4 years. The Editorial Department
Misa Fujii
2024/10/27
(Latest update: 2024/10/27)
Takushoku University’s Seiki Fuwa is in his final varsity relay season (all photo by Misa Fujii)
The 42nd All Japan Women’s University Ekiden Championships will be held on October 27th over 6 sections of 38.0km, starting and finishing at the Koshin Rubber Sendai Athletic Park in Sendai City. On the 26th, the day before the race, the orders for each team were announced. This article introduces the representative schools of each Gakuren district, the three schools that will participate in the record slot, and the regional entries of the Tohoku Gakuren selection team, which will be an open participant. Japan’s student record holder for the women’s 10,000m, Takushoku University’s Fuwa Seiki (4th year, Kendai Takasaki), will be placed in the 5th ward and compete against aces from other schools.
Hokkaido Area Sapporo International University
District 1 Yuno Ishikawa (4th year, Tamura)
District 2 Hyuga Yuina (1st year, Aomori Yamada)
Ward 3 Yumeki Matsumoto (2nd year, Hakodate Otsuma)
Ward 4 Miura Aomi (year 1, Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei)
Ward 5 Wakana Sato (2nd year, Obihiro Agriculture)
Ward 6 Tenmaya Shin (2nd year, Hakodate Otsuma)
Tohoku Area Sendai University
Ward 1 Marisa Ito (2nd year, attached to Koriyama Women’s University)
Ward 2 Kurumi Kadowaki (4th year, Midorigaoka Date)
Ward 3 Nanoha Kuwahara (1st year, Tohoku)
Zone 4 Takagien (3 years, Tokai Oyamagata)
Ward 5 Yuuki Kinoshita (2nd year, Sendai Daimeisei)
Ward 6 Moritani Otoha (2nd year, Yamagata Johoku)
Kanto Area ① University of Tsukuba
Ward 1 Mimi Suzuki (year 1, June)
Ward 2 Yura Tanaka (1st year, Nishiharu)
District 3 Komatsu Yuka (3 years, East Karajin)
Ward 4 Imami Sato (2nd year, Ota girls)
Ward 5 Asahi Shirakawa (1st year, Otsuka)
Ward 6 Yukina Honjo (2nd year, Otemae)
Asahi Shirakawa, a rookie at the University of Tsukuba, is in charge of the 5th ward, which is the longest section.
Kanto Area ② Juntendo University
Ward 1 Mao Kogure (4th year, Tokorozawa Nishi)
District 2 Kambayashi Yuno (3rd year, Changping)
District 3, Ishigami Kiri (2nd year, Suncheon)
Ward 4 Natsume Yamagiwa (4th year, Sera)
Ward 5 Airi Tajima (2nd year, Shizuoka Salesio)
Ward 6 Mai Sakai (3rd year, Shohei)
Kanto area ③ Chuo University
Ward 1 Koharu Takeda (year 1, Kokura)
District 2 Kinoshita Sana (3rd year, Changping)
Ward 3 Minami Hyuga (3rd year, Suncheon)
Ward 4 Akemi Otsuka (4th year, Seiryo)
Ward 5 Hikaru Hamano (3rd year, Honjo Daiichi)
Ward 6 Mino Namiki (3rd year, Tokiwa)
Kanto Area ④ Takushoku University
Ward 1 Yuki Miyake (year 1, Distribution Keizai Okashiwa)
District 2 Machiko Iwasaki (2nd year, studying Ishikawa)
Ward 3 Saki Arai (3rd year, Hadano)
Ward 4 Naho Kadowaki (4th year, Sendai Ikuei)
Ward 5 Fuwa Seikirai (4th year, Kendai Takasaki)
Site 6 Tian Mingyou (1st year, Jincheng Academy)
Kanto Area ⑤ Teikyo University of Science
Ward 1 Yoma Yamada (1st year, Sera)
Ward 2: Village Ascent (year 1, Miura Gakuen)
Ward 3: Shoka Watanabe (3rd year, Funabashi City)
Ward 4 Azusa Yamaguchi (4th year, Hakuoh Ashikaga University)
5th Ward Shizuku Kasuya (year 1, Bunsei Utsunomiya Girls)
Ward 6 Airi Nakamura (3rd year, Sabae)
Kanto Area ⑥ Tamagawa University
Ward 1 Sakiko Natsuya (4th year, Ichitachibana)
Ward 2 Nino Fujita (4th year, Shohei)
Ward 3 Shizakaki Oki (1st year, star)
District 4 Ayano Sato (2nd year, Shohei)
Ward 5 Chihiro Kanehara (4th year, Keizai Okashiwa Distribution)
Ward 6 Yuuri Fujimura (4th year, Keizai Okashiwa Distribution)
