Osaka’s Sports

Watch a live rugby match! Osaka is the city with the most rugby fans in Japan, with rugby being played by everyone from children to students. For working adults, you can join the NTT Docomo Rugby League, the highest level in the country, in the Japan Rugby Top League.

Hanazono Kintetsu Liners/NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka

Osaka and Kansai are passionate about baseball, with teams like the Orix Buffaloes, the Hanshin Tigers, and student and amateur baseball. Professional baseball is played at the all-weather Kyocera Dome, where the Orix Buffaloes play their Osaka games.

Orix Buffaloes

Soccer is currently played in countries all over the world, and with many people tuning in to watch the FIFA World Cup, held every four years, it is one of the most popular sports in the world.

Cerezo Osaka and Gamba Osaka

The B.League is a professional basketball league that launched in 2016. One of the attractions of the B.League is the excitement and intensity that can be felt in the arena. Unlike other sports, the distance between the spectators and the players is…

Osaka Evessa