TAKAMIYA, Yuki (JPN・Yakult)
DOB ：2 Dec. 1987 AGE ：29 Height ：173cm Weight ：56kg
No. 25
▶Progressions
Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2016 14:06.17 28:50.58 2:10:57
2015 13:51.33 28:29.64 2:18:38
2014 14:01.34 29:06.71 2:15:38
▶Marathon career
Time Race Place Date
Personal Best 2:10:57 Tokyo 8th 28-Feb-16
2:18:38 Beppu-Oita 19th 1-Feb-15
2:15:38 Lake Biwa – Otsu 23rd 2-Mar-14
▶2017 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
1 Jan New Year Ekiden Stage1 – 12.3Km 6th 35:18
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
26 Nov Hachioji Long Distance - Machida 10000m 16r5 28:57.16 3 Nov East JPN Corporate team Ekiden Stage 2-15.3Km 4th 45:15 24 Sep All JPN Corporate team T&F Champ 5000m 25th 29:05.98 7 Aug Towada Hachimantai Ekiden Stage 1 - 13.6km 3rd 40:27 11 Jul Hokuren Distance challenge - Abashiri 10000m 19rA 28:50.58 5 Jun Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 5000m 16r28 14:08.14 21 May East JPN Corporate team T&F Champ - Kumagaya 10000m 8th 28:57.79
7 May Golden Games Nobeoka 5000m 11rA 14:06.17
23 Apr Hyogo Relays - Asics Challenge - Kobe 10000m 19r2 29:20.28
28 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 8th 2:10:57
1 Jan New Year Ekiden Stage 1 - 12.3km 11th 35:32
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
28 Nov Hachioji Distance - Machida 10000m 15r6 28:29.64 3 Nov East JPN Corporate team Ekiden Stage 2 - 15.3Km 8th 45:24 27 Sep JPN Corporate team T&F Champ - Gifu 5000m 4r3 13:51.33 7 Aug Towada Hachimantai Ekiden Stage 1 - 13.6Km 2nd 40:52 24 May Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 5000m 9r15 13:54.70 17 May East JPN Corporate team T&F Champ - Kumagaya 5000m 24r4 14:28.71
9 May Golden Games Nobeoka 5000m 8rB 14:00.81
26 Apr Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 5000m 12r27 14:11.29
1 Feb Beppu-Oita Marathon Marathon 19th 2:18:38
1 Jan New Year Ekiden Stage3 - 13.6Km 21 39:44
▶2014 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
3 Nov East JPN Corporate team Ekiden Stage2 - 15.3km 8th 46:35 7 Aug Towada Hachimantai Ekiden Stage1 - 13.6km 8th 41:57 25 Jun Hokuren Distance Challenge - Fukagawa 10000m 10rB 29:06.71 15 Jun Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 5000m 10r34 14:01.34 18 May East JPN Corporate team T&F Champ 5000m 7r4 13:57.03 26 Apr Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 10000m 2r6 29:08.59 13 Apr Nittai University Distance - Yokohama 5000m 10r21 14:06.73
2 Mar Lake Biwa Marathon Marathon 23rd 2:15:38
1 Jan New Year Ekiden Stage 3 - 13.6km 11th 39:26
Yuki Takamiya was the first Japanese (eighth overall) in the last year's Tokyo Marathon. In his third marathon of his career, Takamiya improved his personal best by nearly five minutes. Furthermore, it was his first top ten finish in his three marathons.
In high school, Takamiya was a relative unknown with 5000m best above 15 minutes. In the Josai University days he improved his 5000m best to low 14 minutes, and his 10000m best to low 29 minutes, and also recorded a half marathon best of 1:03:31. His performance at the famed Hakone Ekiden (Kanto district Collegiate Ekiden) was not impressive - 14th in nineth stage and 21st in fifth stage.
