Section entries for the 37th Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Race have been announced
Section entry
The 37th Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Race, one of the three major student ekiden races and the kick-off 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 section entries for the Soka University Ekiden Club, which will be participating for the fifth time, are as follows.
Section Name Grade High school and prefecture
- 1st Section: Takumi Orihashi (3rd year) Chukyo/Gifu
- Section 2: Riki Koike (3rd year) Saku Nagase, Nagano
- Section 3: Stephen Muchini (3rd year) Mikuyuni, Kenya
- 4th Section: Ishimaru Junna (4th year) Izumi Chuo, Kagoshima
- 5th Section: Yamaguchi Shoki (2nd year) Omuta, Yamaguchi
- 6th District: Yuma Nozawa (4th year) Rifu, Miyagi
- Reserve: Kuroki Haruka (4th year) Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto
- Substitute: Yamase, Art University (2nd year) Kumamoto Technical High School, Kumamoto
- Kazuki Shinohara (3rd year) Yamanashi Gakuin University, Shizuoka
- Solomon Mutuku (2nd year) Kyanguma, Kenya
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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.