Year
Name
Country
Time
1947
Toshikazu Wada
Japan
2:45:45
1948
Saburo Yamada 
Japan
2:37:25
1949
Shinzo Koga
Japan
2:40:26
1950
Shunji Koyanagi
Japan
2:30:47
1951
Hiromi Haigo 
Japan
2:30:13
1952
Katsuo Nishida 
Japan
2:27:59
1953
Hideo Hamamura
Japan
2:27:26
1954
Argentina
2:24:55
1955
Finland
2:23:16
1956
Keizo Yamada 
Japan
2:25:15
1957
Japan
2:21:40
1958
Nobuyoshi Sadanaga
Japan
2:24:01
1959
Japan
2:29:34
1960
New Zeeland
2:19:04
1961
Pavel Kantorek
Thekkoslovakia
2:22:05
1962
Japan
2:16:19
1963
Jeff Julian
New Zeeland
2:18:01
1964
Japan
2:14:49
1965
Hidekuni Hiroshima
Japan
2:18:36
1966
New Zeeland
2:14:05
1967
Australia
2:09:37
1968
Great Britania
2:10:48
1969
Jerome Drayton
Canada
2:11:13
1970
Japan
2:10:38
1971
USA
2:12:51
1972
USA
2:10:30
1973
USA
2:11:45
1974
USA
2:11:32
1975
Jerome Drayton
Canada
2:10:09
1976
Jerome Drayton
Canada
2:12:35
1977
Bill Rodgers 
USA
2:10:56
1978
Japan
2:10:21
1979
Japan
2:10:35
1980
Japan
2:09:45
1981
Japan
2:08:18
1982
Paul Ballinger 
New Zeeland
2:10:15
1983
Japan
2:08:52
1984
Japan
2:10:00
1985
Masanari Shintaku
Japan
2:09:51
1986
Tanzania
2:10:06
1987
Japan
2:08:18
1988
Toshihiro Shibutani
Japan
2:11:04
1989
Manuel Matias
Portugal
2:12:54
1990
Ethiopien
2:11:35
1991
Shuichi Morita
Japan
2:10:58
1992
Tena Negere
Ethiopien
2:09:04
1993
Mexico
2:08:51
1994
Boay Akonay 
Tanzania
2:09:45
1995
Brasilien
2:09:30
1996
Korea
2:10:48
1997
South Africa
2:07:28
1998
Jackson Kabiga 
Ethiopien
2:08:42
1999
Ethiopien
2:07:54
2000
Japan
2:06:51
2001
Ethiopien
2:09:25
2002
Ethiopien
2:09:13
2003
Tomoaki Kunichika
Japan
2:07:52
2004
Japan
2:09:10
2005
Dmitry Baranoskiy
Ukraine
2:08:29
2006
Ethiopia
2:06:52
2007
Samuel Wanjiru
Kenya
2:06:39
2008
Tsegaye Kebede
Ethiopia
2:06:10
2009
Tsegaye Kebede
Ethiopia
2:05:18
2010
Jaquad Gharib
Alg
2:08:24