Takamiya moved up to another level after college graduation when he joined Yakult track team. In 2014, he made his marathon debut at the Lake Biwa Marathon. In 2015 he cracked 14 minutes for the 5000m and 29 minutes for the 10000m, thus improving his track personal best at both distances.
Recently, the top Japanese finisher in the Tokyo Marathon has not run well the following year. Can Takamiya break this bad streak for the top Japanese in Tokyo Marathon? It should be noted that Takamiya was 11th fastest in the first stage of the 2016 New Year Ekiden, All-Japan Industrial Men's Ekiden team championships with 35:32, but was sixth fastest on the same stage with faster time of 35:18 in the 2017 edition of the race. He is getting faster, and thus faster time at Tokyo Marathon is expected for Takamiya.
昨年の東京マラソンで日本人1位、総合で 8 位となった のが高宮祐樹である。3 度目のマラソンで、自己ベストを5 分近く更新。初めてひとケタ順位でフィニッシュしたのだ。
高校時代の5000ｍのベストは15分台とまったく無名の選 手だった。城西大では5000ｍ14 分台前半、10000ｍで 29 分 台前半までタイムを伸ばし、ハーフマラソンでも1時間3分 31秒を記録しているが、2回の箱根駅伝では9区区間14 位、
5区21位と注目されるような成績は残していない。
しかし、2010 年にヤクルトに入社した後に大きく成長。
2014 年にはびわ湖毎日で初マラソンに挑戦し、2015 年には 5000ｍで13 分台、10000ｍで 28 分台に突入と、トラックの 自己ベストを伸ばした。
東京マラソンでは最近、日本人で１位になった選手が、そ の翌年に好記録を残していない。昨年日本人トップだった 高宮が、今年も東京マラソンに挑む。彼は自己ベストを更新 できるだろうか？ 昨年の全日本実業団駅伝では1区を35 分 32 秒で11位だった高宮は、今年の同大会では同じ1区を 35 分18 秒で6 位と、昨年を上回った。東京マラソンでの好 走が期待される。
▶Personal Bests
10000m 28:29.64 -2015 Half marathon 1:02:31 -2013 Marathon 2:10:57 -2016
橋本 崚
（東京・ＧＭＯアスリーツ）HASHIMOTO, Ryo (JPN・GMO ATHLETES)
DOB ：26 Sep. 1993 AGE ：23 Height ：172cm Weight ：56kg
No. 26
▶Progressions
Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2016 13:57.91 28:41.02 1:03:33 2:11:20
2015 14:10.90 29:10.18 1:04:38
▶Marathon career
Time Race Place Date
Personal Best 2:11:20 Hofu 1st 18-Dec-16
2:14:38 Tokyo 23rd 28-Feb-16
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
18 Dec Hofu Marathon Marathon 1st 2:11:20
28 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 23rd 2:14:38
7 Feb Kanagawa Half Marathon – Yokohama Half Marathon 2nd 1:03:33
10 Jan Takanezawa Half Marathon 5th 1:04:15
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
1 Nov JPN Collegiate Ekiden Champ Stage 7 – 11.9Km 3rd 35:27 7 Aug Towada Hachimantai Stage 1 – 13.6km 3rd 40:56 13 Jun Collegiate champ - Hiratsuka 5000m 4r1 14:14.58 17 May Gifu Seiryu Half marathon Half Marathon 19th 1:05:25 1 Mar JPN Collegiate Half Marathon – Tachikawa Half Marathon 118th 1:04:38 1 Feb Kanagawa Half Marathon – Yokohama Half Marathon 16th 1:05:08
In the last year's Tokyo Marathon, Ryo Hashimoto, a senior at Aoyama Gakuin University, made his marathon debut and finished 23rd with 2:14:38. He was 14th fastest Japanese in the Tokyo Marathon, but he also became 20th fastest collegiate runner in Japan.
