{"id":3640,"date":"2026-06-09T23:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/news\/japan-pickleball-population\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:48:14","slug":"japan-pickleball-population","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/japan-pickleball-population\/","title":{"rendered":"\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u7af6\u6280\u4eba\u53e333\u4e07\u4eba\u3001\u6f5c\u57281,189\u4e07\u4eba\u2014\u2014\u8a8d\u77e5\u738713.1%\u304c\u793a\u3059\u521d\u671f\u5e02\u5834\u306e\u69cb\u56f3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWill pickleball really take off in Japan?\u201d\u2014the numbers have answered that question. In a market survey released by Pickleball One on April 20, 2026, Japan\u2019s playing population was found to beabout 330,000<\/strong>, while potential players with an interest in the sport numberabout 11.89 million<\/strong>. The playing population has swelled roughly sevenfold from about 45,000 the previous year, yet awareness remains only13.1%<\/strong>\u3002\u77e5\u8b58\u304c\u6df1\u307e\u308b\u307b\u3069\u95a2\u5fc3\u304c\u9ad8\u307e\u308b\u69cb\u9020\u304c\u3001\u5e02\u5834\u304c\u307e\u3060\u521d\u671f\u6bb5\u968e\u306b\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u793a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n

Playing population of 330,000, potential of 11.89 million<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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What a \u201c13.1% awareness rate\u201d really means<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Metric<\/th>\nFigure<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Playing population<\/td>\nAbout 330,000 (up roughly sevenfold from about 45,000 the previous year)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potential players<\/td>\nAbout 11.89 million (about 36 times the playing population)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Awareness rate<\/td>\n13.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interest after learning the rules<\/td>\n74.1% (16.9% before learning about it)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Survey scale<\/td>\n\u4e00\u822c3\u4e07\u4eba\uff0b\u73fe\u5f79103\u4eba\uff0f2026\u5e743\u6708\u5b9f\u65bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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By demographic, the awareness rate stood out at30.3% among boys in their teens<\/strong>\u3068\u4ed6\u4e16\u4ee3\u3088\u308a\u9ad8\u3044\u3002\u307e\u305f72.5% of tennis players<\/strong>\u304c\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u306b\u8208\u5473\u3092\u793a\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u30e9\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u7d4c\u9a13\u8005\u304c\u6b21\u306e\u7af6\u6280\u4eba\u53e3\u306e\u4f9b\u7d66\u6e90\u306b\u306a\u308b\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u304c\u898b\u3048\u308b\u3002\u65e2\u5b58\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u7d4c\u9a13\u8005\u307b\u3069\u95a2\u5fc3\u304c\u9ad8\u3044\u50be\u5411\u304c\u3001\u3069\u306e\u30bb\u30b0\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u3078\u306e\u30a2\u30d7\u30ed\u30fc\u30c1\u304c\u6709\u52b9\u304b\u3092\u793a\u5506\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n

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\u5e02\u5834\u3068\u666e\u53ca\u306e\u73fe\u6bb5\u968e<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u7523\u696d\u898f\u6a21\u3078\u306e\u5f71\u97ff<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Source:Pickleball One, \u201cJapan Pickleball Market Survey 2026\u201d<\/a> \/ PR TIMES<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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