# 2026 Asian Para Games

The 2026 Asian Para Games (Japanese: 2026年アジアパラ競技大会, romanized: 2026-Nen ajiapara kyōgi taikai), also known as the 5th Asian Para Games and commonly known as Aichi-Nagoya 2026, will be a multi-sport event that parallel the 2026 Asian Games which will be held for Asian athletes with disabilities in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan from 18 to 24 October 2026. Nagoya will be the first Japanese city to host the Asian Para Games.

## Host city

As is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 29 March 2022, the Asian Paralympic Committee announced that Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan will host the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games after making a visit there in 2018. The city was previously awarded the 2026 Asian Games on 26 September 2016 by the Olympic Council of Asia.

## Development and preparation
### Venues

19 venues will be used.

#### Nagoya

| Venue | Sports | Capacity | Status |
| New Paloma Mizuho Stadium | Ceremonies, Athletics | 35,000 | Existing, replacement |
| Nippon Gaishi Hall | Boccia | 10,000 | Existing |
| Nippon Gaishi Hall | Swimming | 3,500 | Existing |
| Aichi International Arena | Wheelchair Basketball | 15,000 | New |
| Aichi Budokan | Judo | 1,500 | Existing |
| Paloma Mizuho Arena | Taekwondo | 1,200 | Existing |
| Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center | Wheelchair Tennis | 4,000 | Existing |
| Inae Sports Center | Wheelchair Fencing | 2,232 | Existing |
| Nagoya City Trade and Industry Centre | Powerlifting | | Existing |
| Tsuruma Park | Blind Football | | Temporary |

#### Aichi Prefecture

| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity | Status |
| Okazaki Central Park | Okazaki | Archery | | Temporary |
| Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium | Ichinomiya | Badminton | 2,000 | Existing |
| Wing Arena Kariya | Kariya | Wheelchair Rugby | 2,376 | Existing |
| Toyohashi City General Gymnasium | Toyohashi | Goalball | 3,000 | Existing |
| Aichi General Shooting Gallery | Toyota | Shooting | | Existing |
| Sky Hall Toyota | Toyota | Table Tennis | 6,500 | Existing |
| Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium | Okazaki | Sitting Volleyball | 4,673 | Existing |

#### Outlying venues
##### Shizuoka Prefecture

| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity | Status |
| Izu Velodrome | Izu | Cycling (track) | 3,600 | Existing |
| Japan Cycle Sports Center | Izu | Cycling (road) | | Existing |

## The Games
### Sports

18 sports in 19 disciplines are expected to he held.
* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Boccia
* Cycling
** Road
** Track
* Football 5-a-side
* Goalball
* Judo
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Sitting volleyball
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair fencing
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair tennis

## Marketing
### Emblem

The official emblem of the 2026 Asian Para Games, was unveiled on 25 December 2023. It incorporates shapes reminiscent of the Asian Games logo, but with its own unique identity, with few difference in the colors of the Asian Para Games flame and the Japanese flag.

### Motto

The official motto of the 2026 Asian Para Games, "Imagine One Heart" was unveiled on the same day as the emblem. Similar to the motto of the Asian Games, it symbolises how the Asian Para Games works to break down barriers between people, whether they have a disability or not, and shows that we have so much in common that unites us.

### Mascot

The Aichi Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games organising committee unveiled the event’s official mascot earlier this month to celebrate the two-year countdown until the start of the Games in Japan.
Uzumin, based on the words “Uzu” (whirlpool) and “Izumi” (spring), represents the hope that the athletes’ passion will converge like a “whirlwind” in Aichi-Nagoya, and that the emotion born there will emerge like a “spring” and spread throughout Asia.