Rachid Muratake (村竹ラシッド, Muratake Rashiddo; born 6 February 2002) is a Japanese track and field athlete specializing in…
Rachid Muratake (村竹ラシッド, Muratake Rashiddo; born 6 February 2002) is a Japanese track and field athlete specializing in the high hurdles. Born in Matsudo to a Togolese father and a Japanese mother, he studies at Juntendo University. His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.04 (-0.9 m/s) set in Kumagaya in 2023, which equaled the Japanese record and met the 2024 Olympic standard of 13.27. In March 2023, he also set the meet record for the event at the Sydney Track Classic in 13.25 (+0.3 m/s). He placed 5th at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he ran a time of 13.21. When he made his entrance, he performed an iconic pose from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which became a hot topic in Japan. At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, he again placed 5th, with a time of 13.18.
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Rika Kaseda (Japanese: 加世田 梨花, romanized: Kaseda Rika; born 2 March 1999) is a Japanese long-distance runner who won…
Rika Kaseda (Japanese: 加世田 梨花, romanized: Kaseda Rika; born 2 March 1999) is a Japanese long-distance runner who won the silver medal in the women's half marathon at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, and a gold medal in the half marathon team event. She placed 46th in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
Rikuya Itō (伊東利来也, Itō Rikuya; born 10 November 1998) is a Japanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He…
Rikuya Itō (伊東利来也, Itō Rikuya; born 10 November 1998) is a Japanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Takuya Kawakami (川上 拓也, Kawakami Takuya; born 8 June 1995 in Chiba) is a Japanese track and field sprinter. His…
Takuya Kawakami (川上 拓也, Kawakami Takuya; born 8 June 1995 in Chiba) is a Japanese track and field sprinter. His personal best is 10.22 seconds in the 100 metres and 6.54 seconds in the indoor 60 metres. The latter is the current Japanese indoor record. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships, with teammates Yoshihide Kiryu, Yuki Koike and Masaharu Mori.
Masaki Nashimoto (梨本 真輝, Nashimoto Masaki; born December 12, 1993) is a Japanese sprinter. Nashimoto competed in the…
Masaki Nashimoto (梨本 真輝, Nashimoto Masaki; born December 12, 1993) is a Japanese sprinter. Nashimoto competed in the 100 metre sprint at the 2009 Asian Youth Games and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, both held in Singapore, winning gold and silver respectively. In the latter, Nashimoto lost out to Odean Skeen but beat favourite David Bolarinwa to silver in a photo finish. His personal best in the 100 metres is 10.38 seconds set in 2011.
Naoto Tobe (戸邉 直人, Tobe Naoto; born 31 March 1992) is a Japanese high jumper. He competed at the 2015 World…
Naoto Tobe (戸邉 直人, Tobe Naoto; born 31 March 1992) is a Japanese high jumper. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. His personal bests in the event are 2.32 metres outdoors (Lignano Sabbiadoro 2018) and 2.35 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2019). Tobe received a PhD degree in Sport science from the University of Tsukuba in 2019.
Nao Okabe (岡部 奈緒, Okabe Nao; born 28 August 1988 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter…
Nao Okabe (岡部 奈緒, Okabe Nao; born 28 August 1988 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. She competed in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 2011 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2011 Asian Championships, with teammates Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Saori Imai.
Tomomi Tanaka (田中 智美, Tanaka Tomomi; born 25 January 1988) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in the…
Tomomi Tanaka (田中 智美, Tanaka Tomomi; born 25 January 1988) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Yuta Imazeki (今関 雄太, Imazeki Yūta; born 6 November 1987 in Chiba) is a Japanese athlete who specialised in the 400…
Yuta Imazeki (今関 雄太, Imazeki Yūta; born 6 November 1987 in Chiba) is a Japanese athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2011 World Championships without qualifying for the semifinals. In addition, he won the silver medal at the 2011 Asian Championships. His personal best in the event is 49.27 set in Osaka in 2011.
Yasuhiro Fueki (Japanese: 笛木 靖宏; born 20 December 1985) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 400…
Yasuhiro Fueki (Japanese: 笛木 靖宏; born 20 December 1985) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the 2013 Asian champion in the event. Born in Chiba Prefecture he attended high school in Narita. He dipped under 51 seconds for the first time in 2006, running 50.73 seconds. He reduced this to 50.07 seconds the following season and was a semi-finalist at the 2007 Summer Universiade. He also placed third at the National Sports Festival of Japan that year. He did not compete in the hurdles again until 2011, when he returned to win the 400 m hurdles title at the Japanese Corporate Athletics Championships. Marking a return to previous form, the 26-year-old ran a personal best of 49.71 seconds in 2011. He improved again to 49.31 seconds to take second at the 2013 Japan Championships in Athletics before going on to claim the gold medal at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.
Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (born 12 February 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He represented his country at the…
Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (born 12 February 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007. He is based in Japan and trains with PACE Sports Management. He moved to Japan as a teenager on an athletic scholarship and specialised in long-distance track running, including the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He competed for, and graduated from, Ryutsu Keizai University. At the 2005 Sapporo Half Marathon, he led for the first half of the race but had faded to fourth by the finish point. At the end of the year he represented Kenyan in the International Chiba Ekiden. Running the marathon distance with a relay team of Martin Mathathi, Daniel Mwangi, Mekubo Mogusu, Onesmus Nyerere and John Kariuki, he helped set a world record time of 1:57:06 hours for the popular Japanese event. Ndambiri won a second Chiba Ekiden title with Kenya the following year, where he won his 5-kilometre leg by a margin of over twenty seconds. He won the 10,000 metres at the Kenyan Championships in 2007 and in his major international debut he finished fifth in the event at the 2007 World Championships. A month after his world appearance, he took a 5000/10,000 m double at the Japan Corporate Team Track & Field Championships. He attempted to gain selection for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but ended the trials in seventh and was not picked for the squad. Representing the Komori Corporation, he ran in the New Year Ekiden and won his 8.3 km stage. In the 2009 track season he became the first athlete to run the 10,000 m under 27 minutes on Japanese soil, taking the win at the Shizuoka International in an all-comers record of 26:57.36 minutes. He came seventh at the RAK Half Marathon in 2010, setting a personal best of 1:01:07 hours. The following year he came fourth over 10,000 m at the Hyogo Relays and then claimed third place at the Sapporo Half Marathon in June. He made his debut over the marathon distance in December 2011 and made a successful transition by taking the Fukuoka Marathon title in a time of 2:07:36 hours.
