Yoko Yagi (born 14 April 1980) is a Japanese long-distance runner.

One Japanese runner goes off like a rocket, and I always end up catching him and finishing hours before him.

Ryo Yamamoto (born May 18, 1984) is a Japanese long-distance runner.

The race started off conservatively, led by the three Japanese runners, trailed by Britton.

The Chinese Athletic Association subsequently claimed that Japanese runners had never been rejected.

Bando (a Japanese runner who was like the walking dead for most of the race), now looks a new man, running with ease and going quite fast.

For the first time two Japanese runners entered the Kokoda Challenge Race.

He was the third Japanese runner to finish at the Fukuoka Marathon later that year, coming sixth overall.

This was the fastest ever debut for a Japanese runner.