is a Japanese

ultramarathon An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...

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born in Osaka. He was the

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holder over the 100 km ultramarathon distance, with a time of 6:13:33 (Lake Saroma-Tokoro Japan June 21, 1998) until it was broken by

Nao Kazami is a Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner. He is the current male 100 km run world record holder with a time of 6:09:14. He set the record on June 24, 2018, at the Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an official World Athletics race held annually i ...

in 2018 with a time of 6:09:14. His personal best time for the marathon is 2:10:07 (Berlin, Germany September 10, 2000), where he finished in 4th place.Berlin Marathon 2000: Results

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* 1973 births Living people Japanese male marathon runners Japanese ultramarathon runners Male ultramarathon runners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub