Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8 oz · 9mm drop · 23/14mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Hitogami 2 replaced it
How it ranks
The Mizuno Wave Hitogami ranks among the stronger daily trainers in our data. Value and looks are its strongest sub-ratings. Durability scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 11 runner reviews and 3 other rated shoes in the Wave Hitogami product line. One more review would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Confidence
How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
82/100
“The minimal sole makes long, hard efforts painful — the bottoms of feet actually hurt when pounding the pavement”
“When I put on this shoe, it feels like lacing up a pair of slippers”
“My toes are making holes in the upper — probably between 500 and 700 miles on the pair”
“Really light, really smooth. Usually forget I'm wearing it”
“Too narrow, feet feel tight and the upper is breaking on sides”
“They do not last as long as some of the other Mizuno shoes”
“Lightweight performance trainer used for faster training such as intervals and tempo runs and racing (5K–10K)”
“Has a very slight bump in the plastic wave that provides a bit of pronation control”
“I feel a lot faster in them vs. my trainers”
“Great for easy to moderate pace runs of any distance”
33% 2/6
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Wave Hitogami, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2017 · 3 reviews
87 Good
34 Confidence
2016 · 2 reviews
92 Very good
54 Confidence
2015 · 4 reviews
94 Excellent
81 Confidence
Wave Hitogami This shoe
2014 · 11 reviews
90 Very good
82 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Mar 23, 2015
8 mpw came from the Nike Lunar Fly 3
5/5
Overall
Redd · Sep 19, 2014
50 mpw training for a half marathon
5/5
Overall
titaniumbolt · Aug 29, 2014
50 mpw training for a marathon
4/5
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kilkee · Aug 29, 2014
80 mpw training for a half marathon
5/5
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ThisOrTheRunpocalypse · Aug 28, 2014
45 mpw training for a half marathon
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