Asahi Kasei wins 4 consecutive titles All-Japan Business Ekiden [All rankings] January 1 15:37

Asahi Kasei won the competition with Toyota Motor Corporation and won the 25th victory for the fourth consecutive year.

37 teams of businessmen who won the regional qualifiers participated in the annual convention on the New Year's Day, connecting the 100km course on 7 sections starting and finishing in front of the Gunma Prefectural Office in Maebashi City.

The first event in Reiwa was the second place in the Tokyo Olympics marathon representative selection race, MGC = "Marathon Grand Championship", and Toyota Motor Corp. Yuma Hattori and Marathon, who are nominated as representatives, Former Japanese record holder and top players such as Honda's Yuta Shitara have joined.

In the race, Asahi Kasei stands at the top of the second ward and pulls the race, with Toyota aiming to win for the first time in four years, Yusuke Nishiyama in the third ward with a new record of 37 minutes and 39 seconds section 11 And moved up to third place.
Captain Minoru Oishi took the lead in Asahi Kasei in the 4th ward of the longest 22.4km, and in the following 5th ward, Hattori showed a strong run on a course with many uphill slopes, leading the runner in third place in the section Was protected.

However, in the sixth ward, Tomohiro Ono of Asahi Kasei marked a new record of 35 minutes and 13 seconds, shortening the previous record by more than 30 seconds, and again took the lead, finishing 46 seconds behind Toyota. Connected to 7 wards.

Asahi Kasei was able to continue to run to the finish and expand his lead, winning the 25th victory for the fourth consecutive year with 4 hours 46 minutes 07 seconds.
Toyota was in second place, 2nd and 29 seconds behind, and Honda was third.

Overall result

1st 4:46:07 Asahi Kasei * New 2nd in the tournament 4:48:36 Toyota Motor * 3rd in the tournament 4:49:30 Honda * 4th in the tournament 4:50:40 5th in JR East 4:50:46 GMO Internet 6th 4:51:32 Aisan Industry 7th 4:51:33 Yakult 8th 4:51:36 Konica Minolta 9th 4:51:37 Kanebo
10th 4:51:39 Mazda
11th 4:51:40 Yaskawa Electric
12th 4:52:47 Toyota Motor Kyushu
13th place 4:52:50 Toyota Boshoku
14th 4:53:21 Chudenko
15th 4:53:22 Osaka Gas
16th 4:53:31 Sumitomo Electric
17th 4:53:41 MHPS
18th 4:53:41 SUBARU
19th 4:53:43 Chugoku Electric Power
20th 4:54:13 Komori Corporation
21st 4:54:30 Hitachi Transport System
22nd 4:54:33 SG Holdings
23rd place 4:54:35 Harima Kurosaki
24th 4:55:12 NTT West Japan
25th 4:55:13 Kyudenko
26th 4:55:25 Toenec
27th 4:56:01 Nishitetsu
28th 4:56:36 JFE Steel
29th 4:56:53 Aichi Steel
30th 4:58:31 Metropolitan Police Department
31st 4:58:46 Chuojojo
32nd 4:58:49 YKK
33rd place 4:58:54 NTN
34th 4:59:25 Press Industry
35th 5:00:47 Commodity Ida
36th 5:02:27 Sekino Kosan
37th place 5:07:50 Hiramatsu Hospital

Section 1 Section ranking 12.3 km (up to top 10)

1st place 34:37 ​​Yusuke Osumi 2nd in JR East 34:39 Keijiro Mogi Asahi Kasei 3rd place 34:42 Naoki Koyama Honda
4th place 34:50 Yuki Suzuki Kanebo 5th place 34:51 Shohei Kurata 6th place for GMO Internet 34:51 Taku Fujimoto 7th place for Toyota Motor Corporation 34:53 Kazuki Muramoto Sumitomo Electric 8th place 34:56 Jinnosuke Matsumura 9th place for commodities 34 : 57 Hirose Yamaguchi Aisan Industry
10th place 34:58 Rintaro Takeda Yakult

Section 2 Section ranking 8.3 km (up to top 10)

