Japan athletics prize money
Japan has taken $780,167 out of athletics, 38th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Haruka Kitaguchi is the biggest earner on $349,500, 44.8% of the national total.
$756,167 of that belongs to 40 athletes by name. The other $24,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Japan athlete athletics has paid
40 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haruka Kitaguchi | 22 | 12 | $349,500 |
| 2 | Rachid Muratake | 14 | - | $60,750 |
| 3 | Shunsuke Izumiya | 11 | 1 | $51,250 |
| 4 | Ryuji Miura | 13 | - | $39,750 |
| 5 | Naoto Tobe | 10 | - | $29,500 |
| 6 | Hayato Katsuki | 1 | - | $22,000 |
| 7 | Nanako Fujii | 1 | - | $22,000 |
| 8 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | 8 | - | $15,250 |
| 9 | Seito Yamamoto | 5 | - | $15,250 |
| 10 | Nozomi Tanaka | 7 | - | $13,750 |
| 11 | Tomohiro Shinno | 5 | - | $13,667 |
| 12 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | 3 | - | $11,750 |
| 13 | Genki Dean | 7 | - | $10,500 |
| 14 | Yuki Hashioka | 2 | - | $10,500 |
| 15 | Yuki Joseph Nakajima | 3 | - | $8,250 |
| 16 | Ryohei Arai | 3 | - | $8,000 |
| 17 | Ririka Hironaka | 1 | - | $7,000 |
| 18 | Takatoshi Abe | 3 | - | $6,500 |
| 19 | Kana Kobayashi | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 20 | Kento Yoshikawa | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 21 | Yuki Koike | 2 | - | $5,500 |
| 22 | Daichi Sawano | 2 | - | $4,500 |
| 23 | Yoshihide Kiryū | 4 | - | $4,250 |
| 24 | Allon Tatsunami Clay | 1 | - | $4,000 |
| 25 | Ken Toyoda | 1 | - | $4,000 |
| 26 | Shusei Nomoto | 1 | - | $4,000 |
| 27 | Satomi Kubokura | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 28 | Shota Iizuka | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 29 | Yuzo Kanemaru | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 30 | Shinji Takahira | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 31 | Keisuke Nozawa | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 32 | Kenji Fujimitsu | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 33 | Ko Ochiai | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 34 | Yuta Imazeki | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 35 | Ryo Wada | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 36 | Yuki Ebihara | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 37 | Haruna Kuboyama | 1 | - | $500 |
| 38 | Hiroki Yanagita | 1 | - | $500 |
| 39 | Sumire Hata | 1 | - | $500 |
| 40 | Takashi Eto | 1 | - | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 33 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 40
Haruka Kitaguchi holds 44.8% of everything Japan has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 59.2% of it between them, and $18,904 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Japan
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 33 | 12 | $495,667 | - | $495,667 |
| World Championships | 9 | - | $88,500 | $12,000 | $100,500 |
| Indoor Championships | 4 | - | $22,000 | - | $22,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 1 | 1 | $150,000 | - | $150,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| All six | 40 | 13 | $756,167 | $24,000 | $780,167 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Japan on $495,667, 63.5% of the national total. All six have paid Japan, which only five of the 130 countries can say.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 40: seven athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Haruka Kitaguchi has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
4 team payments, paid to Japan rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu, Towa Uzawa | $8,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 4th | Naoki Okami, Naoki Nishioka, Rai Atago, Naoki Inoue | $8,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Takuho Yoshizu, Abigeirufuka Ido, Kenki Imaizumi, Nanako Matsumoto | $4,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2024 | 6th | Miku Sakai, Erika Tanoura, Azusa Mihara, Momoka Kawaguchi | $4,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Japan against the rest
Where $780,167 puts Japan
That is 0.6% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 38th out of 130. Japan has Ivory Coast above on $788,000 and Qatar below on $750,833.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Japan
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Japan won in athletics?
$780,167 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 38th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.6% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Japan athlete earns the most prize money?
Haruka Kitaguchi, on $349,500 from 22 paid finishes and twelve wins. That is 44.8% of everything Japan has won. Rachid Muratake is next on $60,750.
Does prize money won by Japan go to the athlete or the federation?
$756,167 of that belongs to 40 athletes by name. The other $24,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Japan have won athletics prize money?
40, sharing $756,167 between them, which is $18,904 each. Two of them have won a title, 13 in all. Seven have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Japan
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Japan against the other 129 the sport has paid.