Past Winners
Key: Course record Japanese championship race
| Edition | Date | Winner | Country | Time (h:m:s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66th | December 2, 2012 | Joseph Gitau | Kenya | 2:06:58 | |
| 65th | December 4, 2011 | Josphat Ndambiri | Kenya | 2:07:36 | |
| 64th | December 5, 2010 | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:08:24 | |
| 63rd | December 6, 2009 | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:05:18 | |
| 62nd | December 7, 2008 | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:06:10 | |
| 61st | December 2, 2007 | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 2:06:39 | |
| 60th | December 3, 2006 | Haile Gebreselassie | Ethiopia | 2:06:52 | |
| 59th | December 4, 2005 | Dmytro Baranovskyy | Ukraine | 2:08:29 | |
| 58th | December 5, 2004 | Tsuyoshi Ogata | Japan | 2:09:10 | |
| 57th | December 7, 2003 | Tomoaki Kunichika | Japan | 2:07:52 | |
| 56th | December 1, 2002 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:09:13 | |
| 55th | December 2, 2001 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:09:25 | |
| 54th | December 3, 2000 | Atsushi Fujita | Japan | 2:06:51 NR | |
| 53rd | December 5, 1999 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:07:54 | |
| 52nd | December 6, 1998 | Jackson Kabiga | Kenya | 2:08:42 | |
| 51st | December 7, 1997 | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | 2:07:28 | |
| 50th | December 1, 1996 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea | 2:10:48 | |
| 49th | December 3, 1995 | Luiz Antonio dos Santos | Brazil | 2:09:30 | |
| 48th | December 4, 1994 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 2:09:45 | |
| 47th | December 5, 1993 | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | 2:08:51 | |
| 46th | December 6, 1992 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 2:09:04 | |
| 45th | December 1, 1991 | Shuichi Morita | Japan | 2:10:58 | Current course layout introduced |
| 44th | December 2, 1990 | Belayneh Densamo | Ethiopia | 2:11:35 | |
| 43rd | December 3, 1989 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 2:12:54 | |
| 42nd | December 4, 1988 | Toshihiro Shibutani | Japan | 2:11:04 | |
| 41st | December 6, 1987 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | 2:08:18 | |
| 40th | December 7, 1986 | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:10:06 | |
| 39th | December 1, 1985 | Hisatoshi Shintaku | Japan | 2:09:51 | Course layout changed |
| 38th | December 2, 1984 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | 2:10:00 | |
| 37th | December 4, 1983 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:08:52 | |
| 36th | December 5, 1982 | Paul Ballinger | New Zealand | 2:10:15 | |
| 35th | December 6, 1981 | Robert de Castella | Australia | 2:08:18 WR | |
| 34th | December 7, 1980 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:09:45 | |
| 33rd | December 2, 1979 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:10:35 | |
| 32nd | December 3, 1978 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:10:21 | |
| 31st | December 4, 1977 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:10:56 | |
| 30th | December 5, 1976 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:12:35 | |
| 29th | December 7, 1975 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:10:09 | |
| 28th | December 8, 1974 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:11:32 | |
| 27th | December 2, 1973 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:11:45 | |
| 26th | December 3, 1972 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:10:30 | |
| 25th | December 5, 1971 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:12:51 | |
| 24th | December 6, 1970 | Akio Usami | Japan | 2:10:38 | |
| 23rd | December 7, 1969 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:11:13 | |
| 22nd | December 8, 1968 | Bill Adcocks | England | 2:10:48 | |
| 21st | December 3, 1967 | Derek Clayton | Australia | 2:09:37 WR | |
| 20th | November 27, 1966 | Mike Ryan | New Zealand | 2:14:05 | |
| 19th | October 10, 1965 | Hidekuni Hiroshima | Japan | 2:18:36 | |
| 18th | December 6, 1964 | Toru Terasawa | Japan | 2:14:49 | |
| 17th | October 15, 1963 | Jeff Julian | New Zealand | 2:18:01 | Held in Tokyo |
| 16th | December 2, 1962 | Toru Terasawa | Japan | 2:16:19 | |
| 15th | December 3, 1961 | Pavel Kantorek | Czech Republic | 2:22:05 | |
| 14th | December 4, 1960 | Barry Magee | New Zealand | 2:19:04 | |
| 13th | November 8, 1959 | Kurao Hiroshima | Japan | 2:29:34 | Fukuoka becomes permanent host |
| 12th | December 7, 1958 | Nobuyoshi Sadanaga | Japan | 2:24:01 | Held in Utsunomiya |
| 11th | December 1, 1957 | Kurao Hiroshima | Japan | 2:21:40 | Held in Fukuoka City |
| 10th | December 9, 1956 | Keizo Yamada | Japan | 2:25:15 | Held in Nagoya |
| 9th | December 11, 1955 | Veikko Karvonen | Finland | 2:23:16 | Held in Fukuoka/Koga |
| 8th | December 5, 1954 | Reinaldo Gorno | Argentina | 2:24:55 | Held in Kamakura/Yokohama |
| 7th | December 6, 1953 | Hideo Hamamura | Japan | 2:27:26 | Held in Nagoya |
| 6th | December 7, 1952 | Katsuo Nishida | Japan | 2:27:59 | Held in Ube |
| 5th | December 9, 1951 | Hiromi Haigo | Japan | 2:30:13 | Held in Fukuoka/Maebaru |
| 4th | December 10, 1950 | Shunji Koyanagi | Japan | 2:30:47 | Held in Hiroshima |
| 3rd | December 4, 1949 | Shinzo Koga | Japan | 2:40:26 | Held in Shizuoka |
| 2nd | December 5, 1948 | Saburo Yamada | Japan | 2:37:25 | Held in Takamatsu |
| 1st | December 7, 1947 | Toshikazu Wada | Japan | 2:45:45 | Held in Kumamoto |
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