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Their toughest competition comes from Djibouti NR holder and 2023 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon winner Ibrahim Hassan, 2:06:13, and Yusuke Nishiyama, who ran a 2:06:31 PB in Tokyo last year despite getting caught up in a fall in the early going.
There’s a layer of 5 2:07 men, 3 at 2:08 and a lone 2:09 runner below them, a total of 6 sub-2:10 Japanese men competing for 6 places at the L.A. Olympic marathon trials for anyone who goes under 2:09 here with support from 7 internationals from 5 countries. The Konica Minolta corporate team hasn’t shown incredible aptitude for the marathon, but its 1:01:04 half marathoner Ren Yonemitsu is an interesting debut.
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2025 Fukuoka International Marathon Elite Field Highlights
Fukuoka, 7 Dec. 2025
times listed are athletes‘ best within last 3 years except where noted
Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) – 2:05:58 (Osaka 2025)
Shunya Kikuchi (Chugoku Denryoku) – 2:06:06 (Osaka 2025)
Ibrahim Hassan (Djibouti) – 2:06:13 (Paris 2025)
Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) – 2:06:31 (Tokyo 2024)
Tatsuya Maruyama (Toyota) – 2:07:06 (Tokyo 2025)
Michael Githae (Kenya/Suzuki) – 2:07:08 (Fukuoka Int’l 2023)
Vincent Raimoi (Kenya/Suzuki) – 2:07:23 (Tokyo 2023)
Yitayew Abuhay (Israel) – 2:07:26 (Seville 2025)
Goitom Kifle (Eritrea) – 2:07:38 (Seville 2025)
Dominic Letting (Kenya) – 2:08:23 (Frankfurt 2023)
Tetsuya Yoroizaka (Asahi Kasei) – 2:08:34 (Shanghai 2024)
Bayelign Yegzaw (Ethiopia) – 2:08:56 (Dubai 2024)
Takumi Iwata (JFE Steel) – 2:09:28 (Osaka 2025)
Tomoki Yoshioka (Kraftia) – 2:10:03 (Beppu-OIta 2024)
Ryuichi Yoshioka (Honda Tochigi) – 2:10:49 (Tokyo 2025)
Yudai Fukuda (Ishikawa T&F Assoc.) – 2:11:26 (Berlin 2025)
Kazuma Kubo (Nishitetsu) – 2:11:31 (Osaka 2025)
Shintaro Miyakawa (Tokyo Police) – 2:11:39 (Tokyo 2025)
Shinta Miyazawa (Suzuki) – 2:11:55 (Hofu 2024)
Debut
Ren Yonemitsu (Konica Minolta) – 1:01:04 (Marugame Half 2025)
Kohei Okada (Fukuoka T&F Assoc.) – 1:02:16 (National Corporate Half 2024)
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Brett Larner – Japan Running News
