List of Japanese records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by JAAF   Not ratified or later rescinded by JAAF

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.95 (+2.0 m/s)	Ryota Yamagata	6 June 2021	Fuse Sprint 2021	Tottori, Japan	[1]
150 m (bend)	15.35 (±0.0 m/s)	Yoshihide Kiryū	17 March 2017		Gold Coast, Australia	[2]
200 m	20.03 (+0.6 m/s)	Shingo Suetsugu	7 June 2003	Japanese Championships	Yokohama, Japan
300 m	32.20	Kenki Imaizumi	11 October 2024	National Sports Festival	Saga, Japan	[3]
400 m	44.77	Kentaro Sato	20 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[4]
800 m	1:44.80	Ko Ochiai	31 July 2024	Inter-High School Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[5][6]
1000 m	2:18.69	Kentaro Usuda	15 October 2022		Kobe, Japan
1500 m	3:35.42	Kazuki Kawamura	17 July 2021	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Chitose, Japan	[7]
Mile	3:58.89[a]	Kiyonari Shibata	11 May 1996		Osaka, Japan
Mile (road)	4:01.26	Ryoji Tatezawa	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[8]
2000 m	5:07.24	Fumikazu Kobayashi	14 July 2006		Kortrijk, Belgium
3000 m	7:40.09	Suguru Osako	7 September 2014	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	[9]
Two miles	8:24.69	Kensuke Takezawa	3 August 2007	Norwich Union Super Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom	[10]
5000 m	13:08.40	Suguru Osako	18 July 2015	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[11]
5 km (road)	13:37	Kanta Shimizu	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[12]
10,000 m	27:09.80	Kazuya Shiojiri	10 December 2023	Japanese 10000m Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[13]
10 km (road)	28:05+	Atsushi Sato	14 October 2007	World Road Running Championships	Udine, Italy	[14]
15,000 m (track)	43:38.2	Toshihiko Seko	24 September 1983		Shizuoka, Japan
15 km (road)	42:18+	Reishi Yoshida	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
	42:18+	Kotaro Shinohara	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
	42:18+	Tomoki Ota	5 February 2023	Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
10 Miles (road)	45:40	Masanari Shintaku	19 February 1984		Karatsu, Japan
20,000 m (track)	57:48.7	Toshihiko Seko	11 May 1985		Odawara, Japan
20 km (road)	56:52+	Taku Fujimoto	2 February 2020	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
One hour	20410 m	Seiji Kushibe	20 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
Half marathon	59:27	Tomoki Ota	2 February 2025	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan	[15]
25,000 m (track)	1:13:55.8+	Toshihiko Seko	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
25 km (road)	1:13:14+	Takayuki Matsumiya	27 February 2005		Kumamoto, Japan
30,000 m (track)	1:29:18.8	Toshihiko Seko	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
30 km (road)	1:28:00	Takayuki Matsumiya	27 February 2005		Kumamoto, Japan
Marathon	2:04:56	Kengo Suzuki	28 February 2021	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	[16]
50 km (road)	2:44:07	Yuki Kawauchi	19 June 2016	Okinoshima 50K Ultramarathon	Okinoshima, Japan	[17]
100 km (road)	6:06:08	Junpei Yamaguchi	25 June 2023	Lake Saroma Ultramarathon	Yūbetsu, Japan
24-hour run	273.708 km	Shingo Inoue	13–14 May 2010	IAU 24 Hour World Championships	Brive-la-Gaillarde, France	[18][19]
110 m hurdles	13.04 (−0.9 m/s)	Shunsuke Izumiya	4 June 2023	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[20]
	13.04 (−0.9 m/s)	Rachid Muratake	16 September 2023	92nd Japan Inter-University Championships	Kumagaya, Japan
