Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Athletics stadium in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Mizuho Athletic Stadium is a track and field venue in Nagoya featuring a standard oval running track with facilities for jumping, throwing, and sprinting events. The facility holds up to 27,000 spectators and sits within Mizuho Park alongside training areas and supporting amenities.
The venue was opened in 1941 and was originally planned as part of Nagoya's bid to host the 1988 Summer Olympics, a bid that ultimately went to Seoul. The stadium has functioned as a regional athletics facility for over eight decades since its founding.
The stadium's name comes from a naming-rights deal: since April 2015 it has been called Paloma Mizuho Stadium after Paloma, a gas-appliance maker headquartered in Mizuho-ku. It hosts the Aichi prefectural final of the National High School Soccer Championship and, since 1994, home games of Nagoya Grampus, whose supporters fill the stands behind the goal.
The rebuilt stadium reopened on 22 April 2026, after being closed from November 2021 for reconstruction ahead of the 2026 Asian Games. It stands inside Mizuho Park in Nagoya's Mizuho-ku, and the park also holds the smaller Mizuho Park North Athletics Stadium. During the Asian Games temporary seats raise capacity to 35,000, dropping to 30,000 afterwards.
The rebuilt stadium opened on 18 April 2026 with a ceremony, and the first match the next day was Nagoya Grampus against Avispa Fukuoka. For the 2026 Asian Games, temporary seats raise capacity to 35,000; afterwards it drops to 30,000. On 30 May 2026, concrete fell from beneath the front row of the upper stand onto the third-floor concourse.
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