Kumagaya Rugby Stadium
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium is a stadium in Kumagaya, Japan that opened in 1990. Its recorded capacity is 25,600.
Key facts
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium is a stadium in Kumagaya, Japan that opened in 1990. Its recorded capacity is 25,600. It is owned by Saitama Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture. It is operated by Panasonic and Saitama Prefecture. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Japan Rugby League One:, Others, National High School Rugby Tournament, Saiatama Panasonic Wild Knights, 2019 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- Kumagaya, Japan
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 25,600
- Opened
- 1990
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium is at latitude 36.168259, longitude 139.402453, in Kumagaya, 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 | 36.168259 |
| Longitude | 139.402453 |
| City | Kumagaya |
| Region | Kumagaya |
| Country | Japan |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Saitama Prefecture | 1990 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Saitama Prefecture | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Saitama Prefecture | 1990 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Panasonic | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Rugby League One: | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Others | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| National High School Rugby Tournament | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Saiatama Panasonic Wild Knights | Not mapped | 1990 to present | Current | Source |
| 2019 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1990 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 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 | 1466 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Saitama Wild Knights | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33730 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33730 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2066 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372211671 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Kumagaya_Rugby_Ground | Kumagaya Rugby Ground | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19479 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19478 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19477 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19476 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19475 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7764 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7763 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7762 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7761 | 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: