is a

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Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the List of cities in Japan, eight ...

, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1952 and had a capacity of 30,000 people, but was demolished and rebuilt in 2003 as an American football venue and is now the home of the

Fujitsu Frontiers The Fujitsu Frontiers are an American football team located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League. Team history *1985 Team was founded by the Fujitsu Group. *1986 Promoted from X2 to X1. *1992 Pearl Bowl runner-up * ...

of the X-League. In its first incarnation, it was primarily used for

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and was home of the

Taiyo Whales The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...

until they moved to

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in 1977 and became the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. It was also home to the

Takahashi Unions The were a Japanese team in Nippon Professional Baseball. A Pacific League expansion team in 1954, they were brought into the league to increase the number of teams to eight. The team was stocked with players from the other Pacific League teams, i ...

from 1954 to 1956, before they became the Daiei Unions, and the

Lotte Orions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

before they moved to

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in 1992 and became the Chiba Lotte Marines. The venue was used by

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for its annual Anniversary Show from 1991 to 1997 until it was demolished in 1998. FMW returned for one more show in 2001.

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Sports venues completed in 1952 Defunct baseball venues in Japan American football venues in Japan Sports venues in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Defunct sports venues in Japan 1952 establishments in Japan {{Japan-baseball-venue-stub