Sports in Tokyo

Tokyo is home to two professional baseball clubs, the Yakult Swallows (Meiji-Jingu Stadium) and Yomiuri Giants (Tokyo Dome).

The Japan Sumo Association is also headquartered in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan sumo arena where three official sumo tournaments are held annually (in January, May, and September).

Football (soccer) clubs in Tokyo include FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy 1969, both of which play at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu.

Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. National Stadium, also known as Olympic Stadium, Tokyo is host to a number of international sporting events. With a number of world-class sports venues, Tokyo often hosts national and international sporting events such as tennis tournaments, swim meets, marathons, American football exhibition games, judo, karate, etc.

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Sendagaya, Shibuya, is a large sports complex that includes pools, training rooms, and a large indoor arena.

ports teams in Tokyo

Football (soccer)

* F.C. Tokyo
* Tokyo Verdy 1969
* Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. (Kōtō)
* Yokogawa Musashino F.C. (Musashino)

Baseball

* Yomiuri Giants
* Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Ice Hockey

* Seibu Prince Rabbits (Nishitōkyō)

Basketball

* Tokyo Apache (Ariake Coliseum)

Volleyball

* NEC Blue Rockets (Fuchū)

Rugby

* Ricoh Black Rams (Setagaya)
* Suntory Sungoliath (Fuchū)
* Toshiba Brave Lupus (Fuchū)

Tennis

Tokyo hosts one of the ten prestigious Tier I tournaments on the women's tennis tour (WTA) and it takes place in September after the US Open. Tokyo also hosts a tennis event on the men's ATP tour.

Olympics

Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the first modern olympiad held in Asia. Tokyo is also bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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