In the fiscal year 2021, about 250 thousand people attended rugby Top League games in Japan. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures declined significantly compared to pre-pandemic years. Significant growth in the number from 2014 to 2015 was attributed to the success of the Japanese national rugby team at the Rugby World Cup 2015. The Rugby Top League is the highest-level competition in the country. It is an industrial league, in which most of the players are also employees of the companies owning the teams.
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Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
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Japan Rugby Football Union. (June 26, 2022). Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/
Japan Rugby Football Union. "Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/
Japan Rugby Football Union. (2022). Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/
Japan Rugby Football Union. "Attendance at Games of Rugby Top League in Japan from Fiscal Year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/
Japan Rugby Football Union, Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Attendance at games of rugby Top League in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Japan Rugby Football Union, June 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048701/japan-rugby-top-league-matches-attendance/