2025 Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Marathon 2025 Entry List, Here's What To Know

Tokyo Marathon 2025 Entry List, Here's What To Know

Here's a list of the elite athletes schedule to compete in the 2024 Tokyo Marathon on March 1.

Feb 27, 2025 by John Davern
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The 2025 Tokyo Marathon is scheduled for March 1 at 7:00 PM ET. The Tokyo Marathon will kick-off the World Major Marathon season, and as expected, the field is filled with road running talent.

Benson Kipruto returns as the defending race champion. He ran 2:02:16 at the 2024 rendition of the race, which was a course record. He then went on to finish third at the 2024 Paris Olympic Marathon.

Joshua Cheptegei made his marathon debut in Valencia in 2023, but shifted his focus back to shorter races for the Olympic year. He won the 10,000m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Tokyo Marathon will be Cheptegei's first honest effort at the distance. He'll look to follow the lead of Kipruto.

On the women's side, Sutume Asefa Kebede will return to Tokyo after winning the event in 2024. Last year, Kebede ran a Tokyo Marathon record of 2:15:55. Tigist Ketema will also toe the line after winning the Berlin Marathon in 2024.

Brigid Kosgei, Hawi Feysa and Rosemary Wanjiru are other highlight entries in the field.

Saturday evening's action will be streamed LIVE on FloTrack in Canada and the United States.

*Update - As of February 28, Brigid Kosgei has scratched out of the Tokyo Marathon. She listed her reasoning as "lack of training".

*Please note, the following entry lists have been updated as of February 28. Scratches are now denoted and late additions are listed at the bottom of each entry list.

