Arata Fujiwara

Arata Fujiwara (Japanese藤原 新, Arata Fujiwara, born September 12, 1981 in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture) is a Japanese marathon runner.

In 2006, he was sixth at Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, but broke out shortly thereafter with his debut on the 42,195 - km - distance and arrived at the Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:38:37 h on the 85th.

The following year he was behind Röthlin second at the Tokyo Marathon in 2:08:40 h Subsequently, he was nominated for the Olympic Games in Beijing as a substitute. After a disappointing performance at the Chicago Marathon, where he came on the 16th place, he was at the end of third in the Fukuoka Marathon in 2:09:47 h

After he only came at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009 on the 61st place, finished second in the Tokyo Marathon 2010 in stormy and freezing cold weather behind Masakazu Fujiwara (with whom he is not related) in 2:12:34 h when Ottawa Marathon, he then presented with a course record 2:09:34.

Arata Fujiwara is 1,67 m tall and weighs 54 kg. He graduated from the High School of Isahaya and Takushoku University. Since 2004 he started for the corporate team of East Japan Railway Company. On 31 March 2010, he announced this location because it was the default schedule for competitions too prescriptive, and starts since then as an independent athlete.

Personal Best

• Half Marathon: 1:01:34 h, February 5, 2012, Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon
• Marathon: 2:07:48 h, 26 February 2012 Tokyo Marathon