Yearly Ranking Leaders- 30 Kilometers

Men (quality performances)

2016  1:30:45     Keita Shitara (JPN)           21 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2015  1:31:27     Shin Kimura (JPN)             15 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
      1:31:27     Sota Hoshi (JPN)              15 Feb  Kumamoto JPN    
2014  1:28:52     Yuma Hattori (JPN)            16 Feb  Kumamoto JPN     
2013  1:29:31     Yuki Kawauchi (JPN)           17 Feb  Kumamoto JPN 
2012  1:30:01     Tsuyoshi Ugachi (JPN)         19 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2011  1:32:08     Jason Lehmkuhle (USA)         20 Feb  Ome JPN
2010  1:29:46     Atsushi Fujita (JPN)          28 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2009  1:29:55     Yu Mitsuya (JPN)              22 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2008  1:30:33     Masaki Shimoju (JPN)          24 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2007  1:29:59     Willy Kangogo (KEN)           25 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2006  1:30:48     Takashi Ota (JPN)             19 Feb  Ome JPN
2005  1:28:00     Takayuki Matsumiya-2          27 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2004  1:29:50     Tomohiro Seto (JPN)           15 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2003  1:28:36     Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN)      16 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2002  1:30:04     Ryoji Matsushita (JPN)        17 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2001  1:29:23     Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)       18 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2000  1:29:55     Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)       20 Feb  Kumamoto JPN

1999  1:29:46     Kenji Noguchi (JPN)           21 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1998  1:29:47     Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN)       22 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1997  1:30:26     Tadayuki Ojima (JPN)          23 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1996  1:29:46     Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)       25 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1995  1:30:01     Sakae Osaki (JPN)             26 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1994  1:30:29     Takayuki Inubushi (JPN)       27 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1993  1:30:37     Shinichi Akiyoshi (JPN)       21 Feb  Kumamoto JPN           
1992  1:30:25     Yosuke Osawa (JPN)            23 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1991  1:30:17     Katsumi Ikeda (JPN)           17 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1990  1:30:42     Joseph Otwori (KEN)           18 Nov  Koriyama JPN
1989  1:29:46     Kazuyoshi Kudo (JPN)          19 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1988  1:30:41     Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN)      20 Mar  Hiroshima JPN
1987  1:28:52     Toshihiko Seko-3              28 Feb  Nagoya JPN
1986  1:29:21     Toshihiko Seko-2              16 Mar  Hiroshima JPN
1985  1:28:46     Kazuya Nishimoto (JPN)        24 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1984  1:33:00     Shinobu Murakoshi (JPN)       19 Feb  Ome JPN
1983  1:31:05     Greg Meyer (USA)              20 Feb  Ome JPN
1982  1:30:50a    Vladimir Alyoshin (RUS)       31 Jan  Saint Petersburg RUS
1981  1:29:32     Toshihiko Seko (JPN)          15 Feb  Ome JPN
1980  1:29:12     Kunimitsu Ito-3               24 Feb  Kumamoto JPN

1979  1:32:45.8   Hiroshi Yuge-2                18 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1978  1:31:45.9   Hiroshi Yuge (JPN)            19 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1977  1:31:11.2   Kunimitsu Ito-2               20 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1976  1:30:20.8   Toshiaki Kamata (JPN)         22 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1975  1:31:22.0   Kunimitsu Ito (JPN)           23 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1974  1:31:26a    Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)    06 Oct  Saint Petersburg RUS
1973  1:31:09a    Vladimir Merkushin (RUS)      07 Oct  Saint Petersburg RUS
1972  1:31:39     Anatoliy Skripnik-2           11 Jun  Moscow RUS
1971  1:31:26.8   Akio Usami (JPN)              28 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
1970  1:32:13.0   Anatoliy Skripnik (UKR)       07 Jun  Moscow RUS
1969  1:33:02.6   Kenji Kimihara (JPN)          02 Mar  Kumamoto JPN
1968  1:31:33     Mitsuo Ui (JPN)               25 Feb  Ome JPN
1967  1:32:51.6   Hirokazu Okabe (JPN)          05 Mar  Kumamoto JPN
1966  1:33:58a    Anatoliy Baranov (LTU)        11 Sep  Saint Petersburg RUS
1965  1:31:51.6   Toru Terasawa (JPN)           07 Mar  Kumamoto JPN
1964  1:33:52.8   Kazumi Watanabe (JPN)         01 Mar  Mumamoto JPN
1963  1:34:00     Oleg Dobrodeyenko (RUS)       16 Jun  Moscow RUS
1962  1:34:57     Konstantin Vorobyev-3         17 Jun  Moscow RUS
1961  1:35:01.4a  Konstantin Vorobyev-2         08 Oct  Saint Petersburg RUS
1960  1:36:19     Konstantin Vorobyev (RUS)     12 Jun  Moscow RUS

