ORGANIZERS
Meet the team behind Deep Japan Ultra
We are an expert team of international mountain race management specialists and local area managers living in the region.
HIROAKI MATSUNAGA
Organizer
TRAIL RUNNERS representative
Pro trail runner
Hiroaki hosts and organizes more than 10 events a year while still finding time to compete professionally around the world. He organizes a wide range of competitions, from the Trail Runner's Cup, which can be entered by children as young as 3 years old, to the world class elite competitions.
TATSUO CHIBA
Environmental conservation advisor
Ultra-Trail Mt.Fuji Executive Committee Co-Representative
General Producer of IZU TRAIL Journey
RICKA FUKUDA
Rescue manager
Singer & Running Doctor
Director of Hamanasu Nursing Care Facility
Chairman of Yamanashi Association of Geriatric Health Facilities
Ultra-trail Mt. Fuji Representative
TSUTOMU MIURA
Operational advisor
NPO Fuji Trail Runners Club Deputy Representative Director
KENICHI NAGAOKA
Safety manager
National Mountaineering Training Institute
TOMONORI OKAJIMA
TAKAYUKI SATO
Sanjo City Advisor
HIROAKI ASAI
Uonuma City Advisor
Uonuma City Council member
Asai survey design office (company employee)
YUJIE MINAGAWA
Tournament Advisor
Member of Niigata Prefectural Assembly (selected by Uonuma City)
SATOSHI TAKAGI
Operational advisor
Universal field representative
Kyushu Trail Running Association Co-representative
AsoRoundTrail executive committee chair
Kirishima/Ebino Plateau Extreme Trail Executive Committee Chairman