Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Maeda gbara asọmpi ugboro abụọ n'ụwa niile maka Japan na 2007: ọ bịara nke iri na asaa na mita 10,000 na 2007 World Championships wee bịa nke iri atọ na
2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships na Udine. O mere marathon mbụ ya na 2009 na Tokyo Marathon ma ọ nwetara ọnọdụ nke abụọ n'azụ Salim Kipsang na oge nke 2:11:01 awa. Nke a mere ka ọ banye n'òtù egwuregwu World Championship n'afọ ahụ. Ọ gbara ọsọ nke iri atọ na itoolu n'ọsọ Marathon nke e mere n'afọ 2009 n'Egwuregwu Mba Ụwa, o ji ihe dị ka nkeji asatọ gafee onye kacha agba ọsọ na Japan, bụ́ Atsushi Sato.