200 m hurdles	22.55	Yoshiro Watanabe	1 October 2017		Itami, Japan
300 m hurdles	34.22	Ken Toyoda	26 April 2025	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[21]
400 m hurdles	47.89	Dai Tamesue	10 August 2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[22]
2000 m steeplechase	5:29.89	Ryohei Sakaguchi	25 April 2021	Hyogo Relay Carnival	Kobe, Japan	[23]
3000 m steeplechase	8:09.91	Ryuji Miura	9 June 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[24]
	8:03.43	Ryuji Miura	11 July 2025	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[25]
High jump	2.33 m [b]	Naoyuki Daigo	2 July 2006	Japanese Championships	Kobe, Japan
Pole vault	5.83 m	Daichi Sawano	3 May 2005		Shizuoka, Japan
Long jump	8.40 m (+1.5 m/s)	Shotaro Shiroyama	17 August 2019	Athlete Night Games in Fukui — Fukui 9.98Cup	Fukui, Japan	[26]
Triple jump	17.15 m (+0.9 m/s)	Norifumi Yamashita	1 June 1986	Japanese Championships	Tokyo, Japan
Shot put	18.85 m	Daichi Nakamura [ja]	20 May 2018	Golden Grand Prix Osaka	Osaka, Japan	[27]
Discus throw	62.59 m	Yuji Tsutsumi [ja]	27 March 2020		Tama, Japan	[28]
Hammer throw	84.86 m	Koji Murofushi	29 June 2003		Prague, Czech Republic
Javelin throw	87.60 m	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi	27 May 1989		San Jose, United States
Decathlon	8308 pts	Keisuke Ushiro	31 May – 1 June 2014	Japanese Championships	Nagano, Japan
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.24 (−0.6 m/s) 7.15 m (−0.5 m/s) 15.19 m 2.03 m 49.66 14.90 (+0.1 m/s) 50.17 m 4.80 m 69.11 m 4:32.62
3000 m walk (track)	11:29.49	Eiki Unami	18 May 2008		Komatsu, Japan	[29]
5000 m walk (track)	18:16.97	Ryo Hamanishi	18 May 2024	66th East Japan Corporate Championships	Kumagaya, Japan	[30]
5 km walk (road)	18:44+	Eiki Takahashi	16 April 2016	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[31]
10,000 m walk (track)	37:25.21	Eiki Takahashi	14 November 2020	Juntendo University Long Distance meeting	Inzai, Japan	[32]
10 km walk (road)	38:03	Eiki Takahashi	16 April 2016	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[31]
15 km walk (road)	57:15+	Yusuke Suzuki	15 March 2015	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi, Japan	[33]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:21:36.7	Yuga Yamashita	8 January 2017	Race Walk Meeting of Tokyo Gakugei University	Koganei, Japan	[34]
20 km walk (road)	1:16:10	Toshikazu Yamanishi	16 February 2025	Japanese 20km Race Walking Championships	Kobe, Japan	[35]
Two hours walk (track)	25739 m	Takehiro Sonohara	22 February 1987		Tokyo, Japan
30,000 m walk (track)	2:19:49.2	Takehiro Sonohara	22 February 1987		Tokyo, Japan
30 km walk (road)	2:03:24+	Masatora Kawano	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States
	2:03:24+[c]	Tomohiro Noda	16 April 2023	Japanese 35km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[36]
35 km walk (road)	2:21:47	Masatora Kawano	27 October 2024	All Japan Race Walking competition	Takahata, Japan	[37]
50,000 m walk (track)	4:07:24.7	Fumio Imamura	17 March 1991		Kanazawa, Japan
50 km walk (road)	3:36:45	Masatora Kawano	27 October 2019	58th All Japan Race Walking	Takahata, Japan	[38]
4 × 100 m relay	37.43	Japan Shuhei Tada Kirara Shiraishi Yoshihide Kiryū Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
4 × 200 m relay	1:21.44	Waseda University Yudai Nishi Reona Miura Kenta Shinjo Tomasu Chida	25 September 2022		Yokohama, Japan
