International baseball tournaments and Major League Baseball Tokyo Dome has been selected as one of the baseball stadiums to host international baseball tournaments since the 2000s. Tokyo Dome has been selected to host all six
World Baseball Classics through 2026. It has also been selected three times to host the
WBSC Premier 12 finals. Tokyo Dome has held various
Major League Baseball games to open the seasons, with the first series—a two-game slate between the
Chicago Cubs and
New York Mets in
2000—being the first time American MLB teams have played regular season games in Asia. Four years later, the
New York Yankees, featuring former
Yomiuri Giants slugger/outfielder
Hideki Matsui in their lineup, and the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays played two games in the stadium to start the
2004 season. The
Boston Red Sox and the
Oakland Athletics opened the 2008 MLB season in Japan, and also competed against Japanese teams. To open the
2012 season the
Seattle Mariners and the Athletics, the former of which had
Ichiro Suzuki, played a two-game series on March 28–29. In game one Seattle – led by Ichiro's 4 hits – won 3–1 in 11 innings. The Mariners and Athletics returned to Tokyo Dome for a two-game series to begin the
2019 Major League Baseball season, with Ichiro retiring from professional baseball after the second game. On July 18, 2024, Major League Baseball announced that the 2025 MLB season opened with
a two game series March 18–19 at Tokyo Dome between the
Los Angeles Dodgers and the
Chicago Cubs.
Concerts The Tokyo Dome Corporation publishes a list of singers and music groups that have performed since its opening in 1988.
The Alfee held its first concert at Tokyo Dome on March 19 and 20, 1988, two days after the dome opened. On March 22 and 23, 1988,
Mick Jagger became the first non-Japanese artist to perform at Tokyo Dome. Concerts have been held at Tokyo Dome for several dozen days each year since its opening, mainly by Japanese singers and music groups. According to official statistics from its opening in 1988 to December 2025,
KinKi Kids (now Domoto) held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 71 days, followed by
Arashi for 58 days and
Kanjani Eight (Super Eight) for 47 days. All of them were male idol groups from
Johnny & Associates. For rock band category,
B'z held the most concerts at Tokyo Dome for 23 days, followed by
L'Arc-en-Ciel for 20 days and
Mr. Children for 19 days. Among non-Japanese, Korean K-pop Group
TVXQ held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 33 days, followed by
The Rolling Stones for 28 days and followed by
Michael Jackson and
Paul McCartney for 21 days.
BiSH performed their final show before disbandment on June 29, 2023
Coldplay have played the venue three times; first on 19 April 2017 during their
A Head Full of Dreams Tour, and further two times on 6 and 7 November 2023 during their
Music of the Spheres World Tour.
Taylor Swift opened her
1989 World Tour at the venue with two concerts on 5 and 6 May 2015, and she played two more shows on 20 and 21 November 2018 as part of the
Reputation Stadium Tour. She also played four consecutive concerts on 7–10 February 2024 for
The Eras Tour.
Bruno Mars performed three concerts in October 2022 and returned for seven more concerts in January 2024, as part of his
2022-24 tour, becoming the biggest shows in Japan by an international act in the 21st century.
G-Dragon performed two shows on May 10 and 11, 2025, as part of his
Übermensch World Tour.
Twice performed two shows on September 16 and 17, 2025, as part of their
This Is For World Tour.
Oasis performed two shows on October 25 and 26 2025, as part of their
Live '25 reunion tour.
Ado performed two shows on November 11 and 12, 2025, as part of her first-ever dome tour, Ado DOME TOUR 2025 "Yodaka".
Blackpink have performed three shows on 16, 17, and 18 January 2026 as part of their
Deadline World Tour.
Lady Gaga has performed four shows on 25, 26, 29 and 30 January 2026 as part of her
The Mayhem Ball.
Professional wrestling New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has held a
professional wrestling event at Tokyo Dome, currently titled
Wrestle Kingdom, on January 4 of each year, since 1992. The event expanded in
2020 to two nights, with the second night on January 5; the event went back to one night in
2024. The event is the biggest in
Japanese professional wrestling, and has been compared to
WWE's flagship U.S. event
WrestleMania in terms of size and significance. Other companies such as
All Japan Pro Wrestling,
Universal Wrestling Federation,
Pro Wrestling Noah, and
WWE had previously held major events in Tokyo Dome as well. On 30 June 2024, it was announced that
All Elite Wrestling, NJPW,
Ring of Honor,
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, and
Stardom would all be part of a cross-promotional pay-per-view event called
Wrestle Dynasty, which took place on 5 January 2025, one day after
Wrestle Kingdom 19.
Boxing • In
boxing,
Mike Tyson fought twice in Tokyo Dome — a successful undisputed
title defense against
Tony Tubbs in 1988, and in a loss considered to be
one of the biggest upsets in sports history to
James "Buster" Douglas in 1990. • After 34 years on 6 May 2024, Tokyo Dome hosted the fight between
Naoya Inoue vs.
Luis Nery for the Undisputed Super Bantamweight Championship in which Inoue successfully defended the title by a 6th Round knockout.
Kickboxing The final round of the
K-1 World Grand Prix kickboxing tournament was held at Tokyo Dome from 1997 to 2006.
Mixed martial arts Tokyo Dome hosted seven
Pride FC mixed martial arts fights:
Pride 1, Pride 4,
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round,
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals,
Pride 17,
Pride 23, and
Pride Final Conflict 2003. The last event had an attendance of 67,451.
American football As part of the
American Bowl, Tokyo Dome held 13
National Football League preseason games between 1989 and 2005. In the 1996 game between the
San Diego Chargers and
Pittsburgh Steelers, three Japanese linebackers – Takuro Abe, Shigemasa Ito, and Takahiro Ikenoue of the
World League of American Football – became the first Japanese players to participate in an NFL game; Abe and Ito sporadically appeared on
special teams for the Chargers, while Ikenoue was part of the Steelers' defense. College football was played 17 straight years in Tokyo, including six years at Tokyo Dome, through the
Coca-Cola Classic. In December 1993, the
Wisconsin Badgers clinched the
Big Ten college football championship and a berth to their first
Rose Bowl in 31 years by defeating the
Michigan State Spartans 41-20 in the last Coca-Cola Classic, before nearly 52,000 at Tokyo Dome. Ironically, the game was moved from Camp Randall Stadium in Madison so the Badgers' seniors would get their opportunity to enjoy a bowl game atmosphere. Tokyo Dome is also the regular home for championship matches for Japan's domestic American football leagues, including the professional
X-League's
Japan X Bowl and
Rice Bowl.
Association football The first of four "Kick Aids" charity matches was held on 22 April 1988. Pele All-Stars defeated Japan Senior All-Stars 2-0 despite
Pele not playing in the match due to a minor injury. Over 48,000 spectators came to the match with ¥8,000,000 raised and went to the Japan Aids Foundation. In 1993,
Aston Villa played
Verdy Kawasaki in a friendly match.
Monster truck rallies In 1989, the
United States Hot Rod Association hosted one of the first monster truck rallies outside
North America at Tokyo Dome.
Figure skating On 26 February 2023, Japanese
figure skater and
two-time Olympic champion,
Yuzuru Hanyu, held a solo
ice show titled
Gift at Tokyo Dome. His show marked the first time that an
ice rink was set up at the multipurpose venue, matching the size of an
Olympic ice rink with 60m× 30m. On 14 July 2023, the event was distributed by the American subscription channel
Disney+ worldwide. ==Attendances==