or Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocari Sweat Stadium ( ja, 鳴門・大塚スポーツパークポカリスエットスタジアム) is a

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Naruto, Tokushima is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 54,989 in 26,206 households and a population density of 410 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Naruto is located in the northea ...

, Japan. The stadium is named after

Pocari Sweat , Pokari Suetto is a Japanese sports drink, manufactured by Otsuka Pharmaceutical. It was launched in 1980, and is mostly well known across Asia and the Middle East; it is also available in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Mexico. Poca ...

. Its original name was ''Tokushima Naruto Stadium'' ( ja, 徳島県鳴門総合運動公園陸上競技場), which was renamed by the

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Otsuka Pharmaceutical (), abbreviated OPC, is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Osaka and Naruto, Japan. The company was established August 10, 1964. History OPC's parent company Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. joined the Tokyo Stock Exchange through an ini ...

and after its product

. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of

Tokushima Vortis is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J2 League. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. Their home stadium is Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocari Sweat Stadium, in Naruto, Tokushima. The name, "Vorti ...

. The stadium holds 17,924 people since the most recent renovation works.

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* Football venues in Japan Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Rugby union stadiums in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Tokushima Vortis Sports venues in Tokushima Prefecture Naruto, Tokushima Sports venues completed in 1971 1971 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sports-venue-stub