The Japanese National Games ("Kokutai") is an annual multi-sport festival first held in 1946. The festival is contested by Japan's prefectures and includes competitions for senior and junior age groups. Only a limited number of events are contested in each year. This section lists winners of senior division events since 1995 courtesy of Shigenobu Ota. Winners of Japanese Championships are listed on a separate page.
Venues (City or Town/Prefecture): 1995 Fukushima (Fukushima), 1996 Hiroshima (Hiroshima), 1997 Osaka (Osaka), 1998 Yokohama (Yokohama), 1999 Kumamoto (Kumamoto), 2000 Toyama (Toyama), 2001 Rifu (Miyagi), 2002 Haruno (Kochi), 2003 Fukuroi (Shizuoka), 2004 Kumagaya (Saitama), 2005 Okayama (Okayama)
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Yoshitaka Ito Koji Ito Nobuharu Asahara Yoshitaka Ito Shigeyuki Kojima not held not held Shingo Kawabata Shingo Kawabata Shintaro Sato Shingo Kawabata |
10.55 10.36 10.25 10.38 10.49 10.35 10.25 10.36 10.44 |
not held not held not held not held not held Hideki Ishizuka Ryo Matsuda not held not held not held not held |
20.90 21.00 |
not held Shunji Karube Shunji Karube Shunji Karube Jun Osakada not held not held Tomohiro Ito Yuki Yamaguchi Yuki Yamaguchi Mitsuhiro Sato |
45.88 45.82 45.91 47.22 46.28 45.18 45.96 45.88 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 5000 Metres | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held Tomohiro Kitamura Tomohiro Kitamura not held not held Masaharu Nakano Shinnosuke Fujita not held not held not held not held |
1:48.37 1:49.31 1:51.08 1:51.20 |
Yoshiharu Senba not held not held Tomihiro Umezu Shinnosuke Fujita not held not held Yasuhiro Tago Fumikazu Kobayashi Fumikazu Kobayashi Yasutoshi Tago |
3:50.22 3:46.00 3:45.06 3:49.49 3:45.00 3:46.08 3:42.74 |
not held not held not held not held not held not held not held Kenta Oshima not held not held not held |
13:51.22 |
Half Marathon | 3000 Metres Steeplechase | 110 Metres Hurdles | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held not held not held not held not held not held not held not held Nobuhiko Chiba Shinichi Watanabe Tomoyuki Sato |
1:03:52 1:02:38 1:02:53 |
not held Yasunori Uchitomi Yasunori Uchitomi not held not held Yasunori Uchitomi Yasunori Uchitomi not held Yasunori Uchitomi Masaomi Haruta Yasunori Uchitomi |
8:35.66 8:26.48 8:32.59 8:35.34 8:41.72 8:48.76 8:41.13 |
Takahiro Matsuhisa Hisanobu Konae Kimihiro Asami not held not held Satoru Tanigawa Masato Naito not held not held not held Yuji Ohashi |
13.62w 13.78 13.91 13.71 13.50 14.00 |
400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | Pole Vault | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held not held not held Kazuhiko Yamazaki Dai Tamesue not held not held Hideaki Kawamura Hideaki Kawamura Kenji Narita Kenji Narisako |
48.69 49.12 49.21 49.67 48.54 48.09 |
not held Takahiro Kimino Shigeki Toyoshima not held not held Takahiro Kimino Michiya Onoue not held Takahiro Kimino Naoyuki Daigo not held |
2.24 2.24 2.20 2.18 2.15 2.23 |
Hideyuki Takei not held not held Fumiaki Kobayashi Manabu Yokoyama not held not held Daichi Sawano Satoru Yasuda Daichi Sawano Daichi Sawano |
5.30 5.50 5.50 5.40 5.40 5.40 5.60 |
Long Jump | Triple Jump | Shot | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Masaki Morinaga Masaki Morinaga Nobuharu Asahara not held not held Shinichi Terano Kazushige Inatomi not held not held not held Hiroyuki Oishi |
7.81 7.80 7.86 7.96w 7.76 7.77 |
Masayuki Sakaino not held not held Takashi Komatsu Takahisa Yoshida not held not held Takanori Sugibayashi Kazuyoshi Ishikawa Kazuyoshi Ishikawa not held |
16.88w 16.38 16.23 16.50 16.84 16.35 |
Yuji Okano not held not held Yasutada Noguchi Yasutada Noguchi not held not held Yohei Murakawa not held not held not held |
16.88 17.34 17.92 17.25 |
Discus | Hammer | Javelin | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held Hiroaki Oishi Yoshinori Nogawa not held not held Shigeo Hatakeyama Shigeo Hatakeyama not held not held not held not held |
51.42 50.78 54.38 55.36 |
Koji Murofushi not held not held Koji Murofushi Koji Murofushi not held not held Koji Murofushi Hiroaki Doi Hiroaki Doi Hiroaki Doi |
72.32 78.41 79.17 77.09 68.00 70.47 70.71 |
not held Toro Ue Toro Ue not held not held Yukifumi Murakami Yukifumi Murakami not held Yukifumi Murakami Yukifumi Murakami Ken Arai |
76.68 76.50 77.15 76.04 78.00 78.43 75.06 |