Swedish relay	1:48.27	Japan Select Shingo Kawabata Nobuharu Asahara Kenji Tabata Jun Osakada	15 September 2001		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	2:58.33	Yuki Joseph Nakajima Kaito Kawabata Fuga Sato Kentaro Sato	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[40]
4 × 800 m relay	7:20.34	JPN Select Daiki Nemoto Daichi Setoguchi Takahiro Hayashi Jun Mitake	19 October 2019	Denka Athletics Challenge Cup	Niigata, Japan	[41]
4 × 1500 m relay	15:19.33	University Select Tomokazu Sakashita Kenji Mizuuchi Hiroyuki Miyake Masayoshi Kagetani	23 June 2002		Odawara, Japan
Ekiden relay	1:58:58	Japan Takayuki Matsumiya (13:34) Yuki Sato (27:52) Atsushi Sato (13:59) Kazuo Ietani (28:26) Michitaka Hosokawa (14:10) Takanobu Otsubo (20:57)	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.46 (+0.6 m/s)	Mayumi Watanabe	20 June 2010		Fukushima, Japan
100 y	10.56+ (+0.5 m/s)	Arisa Kimishima	11 March 2023	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney, Australia	[42]
100 m	11.21 (+1.7 m/s)	Chisato Fukushima	29 April 2010	Mikio Oda Memorial Athletic Game	Hiroshima, Japan	[43]
150 m (bend)	18.04 (NWI)	Mariko Nagano	4 February 2017	Nitro Athletics Round 1	Melbourne, Australia	[44]
200 m	22.88 (+1.8 m/s)	Chisato Fukushima	26 June 2016	Japanese Championships	Nagoya, Japan	[45]
300 m	37.08	Seika Aoyama	18 October 2020	Tajima Memorial Meet	Yamaguchi, Japan	[46]
400 m	51.75	Asami Tanno	3 May 2008		Fukuroi, Japan
600 m	1:28.41	Ayako Jinnouchi	9 July 2008	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Abashiri, Japan	[47]
800 m	1:59.93	Rin Kubo	15 July 2024	Long Distance Time Trials Meet	Kashihara, Japan	[48]
1000 m	2:37.33	Nozomi Tanaka	22 June 2022	Hokuren Distance Challenge	Fukagawa, Japan
1500 m	3:59.19	Nozomi Tanaka	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[49]
Mile	4:34.81[d]	Ikuko Tamura	15 June 2002		Amagasaki, Japan
Mile (road)	4:32.0 h	Nozomi Tanaka	3 September 2023		Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 m	5:47.17	Tomoka Kimura	13 September 2016		Marseille, France
3000 m	8:34.09	Nozomi Tanaka	30 May 2024	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[50]
Two miles	9:35.04	Yuko Kawakami	27 June 1998		Cork, Ireland	[18]
5000 m	14:29:18	Nozomi Tanaka	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[51]
5 km (road)	15:34	Nozomi Tanaka	12 November 2022		Ōhori Park, Japan
	15:32	Kayoko Fukushi	6 January 2005		Miyazaki, Japan
10,000 m	30:20.44	Hitomi Niiya	4 December 2020	Japanese Long Distance Championships	Osaka, Japan	[52]
10 km (road)	30:55 Mx	Rino Goshima	26 February 2023	10K Facsa Castellón	Castellón, Spain
	31:44 Wo	Masako Chiba	11 February 1996		Karatsu, Japan
	30:52+ a	Kayoko Fukushi	5 February 2006		Marugame, Japan
15 km (road)	46:55+ Mx	Kayoko Fukushi	5 February 2006	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan
10 miles (road)	53:08	Mai Endo	15 April 2007	Kasumigaura 10 Miles	Tsuchiura, Japan	[53]
One hour	17952 m	Junko Kataoka	1 October 1994		Tokyo, Japan
20,000 m (track)	1:06:48.8	Izumi Maki	19 September 1993		Amagasaki, Japan
20 km (road)	1:03:13+ Mx	Hitomi Niiya	19 January 2020	Houston Half Marathon	Houston, United States	[54]
Half marathon	1:06:38 Mx	Hitomi Niiya	19 January 2020	Houston Half Marathon	Houston, United States	[55]
	1:08:03 Wo	Rino Goshima	13 February 2022	Yamaguchi All-Corporate Half Marathon Championships	Yamaguchi, Japan	[56]
	1:07:47 Wo	Mizuki Noguchi	6 January 2004	Miyazaki Half Marathon	Miyazaki, Japan	[57]
25,000 m (track)	1:33:53.4+	Tamaki Okuno	10 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
