Who is leading the 2024 Toto Japan Classic after day 2? Leaderboard explored

The second round of the 2024 TOTO Japan Classic was played on Friday (Nov. 1) at Seta Golf Course in Shiga, Japan. Nine of the 16 players in the top 10 are locals, including the leader.

Hana Wakimoto continues to surprise everyone as she leads the TOTO Japan Classic by two strokes. Wakimoto is now 13-under and her closest rivals are fellow Japanese Yealimi Noh and Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn.

2024 Toto Japan Classic day 2 leaderboard

Below is the TOTO Japan Classic leaderboard after the second round. Only the top 50 players are included:

1 Hana Wakimoto -13
T2 Yealimi Noh -11
T2 Ariya Jutanugarn -11
4 Rio Takeda -10
T5 Saiki Fujita -9
T5 Marina Alex -9
T5 Jin Young Ko -9
T8 Yuna Nishimura -8
T8 Hira Naveed -8
T8 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -8
T8 Sakura Koiwai -8
T8 Yuka Saso -8
T8 Karen Tsuruoka -8
T8 Chisato Iwai -8
T8 Haeran Ryu -8
T8 Ayaka Furue -8
T17 Mi Hyang Lee -7
T17 Yui Kawamoto -7
T17 Hikaru Yoshimoto -7
T17 Hyo Joo Kim -7
T21 Lala Anai -6
T21 Haruka Amamoto -6
T21 Jiyai Shin -6
T21 Haruka Kawasaki -6
T21 Miyu Yamashita -6
T21 Seonwoo Bae -6
T21 Moriya Jutanugarn -6
T21 Nataliya Guseva -6
T21 Linn Grant -6
T30 Arpichaya Yubol -5
T30 Pajaree Anannarukarn -5
T30 Yuka Yasuda -5
T30 Chanettee Wannasaen -5
T30 Erika Hara -5
T35 Gabriela Ruffels -4
T35 Jennifer Kupcho -4
T35 Alexa Pano -4
T35 Amiyu Ozeki -4
T35 Kokona Sakurai -4
T35 Hana Lee -4
T35 Xiyu Lin -4
T35 Ayako Kimura -4
T43 Gemma Dryburgh -3
T43 Narin An -3
T43 Miyuu Abe -3
T43 Wei-Ling Hsu -3
T43 Brooke M. Henderson -3
T43 Mao Saigo -3
T43 Grace Kim -3
T43 Leona Maguire -3
T43 Shiho Kuwaki -3

Hana Wakimoto carded five birdies and one bogey in the second round of the TOTO Japan Classic to remain in first place. On Thursday, she had nine birdies and no bogeys to take the lead.

Commenting on her performance, the TOTO Japan Classic leader said (via ASAP Sports):

"Recently my ball striking has been really good, so I have confident with my shots and tucked pin today... This golf course is not too narrow, and there are still like tricky holes at couple holes. But my tee shot has been really good today."

Wakimoto began her professional career in 2018 and has played almost exclusively in Japan. She has just one win, the 2022 Hanasaka Ladies Yanmar Golf Tournament on the Step Up Tour, the development circuit of Japan's premier tour.

At the highest level in her home country, Wakimoto has played in 166 tournaments with 14 top-10 finishes.

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