title: Mount Fuji Marathon
text: # Mount Fuji Marathon
  
  The Mount Fuji Marathon (富士山マラソン, Fujisan Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The first running of the event took place on November 25, 2012.
  
  ## History
  
  Prior to 2012 the race had been run 36 times as the "Kawaguchiko Marathon", or "Lake Kawaguchi Marathon". The course consisted of two laps of Lake Kawaguchi. In 2012, both the name of the race and the course were changed, with the route being changed to a single lap around Lake Kawaguchi and the nearby Lake Saiko.
  
  Over 23,000 participants were registered for the inaugural race vs 13,000 participants the year before and organizers failed to take into account the logistics from the additional runners. Traffic backed up and over 5000 of the registrants were not able to run.
  
  ## Winners
  
  Key:  Course record
  
  | Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | 2012 | Norio Kamijo (JPN) | 2:21:53 | Natsuko Muramatsu (JPN) | 2:52:54 |
  | 2nd | 2013 | Yuta Koyama (JPN) | 2:24:16 | Toshiko Yoshikawa (JPN) | 2:51:59 |
  | 3rd | 2014 | Yuta Koyama (JPN) | 2:24:31 | Mayumi Uchiyama (JPN) | 2:51:51 |
  | 4th | 2015 | Yuta Koyama (JPN) | 2:25:37 | Yuki Ogawa (JPN) | 2:57:26 |
  | 5th | 2016 | Yusuke Kodama (JPN) | 2:27:33 | Munkhzaya Bayartsogt (MGL) | 2:48:46 |
  | 6th | 2017 | Naoki Matsuoka (JPN) | 2:28:46 | Tomomi Sawahata (JPN) | 2:40:31 |
  | 7th | 2018 | Yusuke Kodama (JPN) | 2:21:36 | Tomomi Sawahata (JPN) | 2:39:47 |
  | 8th | 2019 | Yūsei Yamada (JPN) | 2:23:57 | Shōkō Shimoda (JPN) | 2:40:31 |
  