Koshien Stadium
Koshien Stadium is a stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan that opened in 1924. Its recorded capacity is 60,000.
Key facts
Koshien Stadium is a stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan that opened in 1924. Its recorded capacity is 60,000. It is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway. It is operated by Hanshin Tigers and Hanshin Engei Co. and Hanshin Electric Railway. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Hanshin Tigers, National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament –, Hanshin Tigers Baseball Club,Ltd., Hanshin Tigers, 2024 Hanshin Tigers season, 2025 Hanshin Tigers season, 2026 Hanshin Tigers season.
- Location
- Nishinomiya, Japan
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 60,000
- Opened
- 1924
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Hanshin Electric Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Koshien Stadium is at latitude 34.721389, longitude 135.361667, in Nishinomiya, Japan. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 34.721389 |
| Longitude | 135.361667 |
| City | Nishinomiya |
| Region | Nishinomiya |
| Country | Japan |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikidata statement | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Koshien Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Koshien Large Sports Field (1924–) (no sponsor) ran Present. Koshien Stadium (–1964) (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Hanshin Electric Railway | 1924 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Hanshin Electric Railway | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Hanshin Electric Railway | 1924 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Hanshin Tigers | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Hanshin Engei Co. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin Tigers | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament – | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Hanshin Tigers Baseball Club,Ltd. | Not mapped | 1924 to present | Current | Source |
| Hanshin Tigers | Not mapped | 1924 to present | Current | Source |
| 2024 Hanshin Tigers season | Not mapped | 1924 to present | Current | Source |
| 2025 Hanshin Tigers season | Not mapped | 1924 to present | Current | Source |
| 2026 Hanshin Tigers season | Not mapped | 1924 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
17 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3543 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Koshien Stadium (–1964) | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Koshien Large Sports Field (1924–) | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43764 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43763 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43762 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43761 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43760 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41631 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41630 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41629 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41628 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41627 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41626 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41625 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374217766 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Koshien_Stadium | Koshien Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: