- Sports in Tokyo
Tokyo is home to two professional
baseball clubs, theYakult Swallows (Meiji-Jingu Stadium ) andYomiuri Giants (Tokyo Dome ).The
Japan Sumo Association is also headquartered in Tokyo at theRyōgoku Kokugikan sumo arena where three officialsumo tournaments are held annually (in January, May, and September).Football (soccer) clubs in Tokyo includeFC Tokyo andTokyo Verdy 1969 , both of which play atAjinomoto Stadium in Chōfu.Tokyo hosted the
1964 Summer Olympics . National Stadium, also known asOlympic 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)
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F.C. Tokyo
*Tokyo Verdy 1969
*Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. (Kōtō)
*Yokogawa Musashino F.C. (Musashino)Baseball
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Yomiuri Giants
*Tokyo Yakult Swallows Ice Hockey
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Seibu Prince Rabbits (Nishitōkyō)Basketball
* Tokyo Apache (
Ariake Coliseum )Volleyball
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NEC Blue Rockets (Fuchū)Rugby
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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 inAsia . Tokyo is also bidding for the2016 Summer Olympics .ee also
References
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