HATTORI Yuma

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
13	Marathon	2016/2017	Tokyo, JPN	2:09:46

Gold Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Marathon	2018	Fukuoka, JPN	2:07:27
5	Marathon	2018	Prague, CZE	2:10:26

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Watching football. (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)

Athlete, Automotive Industry

Economics - Toyo University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Toyota Motor Corporation [Japan]

Toshinobu Sato [club], JPN

His younger brother Hazuma Hattori has represented Japan in athletics, and won bronze in 5000m at the 2019 Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar. His other younger brother Fuma has competed in athletics at high school level in Japan. (bbm-japan.com, 24 Sep 2019; worldathletics.org, 19 Oct 2019; fnn.jp, 19 Dec 2019; jprime.jp, 26 Dec 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jan 2021)

He missed the 2020 Fukuoka Marathon in Japan in December that year after injuring his right calf during training the previous month. (asahi.com, 06 Dec 2020)

He suffered a stress fracture to his right ankle in mid-2017, and was sidelined for five months. (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)

He took up the sport in grade seven of middle school in Japan. (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)

He initially played football in primary school, but switched to athletics because his middle school had no football team. "I thought that I was good at endurance running, so I wanted to use this ability for football. I decided to take on a new challenge in long-distance running, and my parents also encouraged the switch to it." (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to set a national record in the marathon. (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)

Kenyan long-distance runner Bedan Karoki Muchiri. (global.toyota, 12 Dec 2018)