Overview
- Logisteed captured its first East Japan corporate ekiden title in 3:31:24 on a new loop course in Kumagaya, seizing control through Shunsuke Shikama’s decisive 3rd leg.
- GMO Internet Group finished second and SUBARU third, with the top 13 teams securing places for the Jan. 1 New Year Ekiden.
- M&A Best Partners placed sixth in its first year in the circuit, earning its first-ever national championship appearance.
- In Kyushu, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries won in 4:19:06 over 89.3 km in Saiki, as rookie anchor Daisei Kobayashi prevailed in a three-way sprint with Kosei Hosoya and Masahiro Fukumoto.
- Asahi Kasei placed eighth yet advanced as one of the top nine from Kyushu, while Kyocera Kagoshima missed a commemorative berth due to a large time gap to ninth.