During his college career, Hashimoto never recorded best ekiden stage, but with his performance in the Tokyo Marathon, his aptitude for the longer distance was apparent. After graduation from college, Hashimoto joined GMO ATHLETES coached by Katsuhiko Hanada, 15th at the 10000m in the 2000 Olympics. His former college coach Susumu Hara serves as a team advisor for GMO ATHLETES.
GMO ATHLETES emphasizes autonomy of the members and thus does not participate in ekiden races. Thus GMO ATHLETES may be the right team for a runner like Hashimoto. After the Tokyo Marathon, in October, he recorded the 5000m best of 13:57.91. The following month, in November, Hashimoto recorded the 10000m best of 28:41.02 and then in December he ran the Hofu Marathon.
In Hofu, when Yuki Kawauchi surged at 26km, Hashimoto did not respond immediately. Instead, he gradually close the gap and passed Kawauchi after 31km and won the race with more than three minutes personal best of 2:11:20.
After defeating Kawauchi, Hashimoto suddenly started to attract attention. In his third marathon in Tokyo, can Hashimoto record a sub-2:10 marathon, the time his coach Katsuhiko Hanada was unable to realize during his career.
昨年の東京で初マラソンに挑み、2 時間14 分 38 秒で 23 位に入ったのが、当時・青学大 4 年生だった橋本崚である。
日本選手中では14 位だったが、学生歴代 20 位となるパー フォーマンスでもあった。
大学時代に駅伝の区間賞などの目立った成績は残せな かったが、東京マラソンで長い距離の適正が注目されたこ とで、大学卒業後は青学大の原晋監督がアドバイザーを務 め、シドニー五輪10000ｍ15 位の花田勝彦氏が率いるＧＭ Ｏアスリーツに入部することになった。
駅伝には参加せず、個人を重んじるチームであるＧＭＯ アスリーツは、橋本にとって自身の能力をフルに発揮でき るチームかもしれない。10月に5000ｍの自己ベストを13 分 57 秒 91まで、そして11月に10000ｍの自己ベストを28 分 41 秒 02まで短縮し、2回目のマラソンとなる12月の防府マラ ソンに挑戦。26㎞でスパートした川内優輝を無理には追わ ず、31㎞過ぎで逆転。自己ベストを3分以上も更新する2時 間11分 20 秒で優勝を果たした。
橋本は、川内に勝ったことでも注目を集めることになっ た。東京で３度目のマラソンに挑む橋本は、花田監督がつい に実現できなかった２時間９分台に、突入することができる だろうか？
▶Personal Bests
10000m 28:41.02 -2016 Half marathon 1:03:33 -2016 Marathon 2:11:20 -2016
下田 裕太
（静岡・青山学院大学）SHIMODA, Yuta (JPN・Aoyama Gakuin University) DOB ：31 Mar. 1996 AGE ：20 Height ：169cm Weight ：54kg
No. 27
▶Progressions
Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2016 13:53.96 28:42.88 1:03:41 2:11:34
2015 14:06.85 28:33.77 1:02:22
▶Marathon career
Time Race Place Date
Personal Best 2:11:34 Tokyo 10th 28-Feb-16
▶2017 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
22 Jan Inter-Prefectural Men’s Ekiden – Hiroshima Stage 7 – 13km 9th 38:21
3 Jan Hakone Ekiden Stage 8 – 21.4km 1st 1:04:21
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
13 Nov Setagaya 246 Half Marathon – Tokyo Half marathon 39th 1:07:41 6 Nov JPN National Collegiate Ekiden Champ Stage 1 – 14.6km 8th 44:04
10 Oct Izumo Ekiden Stage 3 – 8.5km 4th 25:16
11 Jun Collegiate T&F Champ - Hiratsuka 5000m 10r2 14:16.67 19 May Kanto district Collegiate T&F Champ – Yokohama 10000m 8th 29:14.04
28 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 10th 2:11:34
7 Feb Kanagawa Half Marathon Half marathon 4th 1:03:41
3 Jan Hakone Ekiden Stage 8 – 21.4km 1st 1:04:21
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
