2027 is the 20th Tokyo Marathon.
The race date remains the first Sunday in March: March 7.
Event size: 40,000 participants (an increase of 1,000 spots; the largest-scale marathon in Japan).
Entry fees: Japanese residents ¥19,800; overseas participants $230.
Cut-off time: Marathon — 7 hours (start 9:10 AM, cutoff 4:10 PM).
The highest winner's prize in World Marathon Majors history: to encourage a world-record attempt, the men's and women's elite champion's prize will be significantly raised to $170,000, making it the largest single-event winner’s purse among the Majors.
New elite full-marathon category for athletes with disabilities: fully upgraded to a 42.195 km para-athlete full marathon category with corresponding registration classifications, further promoting participation of people with disabilities in sport.
Inviting Japan's and the world's "marathon legends" to gather in Tokyo — for example, Kipchoge?
June 24 - July 9: Charity Runner donation application period.
July 14 - August 13: Charity Runner official registration.
July 31 - August 13: ONE TOKYO club members and semi-elite registration period.
August 14 - August 28: General entry registration period.
Next year’s poster is designed by Tokyo-based graphic designer Takahiro Yasuda.
The Tokyo Marathon logo updated in 2016 uses colorful lines to symbolize participants' diverse values and goals. These lines intertwine in various ways, suggesting that the Tokyo Marathon is "a time when we come together as one."
For the 2027 event's visual design, the designer turned attention to each individual participant — who, before setting off and before their trajectories intersect with others, are independent individuals.
The direction of the spotlight represents each individual's "point." Each person has their own body and mind. They illuminate themselves and tend to their physical and mental wellbeing, both mastering it and allowing it to soar freely.
Everyone is the protagonist of their own life. When people examine themselves, they also see the world around them.
This way of viewing the world encourages people to care for others, cheer for others, and shine light on others.
All of this stems from the potential contained in each individual — each "point." Everyone emits light, and so do those around them.
The light people cast upon one another reflects and merges, converging into a powerful, dazzling beam.
This ray of light may be the light of the future — a future that makes the Tokyo Marathon a shared aspiration for runners and events worldwide.
Through running, people's spirit and emotions forge a close bond between the marathon and Tokyo, and carry it out to the world.
What do you think of the Tokyo Marathon's poster design?