TOKYO Sports Legacy Vision – outline
This vision shows how the accomplishments of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be
leveraged in the promotion and establishment of sports in the city. Tokyo will take every opportunity
to have the accomplishments of the Games lead to the realisation of Tokyo as a sports field.
1 Strategic utilisation of metropolitan sports facilities (PP3-14)
Utilise sports facilities enhanced through the opportunity of the Games to provide the citizens of Tokyo
with maximum value
 Maximum potential in place through a network of 18 metropolitan sports facilities
 Enhanced promotion of the venues (e.g. cross-venue joint promotion)
 Meet different types of needs (e.g. capabilities to organise competitions ofdifferent sizes)
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Promote sports in concerted efforts (e.g. sporting events under the overarchingconcept)
Three initiatives for the maximum use of each facility
Enhance utilisation as places for sports
Provide new experiences through the various uses
Collaborate with local facilities and communities
Diverse use of each facility, leveraging its own distinctive features
A wide range of sporting experiences, unique venues and entertainment

Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Barrier-free advanced(Tokyo MetropolitanGymnasium)

 Number of sporting competitions and other events have already beenscheduled at the new permanent venues (P13-14)
 Ariake Urban Sports Park (tentative naming) (P6)
Develop a site for urban sports utilising the temporary Games venues for
Skateboarding, Sport Climbing (boulder), 3x3 Basketball

Ariake Urban Sports Park
(tentative naming)

2 Attracting and hosting the international sports events (PP15-16)
 Attract diverse international sports events to Tokyo, energising the city through the dynamism of sports
 Meet the needs of competitions of various sizes and for a diversity of events through the strategic useof metropolitan sports facilities Support the efforts by national federations.
Expand the scope of support from just the Paralympic Games sports/disciplines to a wider range of Parasports.
 Provide opportunities for children and citizens of Tokyo to watch
high-level competitions and to feel the power of sports.

©Tokyo 2020 / Meg Oliphant Some international sports events scheduled in Tokyo (P16)
WMH Masters Hockey World Cup 2022 Tokyo (Oct. 2022, at the Oi Hockey Stadium etc.)
JUDO TOKYO GRAND SLAM (Dec. 2022, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
Asian Canoe Championships 2023 (Oct. 2023, at Sea Forest Waterway and Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre)

3 Expanding opportunities for sports practice to all parts of Tokyo (PP17-18)
Sports participation rate among Tokyo residents significantly raised: 39.2%(2007), 68.9%(2021)

 Transform the momentum for sports into the culture of ‘participating, watching and supporting’ sports.
 Expand the attractiveness of sports, centering on the events in which sports includingurban sports can be experienced and promotional campaigns such as sports months.
 Facilitate collaboration with companies and communities, through the engagement ofentreprises and support for the efforts of local municipalities.
 Creation of new points of contact with sports: promotional events in business districts, sports events
applying the digital transformation, and the cycling events or competitions, etc., in the convivial
atmosphere of local communities.
4 Promoting Para sports (PP19-22)
 Para sports coming into the spotlight with the Games. Promote initiatives through which everybody enjoys
events together and interacts through sports, regardless of an impairment, with a view to contributing toan inclusive society.
 More events to promote interaction through boccia and other Para sports for the promotion of Parasports.
 Opportunities to be provided for people with an impairment who have newly cultivated interests insports through the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games so that they can try Para sports in their community –facilitate participation in sports from the perspectives of health and joy.
 Promotion of sports for ‘everyone, anywhere, always’ through such efforts as communicatinginformation on barrier-free facilities and encouraging collaboration between sports, medical andeducation in the community.
 Tokyo Metropolitan Para Sports Training Center (tentative naming)(P6)
Opening scheduled for the end of FY2022
Refurbish the indoor facilities at the AJINOMOTO STADIUM
Create the centre to enhance competitiveness in Para sports and to enjoy Para sports regardlessof an impairment.
5 Tokyo athletes’ engagement and support (PP23-24)
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A number of athletes discovered, trained and supported for competitiveness by the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government participated in the Games, with a certain number of medalists(i.e. 9 medalists for the Olympics and 16 for the Paralympics)

In addition to the initiatives to reinforce the competitiveness of athletes,
create a cycle in which athletes use their experiences and careers to actively
engage in the community, and therefore the base of sports will be broadened.
 Tokyo athletes’ engagement in the community, supported locally, will facilitate
the increased population of sports and to the popularity of sports/recreation.

6 Establishing a culture of volunteerism (PP25-26)
Approx. 240,000 people applied; approx. 83,000 participated in the Tokyo 2020 Games, even after theone-year postponement, exceeding the number of volunteers at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.
 The majority of the Games volunteers intend to continue volunteering.
(e.g. 96% of the city cast volunteers intend to continue)
 Pass on the enthusiasm, experiences and human resources to thefuture and ensure the establishment of a culture of volunteerism.
 A variety of information and fields for volunteer activities will be available throughthe ‘’TOKYO Volunteer Legacy Network’’ and the ‘’TOKYO Para Spo & Support’’ Opportunities for volunteering in the field of sports will be provided, opportunities such as theanniversary celebrations of Tokyo 2020 and Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon
 Continue a wide array of initiatives taken at schools to cultivate the volunteering mindset.
 Communicating and sharing experience and know-how through presentations by volunteers or throughwebsites

7 Message to the future (PP27-28)
Important messages embodied in an array of items bringing colour to the Games, items such as themedals, podiums and murals, will be passed on to the future, together with the archives assets.
 Provide opportunities in the community, at school or sporting events to touch sports equipment used byathletes for the promotion of sports.
 Carry on the spirit of the Games with the use of commemorative Games items, through the exhibitions
and in educational settings.
©Tokyo 2020/ Shugo TAKEMI 1st Anniversary Tokyo 2020
＊Jul.-Oct. 2022
Recollect the emotion of the Games through a wide variety of events thatfacilitate the promotion of sports.
 Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon＊The third Sun. of every October
Use of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic marathon course; all can enjoy running regardless of an impairment.
The first edition in 2022 will be positioned as the ‘Celebration Marathon’ and held in collaboration with
the International Olympic Committee.