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On the TBS broadcast of “All-Star Thanksgiving Festival ’26 Autumn: 70th Broadcast Anniversary Special” on October 10, the show’s regular segment, the “Akasaka 5-chome Mini Marathon,” was held, and NMB48’s Makoto Sakashita took the win. Her victory reportedly marks the first time in 25 years that a female participant has won.
On the thread, posters expressed surprise that she ran the whole course without ever looking like she was struggling, with some speculating she must have marathon experience given she was wearing Adidas racing shoes. Others pointed out that Sakashita had actually been the top female finisher two events ago as well, while some gave a play-by-play of how Ito, who closed the gap near the end, stumbled and missed out on second place. The discussion also touched on how well the handicap system was set and how much it added to the show’s excitement.
“All-Star Thanksgiving Festival”: NMB48’s Makoto Sakashita wins Akasaka Marathon — first female winner in 25 years
TBS aired “All-Star Thanksgiving Festival ’26 Autumn: 70th Broadcast Anniversary Special” live starting at 5:40 PM on October 10. NMB48’s Makoto Sakashita won the signature segment, the “Akasaka 5-chome Mini Marathon.”
◆ “All-Star Thanksgiving Festival” Akasaka Marathon: winner is Makoto Sakashita
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Wasn't the person in the "I'm going this way" photo from NMB?
Also Shibuya.
NMB — isn't that the group Sayaka Yamamoto used to be in?
That's true for Sato, but…
what about the handicap against the other runners…
I think she ran the Osaka Marathon in around 4 hours 10 minutes.
I remember because that's about my time too.
Sakashita really gave it her all too.
Will this be what finally gets her noticed?
Re: #36
These days Kion Shiozuki is about the only one in NMB whose face and name I can even place…
Also, she's wearing Adidas racing shoes, so she's probably not a total beginner.
If you're a celebrity, you probably want to run that hill at least once, and this time there really were a lot of participants lol
If I got offered a slot on the 24-hour or 27-hour charity TV show, I'd want to do it too, but without some kind of hardship story you'd never get picked for the 24-hour one lol
No, Sakashita was already the top woman two events ago, so Ito must have known that going in.
Lidia Șimon?
Genuinely moved me.
I bet she made some weird promise on a fan site or something.
After Ito closed the gap, her legs started tangling up on the last three turns and she had to ease off.
She closed it to 6 seconds on the uphill stretch,
but pushed her cadence too hard and ended up missing even second place.
Judging by the TVAL numbers (a TV audience-engagement rating), this segment was way out ahead of everything else — so yeah, it was fine.
She's delivered results before and has been appearing in this every year since, so the staff surely saw this coming.
As for Sano from OWV, who's won this before — unless you already know how many idols are named Sano among the younger idol crowd, you probably wouldn't recognize him.
People who become idols are probably athletic to begin with, but even people with no athletic ability can go at their own pace, so I bet quite a few of them genuinely like marathon running.
Glad we're finally getting idols who can actually clear the "Sorisou Kabe" (SASUKE's famous curved wall obstacle).
Sano Yuto → M!LK
Sano Akiya → Aぇ! group
Sano Reo → GENERATIONS
Sano Yudai → INI
Sano Fumiya → OWV
Sano Akinori → MAZZEL
Sano Shiro → Fuyuhiko-san (his famous TV drama character)
Sano Asao → Mito Komon
If it's actual running, it does seem like something that could catch on among idols — great for raising your profile, and it'd probably mean more appearances at local citizen marathons too. But turning it into a drama or movie would probably just flop lol
This is exactly the kind of thing that needs to stay real.
Marathon runner Mari Tanigawa.
Background and key points of this topic
The “Akasaka 5-chome Mini Marathon” is a signature segment of the All-Star Thanksgiving Festival, where contestants start with handicaps based on past records and race out and back along Akasaka’s hilly streets to compete on time gaps. This time, the headline point was that it marked “the first female winner in 25 years,” but on the thread, multiple theories circulated about who that female winner was 25 years ago — including “Mari Tanigawa” and “Lidia Șimon” — without a definitive answer confirmed in the article itself. Several posters speculated she must have marathon experience, pointing to her Adidas racing shoes and her turnaround form, though there’s no direct quote from her confirming this. It was also pointed out that Sakashita had already been the top female finisher two events prior, suggesting this wasn’t a one-off but part of a continuing streak. Some comments lamented NMB48’s declining media exposure in recent years, reflecting the group’s generational turnover and shifting visibility.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisou Sokuho+) thread “[Entertainment] TBS “All-Star Thanksgiving Festival Marathon” — NMB48’s Makoto Sakashita wins! First female winner in 25 years.”
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