10000 Metres Track Walk | 4 x 100 Metres Relay | |||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held not held not held not held not held not held not held not held not held not held Yusuke Yachi |
40:47.53 |
Fukushima Fukuoka Mie Kanagawa Chiba Chiba Fukuoka Shimane Kanagawa Hokkaido Fukuoka |
39.86 40.11 39.66 39.45 39.93 40.13 40.16 39.60 39.90 40.27 40.01 |
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held Kaori Yoshida Kaori Yoshida not held not held Motoko Arai Ayumi Shimazaki Motoko Arai Kaori Sakagami (Yoshida) Motoko Kojima (Arai) Motoko Kojima |
11.58 11.63 11.60 11.81 11.67 11.59 11.75 11.75 |
Hatsue Kitada not held not held Sakie Nobuoka Motoko Arai not held not held not held not held not held not held |
23.71w 24.21 23.46 |
not held Satomi Kasashima Kozue Shibata not held not held not held not held Makiko Yoshida Makiko Yoshida Asami Tanno Sayaka Aoki |
53.91 53.21 53.51 53.74 54.76 54.20 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 3000 Metres | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Kumiko Okamoto not held not held Ryoko Takezawa Makiko Yoshida Reina Sasaki Yukiko Fujiwara not held not held not held Asami Tanno |
2:06.43 2:05.14 2:07.87 2:05.12 2:04.64 2:04.60 |
not held Akiko Kawashima Kumiko Okamoto not held not held not held not held Miho Sugimori Nanae Kuwashiro Miho Sugimori not held |
4:17.19 4:14.01 4:22.32 4:16.30 4:14.29 |
Tomoko Morigaki - - - - - - - - - - |
9:08.19 - - - - - - - - - - |
5000 Metres | Half Marathon | 100 Metres Hurdles | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
- Yuko Kawakami Yuko Kawakami Ikumi Nagayama Yuko Kawakami Yoshiko Fujinaga Kayoko Fukushi Takako Kotorida Yoshiko Ichikawa Megumi Yoshino Kayoko Sugihara |
- 15:30.82 15:23.43 15:20.48 15:27.66 15:29.10 15:20.08 15:36.77 15:30.90 15:34.46 15:36.27 |
not held not held not held not held not held not held not held not held Aki Fujikawa Yasuyo Iwamoto not held |
1:11:08 1:10:26 |
not held Naoko Kobayashi Yvonne Kanazawa Yvonne Kanazawa Akiko Morimoto not held not held Tomoko Motegi Kumiko Ikeda Mami Ishino Mami Ishino |
13.51 13.34 13.28 13.22w 13.48 13.28 13.44 13.56 |
400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | Long Jump | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Sahoko Jodo Ikiko Yamagata Mika Sasaki not held not held Makiko Yoshida Makiko Yoshida not held not held not held not held |
58.36 58.54 60.40 58.05 57.49 |
Chinami Sadahiro Miki Imai Yoko Ota Yoko Ota Miki Imai Yoko Ota Maiko Iwakiri Miyuki Aoyama Miyuki Aoyama Miyuki Aoyama Chinami Sadahiro |
1.87 1.84 1.90 1.76 1.85 1.78 1.80 1.86 1.83 1.85 1.78 |
not held not held not held not held not held Maho Hanaoka Kumiko Ikeda not held not held not held Maho Hanaoka |
6.48 6.43 6.29 |
Triple Jump | Shot | Discus | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Shoko Abe Shoko Abe Maho Hanaoka Yoko Ota Maho Hanaoka not held not held Maho Hanaoka Maho Hanaoka Yuka Sato not held |
13.31 13.10 12.72 13.37w 13.28 13.44 13.53 13.39 |
Hiroko Shinozaki Takako Ichikawa Yoko Toyonaga not held not held not held not held not held Yoko Toyonaga Yoko Toyonaga Yoko Toyonaga |
15.44 15.48 15.41 17.28 16.58 16.61 |
not held Tomiko Kageyama Yuka Murofushi Yuka Murofushi Miyoko Nakanishi Miyoko Nakanishi Miyoko Nakanishi Yuka Murofushi not held not held not held |
49.72 53.44 54.90 54.64 56.51 54.49 53.23 |
Hammer | Javelin | 10000 Metres Track Walk | ||||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
not held not held not held not held not held Aya Suzuki Masumi Aya Masumi Aya Masumi Aya Yuka Murofushi not held |
60.76 64.43 64.06 61.75 65.03 |
not held not held not held Harumi Yamamoto Takako Miyake not held not held not held not held not held Emika Yoshida |
56.46* 55.44 54.48 |
Yuka Mitsumori Yuka Mitsumori Rie Mitsumori Rie Mitsumori Yuka Mitsumori Kaori Nikaido Ryoko Tadamasa Takako Terui Mayumi Kawasaki Mayumi Kawasaki Mayumi Kawasaki |
21:32.05# 22:09.22# 21:32.88# 21:47.03# 22:46.99# 21:42.86# 22:26.28# 22:12.00# 21:52.80# 21:52.65# 46:19.05 |
* - original model javelin, # - 5000 metres
4 x 100 Metres Relay | ||
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Aichi Tokyo Gunma Saitama Saitama Fukushima Saitama Kagoshima Shizuoka Hokkaido Hokkaido |
45.47 46.17 46.04 45.68 46.07 46.36 46.10 46.04 45.52 45.43 45.28 |
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