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Kumanichi Road Race

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Kumanichi Road Race
DateFebruary
LocationKumamoto, Japan
Event typeRoad
Distance30 kilometres
Established1957
Official siteKumamoto 30K

The Kumanichi Road Race (Japanese: 熊本30K) is an annual road running competition over 30 kilometres which is typically held in February in Kumamoto, Japan. It was first held in 1957 as a men-only competition. A women's race was introduced in 2006. The race is one of the world's most prominent over the uncommon 30K distance. A total of eight Association of Road Racing Statisticians-recognised men's world records have been set at the competition, including the current world record.[1][2]

The course records are held by Takayuki Matsumiya (1:28:00) and Yuka Hakoyama (1:43:26). It is mostly contested by Japanese athletes, with Kenya's Willy Kangogo becoming the event's sole non-national winner in 2007.[3]

Past winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1957  Kaneyuki (JPN) 1:40:20 Not held
2nd 1958  Kenji Fujimoto (JPN) 1:42:25
3rd 1959  Toru Takaguchi (JPN) 1:38:40
4th 1960  Yoshinori Yamamoto (JPN) 1:44:02
5th 1961  Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1:36:29
6th 1962  Rikio Maeda (JPN) 1:40:09
7th 1963  Teruhisa Momii (JPN) 1:35:05.4
8th 1964  Kazumi Watanabe (JPN) 1:33:52.8
9th 1965  Toru Terasawa (JPN) 1:31:51.6
10th 1966  Yutaka Aoki (JPN) 1:36:08.0
11th 1967  Hirokazu Okabe (JPN) 1:32:51.6
12th 1968  Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1:32:49.2
13th 1969  Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 1:33:02.6
14th 1970  Misao Yoneshige (JPN) 1:34:36
15th 1971  Akio Usami (JPN) 1:31:26.8
16th 1972  Misao Yoneshige (JPN) 1:33:55
17th 1973  Kenichi Otsuki (JPN) 1:33:18
18th 1974  Makoto Hattori (JPN) 1:32:48.8
19th 1975  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:31:22.0
20th 1976  Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) 1:30:20.8
21st 1977  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:31:11.2
22nd 1978  Hiroshi Yuge (JPN) 1:31:45.9
23rd 1979  Hiroshi Yuge (JPN) 1:32:45.8
24th 1980  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:29:12
25th 1981  Kazuyoshi Kudo (JPN) 1:31:00
26th 1982  Tetsuo Urakawa (JPN) 1:31:52
27th 1983  Mitsuaki Mimura (JPN) 1:32:51
28th 1984  Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN) 1:33:09
29th 1985  Kazuya Nishimoto (JPN) 1:28:46
30th 1986  Chiaki Harumatsu (JPN) 1:31:20
31st 1987  Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) 1:29:51
32nd 1988  Shuichi Morita (JPN) 1:31:45
33rd 1989  Kazuyoshi Kudo (JPN) 1:29:46
34th 1990  Kōichi Morishita (JPN) 1:30:47
35th 1991  Katsumi Ikeda (JPN) 1:30:17
36th 1992  Yosuke Osawa (JPN) 1:30:25
37th 1993  Shinichi Akiyoshi (JPN) 1:30:37
38th 1994  Takayuki Inubushi (JPN) 1:30:29
39th 1995  Sakae Osaki (JPN) 1:30:01
40th 1996  Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) 1:29:46
41st 1997  Tadayuki Ojima (JPN) 1:30:26
42nd 1998  Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN) 1:29:47
43rd 1999  Kenji Noguchi (JPN) 1:29:46
44th 2000  Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) 1:29:55
45th 2001  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 1:29:23
46th 2002  Ryoji Matsushita (JPN) 1:30:04
47th 2003  Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 1:28:36
48th 2004  Tomohiro Seto (JPN) 1:29:50
49th 2005  Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 1:28:00
50th 2006  Tomoya Shimizu (JPN) 1:31:09  Miho Notagashira (JPN) 1:44:13
51st 2007  Willy Kangogo (KEN) 1:29:59  Mika Okunaga (JPN) 1:45:46
52nd 2008  Masaki Shimoju (JPN) 1:30:33  Miho Notagashira (JPN) 1:44:00
53rd 2009  Yu Mitsuya (JPN) 1:29:55  Chiharu Matsuo (JPN) 1:48:22
54th 2010  Atsushi Fujita (JPN) 1:29:46  Chiharu Matsuo (JPN) 1:50:18
55th 2011  Tomoyuki Morita (JPN) 1:32:14 Not held
56th 2012  Tsuyoshi Ugachi (JPN) 1:30:01  Yuka Hakoyama (JPN) 1:43:26
57th 2013  Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 1:29:31  Yuko Mizuguchi (JPN) 1:43:46
58th 2014  Yuma Hattori (JPN) 1:28:52  Yuka Takashima (JPN) 1:44:19
59th 2015  Shin Kimura (JPN) 1:31:27  Saori Noda (JPN) 1:45:00
60th 2016  Keita Shitara (JPN) 1:30:45  Sakiko Matsumi (JPN) 1:45:59
61st 2017  Yuichiro Ueno (JPN) 1:30:17  Sakie Arai (JPN) 1:46:29
62nd 2018  Keisuke Hayashi (JPN) 1:29:47  Yuko Watanabe (JPN) 1:47:17
63rd 2019  Kei Katanishi (JPN) 1:29:34  Nanayo Okamoto (JPN) 1:45:48

References

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List of winners