It hosted the Brazil–Turkey semi-final on 26 June 2002, in front of 61,058 spectators.
Work began on 25 February 1997 and the structure was completed on 31 July 2001, opening officially on 6 October with a ceremony attended by about 106,000 people over two days. It hosted four matches of the 2002 World Cup (England–Sweden, Japan–Belgium, Cameroon–Saudi Arabia and the Brazil–Turkey semi-final) and today it is the home of the Urawa Red Diamonds. It is commonly described as the largest football-only stadium in Asia, with a capacity most often given as around 63,700 seats (sources on the exact capacity differ: the stadium's official website describes an initial design for 40,000 seats, expanded to 60,000 in 1994, before the final configuration).
The largest football-only stadium in Asia, built for the 2002 World Cup and home of the Urawa Red Diamonds.
ℹ️ Reference station: Urawa-Misono, on the Saitama Rapid Railway, about 15 minutes on foot.
🚉 Urawa-misono · 22 min walk
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It appears in the series and was also a filming location for the live-action adaptation. It is the stadium of the Saitama Prefecture high school championship final in the first episode, the match lost by Isagi Yōichi that opens the whole story; the same scene was later filmed here too for the 2026 live-action film, with the stadium reserved.
Sources: ajin-movie.com · anitabi.jp · stadium2002.com
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