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On Apr. 11 the Noritz women's corporate team announced that former Suzuki Hamamatsu AC coach Masayuki Satouchi has been appointed its new head coach effective immediately. During his time at Suzuki, Satouchi developed two of Japan's top marathon women, Yuka Ando , 25, all-time Japanese #4 at 2:11:36 and currently running for the Wacoal team, and London World Championships team member Mao Kiyota , 25, 2:23:47. After that he left his coaching position, but his ability as a women's coach remained highly regarded. The Noritz team currently features three-time World Championships team member Mari Ozaki , 43, and 2020 Olympic trials qualifier Madoka Nakano , 27, on its roster. Previous head coach Yoshihiko Morioka retired at the end of January. source article: https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/athletics/news/201904110000442.html translated by Brett Larner

Her form has been dubbed "ninja running." Both arms held straight down with almost no movement. That idiosyncratic style carried Yuka Ando , 23, to the fastest-ever marathon debut by a Japanese woman, 2:21:36, at March's Nagoya Women's Marathon to land at #4 on the all-time Japanese lists. All at once Ando found herself catapulted to the top level of women's marathoning, a candidate for Japan's next great marathoner. When she was younger Ando ran moving her arms like other runners, but she had a bad habit of moving robotically, her upper body and lower body not working in sync. The turning point came in 2014 when she joined Suzuki Hamamatsu AC . Working there with coach Masayuki Satouchi to eliminate the faults in her form, the pair arrived at the ninja running style that let her run relaxed. "Other people keep asking me, "Isn't it hard to run like that?" but for me it's comfortable," she said. The efficient form helped her mai...