is an
indoor sporting arena in located in
Ariake,
Kōtō
is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632, and a population density of 12,170 persons per km². The total area ...
,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
,
Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000 and is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a
retractable roof
A retractable roof is a roof system designed to roll back the roof of a structure so that the interior of the facility is open to the outdoors. Retractable roofs are sometimes referred to as operable roofs or retractable skylights. The term op ...
.
Events
The arena is used as the center court for the
Japan Open and the
Pan Pacific Open, held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park.
This venue will also host
Road FC 24, instead of
Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The venue also hosted the
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
events for the
2020 Summer Olympics.
In 1995, Fuji TV's hit cooking show ''
Iron Chef'' held its 1995 World Cup there, with the court converted into an outdoor version of Kitchen Stadium. Iron Chef Japanese
Rokusaburo Michiba
is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Japanese Iron Chef on the television series '' Iron Chef''. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996. After his retirement as ...
won the four-person single elimination tournament to determine the best chef in the world, with the other participants being
Pierre Gagnaire, Gianfranco Vissani and Xu Cheng.
This was also the homeground arena for
Pro Wrestling NOAH from the year 2000 with destiny 2000, since then they have been doing shows till 2015
See also
*
List of tennis stadiums by capacity
References
External links
1987 establishments in Japan
Sports venues in Tokyo
Indoor arenas in Japan
Tennis venues in Japan
Basketball venues in Japan
Volleyball venues in Japan
Boxing venues in Japan
Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis venues
Retractable-roof stadiums in Japan
Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo
Sports venues completed in 1987
Tokyo Apache
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