25 km (road)	1:22:13+ Mx	Mizuki Noguchi	25 September 2005	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[58]
	1:22:26+ Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[59]
	1:22:08+ a	Naoko Takahashi	6 December 1998		Bangkok, Thailand
30,000 m (track)	1:53:03.6	Tamaki Okuno	10 October 1996		Tokyo, Japan
30 km (road)	1:38:35 Mx	Honami Maeda	16 February 2020	Ohme 30 km Road Race	Tokyo, Japan	[60]
	1:38:36+ Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[61]
Marathon	2:18:59 Wo	Honami Maeda	28 January 2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	[62]
100 km (road)	6:33:11 Mx	Tomoe Abe	25 June 2000		Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
24-hour run	270.363 km	Miho Nakata	2 December 2023	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Taipei, Taiwan	[63]
100 m hurdles	12.73 (+1.1 m/s)	Mako Fukube	25 September 2022	70th All Japan Corporate Team Championships	Gifu, Japan
400 m hurdles	55.34	Satomi Kubokura	26 June 2011	Osaka Championships	Osaka, Japan	[64]
2000 m steeplechase	6:19.55	Yuno Yamanaka	25 April 2021	Hyogo Relay Carnival	Kobe, Japan	[65]
3000 m steeplechase	9:33.93	Minori Hayakari	20 July 2008	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
High jump	1.96 m	Miki Imai	15 September 2001		Yokohama, Japan
Pole vault	4.48 m	Misaki Morota	2 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[66]
Long jump	6.97 m (+0.5 m/s)	Sumire Hata	14 July 2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[67]
Triple jump	14.04 m (+1.1 m/s)	Maho Hanaoka	1 October 1999	Japanese Championships	Shizuoka, Japan
Shot put	18.22 m	Chinatsu Mori	18 April 2004		Hamamatsu, Japan
Discus throw	59.03 m	Nanaka Kori	23 March 2019		Kitakyushu, Japan
Hammer throw	69.89 m	Joy McArthur	7 April 2023	Ron & Sharlene Allice Trojan Invitational	Los Angeles, United States	[68]
Javelin throw	67.38 m	Haruka Kitaguchi	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[69]
Heptathlon	5975 pts (NWI)	Yuki Yamasaki	22–23 May 2021		Kitakyushu, Japan
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 14.00 (NWI) 1.65 m 12.39 m 24.63 (NWI) 6.01 m (NWI) 48.62 m 2:13.95
Decathlon	7244 pts (NWI)	Yuki Yamasaki	10–11 November 2018		Aichi, Japan
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 12.13 (NWI) 5.80 m (NWI) 12.14 m 1.65 m 44.46 14.29 (NWI) 32.59 m 2.40 m 57.24 m 5:19.99
3000 m walk (track)	12:25.01	Mayumi Kawasaki	2 June 2007		Naka, Japan	[70]
5000 m walk (track)	20:42.25	Kumiko Okada	18 May 2019		Kumagaya, Japan
5 km walk (road)	21:27+	Mayumi Kawasaki	17 April 2010		Wajima, Japan
	21:25	Mayumi Kawasaki	7 July 2006		Naka, Japan	[71]
10,000 m walk (track)	42:51.82	Kumiko Okada	8 December 2019		Nagasaki, Japan
10 km walk (road)	42:46	Kumiko Okada	1 January 2024	72nd New Year Race Walk	Tokyo, Japan	[72]
15 km walk (road)	1:05:45	Nanako Fuji	18 February 2024		Kobe, Japan
20,000 m walk (track)	1:38:03.3	Rei Inoue	6 February 2011		Wakayama, Japan
20 km walk (road)	1:26:33	Nanako Fujii	16 February 2025	Japanese 20km Race Walking Championships	Kobe, Japan	[73]
30 km walk (road)	2:21:02+	Kumiko Okada	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[74]
35 km walk (road)	2:44:11	Kumiko Okada	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[75]
50 km walk (road)	4:19:56	Masumi Fuchise	14 April 2019	Japanese Race Walking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[76]
4 × 100 m relay	43.33	Japan Masumi Aoki Arisa Kimishima Mei Kodama Midori Mikase	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[77]
