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Daichi Kamino is an athletics competitor and long-distance runner, born on September 13, 1993 in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. That puts Daichi Kamino at 32 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Chukyo University Senior High School and Aoyama Gakuin University.
My Take
Daichi Kamino, born 1993 in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, went from Chukyo University Senior High School to Aoyama Gakuin University — which puts him in the middle of one of the most watched sporting traditions in Japan, university long-distance relay running. That world creates famous twenty-year-olds at an alarming rate, and it quietly discards most of them. The step from collegiate star to professional distance runner is brutal, because the crowds shrink, the times have to keep dropping, and nobody outside the sport is watching anymore. Kamino kept going. He ran the Tokyo Marathon in 2018 and again in 2019, and in 2019 he won the Asian Marathon Championships in Dongguan, China. That is a continental title earned years after the college spotlight moved on to someone else. Marathoning is an unforgiving way to spend your twenties, and the runners who stay in it long enough to win something at that level have my genuine admiration.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daichi Kamino
- Name (Japanese)
- 神野大地
- Reading
- かみの だいち
- Born
- September 13, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
- Origin
- Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- athletics competitor / long-distance runner
2. Background
- High school
- Chukyo University Senior High School
- University
- Aoyama Gakuin University
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/daichi_0913/
- Xhttps://x.com/daichiagu
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daichi%20Kamino
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E9%87%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18817456
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Daichi Kamino born?
Born September 13, 1993 (age 32).
Where is Daichi Kamino from?
Daichi Kamino is from Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Daichi Kamino do?
Daichi Kamino works as athletics competitor, long-distance runner.
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