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It was the first time for Mr. Katsumi Asada, who is 35 years old and has

done 23 marathon races so far, to win the race with finishing at2.22.43. Since

the race started Mr.Seiji Kushibe, who is 30 years olds, left far behind. Then

Asada had been running with the second group and caught up with the top at

around 39 km. It was at the point of 200m left that Asada rushed to the goal

and finished the race without knowing his win. Ashida is determined to send to

Berlin Marathon to take place at next September as a representative of Lake

Kawaguchi and will challenge to break his own record which is 2.18.22. Mrs. Mai

Aoki , who is 29 years olds, won the women’s race with 2.47.9. Also Mr.

Ukyo Katayama, who used to be a Formula 1 driver for race car and is well-known

as an alpinist, participated in Fun Run with his son and enjoyed the race.

Profile of winner: Katsumi Asada was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on

1996/3/26. 183cm height and 67kg Weight. He was a valley ball player for junior

high school and high school. Then he joined the yacht club of Tukuba

University. His family are wife and two daughters. Asada, who started to run

Marathon 8 years ago because of his broken hurt, was considering himself as 2nd

position of the race when he just passed the finish line. However, the

unexpected word from race staff made him surprise so that he could not say

anything for while. Although he was often said as a tortoise from his team mate

of high school valley ball club since his movement was not so swift, he

sparkled himself with Marathon instead. After the race he said “I thought

that last year was my peak but this makes me change my mind and I will continue

to run Marathon and do my best as much as I can for Berlin Marathon next

September.

Final Result: Full Marathon: A, Registered Men (Participants 430 / Finishers

384) 1 - Katsumi Asada (35 / Fuji Mori Running Club) 2.22.43 2 - Toshio Gotoh

(26 / Shindengenn heavy industry) 2.22.51 3 - Katsumi Tsuchiya (27 / Tore )

2.23.33

B, Registered Women (Participant 68 / Finishers 59 ) 1 - Mai Aoki (29 /

Toyota Synthesis ) 2.47.9 2 - Colleen Stephens (52 / Australia ) 3.4.1 3

– Hifumi Fukuyasu (32 / Tachi Club ) 3.5.34

C, Age 18-34 Men (Participant 2212 / Finishers 1573 ) 1 - Tuyoshi Koyama (30

/ Tochigi Prefecture) 2.26.47 2 - Kenichi Tezuka (32 / Neptune ) 2.27.45 3-

Satoshi Noguchi (27 / Sasaki Running Club ) 2.31.35

D, Age 35-44 Men (Participants 1618 / Finishers 1327) 1 - Shin Shindoh (39 /

Epson Kirara) 2.33.4 2 - Ken Kawano (38 / Kamo elementary school ) 2.36.12 3 -

Masahito Kojima (37 / Ebina City Hall) 2.37.26

E, Age 45-54 Men (Participant 1250 / Finishers 1071 ) 1 – Hiroshi

Kawahara (45 / Suzuki Machine ) 2.36.37 2 – Motoaki Sano (46 / Sasaki

Running Club ) 2.39.59 3 – Tomoyuki Abe (46 / Kasamatsu Running Club )

2.42.11

F, Age 55-64 Men (Participant 507 / Finishers 431 ) 1 – Tsuguo

Watanabe (61 / Tokyo Prefecture) 2.47.36 2 – Hiroshi Yamada (58 /

Yamanashi Prefecture ) 2.51.31 3- Hachiroh Tada (58 / Kasamatsu Running Club )

2.53.45

G, Age 65 above Men (Participant 83 / Finishers 61 ) 1 – Tetsuo Nagata

(65 / Gymnastic Club) 3.2.27 2 – Yoshitaka Tanaka (66 / Rose Club) 3.2.53

3- Shinji Koguchi (65 / Shinyou Technical Research ) 3.9.31

H, Age 18-34 Women (Participant 308 / Finishers 178 ) 1 – Rieko

Nishihara (22 / Nihon University) 2.55.11 2 – Tomoko Ihara (21 /

Veterinary Club ) 3.1.22 3- Shigeyo Uzawa (27 / Tohryou Club ) 3.7.29

I, Age 35-44 Women (Participants 116 / Finishers 94) 1 – Shizuko

Kurematsu (41 / Kanagawa Prefecture) 3.19.25 2 – Kazuha Matusi (43 /

Ohike Hotel ) 3.20.24 3 – Junko Furusawa (44 / Aclub Hachiohji)

3.23.28

J, Age 45-54 Women (Participant 136 / Finishers 97 ) 1 – Kazuko Natori

(50 / Kushigata Track Club ) 3.9.0 2 – Mayumi Nakagome (46 / Asahi Bank)

3.21.48 3 – Mayumi Gomi (51 / Chino Running Club ) 3.30.0

K, Age 55 above Women (Participant 42 / Finishers 33 ) 1 – Yuriko

Tanaka (57 / Yamanashi Hospital) 3.19.18 2 – Harumi Yokomori (59 /

Shizuoka Prefecture ) 3.37.14 3- Hiroko Suzuki (61 / NAS Narashino )

3.37.50

L, Half Marathon Men (Participant 1267 / Finishers 1243 ) 1 – Yasuhiro

Komatsu (37 / Toshiba) 1.31.49 2 – Kenji Furuya (31 / Yamanashi

Prefecture) 1.41.28 3- Shigeru Touhnai (28 / Usagiya Food ) 1.44.47

M, Half Marathon Women (Participant 528 / Finishers 519 ) 1 – Kaoru

Agatsuma (22 / Nihon University ) 1.51.13 2 – Fuki Miyasita (18 / Nagano

Prefecture) 1.56.18 3 – Naoe Kobayashi (40 / Tokyo ) 1.59.38

N, Intellectual Disable Full Marathon Men (Participant 24 / Finishers 23 ) 1

– Hiromi Suzuki (32 / Fujisato Fukuyouen) 2.55.15 2 – Takehiro

Nakata (25 / Syunpu Club) 3.0.32 3- Yukihiko Niide (25 / Syunpu Club )

3.5.44

O, Intellectual Disable Full Marathon Women (Participant 1 / Finishers 1 ) 1

– Yuki Kokashi (28 / Fujisato Fukuyouen) 4.1.59

The end: Translated from Nikkan Sports News issued Nov. 26, 2001 by Yuji

Saito