1959  1:36:50     Alex Breckenridge (USA)       18 Oct  York PA USA
1958  1:32:58.8   Sergey Popov (RUS)            15 Jun  Moscow RUS
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1956  1:38:24.6   Ivan Filin-3                  10 Jun  Moscow RUS
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1953  1:38:04a    Ivan Filin-2                  11 Oct  Saint Petersburg RUS
1952  1:37:50a    Ivan Filin (RUS)              05 Oct  Saint Petersburg RUS

Women (quality performances)

2016  1:43:55     Miharu Shimokado (JPN)        21 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2015  1:45:00     Saori Noda (JPN)              15 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2014  1:44:19     Yuka Takashima (JPN)          16 Feb  Kumamoto JPN 
2013  1:43:46     Yuko Mizuguchi (JPN)          17 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2012  1:43:26     Yuka Hakoyama (JPN)           19 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2011  1:46:27     Hiromi Ominami (JPN)          20 Feb  Ome JPN
2010  1:43:24     Mara Yamauchi (ENG)           21 Feb  Ome JPN
2009  1:47:01     Tomoe Yokoyama (JPN)          15 Feb  Ome JPN
2008  1:44:00     Miho Notagashira-2            24 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2007  1:45:46     Mika Okunaga-2                25 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2006  1:44:13     Miho Notagashira (JPN)        26 Feb  Kumamoto JPN
2005  1:46:11     Mika Okunaga (JPN)            20 Feb  Ome JPN
2004  1:39:09     Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)          15 Feb  Ome JPN
2003  1:43:53     Nuta Olaru (ROM)              03 Aug  Snagov ROM
2002  1:45:16     Yukari Komatsu-2              17 Feb  Ome JPN
2001  1:41:57     Naoko Takahashi (JPN)         18 Feb  Ome JPN
2000  1:46:29     Emi Kobayashi (JPN)           05 Mar  Kagoshima JPN

1999  1:45:00     Asami Obi (JPN)               21 Feb  Ome JPN
1998  1:46:37     Taeko Terauchi (JPN)          15 Feb  Ome JPN
1997  1:46:35     Mitsuko Sugihara (JPN)        16 Feb  Ome JPN
1996  1:47:10     Midori Shimozono (JPN)        25 Feb  Kagoshima JPN
1995  1:45:36     Yukari Komatsu (JPN)          19 Feb  Ome JPN
1994  1:44:52     Eriko Asai-5                  20 Feb  Ome JPN
1993  1:47:03     Lizanne Bussieres (CAN)       28 Mar  Hamilton CAN
1992  1:50:44     Maria Trujillo (USA)          15 Nov  Clarksburg CA USA
1991  1:43:26     Eriko Asai-4                  08 Dec  Osaka JPN
1990  1:47:51     Eriko Asai-3                  09 Dec  Osaka JPN
1989  1:45:28     Eriko Asai-2                  10 Dec  Osaka JPN
1988  1:49:10     Heather MacDuff (SCO)         20 Mar  Schoorl NED
1987  1:45:45     Eriko Asai (JPN)              13 Dec  Osaka JPN
1986  1:50:13     Angela Hulley (ENG)           09 Mar  Ostia ITA
1985  1:49:07     Debbie Mueller (USA)          17 Feb  Ome JPN
1984  1:45:58     Regina Joyce (IRL)            19 Feb  Ome JPN             
1983  1:49:22a    Tatyana Orlova (RUS)          18 Sep  Saint Petersburg RUS
1982  1:47:30a    Ellen Hart (USA)              30 Oct  Phoenix AZ USA
1981  1:44:25     Patti Catalano (USA)          15 Mar  Ome JPN
1980  1:44:17a    Irina Bondarchuk (RUS)        28 Sep  Saint Petersburg RUS

1979  1:53:07     Marty Cooksey (USA)           06 May  Springdale OH USA

Last Updated on 02 Sep 2016

Contributor: Shigenobu Ota