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Japan's Team Lineup in Copenhagen

Re-upping an earlier post on Japan's team lineup for this weekend's Copenhagen World Road Running Championships. The JAAF chose not to name any women to the team in 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…
I have high expectations for Kana Mizumoto in the 5k and I also have a feeling Wakana Kabasawa can perform well in the half marathon. As an aside, why doesn't JAAF have a replacement for Ririka Hironaka in the 10000m at the upcoming Asian Games? I don't understand after all the controversy surrounding Honami Maeda's withdrawal at the Paris Olympics and not finding a replacement (Ai Hosoda) there.

Regardless, it is going to be an exciting couple of weeks with this World Road Running Championships and the Asian Games. Looking forward to it.
September 17, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Brett Larner said…
It's a good question about Hironaka. Also Ryoichi Akamatsu in the men's high jump, who hasn't competed since October last year.
September 17, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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