2007

The third annual FIT Run for Charity was held on Sunday, May 26, 2007. The runs were all held on a course that circled the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo. Three separate runs were staged: a 10K run, a 5K run, and a 5K fun run/walk. Awards were given only to the fastest runners in the first two events, as well as to the top fundraising companies. See below for a detailed list of the winners.

Awards were given to the fastest runners for the following events:

10km run (male)

Placing Runner Time
1st Kouske Kondo (Merrill Lynch Japan Securities) 35’31”
2nd Bryan Kim (Lehman Brothers) 35’57”
3rd Koji Sato (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) 36’55”

10km run (female)

Placing Runner Time
1st Yukino Yamakami (KBC Securities Japan) 44’21”
2nd Kyoko Shigyo (Bear Stearns) 44’44”
3rd Tamayo Takeuchi (Barclays Global Investors) 44’54”

5km run (male)

Placing Runner Time
1st Charles Duran (Barclays Capital) 18’07”
2nd Olaf Kasten (BNP Paribas Group) 18’09”
3rd Ryuichi Urino (Nikko Citigroup Limited) 18’22”

5km run (female)

Placing Runner Time
1st Kanade Ito (KBC Securities Japan) 21’16”
2nd Eriko Nishioka (HSBC) 23’36”
3rd Makiko Fukui (KPMG) 23’38”

Top fundraising companies

Placing Company Amount
1st Merrill Lynch Japan Securities JPY8,002,000
2nd Bear Stearns JPY7,620,500
3rd UBS JPY2,334,000
4th Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu JPY2,232,500
5th Deutsche Bank Group JPY2,229,000