Rikiya Saruyama (猿山 力也, Saruyama Rikiya; born 15 February 1984 in Nagareyama) is a Japanese long jumper.
Mami Ishino (石野 真美, Ishino Mami; born 10 January 1983) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 100…
Mami Ishino (石野 真美, Ishino Mami; born 10 January 1983) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. Her personal best for the event is 13.08 seconds. Her greatest achievement was a gold medal at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships. She also represented her country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, held in Osaka that year. She was the silver medalist at the 2009 East Asian Games. Ishino won national titles in the hurdles in 2006 and 2007.
Tatsuro Yoshino (吉野 達郎, Yoshino Tatsurō; born 11 September 1982) is a retired Japanese sprinter. He competed in the 4 ×…
Tatsuro Yoshino (吉野 達郎, Yoshino Tatsurō; born 11 September 1982) is a retired Japanese sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships finishing eighth.
Fumiyo Yoshida (吉田 文代, Yoshida Fumiyo; born 25 April 1981 in Tako, Chiba) is a Japanese triple jumper. She competed at…
Fumiyo Yoshida (吉田 文代, Yoshida Fumiyo; born 25 April 1981 in Tako, Chiba) is a Japanese triple jumper. She competed at the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final. She was a nine-time Japanese Championships triple jump champion.
Shigeyuki Kojima (小島 茂之, Kojima Shigeyuki; born 25 September 1979) is a retired Japanese sprinter. He competed in the…
Shigeyuki Kojima (小島 茂之, Kojima Shigeyuki; born 25 September 1979) is a retired Japanese sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games. He was also selected as a reserve for the 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships, but he did not compete.
Hiroaki Doi (土井宏昭, Doi Hiroaki; born December 2, 1978) is a Japanese hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 74.08…
Hiroaki Doi (土井宏昭, Doi Hiroaki; born December 2, 1978) is a Japanese hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 74.08 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Inba.
Kuniaki Takizaki (瀧﨑 邦明, Takizaki Kuniaki; born August 8, 1977 in Ichihara, Chiba), more commonly known as Neko Hiroshi…
Kuniaki Takizaki (瀧﨑 邦明, Takizaki Kuniaki; born August 8, 1977 in Ichihara, Chiba), more commonly known as Neko Hiroshi (猫 ひろし, Neko Hiroshi), is a Cambodian owarai comedian who uses his short stature, at 1.47 meters (4 ft 10 in) and 45 kilograms (99 lb), and cat persona in his act. He is also an avid marathon runner. In 2011, he became a naturalized citizen of Cambodia, and intended to compete in the Olympics for Cambodia.
Masanori Inoue (井上 将憲, Inoue Masanori; born 1 May 1972) is a Japanese hurdler and bobsledder. He competed at the 1998…
Masanori Inoue (井上 将憲, Inoue Masanori; born 1 May 1972) is a Japanese hurdler and bobsledder. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Fumio Imamura (Japanese: 今村 文男; born November 5, 1966, in Chiba) is a retired male race walker from Japan. He twice…
Fumio Imamura (Japanese: 今村 文男; born November 5, 1966, in Chiba) is a retired male race walker from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000.
Sakae Osaki (大崎 栄, Ōsaki Sakae; born 18 August 1964) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the men's…
Sakae Osaki (大崎 栄, Ōsaki Sakae; born 18 August 1964) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Yuji Okano (born March 2, 1964) is a retired male shot putter from Japan. He set his personal best (17.65 metres) in…
Yuji Okano (born March 2, 1964) is a retired male shot putter from Japan. He set his personal best (17.65 metres) in the men's shot put event in Kuala Lumpur on 23 October 1991.
Toichi Yamaguchi (山口 東一, Yamaguchi Tōichi; born 15 December 1941) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in…
Toichi Yamaguchi (山口 東一, Yamaguchi Tōichi; born 15 December 1941) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Takayuki Okazaki (岡崎 高之, Okazaki Takayuki; born 28 March 1940) is a Japanese former long jumper who competed in the…
Takayuki Okazaki (岡崎 高之, Okazaki Takayuki; born 28 March 1940) is a Japanese former long jumper who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Okazaki finished third behind Jorma Valkama in the long jump event at the British 1962 AAA Championships.
Masashi Otsubo (大坪 政士, Ōtsubo Masashi; born 18 June 1938) is a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the…
Masashi Otsubo (大坪 政士, Ōtsubo Masashi; born 18 June 1938) is a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Keiki Iijima (Japanese: 飯島 恵喜, Hepburn: Iijima Keiki; born 16 May 1938) is a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's…
Keiki Iijima (Japanese: 飯島 恵喜, Hepburn: Iijima Keiki; born 16 May 1938) is a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Hide Mineshima (峰島 秀, Mineshima Hide; born 1 February 1916) was a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's discus…
Hide Mineshima (峰島 秀, Mineshima Hide; born 1 February 1916) was a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.