Aoyama Gakuin University came from behind to win the annual Tokyo-Hakone collegiate men's two-day ekiden road relay for the fourth straight year on Wednesday.

Aoyama Gakuin's first runner, Yuji Onoda, turned a 36-second deficit into a 52-second lead in the sixth stage and the Tokyo school never looked back, claiming victory with a total time of 10 hours, 57 minutes, 39 seconds.

First-leg winner Toyo University finished second, almost five minutes behind, and Waseda University took third in the race featuring 21 teams from the Kanto region. Both days of the race comprise five legs, with the first day totaling 107.5 km and the second 109.6 km.