Amanuel Mesel – 33, Eritrea

Yemane Haileselassie – 26, Eritrea

Paul Lonyangata (KEN), 31, Nike

Personal Best: 2:06:10, Paris, 2017

. 2nd 2023 Changsha Marathon (China), 2:09:49 (on October 29)
. 1st 2020 Taipei Marathon, 2:09:18 (course record)
. Two-time Paris Marathon champion, 2017/2:06:10; 2018, 2:06:25)
. 3rd in 2019 Paris Marathon 2:07:29
. 1st, 2019 Shanghai Marathon, 2:08:11
. Competed for Kenya at 2019 World Championships Marathon (DNF)
. Competing in the Honolulu Marathon for the third time

Ryo Murata – Japan, Answer4

Reuben Kiprop Kerio (KEN), 29, Nike

Personal Best: 2:07:00, Eindhoven (Netherlands), 2019
. At Honolulu Marathon (5 appearances):
  -DNF, 2017 (as pacemaker)
  -2nd, 2018, 2:12:59
  -DNF, 2019 (as pacemaker/1:15:03 at 25-K)
  -DNF, 2021 (at 5 km with stomach problems)
  -DNF, 2022 (as pacemaker/1:06:38 at half)
. 4th 2023 Kosice Peace Marathon (Slovakia), 2:07:56
. 1st 2022 Kosice Peace Marathon, 2:07:16
. 1st 2021 Kosice Peace Marathon, 2:07:18
. 4th 2018 Kosice Peace Marathon, 2:09:23
. 1st 2017 Kosice Peace Marathon, 2:08:12
. 5th 2021 Izmir Marathon (Turkey), 2:10:50
. 2nd 2020 Xiamen Marathon (China), 2:08:46
. 1st 2019 Madrid Marathon, 2:08:18
. 2nd 2019 Eindhoven Marathon, 2019
. 8th 2018 Daegu Marathon (Korea), 2:11:02)

Kensuke Horio – 28, Nike

Barnabas KIPTUM (KEN), 37, Nike
DOB: 12/08/1986
Personal Best: 2:04:17, Milano, 2021
. Has completed 18 marathons in 20 starts in 15 countries with 3 wins and 13 podium finishes
. 44th 2013 Nairobi Marathon, 2:22:03 (debut)
. 6th 2014 Kilimanjaro Marathon, 2:18:10
. 3rd 2014 Kigali Marathon, 2:18:21
. 2nd 2014 Cannes Marathon, 2:10:29
. 5th 2015 Geneva Marathon, 2:13:36
. 1st 2015 Cannes Marathon, 2:10:43
. 3rd 2016 Cape Town Marathon, 2:09:21
. 1st 2017 Buenos Aires Marathon, 2:09:43
. 3rd 2018 Hong Kong Marathon, 2:13:52
. 3rd 2018 Milano Marathon, 2:10:17
. 2nd 2018 Buenos Aires Marathon, 2:09:19
. 1st 2019 Hong Kong Marathon, 2:09:20
. 2nd 2019 Gold Coast Marathon, 2:08:02
. 4th 2019 Lisbon Marathon, 2:06:33
. 1st 2020 Sevilla Marathon, 2:05:05
. 3rd 2021 Milano Marathon, 2:04:17 PB
. DNF 2021 Abu Dhabi Marathon
. 3rd 2022 Riyadh Marathon, 2:07:35
. 15th 2022 World Championships Marathon, 2:08:59
. DNF 2022 Chicago Marathon
. Competing at the Honolulu Marathon for the second time

Sandrafelis Chebet – 26, Kenya

Personal Best: 2:22:22, Shanghai, November 26 2023

5th World U20 Champs 3000m 2016

Judith Jeptum Korir – 28, Kenya

Cynthia Limo, 34 (KEN)
. Making her second marathon appearance in Honolulu

. 2016 World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist
. Half-Marathon personal best of 1:06:04 (equivalent to a 2:18:42 marathon)

. 2023 Road Race Record:
  -1st Cooper River Bridge Run 10-K, 32:29
  -1st Carmel Half-Marathon, 1:12:10 (course record)
  -1st Toledo Half-Marathon, 1:12:20 (course record)
  -1st Broad Street Run 10 Mile, 50:56 (course record)
  -2nd Lilac Bloomsday 12-K, 38:51
  -6th New York Mini 10-K, 31:27 PB
  -5th BAA 10-K, 31:49
  -7th Peachtree Road Race 10-K, 31:44
  -3rd Boilermaker 15-K, 48:51
  -3rd Falmouth Road Race 7 Mile, 35:50
  -8th BAA Half-Marathon, 1:09:40 (freezing temperatures)

. Previous Important Road Race Victories:
  -2016 RAK Half-Marathon, 1:06:04 PB
  -2016 and 2015 Lilac Bloomsday 12-K, 38:03
  -2016 Healthy Kidney 10-K, 31;39
  -2016 Utica Boilermaker 12-K, 48:50
  -2015 Cooper Bridge Run 10-K, 32:18
  -2015 Quad City Times Bix 7 Mile, 36:57
  -2015 Delhi Half-Marathon, 1:08:35

Eri Suzuki, Japan (30)

Fantu Shugi Gelasa – Ethiopia