[102nd Hakone Ekiden] Entry members announced! Send-off party to be live streamed on December 17th
On Wednesday, December 10th, the Kanto Student Athletics Federation announced the entry members of all 21 teams that will compete in the 102nd Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (Hakone Ekiden), which will be held on Friday, January 2nd and Saturday, January 3rd, 2026.
Soka University will be participating for the ninth time as a seeded school for the sixth consecutive year. The entry members are as follows:
エントリーメンバー
| full name | Grade | High school and prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Junna Ishimaru | 4 years | Izumi Central and Kagoshima |
| Haruka Kuroki | 4 years | Kyushu Gakuin University, Kumamoto |
| Konosuke Takeda | 4 years | Tokai University Sapporo, Hokkaido |
| Yuma Nozawa | 4 years | Rifu/Miyagi |
| Takumi Orihashi | 3 years | Chukyo and Gifu |
| Riki Koike | 3 years | Saku Nagano |
| Hirozora Saito | 3 years | Rifu, Hokkaido |
| Kazuki Shinohara | 3 years | Yamanashi Gakuin, Shizuoka |
| Stephen Muccini | 3 years | Mikuyuni Kenya |
| Kazuki Negami | 3 years | Gotemba West/Shizuoka |
| Kanta Arima | 2 years | Shonan and Kagoshima |
| Shuna Ishimaru | 2 years | Izumi Central and Kagoshima |
| Rintaro Enoki | 2 years | Kobayashi and Miyazaki |
| Solomon Mutuku | 2 years | Kyanguma Kenya |
| Shoki Yamaguchi | 2 years | Omuta and Yamaguchi |
| Yuuta Kinugawa | 1 year | Nishiwaki Technical High School, Hyogo |
[YouTube Live Streaming] Hakone Ekiden Send-Off Ceremony
Starting at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, December 17th, we will be live streaming a send-off ceremony for our university's track and field team, who will be competing in the Hakone Ekiden. The send-off ceremony will include introductions of the participating members, a speech by the captain, and the coach's aspirations for the tournament. Anyone can watch.
[Soka University Ekiden Club] 102nd Hakone Ekiden Send-off Ceremony (Live Streaming)
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On the day of the race, Soka University Official X will be posting live race reports and behind-the-scenes coverage of the race. Please keep an eye out.