1st place 21:55 Benard Koech Kyudenko 2nd place 22:04 Tur Merga Yasukawa Electric 3rd place 22:07 Cypron Sitonic Komori Corporation 4th place 22:14 Evans Keitany Toyota Boshoku 5th place 22:15 Gideon Kipgetich Mazda 6 22:19 Stannelly Weizaka Yakult 7th 22:22 Richard Kimnyan 8th in Hitachi Transport 22:23 John Muritz 9th in Toyota Kyushu 22:25 Roger Stumo Kemoi Aisan Kogyo
10th 22:28 K. Abraham Capsis Asahi Kasei

3 wards Section ranking 13.6 km (up to top 10)

1st place 37:39 Yusuke Nishiyama Toyota Motor * New section second place 37:42 Ken Nakayama Honda * New section third place 37:51 Keigo Yano Kanebo * New section third place 37:51 Naoki Aiba Chudenko ※ New section fifth place 37:59 Jun Nodo 5th in Mazda 37:59 Ryosuke Maki SUBARU
7th place 38:02 Yuki Morita GMO Internet 8th place 38:08 Yusuke Ogura Yakult 9th place 38:10 Hiroshi Ichida Asahi Kasei
10th 38:14 Tatsuya Oike Toyota Boshoku

4th section Section ranking 22.4 km (up to the top 10)

1st place 1:03:57 Daihi Inoue MHPS * New section 2nd place 1:04:23 Ryuji Kawai Toenec 3rd place 1:04:36 Yuta Shitara Honda
4th 1:04:46 Minato Oishi 5th in Toyota Motor 1:04:57 Naoya Sakuta 6th in JR East 1:05:01 Naoki Okamoto 7th in Chugoku Electric Power 1:05:03 Kento Otsu 7th in Toyota Motor Kyushu 1 : 05: 03 Daisuke Hosomori YKK
9th place 1:05:06 Takashi Ichida Asahi Kasei
10th (up to the top 10) 1:05:10 Kento Moniya Toyota Boshoku

5 wards Section ranking 15.8 km (up to top 10)

1st 45:44 Kenta Murayama Asahi Kasei 2nd 45:47 Hiroyuki Yamamoto Konica Minolta 3rd 45:51 Yuma Hattori Toyota 4th 46:36 Kosuke Yamada 4th Toyota Boshoku 46:36 Shoya Kurokawa 6th in JR East 46 : 39 Toshinori Watanabe 7th in GMO Internet 46:43 Masaya Taguchi Honda
8th 46:44 Yuri Monoe Kanebo 9th 46:47 Shoya Okuno Toyota Motor Kyushu
10th 46:50 Kazuma Ohata Yaskawa Electric
10th 46:50 Yusuke Baba Komori Corporation

Section 6 Section rank 12.1 km (up to top 10)

1st 35:13 Tomohiro Ono Asahi Kasei ※ New section 2nd 35:42 Kenya Soda JR East ※ New section 3rd 36:02 Keisuke Hayashi 4th in GMO Internet 36:04 Hideyuki Tanaka 4th in Toyota Motor 36:04 Kazuki Tamura Sumitomo Electric 6th place 36:05 Hidehito Yamanaka Honda
7th place 36:32 Keita Shimizu SUBARU
8th 36:33 Chika Kasuga Yakult 9th 36:34 Yuya Iwasaki Osaka Gas
10th 36:40 Hiroaki Yoshida MHPS

7 wards Section ranking 15.5 km (up to the top 10)

1st place 44:47 Tetsuya Yorizaka Asahi Kasei * New section 2nd place 45:45 Takumi Seiya 3rd place of Chugoku Electric Power 46:03 Genki Nakanishi Aisan Industry 4th place 46:04 Hara Hari Honda
5th 46:06 Tsuyoshi Ugaji Konica Minolta 6th 46:12 Takamitsu Hashimoto Komori Corporation 7th 46:18 Toshinori Kitajima 8th Yaskawa Electric 46:28 Kei Fumimoto Kanebo 9th 46:29 Yukio Fujimura Sumitomo Electric
10th 46:30 Tsubasa Hayakawa Toyota Motor