Share of people using gyms in Japan 2024, by urbanity of area

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Alexandru Arba,
May 26, 2025

In a survey conducted in November **2024** in Japan, **** percent of respondents living in Tokyo and cities designated by government ordinance who practiced sports stated that they used fitness clubs during the past year. This was the cohort with the highest participation rate. A trend towards increased utilization of fitness facilities with growing degree of urbanity of the locality of the respondents could be observed.

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Distribution of fitness club users in Japan as of November 2024, by degree of urbanity of area

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Release date

March 2025

Region

Japan

Survey time period

November 1 to 28, 2024

Number of respondents

30,955 respondents

Age group

18-79 years

Special properties

utilization in the past year; among sports practitioners

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

City categorized as follows:
Ordinance-designated cities with a population of over 500 thousand.
Large cities with a population of over 150 thousand, excluding ordinance-designated cities.
Small cities with a population of over 50 thousand and up to 150 thousand.
Villages with a population of under 50 thousand.

Distribution of respondents for the survey:
23 wards of Tokyo: 7,713

Tokyo ward and Cities designated by government ordinance: 2,941
Cities designated by government ordinance: 4,772
Large cities: 11,615
Small cities: 8,898
Villages: 2,729

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