Debutants
Takashi Nakayama is the youngest debutant in Tour of Japan in 2008. There are 45 debutants.
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAKAYAMA Takashi | Team JBCF | 19y + 56d |
| 2 | KIM Gu Hyeon | Seoul Cycling | 19y + 111d |
| 3 | FUJIOKA Tetsuya | Team JBCF | 19y + 355d |
| 4 | YOO Ki Hong | Seoul Cycling | 20y + 55d |
| 5 | KODAN Akira | Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello | 20y + 129d |
| 6 | STAUDER Benjamin | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 20y + 201d |
| 7 | NAKAMURA Genta | Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team | 20y + 325d |
| 8 | SULZBERGER Wesley | Southaustralia.com-AIS | 21y + 211d |
| 9 | LEE Won Jae | Seoul Cycling | 21y + 214d |
| 10 | SAITO Shota | Team Comrade Giant | 22y + 5d |
| 11 | AULAS Alexandre | A-Style Somn | 22y + 41d |
| 12 | WEILENMANN Marco | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 22y + 127d |
| 13 | HAISER Michael | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 22y + 133d |
| 14 | GONG Hyo Suk | Seoul Cycling | 22y + 138d |
| 15 | ALBIEZ Timo | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 22y + 178d |
| 16 | JIRIAKOV Dimitri | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 22y + 192d |
| 17 | ANDRES Peter | StegComputer - CKT - Cogeas | 22y + 215d |
| 18 | PARK Sung Baek | Seoul Cycling | 23y + 81d |
| 19 | MATSUMURA Mitsuhiro | Matrix Powertag | 23y + 209d |
| 20 | JAMIESON Mark | Southaustralia.com-AIS | 24y + 14d |
| 21 | GEORGES Sylvain | A-Style Somn | 24y + 17d |
| 22 | ONOGUCHI Kenta | Nalsima Frend | 24y + 262d |
| 23 | CRAWFORD Jai | Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team | 24y + 288d |
| 24 | BRUSON Simone | A-Style Somn | 25y + 33d |
| 25 | SUH Seok Kyu | Seoul Cycling | 25y + 120d |
| 26 | SHIMIZU Yoshiyuki | Nippo - Endeka | 25y + 169d |
| 27 | GAROFALO Vincenzo | Nippo - Endeka | 25y + 287d |
| 28 | RATTI Aristide | A-Style Somn | 25y + 346d |
| 29 | DI LORENZO Alberto | A-Style Somn | 26y + 26d |
| 30 | WITECKI Mariusz | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 27y + 8d |
| 31 | RUTKIEWICZ Marek | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 27y + 10d |
| 32 | POLLOCK Rhys | Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team | 28y + 65d |
| 33 | KANEDA Tomoyuki | Team Comrade Giant | 29y + 194d |
| 34 | HOSOKI Ikuo | Nalsima Frend | 29y + 342d |
| 35 | CARVALHO Rogelio | Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello | 30y + 74d |
| 36 | HIRABAYASHI Masaki | Team Comrade Giant | 30y + 194d |
| 37 | EAZU Asa | Team Comrade Giant | 30y + 290d |
| 38 | MIORIN Devis | Nippo - Endeka | 32y + 55d |
| 39 | RADOSZ Robert | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 32y + 315d |
| 40 | GĘBKA Marcin | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 34y + 40d |
| 41 | VAN BON Léon | Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team | 36y + 111d |
| 42 | CHMIELEWSKI Piotr | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 37y + 243d |
| 43 | PAWLAK Wojciech | Mroz - Action - Uniqa | 38y + 200d |
| 44 | NISHITANI Masafumi | Team JBCF | 41y + 55d |
| 45 | NARA Hiroshi | Team JBCF | 43y + 78d |