8 Nov Setagaya 246 Half Marathon – Tokyo Half marathon 17th 1:05:59 1 Nov All JPN National Collegiate Ekiden Stage 5 – 11.6km 1st 33:46
12 Oct Izumo Ekiden Stage 4 – 6.2km 6th 18:10
13 Jun Collegiate T&F Champ - Hiratsuka 5000m 5r2 14:10.81 17 May Kanto Regional Collegiate T&F Champ - Yokohama Half marathon 4th 1:04:50 12 Apr Yaizu Half Marathon Half marathon 4th 1:04:32 1 Mar JPN Collegiate Half Marathon Champ – Tachikawa Half marathon 9th 1:02:22 11 Jan Takanezawa Half Marathon Half marathon 1st 1:03:16
In the last year's Tokyo Marathon, a 19 years old college sophomore Yuta Shimoda was second Japanese (tenth overall) with 2:11:34. After recording stage bests at the 2015 All JPN Collegiate Ekiden in November and 2016 Hakone Ekiden (Kanto district College Ekiden) in January, Shimoda made his marathon debut in Tokyo. He recorded eighth fastest collegiate marathon time as well as the fastest marathon by a Japanese teenager (not a national junior record, for Shimoda turned 20 years old in March of 2016).
In his high school days, Shimoda's 5000m best was only mid-14 minutes and he never run well in the national high school ekiden championships. He only excelled in the sports after he joined Aoyama Gakuin University track team. He recorded his personal bests at both 10000m and half marathon. Since Shimoda ran so well in the last year's Tokyo Marathon without proper marathon training, his next marathon at Tokyo, after a year of proper marathon training, is awaited with much anticipation.
However, most of seven collegiate marathon runners faster than Shimoda have not run well in their subsequent marathons. Masakazu Fujiwara, Atsushi Sato, and Takehiro Deki, first, second, and third fastest collegiate marathon debutante, respectively, did not improve their debut marathon time in their second marathon. Only Atsushi Fujita, fourth fastest collegiate marathon debutante, finished sixth in the World Championships marathon, and thus ran a successful second marathon. Can Shimoda surpass them?
昨年の東京マラソンで19 歳ながら2時間11分 34 秒で日 本人2位（総合10 位）に入った下田裕太。2015年全日本大学 駅伝の5区と2016 年箱根駅伝の8区で区間賞を輝いた後、
東京で初マラソンに挑み、学生歴代 8 位、10 代の日本人最 高記録（3月に20 歳になるのでジュニア日本記録ではない）
を叩き出したのである。
高校時代は5000ｍのベストが14 分半ばで、高校駅伝でも 区間上位には入っていない下田は、青学大に入学してから その活躍が注目されるようになった。10000ｍとハーフマラ ソンの自己ベストは 2015 年に記録している。昨年、本格的 なマラソン練習も行わずにこれだけの結果を出した下田。1 年の準備期間を経た今回の東京マラソンでの期待は大きい。
しかし、学生歴代で下田より速いタイムを出した7 人の 中で、次のマラソンでも結果を出した選手は少ない。初マラ ソンで学生歴代1位から3位の記録をマークした藤原正和、
佐藤敦之、出岐雄大は、次のマラソンで自己ベストを記録し ていない。学生歴代 4 位の藤田敦史だけが日本学生記録か ら世界選手権マラソン6 位につなげ、2度目のマラソンで一 応の結果を出したと言えるだろう。下田は彼らを越えられ るか？
▶Personal Bests
10000m 28:33.77 -2015 Half marathon 1:02:22 -2015 Marathon 2:11:34 -2016
▶International
Championships Highlights 5000m
4th in 2006 Asian Games 10000m
17th in 2007 World Championships Half Marathon
30th in 2007 World Road Running Championships World Cross Country Championships 60th in 2006
Marathon
39th in 2009 & 17th in 2013 & 40th in 2015 World Championships