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| Location | 3, Koraku 1-chome,Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Owner | Tokyo Dome Corporation[a] (Mitsui Fudosan (80%) andThe Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (20%)) |
| Capacity | 42,000–55,000 (events)[4] 45,600 (baseball)[5] |
| Field size | Facility Capacity Area[6] Site: 112,456 m2 (27.788 acres)  |
| Surface | AstroTurf (1988–2002) FieldTurf (2003–present) |
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| Opened | March 17, 1988 |
| Architect | Nikken Sekkei,Takenaka Corporation[1] |
| Builder | Takenaka Corporation[1] |
| Structural engineer | Nikken Sekkei,[2]Geiger Engineers |
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| Yomiuri Giants (NPB) (1988–present) Nippon-Ham Fighters (NPB) (1988–2003)[3] | |
Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム,Tōkyō Dōmu) is an indoorstadium inBunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as abaseball stadium following its predecessor,Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome."
Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to Korakuen Stadium and theKoishikawa-Kōrakuen garden. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000.[7][3][8][9]
Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".[10] Its dome-shaped roof is anair-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the stadium[11] with 150,000 m3/hour[12] using independent blowers.[13] It was developed byNikken Sekkei andTakenaka Corporation,[1] and modeled after theHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.[10]
It is the home field of theYomiuri Giantsbaseball team. On March 18, 1988, the day after Tokyo Dome opened, the Yomiuri Giants held a game which was the first event in Tokyo Dome.[14] The Yomiuri Giants host about 70 games a year at their home stadium, Tokyo Dome, and otherNippon Professional Baseball teams sometimes host several games a year at Tokyo Dome. If the Yomiuri Giants advance to theClimax Series or theJapan Series, additional games will be held at Tokyo Dome.Interleague play, in which the Yomiuri Giants participate, will also be held at Tokyo Dome. In 2021, theTokyo Yakult Swallows advanced to the Japan Series, but they held the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome instead of their home stadium,Meiji Jingu Stadium. This was because the Japan Series had to be rescheduled due to the spread ofCOVID-19 infectious disease, and the dates overlapped with the game days of amateur baseball tournaments at Meiji Jingu Stadium.[15][16][17] Tokyo Dome is also the location of theJapanese Baseball Hall of Fame which chronicles the history ofbaseball in Japan.[18]
It has also hosted international baseball tournaments such as theWorld Baseball Classic andWBSC Premier12,Major League Baseball,music concerts,basketball,American football, andassociation football games, as well aspuroresu (pro-wrestling) matches,mixed martial arts events,kickboxing events, andmonster truck races. It became the first Japanese venue with an American football attendance above 50,000.[19]
Tokyo Dome is part of a greater entertainment complex known asTokyo Dome City, built of the grounds of the formerTokyo Koishikawa Arsenal. Tokyo Dome City includes anamusement park and Tokyo Dome City Attractions (formerly Kōrakuen Grounds). This amusement park occupies the former Korakuen Stadium site and includes aroller coaster namedThunder Dolphin and a hublessFerris wheel. The grounds also have anonsen called Spa LaQua, various shops, restaurants, video game centers, the largestJRA WINS horse race betting complex in Tokyo, andOft Korakuen, which caters to rural horse races.
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Tokyo Dome has been selected as one of the baseball stadiums to host international baseball tournaments since the 2000s. Tokyo Dome has been selected to host all sixWorld Baseball Classics through 2026. It has also been selected three times to host theWBSC Premier 12 finals.
