2026 Asian Games

XX Asian Games
Host city	Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan
Motto	Imagine One Asia (Japanese: ここで、ひとつに, romanized: Koko de, hitotsu ni)
Nations	47
Opening	19 September 2026
Closing	4 October 2026
Opened by	Emperor Naruhito (expected)
Main venue	Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Website	aichi-nagoya2026.org/en/
Summer
	← Hangzhou 2022 Doha 2030 →
Winter
	← Harbin 2025 Trojena 2029 →

The 2026 Asian Games (2026年アジア競技大会), also known as 20th Asian Games (第20回アジア競技大会) and Aichi-Nagoya 2026 (愛知/名古屋2026), will be a multi-sport event celebrated around the Aichi Prefecture in Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026. The prefecture capital Nagoya will be the epicenter of the events.^[2] Nagoya will be the third Japanese city to host the Asian Games, after Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994. The event is set to return to its traditional 4-year cycle, after the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China were postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bidding process

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) selected Aichi prefecture and Nagoya city to host the Games at their annual general assembly session in Danang, Vietnam, on September 25, 2016.^[3] The bid was initially in threat of falling apart after a budget dispute between Aichi Prefecture and its capital Nagoya, but was resolved, allowing the bid to be accepted.^[4] The OCA originally planned to choose the 2026 host city in 2018, but brought the planning date forward due to the intensity of the region's sporting calendar, including the next three Olympic Games between 2018 and 2022 (held in Pyeongchang, Tokyo and Beijing).^[5]

2026 Asian Games bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1
Aichi and Nagoya^[6]	Japan	Unanimous

Development and preparations

Costs

The city of Nagoya received an estimate of roughly ¥85 billion in costs from the Aichi Prefecture government for the event, 30% of which is expected to be covered by sponsorships and other revenue, while the remainder is planned to be split on a 70–30 basis between Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture.^[4]^[7]

Venues

In addition to Nagoya, 16 other cities across Aichi Prefecture and main Japanese Metropolitan Regions will host Games events. This list includes 6 cities or yards in the Greater Tokyo Area that their venues also hosted events during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The plan is that Paloma Mizuho Stadium will host both the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics, Nippon Gaishi Hall is to be used for both gymnastics and aquatics, the Vantelin Dome Nagoya is to be used for baseball, and the Toyota Stadium is to be used as football main venue.^[3]

Nagoya

Venue	Sports	Capacity
Nippon Gaishi Hall (Rainbow Pool)	Aquatics (water polo)	3,500
Mizuho Athletic Stadium	Ceremonies, Athletics (track and field, marathon)	30,000
Downtown Nagoya	Athletics (race walk)
Kinjō-futō Station Square	Basketball (3×3)
IG Arena (Aichi International Arena)	Breaking, Judo, Wrestling	15,000
Obata Ryokuchi Urban Forest	Cycling (mountain bike)
Nagoya Velodrome	Cycling (BMX racing)
CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium	Football	5,400
Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium	Football, Rugby Sevens	10,600
Aichi Country Club Higashiyama Course	Golf
Nippon Gaishi Hall (Rainbow Hall)	Gymnastics	5,000
Aichi Budokan	Ju-jitsu, Kurash, Wushu	1,500
Paloma Mizuho Arena	Sepak Takraw	1,200
Nagoya International Exhibition Hall	Sport Climbing	5,900
Nagoya Kinjo Pier Arena	Squash	2,600
Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center	Tennis, Soft tennis	4,000
Nagoya City Trade and Industry Centre	Weightlifting