Kanto Area ⑦ Toyo University
Ward 1 Yui Hagiwara (4th year, Josai Ojo West)
Ward 2 Miku Shinozuka (3rd year, Toyo Ushiku University)
Ward 3 Teramatsu Hoho (3rd year, Toyama Commercial)
Ward 4 Ito Yuha (3rd year, Narita)
Ward 5 Chusai Mako (3rd year, Chikushi Girls’ Academy)
Ward 6 Yuri Sumino (2nd year, Hita)
Niigata University of Health and Welfare Hokushinetsu District
Ward 1 Sato Ruki (1st year, Sakado Nishi)
Ward 2: Atsushi Hanida (1st year, Tokiwa)
Ward 3 Furo Miyuha (1st year, Takaoka Commercial)
Ward 4 Yo Fukuhara (2nd year, Tokamachi)
District 5 Qingshui Xingxia (3 years, Changping)
Ward 6 Nimura Yukiko (3 years old, Mitsuugaoka girl)
Tokai District Chukyo Gakuin University
Ward 1 Sakura Sugiura (2nd year, Toyota Otani)
Ward 2 Yuna Gushiken (4th year, Itoman)
Ward 3 Nakamura Yuune (3rd year, Inashi)
Ward 4 Aoi Watanabe (3rd year, Nagano Nihon University)
Belt 5 blue gold (4 years, Toyo Ming)
Ward 6 Misaki Matsumoto (2nd year, Tsuruga Kehi)
Hyogo University Kansai Area
Ward 1 Azu Nagaoka (4th year, Himeji Commercial)
Ward 2 Chika Tarumoto (year 1, Suma Gakuen)
Ward 3 Kasumi Shirai (4th year, Shinko Gakuen)
Ward 4 Onaka Hanawa (3rd year, Igawa Tanikita)
Ward 5 Fumika Onishi (2nd year, Suma Gakuen)
Ward 6 Aika Fukunaga (4th year, Suma Gakuen)
Hyogo University captain Azu Nagaoka runs through the capital for the first time in three years
Chugoku-Shikoku University Pacific Rim Region
Ward 1 Maika Kobayashi (4th year, Tokai Suwa University)
Ward 2 Etosaki (4th year, Oita Yujodai)
Ward 3 Kaho Omi (3rd year, Yutaka Oka)
Ward 4 Nanoka Tomita (3rd year, Sami)
Ward 5 Mio Higuchi (1st year, Kojokan)
Ward 6 Sae Ishida (3rd year, Masuda Higashi)
Kyushu area of Fukuoka University
Ward 1 Nanaka Miyahara (3rd year, Fukuoka Owakaba)
Ward 2 Honoka Maeda (2nd year, Shiraishi)
District 3 Mitsui Tanito (1st year, Phoenix)
Ward 4 Guest Sakamoto (3rd year, Kagoshima)
Ward 5 Koina Suenaga (4th year, Chinzei Academy)
Ward 6 Eina Togura (4th year, Kure)
Recording frame ① Kyoto Sangyo University
Ward 1 Imaeri Minami (2nd year, Aomori Yamada)
District 2 Arika Sakamoto (2nd year, Ikuei Nara)
Ward 3 Yuki Nagayoshi (2nd year, Kagoshima)
Ward 4 Yuri Iida (year 1, Kori Nevers Academy)
Ward 5 Airi Masada (4th year, Tottori Johoku)
Ward 6 Sena Okada (year 1, Tatsuno)
Recording slot ② Kansai University of Foreign Studies
Ward 1: Noa Goda (1st year, Sonoda Gakuen)
Ward 2 Yoshihiro Yabuki (2nd year, Kurayoshi Higashi)
Ward 3 Fudaba Mio (3rd year, Sendai Ikuei)
Ward 4 Nayu Hayashi (2nd year, Toyokawa)
Ward 5 Miwa Minami Nako (4th year, Kinjo Gakuen)
Ward 6 Minori Teramoto (1st year, Akinori Niigata)
Recording slot ③ Tokyo University of Agriculture
Ward 1 Moe Koda (4th year, 3rd year, Tokyo Agricultural University)
Ward 2 Sana Suyama (1st year, Ujiyamada Commercial)
Ward 3 Masuzuka Nozomi (year 1, Asahikawa Ryukoku)
District 4 Mitsuki Takahashi (year 1, Galaxy Academy)
Ward 5 Sakura Fujishiro (2nd year, Nishiwaki Kogyo)
Ward 6 Ami Imai (year 1, Kinjo Gakuen)
Tohoku Gakuren selection open participation
Ward 1 Esther Wanjiru (1st year, Higashi Masuda) Ishinomaki Senshu University
Ward 2 Mirei Onodera (2nd year, Yamagata Johoku) Ishinomaki Senshu University
Ward 3: Kyoko Otomo (4th year, St. Ursula Eichi Academy) Fukushima University
Ward 4 Kaihaku Matsuno (3rd year, Morioka City) Tohoku Gakuin University
Ward 5 Akari Funayama (2nd year, Yonezawa Kojokan) Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Ward 6 Yuha Terashima (3rd year, Kuri Gakuen) Ishinomaki Senshu University