# Kumanichi Road Race

The Kumanichi Road Race (Japanese: 熊本30K) is an annual road running competition over 30 kilometres which is typically held in February in Kumamoto, Japan. It was first held in 1957 as a men-only competition. A women's race was introduced in 2006. The race is one of the world's most prominent over the uncommon 30K distance. A total of eight Association of Road Racing Statisticians-recognised men's world records have been set at the competition, including the current world record.
The course records are held by Takayuki Matsumiya (1:28:00) and Yuka Hakoyama (1:43:26). It is mostly contested by Japanese athletes, with Kenya's Willy Kangogo becoming the event's sole non-national winner in 2007.

## Past winners

Key:  Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
| 1st | 1957 | Kaneyuki (JPN) | 1:40:20 | Not held | Not held |
| 2nd | 1958 | Kenji Fujimoto (JPN) | 1:42:25 | Not held | Not held |
| 3rd | 1959 | Toru Takaguchi (JPN) | 1:38:40 | Not held | Not held |
| 4th | 1960 | Yoshinori Yamamoto (JPN) | 1:44:02 | Not held | Not held |
| 5th | 1961 | Morio Shigematsu (JPN) | 1:36:29 | Not held | Not held |
| 6th | 1962 | Rikio Maeda (JPN) | 1:40:09 | Not held | Not held |
| 7th | 1963 | Teruhisa Momii (JPN) | 1:35:05.4 | Not held | Not held |
| 8th | 1964 | Kazumi Watanabe (JPN) | 1:33:52.8 | Not held | Not held |
| 9th | 1965 | Toru Terasawa (JPN) | 1:31:51.6 | Not held | Not held |
| 10th | 1966 | Yutaka Aoki (JPN) | 1:36:08.0 | Not held | Not held |
| 11th | 1967 | Hirokazu Okabe (JPN) | 1:32:51.6 | Not held | Not held |
| 12th | 1968 | Morio Shigematsu (JPN) | 1:32:49.2 | Not held | Not held |
| 13th | 1969 | Kenji Kimihara (JPN) | 1:33:02.6 | Not held | Not held |
| 14th | 1970 | Misao Yoneshige (JPN) | 1:34:36 | Not held | Not held |
| 15th | 1971 | Akio Usami (JPN) | 1:31:26.8 | Not held | Not held |
| 16th | 1972 | Misao Yoneshige (JPN) | 1:33:55 | Not held | Not held |
| 17th | 1973 | Kenichi Otsuki (JPN) | 1:33:18 | Not held | Not held |
| 18th | 1974 | Makoto Hattori (JPN) | 1:32:48.8 | Not held | Not held |
| 19th | 1975 | Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) | 1:31:22.0 | Not held | Not held |
| 20th | 1976 | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | 1:30:20.8 | Not held | Not held |
| 21st | 1977 | Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) | 1:31:11.2 | Not held | Not held |
| 22nd | 1978 | Hiroshi Yuge (JPN) | 1:31:45.9 | Not held | Not held |
| 23rd | 1979 | Hiroshi Yuge (JPN) | 1:32:45.8 | Not held | Not held |
| 24th | 1980 | Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) | 1:29:12 | Not held | Not held |
| 25th | 1981 | Kazuyoshi Kudo (JPN) | 1:31:00 | Not held | Not held |
| 26th | 1982 | Tetsuo Urakawa (JPN) | 1:31:52 | Not held | Not held |
| 27th | 1983 | Mitsuaki Mimura (JPN) | 1:32:51 | Not held | Not held |
| 28th | 1984 | Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN) | 1:33:09 | Not held | Not held |
| 29th | 1985 | Kazuya Nishimoto (JPN) | 1:28:46 | Not held | Not held |
| 30th | 1986 | Chiaki Harumatsu (JPN) | 1:31:20 | Not held | Not held |
| 31st | 1987 | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | 1:29:51 | Not held | Not held |
| 32nd | 1988 | Shuichi Morita (JPN) | 1:31:45 | Not held | Not held |
| 33rd | 1989 | Kazuyoshi Kudo (JPN) | 1:29:46 | Not held | Not held |
| 34th | 1990 | Kōichi Morishita (JPN) | 1:30:47 | Not held | Not held |
| 35th | 1991 | Katsumi Ikeda (JPN) | 1:30:17 | Not held | Not held |
| 36th | 1992 | Yosuke Osawa (JPN) | 1:30:25 | Not held | Not held |
| 37th | 1993 | Shinichi Akiyoshi (JPN) | 1:30:37 | Not held | Not held |
| 38th | 1994 | Takayuki Inubushi (JPN) | 1:30:29 | Not held | Not held |
| 39th | 1995 | Sakae Osaki (JPN) | 1:30:01 | Not held | Not held |
| 40th | 1996 | Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) | 1:29:46 | Not held | Not held |
| 41st | 1997 | Tadayuki Ojima (JPN) | 1:30:26 | Not held | Not held |
| 42nd | 1998 | Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN) | 1:29:47 | Not held | Not held |
| 43rd | 1999 | Kenji Noguchi (JPN) | 1:29:46 | Not held | Not held |
| 44th | 2000 | Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) | 1:29:55 | Not held | Not held |
| 45th | 2001 | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 1:29:23 | Not held | Not held |
| 46th | 2002 | Ryoji Matsushita (JPN) | 1:30:04 | Not held | Not held |
| 47th | 2003 | Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) | 1:28:36 | Not held | Not held |
| 48th | 2004 | Tomohiro Seto (JPN) | 1:29:50 | Not held | Not held |
| 49th | 2005 | Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) | 1:28:00 | Not held | Not held |
| 50th | 2006 | Tomoya Shimizu (JPN) | 1:31:09 | Miho Notagashira (JPN) | 1:44:13 |
| 51st | 2007 | Willy Kangogo (KEN) | 1:29:59 | Mika Okunaga (JPN) | 1:45:46 |
| 52nd | 2008 | Masaki Shimoju (JPN) | 1:30:33 | Miho Notagashira (JPN) | 1:44:00 |
| 53rd | 2009 | Yu Mitsuya (JPN) | 1:29:55 | Chiharu Matsuo (JPN) | 1:48:22 |
| 54th | 2010 | Atsushi Fujita (JPN) | 1:29:46 | Chiharu Matsuo (JPN) | 1:50:18 |
| 55th | 2011 | Tomoyuki Morita (JPN) | 1:32:14 | Not held | Not held |
| 56th | 2012 | Tsuyoshi Ugachi (JPN) | 1:30:01 | Yuka Hakoyama (JPN) | 1:43:26 |
| 57th | 2013 | Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) | 1:29:31 | Yuko Mizuguchi (JPN) | 1:43:46 |
| 58th | 2014 | Yuma Hattori (JPN) | 1:28:52 | Yuka Takashima (JPN) | 1:44:19 |
| 59th | 2015 | Shin Kimura (JPN) | 1:31:27 | Saori Noda (JPN) | 1:45:00 |
| 60th | 2016 | Keita Shitara (JPN) | 1:30:45 | Sakiko Matsumi (JPN) | 1:45:59 |
| 61st | 2017 | Yuichiro Ueno (JPN) | 1:30:17 | Sakie Arai (JPN) | 1:46:29 |
| 62nd | 2018 | Keisuke Hayashi (JPN) | 1:29:47 | Yuko Watanabe (JPN) | 1:47:17 |
| 63rd | 2019 | Kei Katanishi (JPN) | 1:29:34 | Nanayo Okamoto (JPN) | 1:45:48 |