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Ekiden (Road Relay) Club, earning a seed position.

The Teikyo University Ekiden (Road Relay) Club placed 6th at the 57th All-Japan Intercollegiate Ekiden Championships (All-Japan Intercollegiate Ekiden) held on Sunday, November 2, 2025, earning a seeded spot in the next tournament. This tournament is one of the three major ekiden races in the world of university ekiden, and 25 universities that have passed regional selection will compete over 106.8 kilometers of eight sections from Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture to Ise Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.

Yoshihiro Kusuoka (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) won the section prize in the 2nd section, and Sota Taniguchi (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) ran well in the 4th section, finishing 3rd, and the team maintained their position in the top ranks from the beginning, finishing in 6th place and earning a seed right for the second year in a row. In addition, they ran faster than last year's university record in 7 out of 8 sections, and although they fell just short of their goal of beating the top 5, it was a race with many lessons learned that will help them in the next Hakone Ekiden.

Thank you to everyone who cheered us on. We hope you will continue to support our university Ekiden (Road Relay) Club.

Total time

5 hours 10 minutes 56 seconds

Section record / section ranking

Section 1: Ryota Shibato (4th year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 27 minutes 32 seconds (12th place in the section)
Section 2: Yoshihiro Kusuoka (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 31 minutes 01 seconds (1st place in the section) *Section winner, section record tie
Section 3: Yuta Hara (3rd year, Faculty of Economics) 33 minutes 55 seconds (8th place in the section)
Section 4: Sota Taniguchi (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 34 minutes 00 seconds (3rd place in the section)
Section 5: Daiki Yarita (4th year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 36 minutes 55 seconds (9th place in the section)
Section 6: Hitoshi Ozaki (4th year, Faculty of Economics) 37 minutes 56 seconds (6th place in the section)
Section 7: Akira Shimada (4th year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 51 minutes 17 seconds (5th place in the section)
Section 8: Yudai Asakawa (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 58 minutes 20 seconds (8th place in the section)

Future schedule

The 102nd Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (Hakone Ekiden)
Date: January 2nd (Fri) and 3rd (Sat), 2026, 8:00 AM
Broadcast: Nippon Television Network
For more information about the Hakone Ekiden, click here

For more information about Ekiden (Road Relay) Club click here
For more information about the 57th All Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships, click here
 

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