4 × 200 m relay	1:34.57	Japan Miku Yamada Naoka Miyake Mei Kodama Shuri Aono	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[78]
Swedish relay	2:06.36	Company's sports club Team Satomi Watanabe Mayumi Maki Wada Kubokura Sayaka Aoki	15 October 2011		Odawara, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.91	Japan Seika Aoyama Kana Ichikawa Asami Chiba Sayaka Aoki	29 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[79]
4 × 800 m relay	8:33.77	Higashiōsaka High School Rin Kitamura Runa Asano Misa Tamura Rin Kubo	13 July 2024	Higashiosaka City OV30 Record Meet	Osaka, Japan	[80]
4 × 1500 m relay	18:31.18	Hitachi Team Mina Ogawa Ishizuka Sayuri Kumagai Hitomi Nakasaka	26 May 1996		Hitachinaka, Japan	[81]
Ekiden relay	2:16:13 Mx	Japan Yoko Shibui Aki Fujikawa Kei Satomura Takami Ominami Noriko Geji Hiromi Ominami	28 February 1998		Beijing, China

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:15.71	Japan Kenki Imaizumi Haruna Kuboyama Fuga Sato Nanako Matsumoto	15 July 2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[82][83]
2×2×400 m relay	3:38.36	Japan Ayano Shiomi Allon Tatsunami Clay	11 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[84]
Shuttle hurdle relay	55.59	Japan Ayako Kimura Shunya Takayama Masumi Aoki Taio Kanai	11 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[85]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.75	Nobuharu Asahara	24 February 2002	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.29 A	Shingo Kawabata	14 February 2004		Reno, United States
60 m	6.52	Shuhei Tada	1 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[86]
100 m	10.41	Nobuharu Asahara	4 February 2002		Tampere, Finland
200 m	20.63	Koji Ito	5 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
400 m	45.76	Shunji Karube	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
600 m	1:18.91	Allon Tatsunami Clay	23 January 2021	Aggie Invitational	College Station, United States	[87]
800 m	1:47.78	Sho Kawamoto	3 February 2018	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[88]
1000 m	2:21.99	Yuukichi Ishii	14 January 2023	Nittany Lion Challenge	State College United States	[89]
1500 m	3:39.51	Nanami Arai	27 February 2020	Boston University Last Chance Invitational	Boston, United States	[90]
Mile	3:54.84	Ryoma Aoki	10 February 2024	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[91]
3000 m	7:42.56+	Keita Satoh	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[92]
Two miles	8:14.71	Keita Satoh	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[93]
5000 m	13:09.45	Keita Satoh	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[94]
50 m hurdles	6.75	Masahiko Sugii	4 March 1987		Kobe, Japan
		Hiroshi Kakimori
55 m hurdles	7.39 A	Masato Naito	14 February 2004		Reno, United States
60 m hurdles	7.50	Shunsuke Izumiya	17 March 2021	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[95]
High jump	2.35 m	Naoto Tobe	2 February 2019	Weltklasse in Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe, Germany	[96]
Pole vault	5.77 m A	Seito Yamamoto	15 January 2016	Pole Vault Summit	Reno, United States	[97]
Long jump	8.19 m	Yuki Hashioka	18 March 2021	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[98]
	8.21 m	Shunsuke Izumiya	23 March 2025	World Championships	Nanjing, China	[99]
Triple jump	16.70 m	Norifumi Yamashita	11 February 1992		Osaka, Japan
Shot put	18.07 m	Yasutada Noguchi	18 February 2004		Tianjin, China
