final in 3:39.16, holding off Saku Chosei H.S. and Soyo H.S. who both made it under 3:40. Kyoto's Rakunan H.S. was DQd in the boys' 4x400 m, where Tokaidai Shoyo H.S. got the win in 3:08.48 by just 0.06 over Meidai Hachioji H.S., 2nd in 3:08.54. Soyo H.S. was 3rd here too and Takigawa Daini H.S. 4th, both finishing within 0.23 of winner Tokaidai Shoyo.

National High School Championships

Day 7 Highlights
Otsu, Shiga, 5 August 2026

1. Yui Yoshinaga (Nagasaki Nichidai H.S.) - 13.44
2. Makoto Saka (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 13.75
3. Nana Ishihara (Hakuodai Ashikaga H.S.) - 13.77
4. Yuzuki Yokoyama (Shiritsu Kashiwa H.S.) - 13.79
5. Konaka Imamura (Nagasaki Nichidai H.S.) - 13.82
6. Ema Kugita (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) - 13.86
7. Chinatsu I (Chikushi Joshi Gakuen H.S.) - 13.99
8. Mimi Tamura (Asahikawa Shiho H.S.) - 14.02

1. Koki Takajo (Miyazaki Nishi H.S.) - 13.90
2. Soma Kogiso (Chukyodai Chukyo H.S.) - 14.10
3. Yuichiro Asauchi (Nichidai Buzan H.S.) - 14.11
4. Kakeru Fuchida (Soekami H.S.) - 14.11
5. Soshi Gonda (Anjo Gakuen H.S.) - 14.20
6. Kenta Takahashi (Itabashi H.S.) - 14.22
7. Keitaku Konno (Morioka Daiyon H.S.) - 14.32
8. Arata Kinouchi (Tokushima Kagaku Gijutsu H.S.) - 14.59

1. Yutaro Takenobu (Fukodai Joto H.S.) - 8:48.64
2. Daiki En (Josai H.S.) - 8:49.61
3. Koa Miura (Ichinoseki Gakuin H.S.) - 8:55.82
4. Naoto Akasaka (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 8:56.14
5. Koki Endo (Hirata H.S.) - 8:56.28
6. Ryota Taniyama (Kobayashi H.S.) - 8:59.49
7. Taisei Kawagoe (Akita Kogyo H.S.) - 8:59.94
8. Sohei Hashimoto (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 9:01.65
9. Amaki Hayashi (Takushoku Daiichi H.S.) - 9:02.39
10. Hiroto Kubo (Komazawadai H.S.) - 9:03.08

1. Chukyodai Chukyo H.S. - 3:39.16
2. Saku Chosei H.S. - 3:39.55
3. Soyo H.S. - 3:39.99
4. Shiritsu Funabashi H.S. - 3:42.88
5. Tokaidai Sagami H.S. - 3:42.97
6. Oita Oginodai H.S. - 3:44.03
7. Niigata Meikun H.S. - 3:44.20
8. Asahikawa Shiho H.S. - 3:44.43

1. Tokaidai Shoyo H.S. - 3:08.48
2. Meidai Hachioji H.S. - 3:08.54
3. Soyo H.S. - 3:08.62
4. Takigawa Daini H.S. - 3:08.71
5. Ritsumeikan Keisho H.S. - 3:09.47
6. Shiritsu Funabashi H.S. - 3:10.38
7. Chukyodai Chukyo H.S. - 3:11.97
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DQ - Rakunan H.S.

1. Yukiya Izutani (Oji Kogyo H.S.) - 5.10 m
2. Takuto Kurahashi (Taisha H.S.) - 5.05 m
3. Shunsuke Iizuka (Koshigaya Minami H.S.) - 5.00 m

1. Sora Matsubara (Seiko Gakuen H.S.) - 45.42 m
2. Mayu Tsuchiyama (Gifu Kita H.S.) - 43.32 m
3. Kanna Ozeki (Higashi Osakadai Keiai H.S.) - 42.62 m

1. Takara Ogaki (Atsuma H.S.) - 18.62 m
2. Yuta Kawasaki (Okayama Shogyodai H.S.) - 17.72 m
3. Shunsuke Oshikawa (Shinjo Higashi H.S.) - 17.24 m

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