Mikuni Yada

Mikuni Yada is a Japanese long-distance runner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships over 10,000 metres. She is from 2022 the Asian indoor record holder over 5000 metres.

Career

She won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan, running 16:32.65.
She is since 27 February 2022 the Asian indoor record holder over 5000 metres with a time of 15:23.87 she set in the United States at the Boston University Last Chance Invitational meeting.
She was runner-up to Ririka Hironaka at the Japanese 10,000m Championships in Kumamoto, on 12 April 2025, in a time of 31:20.09. She won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, in 31:12.21, finishing behind Kazakh Daisy Jepkemei and her compatriot Ririka Hironaka.
In September 2025, she competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.