Makuhari Messe

Notable events

On 14–15 June 1997, the first official Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament was held here.

On 31 July 1999, rock band GLAY held Glay Expo '99 Survival in the venue's parking lot. The concert garnered a total audience of 200,000 people, making it the largest-ticketed concert ever held by a single act at the time, as certified by the Guinness World Records.

From 19 to 21 July 2008, Lucasfilm presented a Star Wars Celebration Japan event at the venue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Japanese premiere of Star Wars. Another Star Wars Celebration was held at the venue from 18 to 20 April 2025.

The "Jack in the Box 2009 Summer" convention was held here on 15 August 2009, where numerous well-known acts performed, including the reunion performance of influential metal band Dead End.

It was scheduled to host the Anime Contents Expo, hosted by the Comic-10 Shakai in March 2011 to counter the Tokyo International Anime Fair as part of their boycott of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under Governor Shintarō Ishihara, but both events were cancelled after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The first Anime Contents Expo was held on 31 March and 1 April 2012, and was visited by 42,000 people.

The heavy metal annual festival tour Ozzfest took place here on 11–12 May 2013. This was the festival's first appearance in Japan.

Kawaii metal band Babymetal has played a number of concerts here including the Legend 1997 show on 21 December 2013 for singer Su-metal's 16th birthday, which was recorded for live DVD. On their 2015 World Tour, they would again play here and release the performance on live DVD as part of the Trilogy: Metal Resistance Episode III – Apocalypse limited edition DVD set available only to members of "The One".

Ariana Grande played three shows at the arena for her 2017 Dangerous Woman Tour performing to over 52,000 people.

Makuhari Messe became the venue for four sports during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The sports of fencing, taekwondo, karate, and wrestling were originally to be staged at Tokyo Big Sight. This move was a part of cost-cutting measures implemented by the organisers. Karate has since been moved to the Nippon Budokan. Assigned halls for the Games are:

• Hall A: For the Olympic Games, taekwondo and wrestling; then for the Paralympic Games, sitting volleyball;
• Hall B: For the Olympic Games, fencing; then for the Paralympic Games, taekwondo and wheelchair fencing;
• Hall C: For the Paralympic Games, goalball.

On 5-6 July 2025, Jin will perform in Hall 4-6 as part of his RunSeokjin Ep. Tour.

Gallery

File:Jrb_20081129_Makuhari_Messe_chiba_japan_003.jpg|Makuhari Messe Event Hall File:Makuharimesse_Facility-Conference.jpg|International Conference Hall of Makuhari Messe File:Jrb_20081129_Makuhari_Messe_chiba_japan_002.jpg|Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 9 - 11 Hall (From Makuhari Event Hall side). File:Jrb_20081129_Makuhari_Messe_chiba_japan_001.jpg|Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1 - 8 Hall (From Chiba Marine Stadium side). File:Tms2007_01.jpg|Tokyo Motor Show (2007) File:Sega_booth,_Tokyo_Game_Show_20040926b.jpg|Tokyo Game Show (2004) File:Makuhari Event Hall 2023.jpg|Interior of Makuhari Event Hall before a live event of Aqours

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