Takele Tadese and Sutume Kebede of Ethiopia won the 2025 Tokyo Marathon.

Tadese finished in 2:03:23, while Sutume clocked in at 2:18:31. For Tadese, the performance was a once-second personal best. He came into the race with a 2:03:24 best from the 2023 Berlin Marathon. The 22-year-old is a U20 world record holder, which he set in the 3000m steeplechase in 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi, KEN. He clocked an 8:33.15.

For the 30-year-old Kebede, she was a little off her best, which is 2:15:55 from the 2024 running of the Tokyo Marathon, which she won.

Finishing in second place in the men’s race was fellow Ethiopian Deresa Geleta with his 2:03:51 finish. Taking third was Kipkemoi Vincent Ngetich clocked a 2:04:00 performance. Twenty-six finished sub-2:10:00

Behind Kebede were Kenyan Moseti Winfridah Moraa running a 2:16:56 time. Ethiopian Feysa Hawi finished four seconds back 2:17:00. Fourteen women ran sub-2:30:00.

Pos.NameNat.Time
1Takele TadeseETH2:03:23
2Geleta DeresaETH2:03:51
3Ngetich Vincent KipkemoiKEN2:04:00
4Kipruto TitusKEN2:05:34
5Uma Mulugeta AsefaETH2:05:46
6Kipruto BensonKEN2:05:46
7Toroitich GeoffreyKEN2:05:46
8Hassan SuldánSWE2:05:57
9Cheptegei JoshuaUGA2:05:59
10Ichiyama TsubasaJPN2:06:00
11Legese BirhanuETH2:06:06
12Inoue HirotoJPN2:06:14
13Urano YuheiJPN2:06:23
14Ikeda YoheiJPN2:06:48
15Maruyama TatsuyaJPN2:07:06
16He JieCHN2:07:20
17Akasaki AkiraJPN2:07:48
18Masato AraoJPN2:08:05
19Sonota KenyaJPN2:08:14
20Nakayama KenJPN2:08:24
21Dairokuno ShuhoJPN2:08:53
22Raimoi VincentKEN2:08:58
23Gebresilase LeulETH2:09:16
24Yang ShaohuiCHN2:09:34
25Kissa StephenUGA2:09:34
26Nakamura ShogoJPN2:09:55
27Kimura ShinJPN2:10:13
28Koga KiyoshiJPN2:10:15
29Ichida HiroshiJPN2:10:21

TOP RESULTS WOMEN’S MARATHON

Pos.NameNat.Time
1Sutume Assefa KebedeETH2:16:31
2Winfridah Moraa MosetiKEN2:16:56
3Hawi FeysaETH2:17:00
4Magdalyne MasaiKEN2:19:28
5Rosemary WanjiruKEN2:19:57
6Desi Jisa MokoninBRN2:20:07
7Gotytom GebreslaseETH2:20:25
8Degitu AzimerawETH2:20:26
9Deshun ZhangCHN2:20:53
10Jessica StensonAUS2:22:56
11Yuka AndoJPN2:23:37
12Khishigsaikhan GalbadrakhMGL2:27:11
13Ai HosodaJPN2:27:43
14Rie KawauchiJPN2:29:28
15Yukari NagatomoJPN2:30:37
16Kaori MoritaJPN2:35:04
17Haruna TakanoJPN2:38:33
18Yukie MatsumuraJPN2:38:44
19Chiaki MorikawaJPN2:38:46
20Chisato KagayaJPN2:38:59
21Anjing JiaoCHN2:40:01
22Reyna Isela Rivera CarrilloMEX2:41:20
23Eri SuzukiJPN2:41:42
24Yuki MizusedaJPN2:41:58
25Yoshimi TanakaJPN2:42:02
26Meari ObuchiJPN2:42:24
27Miho NakataJPN2:42:27
28Rieko KoshiJPN2:42:34
29Akane HirayamaJPN2:42:46
30Hodaka ShimizuJPN2:42:58

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