Ririka Hironaka (廣中 璃梨佳, Hironaka Ririka; born 24 November 2000) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specializes…
Ririka Hironaka (廣中 璃梨佳, Hironaka Ririka; born 24 November 2000) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. In Japanese national championships she won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres in 2019, and the silver medal over the same distance in 2020; in 2021 she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres. She represented Japan in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and led at 1000m and 2000m before finishing 7th with a personal best time of 31:00.71. Hironaka was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, and graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Commercial High School. She has been a member of the Japan Post women's track and field team since 2019.
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Ichitaka Yamashita (山下一貴, Yamashita Ichitaka; born 29 July 1997) is a Japanese marathon runner.
Ryoma Yamamoto (山本 凌雅, Yamamoto Ryōma; born 14 July 1995) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the triple jump. He…
Ryoma Yamamoto (山本 凌雅, Yamamoto Ryōma; born 14 July 1995) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the triple jump. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. His personal bests in the event are 16.87 metres outdoors (+1.8 m/s, Hiroshima 2017) and 15.71 metres indoors (Osaka 2014).
Hiroto Inoue (井上 大仁, Inoue Hiroto; born January 6, 1993) is a Japanese track and field athlete from Nagasaki Prefecture…
Hiroto Inoue (井上 大仁, Inoue Hiroto; born January 6, 1993) is a Japanese track and field athlete from Nagasaki Prefecture who specializes in long-distance running. He graduated from Yamanashi Gakuin University. He is a member of the Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems team in Nagasaki.
Kōichirō Morioka (森岡 紘一朗, Morioka Kōichirō; born 2 April 1985) is a Japanese race walker. He has enjoyed success at…
Kōichirō Morioka (森岡 紘一朗, Morioka Kōichirō; born 2 April 1985) is a Japanese race walker. He has enjoyed success at University and regional levels, having won two bronze medals at both the Summer Universiade (2005, 2007) and the Asian Games (2006, 2010). Morioka has competed at the four World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011) and has represented Japan at three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016). He also won a silver medal at the 2009 East Asian Games. He walked an Asian record of 39:07.84 minutes for the 10,000 km track walk in 2010, which was broken two years later by Wang Zhen. He also set a new personal best at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Yoshiko Fujinaga (藤永 佳子, Fujinaga Yoshiko; born August 15, 1981 in Saza, Nagasaki) is a female long-distance runner…
Yoshiko Fujinaga (藤永 佳子, Fujinaga Yoshiko; born August 15, 1981 in Saza, Nagasaki) is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 2009 edition of the annual Nagoya Marathon on March 1, 2009, clocking a total time of 2:28:13. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres.
Hisashi Miyazaki (宮崎 久, Miyazaki Hisashi; born 19 March 1981 in Unzen) is a Japanese retired bobsledder and track and…
Hisashi Miyazaki (宮崎 久, Miyazaki Hisashi; born 19 March 1981 in Unzen) is a Japanese retired bobsledder and track and field sprinter.
Kenji Tabata (田端 健児, Tabata Kenji; born 24 September 1974) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400…
Kenji Tabata (田端 健児, Tabata Kenji; born 24 September 1974) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds. He was then selected to represent Asia in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, and finished sixth with teammates Ibrahim Ismail Faraj, Sugath Tillakaratne and fellow Japanese sprinter Masayoshi Kan. Tabata also competed at two World Championships (1999 and 2001) as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics where he failed to reach the final round.