Introducing the entrants for the 37th Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Race
Entry Member
The 37th Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Race, one of the three major student ekiden races and marking the start of the ekiden season, will be held on Monday, October 13th (national holiday). A total of 22 teams will participate in this race, with athletes running 45.1 kilometers over six sections. The race will be broadcast live on the Fuji TV network from 1:00 PM.
The Soka University Ekiden Club, which will be participating for the fifth time, has the following members:
Name Grade High school/Prefecture
- Junna Ishimaru (4th grade) Izumi Chuo High School, Kagoshima
- Haruka Kuroki (4th year) Kyushu Gakuin University, Kumamoto
- Yuma Nozawa (4th year) Rifu, Miyagi
- Takumi Orihashi (3rd year) Chukyo/Gifu
- Riki Koike (3rd year) Saku Nagasei, Nagano
- Kazuki Shinohara (3rd year) Yamanashi Gakuin University, Shizuoka
- Stephen Muchini (3rd year) Mikuyuni, Kenya
- Yamaguchi Shoki (2nd year) Omuta, Yamaguchi
- Yamase, Art University (2nd year) Kumamoto Technical High School, Kumamoto
- Solomon Mutuku (2nd year) Kyanguma, Kenya
Support the Ekiden Club on social media!
On the day of the race, we will be posting live race reports and behind-the-scenes coverage of the race on the official Soka University and Ekiden Club SNS accounts (X, Instagram). Please keep an eye out.