Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onye nkuzi Eric Kimaiyo na usoro ịgba ọsọ nke ụlọ ọrụ Japan, o setịpụrụ oge kachasị mma na egwu nke 9:16.21 nkeji maka mita 3000, 15:54.70 nkeji maka mita 5000 na 32:47.98 nkeji maka 10,000 m. O mere nke mbụ ya na ọkara marathon na 2008 All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championship ma bụrụ onye na-agba ọsọ na Yukiko Akaba na oge nke 69:06 nkeji. Oge ahụ mere ya onye nke iri na anọ n'ụwa n'afọ ahụ maka ebe dị anya. O mekwara ka ihe kacha mma ya dị n'oge egwuregwu Japanese na nkeji 15:38.83 maka 5000 m na nkeji 31:58.50 maka 10,000 m. Ọ laghachiri na ọkara Marathon Corporate na 2009 wee bụrụ onye mmeri na oge kachasị ọhụrụ nke nkeji 68:44. Mgbe o meriri ebe nke asaa na Sapporo Half Marathon, a họpụtara ya ka ọ nọchite anya Kenya n'asọmpi ahụ.
2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, ebe ọ bịara nke asatọ. O nwekwara ihe ịga nke ọma karịa 10,000 m n'afọ ahụ, na-emeri na Hyogo Relays na nke atọ na Japanese Corporate Track and Field Championships.