Tokyo Dome has held variousMajor League Baseball games to open the seasons, with the first series—a two-game slate between theChicago Cubs andNew York Mets in2000—being the first time American MLB teams have played regular season games in Asia. Four years later, theNew York Yankees, featuring formerYomiuri Giants slugger/outfielderHideki Matsui in their lineup, and theTampa Bay Devil Rays played two games in the stadium to start the2004 season. TheBoston Red Sox and theOakland Athletics opened the 2008 MLB season in Japan, and also competed against Japanese teams.[20][21] To open the2012 season theSeattle Mariners and the Athletics, the former of which hadIchiro Suzuki, played a two-game series on March 28–29. In game one Seattle – led by Ichiro's 4 hits – won 3–1 in 11 innings.[22] The Mariners and Athletics returned to Tokyo Dome for a two-game series to begin the2019 Major League Baseball season, with Ichiro retiring from professional baseball after the second game.[23][24] On July 18, 2024, Major League Baseball announced that the 2025 MLB season will open witha two game series March 18-19 at Tokyo Dome between theLos Angeles Dodgers and theChicago Cubs.[25]
| Date | Winning Team | Result | Losing Team | Attendance |
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| March 29, 2000 | Chicago Cubs | 5–3 | New York Mets | 55,000 |
| March 30, 2000 | New York Mets | 5–1 | Chicago Cubs | 55,000 |
| March 30, 2004 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 8–3 | New York Yankees | 55,000 |
| March 31, 2004 | New York Yankees | 12–1 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55,000 |
| March 25, 2008 | Boston Red Sox | 6–5 | Oakland Athletics | 44,628 |
| March 26, 2008 | Oakland Athletics | 5–1 | Boston Red Sox | 44,735 |
| March 28, 2012 | Seattle Mariners | 3–1 | Oakland Athletics | 44,227 |
| March 29, 2012 | Oakland Athletics | 4–1 | Seattle Mariners | 43,391 |
| March 20, 2019 | Seattle Mariners | 9–7 | Oakland Athletics | 45,787 |
| March 21, 2019 | Seattle Mariners | 5–4 | Oakland Athletics | 46,451 |
| March 18, 2025 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4–1 | Chicago Cubs | 42,365 |
| March 19, 2025 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 6–3 | Chicago Cubs | 42,367 |
The Tokyo Dome Corporation publishes a list of singers and music groups that have performed since its opening in 1988.The Alfee held its first concert at Tokyo Dome on March 19, 1988, and March 20, two days after the dome opened. On March 22, 1988, and March 23,Mick Jagger became the first non-Japanese artist to perform at Tokyo Dome.[26]
Concerts have been held at Tokyo Dome for several dozen days each year since its opening, mainly by Japanese singers and music groups. According to official statistics from its opening in 1988 to December 2024,KinKi Kids held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 66 days, followed byArashi for 58 days andKanjani Eight (Super Eight) for 44 days. All of them were male idol groups fromJohnny & Associates. Among non-Japanese,TVXQ held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 30 days, followed byThe Rolling Stones for 28 days and followed byMichael Jackson andPaul McCartney for 21 days.[26]
Michael Jackson performed there on his three tours. As part of the second leg of hisBad World Tour, he performed at the Tokyo Big Egg on December 9-11, 17-19, and 24-26, 1988. In Jackson’s next tour, theDangerous World Tour, he performed on the stadium during the first leg, on December 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 30 and 31, 1992. On his final tourHIStory World Tour, he performed on multiple dates at the stadium last time, on December 13, 15, 17 and 20, 1996.
Janet Jackson played 4 shows on May 17 and 18, November 6 and 7, 1990 during herRhythm Nation World Tour. She returned for theJanet World Tour on March 29 and 30, 1994 and herAll for You Tour on January 17 and 18, 2002.
Guns N' Roses performed there on February 19, 20 and 22 1992 and January 12, 14 and 15 1993 during theirUse Your Illusion Tour, then again on December 19, 2009 during theirChinese Democracy tour.
Madonna played 5 shows on 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 December 1993 which concluded her tourThe Girlie Show. She also held 2 concerts on 20 and 21 September 2006 as part of theConfessions Tour.
Mariah Carey performed there for the first time on herDaydream World Tour, on the 7, 10 and 14 of March in 1996, bringing in a total of 150,000 people with the 3 dates, she obtained the record for best-selling tickets in less than 1 hour. In 1998, the singer returned to Japan on herButterfly World Tour, where she broke her old record, this time selling out 200,000 tickets in less than 1 hour, there were 4 shows, on January 11, 14, 17 and 20. She would return to the stadium for two shows in 2000 with herRainbow World Tour.
Whitney Houston played two shows on May 13 and 14, 1997 during herPacific Rim Tour.
Celine Dion has performed five shows at the Dome. She performed on January 31 and February 1, 1999 as part of herLet's Talk About Love World Tour; March 8 and 9, 2008 as part of herTaking Chances World Tour; and June 26, 2018 as part of herLive 2018 tour. Dion was scheduled to perform two shows on November 18 and 19, 2014 as part of herAsia Tour, but the shows were cancelled.
Beyoncé kicked off the first show on her third concert tourThe Beyoncé Experience on 10 April 2007.[27]
Coldplay have played the venue three times; first on April 19 2017 during theirA Head Full of Dreams Tour, and further two times on 6 and 7 November 2023 during theirMusic of the Spheres World Tour.
Taylor Swift opened her1989 World Tour at the venue with two concerts on 5 and 6 May, 2015, and she played 2 more shows on 20 and 21 November 2018 as part of theReputation Stadium Tour. She also played 4 consecutive concerts on 7-10 February 2024 forThe Eras Tour.
Bruno Mars performed three concerts in October 2022 and returned for seven more concerts in January 2024, as part of his2022-24 tour, becoming the biggest shows in Japan by an international act in the 21st century.[28]
Be:First are set to perform 2 shows on 2 and 3 March, 2024. Be:First Live in Dome 2024 "Mainstream - Masterplan" is Be:First’s first live dome tour along with 2 shows at theKyocera Dome in April 2024.
