Tokyo University's Hiroaki Furukawa and Hakone Ekiden winner Aoyama Gakuin University's Shota Shiode scored sub-2:20 wins at the Kumamoto Castle Marathon and Kochi Ryoma Marathon, and Hakone runner-up Komazawa University's Ibuki Kaneko and Kyosuke Hanao had good runs over 30 km, Kaneko 2nd at the Ome 30 km in 1:34:15 and Hanao only 5th at the Kumanichi 30 km but faster in 1:33:14. But there were