Kazuto Iizawa

Kazuto Iizawa (born 2 February 2001) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and 2025 Asian Athletics Championships over 1500 metres.^[1]

Kazuto Iizawa

Personal information
Born	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500m: 3:35.62 (2024) Mile: 3:56.01 (2023) 3000m: 8:07.06 (2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2025 Gumi 1500 m Asian Indoor Championships 2023 Astana 1500 m

Career

He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the first time in 2022, in Osaka.^[2]

In 2023, he set a new Asian indoor record for the indoor mile run in Boston, Massachusetts, with a time of 3:56.01.^[3] He won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Kazhakstan, running 3:42.83.^[4][5][6]

He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the second time in 2024, in Nigata.^[7]

He won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, running 3:42.56.^[8][9]

He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the third time in Tokyo in July 2025.^[10] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals.^[11][12]