Asahi Kuroda (born 10 March 2004) is a Japanese long-distance runner and steeplechaser. A gold medalist in the…
Asahi Kuroda (born 10 March 2004) is a Japanese long-distance runner and steeplechaser. A gold medalist in the steeplechase at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships, his time of 2:06:05 for the marathon in 2025 was a Japanese college record.
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Famous People from Okayama Prefecture
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Ami Saito (齋藤 愛美, Saitō Ami, born 26 August 1999) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres…
Ami Saito (齋藤 愛美, Saitō Ami, born 26 August 1999) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Masumi Aoki (青木益未, Aoki Masumi; born 16 April 1994) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won a…
Masumi Aoki (青木益未, Aoki Masumi; born 16 April 1994) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won a bronze medal at the 2019 Asian Championships. Her personal bests are 13.17 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.1 m/s, Yamaguchi 2018) and 8.18 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Osaka 2019).
Takatoshi Abe (安部孝駿, Abe Takatoshi; born 12 November 1991) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the…
Takatoshi Abe (安部孝駿, Abe Takatoshi; born 12 November 1991) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the reigning Asian champion in the event. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Abe initially contested both the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 m hurdles, winning silver and gold medals at the Japanese high school championships in 2009. He chose to specialise in the latter event from mid-2009 onwards. Abe ran a personal best of 49.46 seconds to claim the silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, finishing closely behind the strong favourite Jehue Gordon. He also ran with the Japanese 4×400 metres relay team, helping them to fifth place. His hurdles time made him the third best Asian in the event that year, after compatriots Kenji Narisako and Takayuki Koike. Abe made his second ever sub-50-second clocking at the 2011 Japanese Athletics Championships, where he took third with a time of 49.81 seconds. He was selected to represent Japan at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe and he went away with his first regional title, ending the race with a time of 49.64 seconds to win the gold medal. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Rei Ohara (小原 怜, Ohara Rei; born 10 August 1990) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She competed in the 10,000 metres…
Rei Ohara (小原 怜, Ohara Rei; born 10 August 1990) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing placing 22nd.
Hitomi Niiya (新谷 仁美, Niiya Hitomi; born 26 February 1988) is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who competes…
Hitomi Niiya (新谷 仁美, Niiya Hitomi; born 26 February 1988) is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country running and marathon races. Niiya competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time silver medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships and has represented Japan three times at the World Athletics Championships (2011, 2013, 2019). She represents Team Toyota Industries in national competition. She formed part of the Japanese junior team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 2004 to 2006, helping them to team medals each time. She also won a bronze medal over 5000 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships. Niiya won the 2007 Tokyo Marathon at the age of eighteen in her debut over the marathon distance. Her best for the event is 2:30:58 hours. She has also had success in ekiden relay running, having represented Japan at the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden and helped Toyota Industries to their first team title domestically. She is the Japanese record holder in the half marathon (1:06:38) set during a win at the Houston Half Marathon.
Risa Shigetomo (重友 梨佐, Shigetomo Risa; born 29 August 1987 in Bizen) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She competed…
Risa Shigetomo (重友 梨佐, Shigetomo Risa; born 29 August 1987 in Bizen) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 78th with a time of 2:40:06. She finished in 14th place in the marathon at the 2015 World Championship with a time of 2:32:37. Her personal best is 2:23:23, set in Osaka in 2012, while she was winning the 2012 Osaka marathon. She won the Osaka Marathon again in 2017, in a time of 2:24:22. Winning the Osaka Marathon earned her a place on Japan's 2017 World Championship team.
Hiromasa Tanaka (Japanese: 田中宏昌; born 28 September 1981) is a Japanese decathlete. He won five straight national…
Hiromasa Tanaka (Japanese: 田中宏昌; born 28 September 1981) is a Japanese decathlete. He won five straight national decathlon titles from 2004 to 2008 and was the gold medallist in the event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships. He also represented Japan at the 2007 World Championships. Hailing from Ōbatake, Yamaguchi, Tanaka established himself domestically with back-to-back decathlon wins at the Japanese Athletics Championships in 2004 and 2005. On his first international appearance, he won the bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing behind Pavel Andreev and Kim Kun-Woo. He took a third consecutive national title in 2006, a winning streak that would continue until 2009 when he was beaten by Daisuke Ikeda. At the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships he missed out on a medal in the indoor heptathlon, although he achieved 5340 points in his first major outing in the event. He scored a personal best total of 7803 points for decathlon in Kanazawa in June 2006, but at his first Asian Games that year he was far off this form and, after he failed to produce a mark in the pole vault, he finished in tenth place. As the reigning national champion, Tanaka gained selection for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, held in Osaka, and he finished in 19th place overall. Tanaka won his first indoor medal at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, taking the bronze at the event in Doha. In the absence of Dmitriy Karpov and the defending champion Ahmed Hassan Moussa, he won the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships. He missed the 2010 Asian Games.
Tatsuzo Fujita (藤田 辰三, Fujita Tatsuzō; born 19 May 1908, date of death unknown) was a Japanese hurdler. He competed in…
Tatsuzo Fujita (藤田 辰三, Fujita Tatsuzō; born 19 May 1908, date of death unknown) was a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
🎓 Tokyo University of Literature and Science🏫 Tsuyama High School📅 Born May 19🎂 Born 1908📍 From Okayama Prefecture💼 Track and Field
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Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, Hitomi Kinue; January 1, 1907 – August 2, 1931) was a Japanese track and field athlete. She was…
Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, Hitomi Kinue; January 1, 1907 – August 2, 1931) was a Japanese track and field athlete. She was the world record holder in several events in the 1920s – 1930s. Hitomi was also the first Japanese and Asian woman to win an Olympic medal. She was also the first woman to represent Japan at the Olympics.
🎓 Japan Women's College of Physical Education🏫 Okayama Sozan High School📅 Born January 1🎂 Born 1907📍 From Okayama, Okayama Prefecture💼 Track and Field💼 Journalist
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