Heptathlon	5831 pts	Akihiko Nakamura	20–21 February 2016	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[100]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.03 7.13 m 11.60 m 1.94 m 8.13 4.90 m 2:32.88
5000 m walk	21:10.01 [101]	Hirofumi Sakai	7 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.04	Hosei University Wataru Iwanaga Tatsuo Sugimoto Kuniaki Masukawa Haruyasu Kato	3 March 1991		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.90	Japan Kazuhiro Takahashi Jun Osakada Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	6 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
4 × 800 m relay	8:48.6 h	Japan Shunji Kawasaki Katsumi Nakao Susumu Kawasho Takashi Sugisaki	19 March 1961		Tokyo, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.47	Emiko Konishi	9 March 1985		Kobe, Japan
60 m	7.29	Chisato Fukushima	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[102]
200 m	24.11	Motoka Arai	26 February 2000		Yokohama, Japan
400 m	53.64	Asami Tanno	1 March 2005		Tianjin, China
800 m	2:00.78	Miho Sugimori	22 February 2003		Yokohama, Japan
1500 m	4:08.46	Nozomi Tanaka	4 February 2024	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[103]
Mile	4:28.94	Nozomi Tanaka	4 February 2023	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States[e]	[104]
3000 m	8:36.03	Nozomi Tanaka	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[105]
Two miles	9:16.76	Nozomi Tanaka	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[106]
5000 m	15:23.87	Mikuni Yada	27 February 2022	BU Last Chance Invitational	Boston, United States	[107]
	14:51.26	Nozomi Tanaka	15 February 2025	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[108]
50 m hurdles	7.19	Emi Akimoto	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
55 m hurdles	7.69 A	Yvonne Kanazawa	25 January 1997	Rocky Mountain Cup	Colorado Springs, United States	[109]
60 m hurdles	8.01	Masumi Aoki	12 February 2023[f]	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[110]
High jump	1.91 m	Megumi Sato	15 January 1986		Osaka, Japan
			11 February 1989		Osaka, Japan
			11 March 1990		Yokohama, Japan
		Miki Imai	25 February 1998		Beijing, China
			15 February 2001		Stockholm, Sweden
			5 February 2003		Dortmund, Germany
Pole vault	4.35 m	Misaki Morota	3 February 2024	Japanese Championships	Osaka, Japan	[111]
Long jump	6.64 m	Sumire Hata	12 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[112]
Triple jump	13.66 m	Mariko Morimoto	11 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[113]
Shot put	17.46 m	Chinatsu Mori	8 February 2004		Tianjin, China
Pentathlon	4078 pts	Yuki Yamasaki	10 February 2023	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	[113]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.67 1.63 m 12.56 m 5.78 m 2.18.32
3000 m walk	12:42.65	Yuko Sato	11 February 1994		Osaka, Japan
4 × 200 m relay	1:42.80	Japan Masayo Kitagawa Ayako Nomura Kimiko Yokoyama Kyoko Kumata	3 March 1991		Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	3:38.43	Japan Mayu Kida Rina Fujimaki Makiko Yoshida Miho Sugimori	22 February 2003		Yokohama, Japan

Notes

1. Outdoor best, indoor mark ratified as absolute record
2. indoor mark ratified as absolute record
3. by general JAAF source; 2:02:43 by official result source
4. outdoor best; indoor mark ratified as absolute record
5. by official results source; New York by JAAF source, a typo
6. by official result source; 23 February 2012 by JAAF source, a typo

See also

• Japan Championships in Athletics