Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in

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, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. Yoyogi_National_Gymnasium_Sign

It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the

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competition at those same games. It will also host handball competitions at the

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. The design inspired

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's arena designs for the

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. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena seats and 88 "royal box" seats) and is now primarily used for

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and

. The

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studios are adjacent to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park. Therefore, images of the arena are regularly featured at the end of

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broadcasts.

Events

* The

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* The official 1971 Asian Basketball Championship for men * The official 1982 Asian Basketball Championship for Women * The

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* 11 May 1985:

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performed at the venue, which was recorded in '' We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan''. * The first regular-season

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games outside of North America, between the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and

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in October 1997. The NHL would return in 1998 and 2000, each time with different teams. * 4 and 5 June 2001:

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performed for Where Dreams Come True Tour in support of their Coast to Coast. *

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held the final stop of their 2004 JAPANOLOMANIA tour at the Gymnasium, with the performance broadcast on NHK and highlights released to DVD in 2008. * The official

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* The final stop of the LUV-XURY tour by DJ Ozma in December 2006. * Since 2007: Foundation of Japan Cheerleading Association's (FJCA) Cheerleading Asia International Open Championships (CAIOC). 2012 will host the sixth edition from 18 to 20 May, and is sanctioned by the

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(IFC). * The official 2010 Women's Volleyball World Championship * 10 and 11 July (July 10 show is a night show, July 11 both noon and night shows) "Surprise wa Arimasen" by

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. * 25 and 26 January 2011: ''

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'' by

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. * 17,18, 28, and 29 June 2011: Girls' Generation performed four concerts in the gymnasium for their third stop of

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* 29 May 2014: Luna Sea performed their 25th anniversary concert. * 11 July 2014 - 13 July 2014: Girls' Generation performed a three day concert in the gymnasium for their last stop of the Girls' Generation Japan 3rd Tour 2014 * 28 June 2015: Yukari Tamura performed in the first gymnasium as the last destination in her live tour, "LOVE ♡ LIVE 2015 Spring *Sunny side Lily*". * 3 September 2015: UVERworld 15&10 Anniversary Live Sold-out event * 6 September 2015: UVERworld Queen's Party * JYP NATION 2016 "Mix & Match" * 11 February 2017: YuiKaori performed in the first gymnasium as the last destination for their tour, "Starlight Link". * 12 February 2017: Shouta Aoi performed in the first gymnasium for his live, "WONDER lab. ～prism～". * 25 and 26 February 2017:

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performed a two day concert for her 2nd Live, "Smiling Spiral" in the first gymnasium. * 4 and 5 March 2017:

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performed a two-day concert for their tenth anniversary in the first gymnasium. * 3 and 4 June 2017: Britney Spears performed two sold-out concerts at the venue on her Britney: Live in Concert world tour. * 3 December 2019: Stray Kids Japan Showcase 2019 "Hi-Stay" * 18 and 19 June, 26 and 27 July 2022: Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "Maniac" in Japan * 31 August, 1, 3 and 4 September 2022: NiziU Live with U 2022 "Light It Up" * 10 and 11 September 2022: Onew Japan 1st Concert Tour ~Life Goes On~ * 1 and 2 October 2022: Twice Japan Fan Meeting 2022 "ONCE Day"

References

External links

*
Sport facilities page on Japan Sport Council official English website

1964 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 121–4.

* {{Authority control Indoor arenas in Japan Indoor ice hockey venues in Japan Sports venues in Tokyo Music venues in Tokyo Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball venues Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Modernist architecture in Japan Tensile membrane structures Basketball venues in Japan Volleyball venues in Japan Buildings and structures in Shibuya Olympic swimming venues Olympic handball venues Boxing venues in Japan Badminton venues Badminton in Japan Judo venues Sports venues completed in 1964 Tokyo Apache Handball venues in Japan Kenzo Tange buildings 1964 establishments in Japan Suspended structures

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