Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
Kumamoto Athletics Stadium is a multi purpose in Kumamoto, Japan that opened in 1998. Its recorded capacity is 32,000.
Key facts
Kumamoto Athletics Stadium is a multi purpose in Kumamoto, Japan that opened in 1998. Its recorded capacity is 32,000. It is owned by Kumamoto Sports Promotion Agency and Kumamoto Prefecture. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Umakana-Yokana Stadium. Current tenants are Roasso Kumamoto, Roasso Kumamoto, 2019 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 32,000
- Opened
- 1998
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Kumamoto Sports Promotion Agency, Kumamoto Prefecture
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Kumamoto Athletics Stadium is at latitude 32.836944, longitude 130.8, in Kumamoto, 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 | 32.836944 |
| Longitude | 130.8 |
| City | Kumamoto |
| Region | Kumamoto |
| Country | Japan |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video board supplier | Mitsubishi Electric (Diamond Vision) | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Kumamoto Athletics Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Kumamoto Athletics Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1998 to 2013. Umakana-Yokana Stadium (no sponsor) ran 2013 to 2017. The average tenure of a name here is 9.5 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumamoto Athletics Stadium | None | 1998 to 2013 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Umakana-Yokana Stadium | None | 2013 to 2017 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Kumamoto Prefecture | 1995 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Kumamoto Sports Promotion Agency | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roasso Kumamoto | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Roasso Kumamoto | Not mapped | 1995 to present | Current | Source |
| 2019 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1995 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 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 | 3379 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3378 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Umakana-Yokana Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43149 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43148 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 39370 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 39369 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 39368 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1995 | 1998 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 30228 | 32000 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372084841 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Egao_Kenko_Stadium | Egao Kenko 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: