Nao Kazami

{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Kazami, Nao | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Kazami, Nao | nickname = | nationality = Japanese | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|9}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = Japan | sport = Running | event = Marathon, Ultramarathon | collegeteam = | universityteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = 100km: 6:09:14 {{WR|athletics}}<ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Nao KAZAMI | Profile | World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/nao-kazami-14203848 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419205108/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/nao-kazami-14203848 | archive-date=19 April 2022 | url-status=live |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><br/> Marathon: 2:10:08<ref name="profile" /><br> Half Marathon: 1:03:25<ref name="profile" /> | medaltemplates = }}

{{Nihongo|'''Nao Kazami'''|風見尚|Kazami Nao|born April 9, 1983}} is a Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner. He is the former male 100 km run world record holder with a time of 6:09:14. He set the then record on June 24, 2018, at the Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an official World Athletics race held annually in Hokkaido, Japan. Kazami bettered Takahiro Sunada's 1998 record by almost four minutes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mock |first1=Justin |title=This Week In Running: June 25, 2018 |url=https://www.irunfar.com/this-week-in-running-june-25-2018 |website=irunfar.com |date=25 June 2018 |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829090444/https://www.irunfar.com/this-week-in-running-june-25-2018 |archive-date=2022-08-29 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="germanroadraces">{{cite web |title=Kazami Breaks 100 km World Record at Lake Saroma – Brett Larner – Japan Running News |url=https://germanroadraces.de/?post_eng=kazami-breaks-100-km-world-record-at-lake-saroma-brett-larner-japan-running-news |website=germanroadraces.de |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829152835/https://germanroadraces.de/?post_eng=kazami-breaks-100-km-world-record-at-lake-saroma-brett-larner-japan-running-news |archive-date=29 August 2022 |date=24 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> His personal best time for the marathon is 2:13:13 (Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo on March 1, 2020),<ref name="profile" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kazami, Nao}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Komazawa University alumni Category:Japanese men marathon runners Category:Japanese ultramarathon runners Category:World Athletics record holders Category:Men ultramarathon runners Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen