Osaka Marathon Elite Field

Osaka Marathon Elite Field Highlights

Osaka, 25 Feb. 2024

times listed are athletes’ best in last 3 years except where noted

Women

Fancy Chemutai (Kenya) – 2:18:11 (Valencia 2022)

Helen Tola Bekele (Ethiopia) – 2:19:44 (Berlin 2023)

Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (Kenya) – 2:22:57 (Frankfurt 2023)

Beyenu Degefa (Ethiopia) – 2:23:04 (Valencia 2021)

Waganesh Mekasha (Ethiopia) – 2:23:12 (Toronto 2023)

Lisa Weightman (Australia) – 2:23:15 (Osaka 2023)

Eloise Wellings (Australia) – 2:25:10 (Nagoya 2022)

Misaki Ichida (Japan) – 2:25:51 (Osaka 2023)

Ellie Pashley (Australia) – 2:29:37 (London 2023)

Saki Fukui (Japan) – 2:30:31 (Nagoya 2021)

Dayna Pidhoresky (Canada) – 2:30:58 (Toronto 2022)

Kaede Kawamura (Japan) – debut – 1:10:17 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

Seika Ogata (Japan) – debut – 1:12:02 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

Men

Stephen Kissa (Uganda) – 2:04:48 (Hamburg 2022)

Adeladlew Mamo (Ethiopia) – 2:05:12 (Seville 2022)

Yihunilign Adane (Ethiopia) – 2:05:53 (Barcelona 2022)

Hidekazu Hijikata (Japan) – 2:06:26 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Kipkemoi Kiprono (Kenya) – 2:06:45 (Barcelona 2021)

Hiroto Inoue (Japan) – 2:06:47 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Kemal Husen (Ethiopia) – 2:06:52 (Dublin 2023)

Shohei Otsuka (Japan) – 2:06:57 (Osaka 2023)

Vincent Raimoi (Kenya) – 2:07:01 (Fukuoka Int’l 202)

Iliass Aouani (Italy) – 2:07:16 (Barcelona 2023)

Kento Kikutani (Japan) – 2:07:26 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Yuki Kawauchi (Japan) – 2:07:27 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Koki Yoshioka (Japan) – 2:07:28 (Osaka 2023)

Kazuki Muramoto (Japan) – 2:07:36 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Naoki Koyama (Japan) – 2:07:40 (Gold Coast 2023)

Masaru Aoki (Japan) – 2:07:40 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Tsubasa Ichiyama (Japan) – 2:07:41 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Tatsuya Maruyama (Japan) – 2:07:50 (Berlin 2022)

Atsumi Ashiwa (Japan) – 2:07:54 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Daisuke Doi (Japan) – 2:07:55 (Osaka 2023)

Tetsuya Yoroizaka (Japan) – 2:07:55 (Beppu-Oita 2022)

Naoki Okamoto (Japan) – 2:08:04 (Osaka 2022)

Ryu Takaku (Japan) – 2:08:05 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Peiyou Feng (China) – 2:08:07 (Fukuoka Int’l 2023)

Kento Nishi (Japan) – 2:08:11 (Osaka 2023)

Daisuke Hosomori (Japan) – 2:08:28 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Daiji Kawai (Japan) – 2:08:31 (Tokyo 2022)

Kiyohito Akiyama (Japan) – 2:08:43 (Fukuoka Int’l 2022)

Naoki Aiba (Japan) – 2:08:44 (Beppu-Oita 2022)

Rintaro Takeda (Japan) – 2:08:48 (Osaka 2022)

Riki Nakanishi (Japan) – 2:08:51 (Beppu-Oita 2022)

Shoma Yamamoto (Japan) – 2:08:52 (Hofu 2022)

Guojian Dong (China) – 2:08:53 (Chicago 2022)

Olonbayar Jamsran (Mongolia) – 2:08:58 (Osaka 2023)

Yuki Matsumura (Japan) – 2:09:01 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Kohei Futaoka (Japan) – 2:09:14 (Fukuoka Int’l 2021)

Madoka Tanihara (Japan) – 2:09:15 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Shoma Hosoya (Japan) – 2:09:18 (Tokyo 2022)

Yuya Yoshida (Japan) – 2:09:20 (Tokyo 2022)

Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mongolia) – 2:09:26 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Kei Katanishi (Japan) – 2:09:27 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Yuki Takamiya (Japan) – 2:09:30 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Tadashi Isshiki (Japan) – 2:09:32 (Osaka 2022)

Takayuki Iida (Japan) – 2:09:34 (Prague 2023)

Takahiro Nakamura (Japan) – 2:09:40 (Lake Biwa 2021)

Junnosuke Matsuo (Japan) – 2:09:48 (Tokyo 2022)

Tebello Ramakongoana (Lesotho) – 2:09:57 (Budapest WC 2023)

Masashi Nonaka (Japan) – 2:09:57 (Osaka 2022)

Koshiro Hirata (Japan) – 2:09:57 (Osaka 2022)

Xiangdong Wu (China) – 2:10:02 (Beijing 2023)

Gantulga Dambadarjaa (Mongolia) – 2:11:18 (Seoul 2022)

Thomas Do Canto (Australia) – 2:11:51 (Valencia 2023)

Shogo Nakamura (Japan) – 2:12:10 (Tokyo 2023)

Aoi Ota (Japan) – debut – 58:57 (Hakone Ekiden 2024)

Keijiro Mogi (Japan) – debut – 1:00:33 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2023)

Kiyoto Hirabayashi (Japan) – debut – 1:00:41 (Hakone Ekiden 2024)

Ken Yokote (Japan) – debut – 1:01:18 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

Homare Morita (Japan) – debut – 1:01:28 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

Takuya Kitasaki (Japan) – debut – 1:01:48 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

Daisuke Higuchi (Japan) – debut – 1:01:59 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)

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