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Nagai Stadium

Building in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Field	Value
name	Nagai Stadium
Yanmar Stadium Nagai
image	Nagai stadium20040717.jpg
image_size	270px
public_transit	JR West:
Hanwa Line at
Osaka Metro:
Midosuji Line at
former_names	Osaka Nagai Stadium (1964–2014)
location	Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
coordinates
opened
renovated	2007
expanded	1996
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
owner	Osaka City
operator	Waku Waku Park Project Team
surface	Grass (107 m x 71 m)
scoreboard	Yes
capacity	47,853
dimensions	105 x 68 m
tenants	Cerezo Osaka (1996–present)
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka (present)
website

Yanmar Stadium Nagai Hanwa Line at Osaka Metro: Midosuji Line at | mapframe-zoom = 15 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka (present) Nagai Stadium, a.k.a. the Yanmar Stadium Nagai for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,853. The rugby union club NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka use the venue for most of their home games.

History

When Nagai Stadium initially opened in 1964, its capacity was 23,000, and its opening event was a football match during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded to 50,000 in 1996 for the 52nd National Sports Festival of Japan in 1997.

The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Date	Res.	Round
12 June 2002	0–0	Group F
14 June 2002	0–2	Group H
22 June 2002	0–1 (asdet)	Quarter-finals

Nagai Stadium has been used many times for athletic competitions; it played host to the Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the venue for the annual Osaka Grand Prix athletics meeting which took place every May from 1996 to 2010, and again since 2018. In addition, the stadium is the starting and finishing point for the Osaka International Ladies Marathon, held annually in late January-early February.

Other than sports event, this venue also used as concert venue. In 2018 Nogizaka46 held a two days concert for their Summer Tour. K-Pop girl group TWICE played at the stadium on May 13th and 14th 2023 as part of their Ready to Be World Tour, and will return to play encore dates on July 13th and 14th 2024.

Access

Rail transit

It takes 3 minutes on foot from Tsurugaoka Station on JR-West Hanwa Line.
It takes 5 minutes on foot from Nagai Station on JR-West Hanwa Line and Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line.
It takes 20 minutes on foot from Harinakano Station on Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line.

Osaka City Bus

;Subway Nagai :*Route 4: Subway Suminoekoen – Subway Nagai – Deto Bus Terminal :*Route 24: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae – Subway Nagai – Minami-Nagai :*Route 40: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae – Subway Nagai – Deto Bus Terminal

;Nagaikoen-kitaguchi :*Route 54A: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae → Subway Abiko → Takaai Danchi-mae → Nagaikoen-kitaguchi → Subway Nishitanabe → Furitsu Sogo-iryo-center (General Medical Center) → Sumiyoshi Shako-mae :*Route 54B: Sumiyoshi Shako-mae → Furitsu Sogo-iryo-center (General Medical Center) → Subway Nishitanabe → Nagaikoen-kitaguchi → Takaai Danchi-mae → Subway Abiko → Sumiyoshi Shako-mae

References

FIFA.com 1964 Summer Olympics JPN-YUG results from the stadium. - accessed 14 August 2010.

References

"Osaka Nagai Park Management Project Launched to Enhance Appeal through Food, Sports, Art, and Learning". Yanmar.
(2022-07-14). "サブスペース｜ヤンマースタジアム".
Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=13687.html Day One of the East Asian Games]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.

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