Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an

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located at

Yoyogi Park is a park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located adjacent to Harajuku Station and Meiji Shrine in Yoyogikamizonochō. The park is a popular Tokyo destination, especially on Sundays when it is used as a gathering place for Japanese rock music ...

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, Japan, which is famous for its

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roof design. Yoyogi_National_Gymnasium_Sign

It was designed by

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and built between 1961 and 1964 to house

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and

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events in the

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. A separate annex was used for the

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competition at those same games. It will also host

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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 1985 World Figure Skating Championships * 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

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and

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in October 1997. The NHL would return in 1998 and

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, each time with different teams. * 4 and 5 June 2001:

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performed for

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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

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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

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* 10 and 11 July (July 10 show is a night show, July 11 both noon and night shows) "Surprise wa Arimasen" by

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

. * 25 and 26 January 2011: ''

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'' by

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. * 17,18, 28, and 29 June 2011:

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performed four concerts in the gymnasium for their third stop of

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* 29 May 2014:

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performed their 25th anniversary concert. * 11 July 2014 - 13 July 2014:

performed a three day concert in the gymnasium for their last stop of the

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* 28 June 2015:

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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:

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performed in the first gymnasium as the last destination for their tour, "Starlight Link". * 12 February 2017:

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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:

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performed two sold-out concerts at the venue on her Britney: Live in Concert world tour. * 3 December 2019:

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Japan Showcase 2019 "Hi-Stay" * 18 and 19 June, 26 and 27 July 2022:

2nd World Tour "Maniac" in Japan * 31 August, 1, 3 and 4 September 2022:

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Live with U 2022 "Light It Up" * 10 and 11 September 2022:

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Japan 1st Concert Tour ~Life Goes On~ * 1 and 2 October 2022:

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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.

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