throw data is in the frame data. step characters have longer throw range, but on run characters if you have even a 5a point blank barriered a throw will whiff.
the range is a number. tsubaki has 70, hakumen has 100 I think. the worst nerfed was bang who had 120 range and went down to 70. other run chars had 90 range throws in EX but he had 120.
I lol'd at guardpoint on zantetsu and tsubaki though.. I mean .. really. fine by me though, high/mid guard point, startup slowed down by 10 frames each.