Hisanori Kitajima

Hisanori Kitajima (born 16 October 1984) is a Japanese long-distance runner.

Kitajim competed for Toyo University and won a stage of the Hakone Ekiden.

[1] In 2015, Kitajim won the Sydney Marathon with a time of 2:12:44.

[2] He also won the Nobeoka West Japan Marathon.

As this was a qualifying race for the Japanese Olympic Team he earned selection for the 2016 Olympics,[3] He earned second place by passing Suehiro Ishikawa with one kilometer to go.