Oasis are set to perform 2 shows on 25 & 26 October 2025, as part of theirLive '25 reunion tour.
Blackpink will perform 3 shows on 16, 17, and 18 January 2026 as part of theirBlackpink 2025 World Tour.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has held aprofessional wrestling event at Tokyo Dome, currently titledWrestle Kingdom, on January 4 of each year, since 1992. The event expanded in2020 to two nights, with the second night on January 5; the event went back to one night in2024. The event is the biggest inJapanese professional wrestling, and has been compared toWWE's flagship U.S. eventWrestleMania in terms of size and significance.[29] Other companies such asAll Japan Pro Wrestling,Universal Wrestling Federation,Pro Wrestling Noah, andWWE had previously held major events in Tokyo Dome as well.
On June 30, 2024, it was announced thatAll Elite Wrestling, NJPW,Ring of Honor,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, andStardom would all be part of a cross-promotional pay-per-view event calledWrestle Dynasty, which took place on January 5, 2025, one day afterWrestle Kingdom 19.[30]
The final round of theK-1 World Grand Prix kickboxing tournament was held at Tokyo Dome from 1997 to 2006.
Tokyo Dome hosted sevenPride FC mixed martial arts fights:Pride 1, Pride 4,Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round,Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals,Pride 17,Pride 23, andPride Final Conflict 2003. The last event had an attendance of 67,451.
As part of theAmerican Bowl, Tokyo Dome held 13National Football League preseason games between 1989 and 2005.[31] In the 1996 game between theSan Diego Chargers andPittsburgh Steelers, three Japanese linebackers – Takuro Abe, Shigemasa Ito, and Takahiro Ikenoue of theWorld League of American Football – became the first Japanese players to participate in an NFL game; Abe and Ito sporadically appeared onspecial teams for the Chargers, while Ikenoue was part of the Steelers' defense.[32]
| Date | Winning Team | Result | Losing Team | Attendance |
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| August 6, 1989 | Los Angeles Rams | 16–13 (OT) | San Francisco 49ers | 43,896 |
| August 5, 1990 | Denver Broncos | 10–7 | Seattle Seahawks | 48,827 |
| August 4, 1991 | Miami Dolphins | 19–17 | Los Angeles Raiders | - |
| August 2, 1992 | Houston Oilers | 34–23 | Dallas Cowboys | - |
| August 1, 1993 | New Orleans Saints | 28–16 | Philadelphia Eagles | - |
| August 7, 1994 | Minnesota Vikings | 17–9 | Kansas City Chiefs | 49,555 |
| August 6, 1995 | Denver Broncos | 24–10 | San Francisco 49ers | - |
| July 28, 1996 | San Diego Chargers | 20–10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | - |
| August 2, 1998 | Green Bay Packers | 27–24 (OT) | Kansas City Chiefs | 42,018 |
| August 6, 2000 | Atlanta Falcons | 27–24 | Dallas Cowboys | - |
| August 2, 2003 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 30–14 | New York Jets | - |
| August 6, 2005 | Atlanta Falcons | 27–21 | Indianapolis Colts | 45,203 |
College football was played 17 straight years in Tokyo, including six years at Tokyo Dome, through theCoca-Cola Classic. In December 1993, theWisconsin Badgers clinched theBig Ten college football championship and a berth to their firstRose Bowl in 31 years by defeating theMichigan State Spartans 41-20 in the last Coca-Cola Classic, before nearly 52,000 at Tokyo Dome.[33] Ironically, the game was moved from Camp Randall Stadium in Madison so the Badgers' seniors would get their opportunity to enjoy a bowl game atmosphere.
Tokyo Dome is also the regular home for championship matches for Japan's domestic American football leagues, including the professionalX-League'sJapan X Bowl andRice Bowl.
The first of four "Kick Aids" charity matches was held on April 22, 1988.[34] Pele All-Stars defeated Japan Senior All-Stars 2-0 despitePele not playing in the match due to a minor injury. Over 48,000 spectators came to the match with ¥8,000,000 raised and went to the Japan Aids Foundation.[35]
In 1993,Aston Villa playedVerdy Kawasaki in a friendly match.
In 1989, theUnited States Hot Rod Association hosted one of the first monster truck rallies outsideNorth America at Tokyo Dome.
On February 26, 2023, Japanesefigure skater andtwo-time Olympic champion,Yuzuru Hanyu, held a soloice show titledGift at Tokyo Dome.[36][37] His show marked the first time that anice rink was set up at the multipurpose venue,[38] matching the size of anOlympic ice rink with 60 m × 30 m.[37] The show was directed by Hanyu himself in collaboration with Japanese choreographerMikiko and performed live with theTokyo Philharmonic Orchestra among others,[36][37] having set a new audience record for ice shows with 35,000 spectators.[39] On July 14, 2023, the event was distributed by the American subscription channelDisney+ worldwide.[40]
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