Elite Men's Entries

Name - Country/Region - Entry Time

  • Benson Kipruto - KEN - 2:02:16
  • Joshua Cheptegei - UGA - 2:08:59
  • Deresa Geleta - ETH - 2:02:38
  • Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich - KEN - 2:03:13
  • Tadese Takele - ETH - 2:03:24
  • Dawit Wolde - ETH - 2:03:48
  • Leul Gebresilase - ETH - 2:04:12
  • Birhanu Legese - ETH - 2:04:44
  • Stephen Kissa - UGA - 2:04:48
  • Tsegaye Getachew - ETH - 2:04:49
  • Amedework Walelegn - ETH - 2:04:50
  • Titus Kipruto - KEN - 2:04:54
  • Mulugeta Asefa - ETH - 2:05:33
  • Hendrik Pfeiffer - GER - 2:07:14
  • Suldan Hassan - SWE - 2:07:36
  • Geoffrey Toroitich - KEN - 59:13.00
  • Akira Akasaki - Fukuoka - 2:07:32
  • Yohei Ikeda - Tokyo - 2:05:12
  • Suguru Osako - Tokyo - 2:06:13 - Scratch
  • Benard Koech - KEN/Fukuoka - 26:43.98  - Scratch (Lack Of Training)
  • Ichitaka Yamashita - Nagasaki - 2:05:51
  • Kenya Sonota - Tokyo - 2:05:59
  • Jie He - CHN - 2:06:57
  • Vincent Raimoi - KEN/Shizuoka - 2:07:01
  • Hiroto Inoue - Nagasaki - 2:07:09
  • Shaohui Yang - CHN - 2:07:09
  • Koki Yoshioka - Fukuoka - 2:07:28
  • Gaku Hoshi - Tokyo - 2:07:31
  • Shin Kimura - Tokyo - 2:07:34
  • Tsubasa Ichiyama - Tokyo - 2:07:44
  • Tatsuya Maruyama - Aichi - 2:07:50
  • Yuhei Urano - Chiba - 2:07:52
  • Hidekazu Hijikata - Miyazaki - 2:08:02 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Xiangdong Wu - CHN - 2:08:04
  • Kensuke Horio - Tokyo - 2:08:25 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Kiyoshi Koga - Fukuoka - 2:08:30
  • Kenji Yamamoto - Hiroshima - 2:08:33
  • Ryoma Takeuchi - Yamagata - 2:08:40
  • Naoki Aiba - Hiroshima - 2:08:44
  • Yuichi Yasui - Aichi - 2:08:48
  • Rintarou Takeda - Tokyo - 2:08:48
  • Ken Nakayama - Tokyo - 2:08:52
  • Takashi Ichida - Miyazaki - 2:08:57
  • Kouhei Futaoka - Hiroshima - 2:09:14 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Shuho Dairokun - Miyazaki - 2:09:26
  • Hideyuki Tanaka - Aichi - 2:09:27
  • Tadashi Isshiki - Osaka - 2:09:32 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Takayuki Iida - Chiba - 2:09:34
  • Yuma Morii - Kyoto - 2:09:59
  • Hiroto Kanamori - Ibaraki - 2:10:16
  • Daisuke Hosomori - Toyama - 2:10:22
  • Hiroshi Ichida - Miyazaki - 2:10:30
  • Tomohiro Fujimura - Shizuoka - 2:10:33
  • Takuma Shibata - Ibaraki - 2:10:35 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Hiromasa Kumahashi - Hyogo - 2:10:38
  • Ryota Komori - Mie - 2:10:48 - Scratch (Sick)
  • Ryuichi Yoshioka - Tochigi - 2:10:50
  • Haruka Kawamura - Saitama - 2:10:57
  • Takuya Fujikawa - Hiroshima - 2:11:13
  • Jo Fukuda - Saga - 2:11:29
  • Yuya Yamashita - Tokyo - 2:11:37
  • Shogo Nakamura - Chiba - 2:12:10
  • Daniel Muivakitonyi - KEN/Tokyo - 2:12:22
  • Shusei Ohashi - Tokyo - 2:12:34
  • Takumi Ohisi - Shizuoka - 2:12:34 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Shintaro Miyakawa - Tokyo - 2:12:38
  • Yusuke Ogura - Tokyo - 2:12:48
  • Wataru Tochigi - Saga - 2:12:54
  • Yuta Shitara - Fukuoka - 2:13:19 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Yuya Asaka - Niigata - 2:13:41
  • Ryota Natori - Tokyo - 2:14:07
  • Junichi Ushiyama - Nagano - 2:14:42
  • Daigo Tomimura - Tokyo - 2:14:50
  • Benjamin Ngandu - KEN/Yamagata - 2:14:56
  • Shirou Hino - Nagano - 2:14:59 - Scratch (Sick)
  • Daichi Atsuura - Yamagata - 2:15:11
  • Takeshi Okada - Hyogo - 2:15:11
  • Kazuma Ito - Hyogo - 2:15:21
  • Kensuke Yamaguchi - Tokyo - 2:15:34
  • Kinya Hashira - Tokyo - 2:15:38
  • Yuji Shibukawa - Gunma - 2:15:40
  • Keigo Yano - Tokyo - 2:15:53 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Yudai Fukuda - Ishikawa - 2:15:57
  • Tatsurou Oyazaki - Saitama - 2:15:59 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Keita Seguchi - Hyogo - 2:16:01
  • Kodai Toyota - Okayama - 2:16:04
  • Taiyo Akiyama - Tokyo - 2:16:06
  • Taiki Suzuki - Yamagata - 2:16:09
  • Tomohiro Kaijo - Ishikawa - 2:16:13
  • Takaki Mori - Saitama - 2:16:13
  • Toru Somiya - Shizuoka - 2:16:15
  • Jumpei Yamaguchi - Tokyo - 2:16:31
  • Hirohito Sugai - Osaka - 2:16:40
  • Riley Cocks - AUS - 2:16:56 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Yuhi Yamashita - Chiba - 2:17:02
  • Hiroki Harada - Tokyo - 2:17:05
  • Yasutaka Monde - Tokyo - 2:17:07
  • Takuya Saito - Tokyo - 2:17:15
  • Jake Barraclough - GBR/Tokyo - 2:17:28
  • Masato Tanaka - Shizuoka - 2:17:28
  • Ryou Tsuzikawa - Tokyo - 2:17:28
  • Masahumi Sone - Tokyo - 2:17:33
  • Yuki Yamada - Saitama - 2:17:39
  • Aoi Ota - Gakuren/Aoyama Gakuin University - 1:02:30 (Half)
  • Ayumu Kobayashi - Osaka - 27:28.13 (10,000m)

