Section entries for the 57th All Japan Intercollegiate Ekiden Championships have been announced
The 57th All-Japan Intercollegiate Ekiden Championships will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025. A total of 27 teams (including selected teams) will participate in this tournament, with athletes running 106.8 kilometers across eight sections. The event will be broadcast live on TV Asahi from 7:45 a.m.
Section entry
The section entries for the Soka University Ekiden Club, which will be participating for the fourth time, are as follows.
| section | full name | Grade | High school and prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haruka Kuroki | 4 years |
Kyushu Gakuin University, Kumamoto |
| 2 | Riki Koike | 3 years | Saku Nagano |
| 3 | Keigo Fujita | 1 year | Kansai Soka High School, Hokkaido |
| 4 | Takumi Orihashi | 3 years | Chukyo and Gifu |
| 5 | Yuuta Kinugawa | 1 year | Nishiwaki Technical High School, Hyogo |
| 6 | Rintaro Enoki | 2 years | Kobayashi and Miyazaki |
| 7 | Kazuki Shinohara | 3 years |
Yamanashi Gakuin, Shizuoka |
| 8 | Shoki Yamaguchi | 2 years |
Omuta and Yamaguchi |
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