Suguru Osako

Quick Facts

Full Name	Suguru Osako
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1991(1991-05-23)
Age	33
Birthplace	Machida
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Gemini

Suguru Osako Biography

Suguru Osako is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on May 23, 1991 in Machida, Japan.

Born in Machida, Tokyo, he attended Saku Chosei High School and began to establish himself nationally in 2010. He was the fastest in his stage at the Japanese High School Ekiden Championship and came second in the junior race at the Chiba Cross Country. This gained him a place on the Japanese junior team for the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he went on to finish in 32nd place. On the track that year he set a personal best of 28:35.75 minutes in Tokyo then finished eighth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Waseda University in late 2010. In November he ran at the Ageo City Half Marathon and set a Japanese and Asian junior record time of 1:01:47 hours to win the race.

In 2011 he ran a 5000 metres track best of 13:31.27 minutes and came second over 10,000 metres at the Hyogo Relays. Osako was chosen to represent his country at the 2011 Summer Universiade, where he defeated Stephen Mokoka in the 10,000 m to take the gold medal, becoming the first Japanese since Yasuyuki Watanabe to win that title. At the start of the 2012 season he was the top Japanese finisher at the Chiba Cross Country (fourth overall) and had a narrow win at the Fukuoka Cross Country, beating Yuki Sato. Osako improved his track bests in 2012, running 3:42.68 minutes for the 1500 metres, 7:54.68 minutes for the 3000 metres and 27:56.94 minutes for the 10,000 m.

Suguru Osako Net Worth

Suguru Osako is one of the richest Runner from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Suguru Osako 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Suguru Osako (Ōsako Suguru, born 23 May 1991) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He won the 10,000 metres gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen and holds the Asian junior record for the half marathon. He holds the Japanese National Record for the marathon of 2:05:29 set at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, where he finished fourth.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Suguru Osako height 5′ 6″ Sultan weight 53 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Suguru Osako Dating?

According to our records, Suguru Osako married to Ayumi Hashimoto (m. 2012). As of December 1, 2023, Suguru Osako’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Sultan Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Suguru Osako celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

How tall is Suguru Osako?

5′ 7″

Why are Japanese marathoners so good?

“Part of the reason they have so many good runners is because of these corporate teams. There’s about 60 teams, 30 for men, 30 for women. Each team has about 20, full-time, paid athletes. So that works out to be about 1,200 full-time, elite long-distance runners.

Is Tokyo in Asia?

Tokyo is the capital and largest city in Japan. Japan is a volcanic island nation located in East Asia. The capital is Tokyo, which is also the country’s biggest city. Japan is made up of a group of islands totaling 6,852.

Which country has the most runners?

He says that while we tend to think of Kenyans as really good distance runners, all these runners are actually from the same tribe of Kenyans known as the Kalenjin. They number around 5 million, making them a small minority, even in Kenya, yet they dominate most of the world’s long-distance races.

Where is distance running most popular?

In Kenya , [distance running] is the number one sport, and in Japan it’s, like, number two after baseball.