Mizuki Matsuda

Mizuki Matsuda is the kind of athlete who makes you rethink your entire relationship with discomfort. Long-distance running and marathon — just hearing those words I feel tired on her behalf, and this woman has built her whole career out of them. Born in 1995, she came up through an era of fierce Japanese women's marathon talent, and if you've ever watched an elite marathon you know the field is brutally unforgiving. There's no hiding out there, no substitutions, no timeouts — just you, the road, and however many kilometers are left. What gets me is that the daily reality of that life is almost entirely invisible: the pre-dawn runs, the body management, the mind quietly grinding through the same loop for the hundredth time. No glamour, just accumulation. That kind of stubborn, steady dedication is rarer than talent, and I think Matsuda has it in abundance.

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Mizuki Matsuda is a Japanese long-distance runner and marathon athlete born on May 31, 1995. She competes in track and field, specializing in long-distance and marathon events. From Sumiyoshi, Osaka, she runs for Daihatsu, won the national 10,000 m title, and has won the Osaka International Women's Marathon all three times she has entered it.

Name (English)

Mizuki Matsuda

Name (Japanese)

松田瑞生

Reading

まつだ みずき

Born

May 31, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

158 cm

Occupation

Track and field athlete / Long-distance runner / Marathon runner

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E7%94%B0%E7%91%9E%E7%94%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33111399

Tags

• track and field
• long-distance runner
• marathon runner

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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