Late Additions

  • Hiroaki Furukawa - Kumamoto Castle - 2:16:14
  • Debele Chala - Changde - 2:18:33

Elite Women's Entries

Name - Country/Region - Entry Time

  • Sutume Asefa KEBEDE - ETH - 2:15:55
  • Brigid KOSGEI - KEN - 2:16:02 - Scratch (Lack of Training)
  • Tigist KETEMA - ETH - 2:16:07
  • Rosemary WANJIRU - KEN - 2:16:14
  • Hawi FEYSA - ETH - 2:17:25
  • Degitu AZIMERAW - ETH - 2:17:58
  • Gotytom GEBRESLASE - ETH - 2:18:11
  • Winfridah Moraa MOSETI - KEN - 2:18:25
  • Mestawut FIKIR - ETH - 2:18:48 - Scratch (Injury)
  • Magdalyne MASAI - KEN - 2:18:58
  • Desi Jisa MOKONIN - BRN - 2:20:47
  • Jessica STENSON - AUS - 2:24:01
  • Tirunesh DIBABA - ETH - 1:09:57 - Scratch (Lack of Training)
  • Ai HOSODA - JAP - 2:20:31
  • Yuka ANDO - JAP - 2:21:18
  • Deshun ZHANG - CHN - 2:24:05
  • Rie KAWAUCHI - JAP - 2:25:35
  • Kaori MORITA - JAP - 2:26:31
  • Khishigsaikhan GALBADRAKH - MGL - 2:26:32
  • Shiho KANESHIGE - JAP - 2:29:26
  • Yukari NAGATOMO - JAP - 2:33:46
  • Tomomi SAWAHATA - JAP - 2:34:46
  • Hiroko YOSHITOMI - JAP - 2:35:02
  • Yukie MATUMURA - JAP - 2:37:24
  • Yuki MIZUSEDA - JAP - 2:39:47
  • Meari OBUCHI - JAP - 2:39:48
  • Miho NAKATA - JAP - 2:39:51
  • Aoi MAKARA - JAP - 2:40:31
  • Mitsuko HIROSE - JAP - 2:40:55
  • Kaoru NAGAO - JAP - 2:41:03
  • Haruna TAKANO - JAP - 2:41:08
  • Eri SUZUKI - JAP - 2:41:09
  • Hodaka SHIMIZU - JAP - 2:41:15
  • Yoshimi TANAKA - JAP - 2:41:23
  • Mirai HONMA - JAP - 2:41:38
  • Chisato KAGAYA - JAP - 2:42:05
  • Kana MASUDA - JAP - 2:42:23
  • Nagisa GODA - JAP - 2:42:31
  • Junko GAMBARA - JAP - 2:42:52
  • Akiko OGAWA - JAP - 2:43:00
  • Chiaki MORIKAWA - JAP - 2:43:04
  • Rieko KOSHI - JAP - 2:43:07
  • Risa SHINOZAKI - JAP - 2:43:45
  • Ayana YAMAZAKI - JAP - 2:44:22
  • Yukari SAIMIYA - JAP - 2:44:23
  • Chisa ENDO - JAP - 2:44:34
  • Hitomi KONDOU - JAP - 2:44:38
  • Mai ARIZUKA - JAP - 2:44:39
  • Kyoko MATSUMOTO - JAP - 2:44:45
  • Natsuki TOMII - JAP - 2:44:54
  • Mariko ASATO - JAP - 2:45:18
  • Natsumi KURODA - JAP - 2:45:26
  • Akane HIRAYAMA - JAP - 2:45:55
  • Mio KOYANAGI - JAP - 2:46:07
  • Yukari YASUTOME - JAP - 2:46:09
  • Kaoruko ONO - JAP - 2:46:19
  • Mio TAKINAMI - JAP - 2:46:19
  • Yuka AOYAMA - JAP - 2:46:20
  • Yurino YOKOYAMA - JAP - 2:46:32

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