Ethiopian athletes win Tokyo Marathon, Japan's Horio ranks 5th

Japan's Masato Imai, Takuya Fujikawa and Daichi Kamino also qualified for the MGC.

In the women's race, Mao Ichiyama ranked the highest among Japanese female runners with 2:24:33 in the seventh place. However, she did not qualify for the MGC, missing by 33 seconds.

The completion rate this year stood at 94.3 percent, the second lowest in the history of Tokyo Marathon, as temperatures dropped to around five degree Centigrade in the steady rain.

The MGC is scheduled to take place on Sept. 15 in Tokyo. The winner will automatically acquire a place to compete in the 2020 Olympics on behalf of Japan.