Aichi Prefecture

Venue	City	Sports	Capacity
Shinmaiko Marine Park	Chita	Aquatics (marathon swimming)
Okazaki Central Park	Okazaki	Archery
Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium	Ichinomiya	Badminton	2,000
Okazaki Municipal Baseball Stadium	Okazaki	Baseball	20,000
Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium	Toyohashi	Baseball	15,900
Anjō Softball Ground	Anjō	Softball	2,500
Wing Arena Kariya	Kariya	Basketball (5×5)	2,400
Nishio City General Gymnasium	Nishio	Boxing	2,900
Miyoshi Lake	Miyoshi	Canoeing (sprint)
Yahagi River Canoe Slalom Course	Toyota	Canoeing (slalom)
Shinshiro Road Cycling Course	Shinshiro	Cycling (road)
Aichi Sky Expo	Tokoname	Cycling (BMX freestyle), eSports, Fencing, Skateboarding
Toyota Stadium	Toyota	Football	44,400
Wave Stadium Kariya	Kariya	Football	2,600
Kasugai City General Gymnasium	Kasugai	Handball	3,000
Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium	Inazawa	Handball	3,000
Tōkai Citizens Gymnasium	Tōkai	Kabaddi	1,300
Toyohashi City General Gymnasium	Toyohashi	Karate, Taekwondo	3,000
Anjō Sports Park	Anjō	Modern Pentathlon	1,700
Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor	Gamagōri	Sailing, Triathlon
Aichi General Shooting Range	Toyota	Shooting
Akabane Long Beach	Tahara	Surfing
Sky Hall Toyota	Toyota	Table Tennis	4,400
Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium	Okazaki	Volleyball (indoor)	4,900
Park Arena Komaki	Komaki	Volleyball (indoor)	3,000
Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court	Hekinan	Beach Volleyball

Outlying venues

Gifu Prefecture

Venue	City	Sports	Capacity
Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium	Gifu	Football	16,300
Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium	Kakamigahara	Field hockey	1,600
Nagaragawa International Regatta Course	Kaizu	Rowing

Shizuoka Prefecture

Venue	City	Sports	Capacity
Furuhashi Hironoshin Memorial Hamamatsu Swimming Centre	Hamamatsu	Aquatics (artistic swimming)	2,200
Izu Velodrome	Izu	Cycling (track)	1,800
Shizuoka Stadium	Fukuroi	Football	50,900

Tokyo

Venue	City	Sports	Capacity
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Kōtō	Aquatics (diving, swimming)	5,000
Tokyo Equestrian Park	Setagaya	Equestrian	1,500

Outlying football venues

Venue	Location	Capacity
Kyoto Stadium	Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture	21,600
Nagai Stadium	Osaka, Osaka Prefecture	47,800
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture	45,000

Marketing

Emblem

The emblem of the Games was unveiled during a ceremony on 1 April 2020; Each colour has its own meaning with purple representing the iris laevigata, gold is for Shachihoko, the golden tiger-fish roof ornaments which are the symbol of Nagoya Castle, while the green represents environmental consciousness.^[8]

Mascot

The mascots of the Games, Honohon (Japanese: ホノホン) was unveiled on 14 July 2024.^[9]

Motto

The official motto of the 2026 Asian Games, "Imagine One Asia" was announced on 1 April 2020 to mark six years before the opening ceremony.^[1]

The Games

Sports

2026 Asian Games Sports Programme ^[10]
Aquatics Artistic swimming Diving Marathon swimming Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Baseball Softball Basketball Basketball 3-on-3 basketball Bowling Boxing Breaking Canoeing Slalom Sprint Cycling BMX Mountain bike Road Track Equestrian Esports Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Handball Ju-jitsu Judo Kabaddi Karate Kurash Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Sepak takraw Shooting Skateboarding Sport climbing Squash Surfing Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Soft tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach volleyball Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Core Sports

33 sports from the 2024 Summer Olympics (including surfing as a new sport) + 9 other sports.

Five regional sports that was nominated by each region of the Olympic Council of Asia:

Five sports that will be part of the 2020, 2024, and 2028 Summer Olympics programs:

Sport that entered due an agreement between AINAGOC (Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee) and the OCA:

Esports

A final decision on inclusion of cricket is expected in 2025, with Asian Cricket Council having pushed for the bid and OCA President Randhir Singh "hopeful" for it.^[11]^[12] Cricket was reintroduced to 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou as well as the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[13]

Participation

All 45 National Olympic Committees who are members of the Olympic Council of Asia are expected to send delegations, Australia and New Zealand Invitee a Asian Games.

Participating National Olympic Committees
Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan (host) Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Australia New Zealand