is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan.
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,
Miyagi,
Japan
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. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. It hosted preliminary round games for the
Basketball World Championship 2006, and is also the home arena of the
Sendai 89ers
The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS) are a Japanese professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the B.League. They are based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The team name is based on the city's founding year, 1889.
Current roster
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of the Japan professional basketball
B.League
The B.League is a men's professional basketball league in Japan. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affi ...
. In 1994 and 2004, it hosted the
Asian Basketball Championship for Women.
The gymnasium is also the site of international volleyball competitions, and in 2006 hosted the opening rounds of the
Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...
and
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...
international team badminton tournaments.
The venue is featured during seasons 1, 2, and 3 of the
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series ''
Haikyu!!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 volumes. The story f ...
''.
Access
Sendai Gymnasium is located near
Tomizawa Station of the
Sendai Subway
The is a rapid transit system in Sendai, Japan. It is operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. The subway consists of two lines, the north-south Namboku Line, which opened in July 1987, and the east-west Tozai Line, which opened ...
Nanboku Line.
Gallery
Image:2006-08-19 1442.jpg,
Image:Arena of the Kameiarena sendai.jpg,
Image:SendaiCityGymnasium.jpg,
Image:Kamei Arena Sendai.png, Satellite view
References
External links
Sendai Gymnasium promotional site for international eventsKamei Arena Sendai on Twitter
Indoor arenas in Japan
Basketball venues in Japan
Sports venues in Sendai
Boxing venues in Japan
Sports venues completed in 1984
Sendai 89ers
1984 establishments in Japan
Badminton venues
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