Y.T. is a Japanese basketball player who played in NBA (National basketball association) for the first time.

Y.T. player returned to the Japan basketball league (JBL) in 2008-2009 season (08-09 season).

The purpose of this study was to clarify the difference of attendance and the rate of filled vacancy in 2007-2008 season before he returns (07-08 season) and 2008-2009 season after he returned.

In the 07-08 and 08-09 regular seasons (140 total games) of the JBL, the 35 home games in each team were classified as an object of comparison. The following variables were analyzed.

When comparing before and after Y.T. return, attendance in the 08-09 season (290,652 people) increased by 70,328 people more than 07-08 seasons (220,324 people).

When comparing much of Link Tochigi Brex team and other team in the 08-09seasen, average attendance (fighting game; 3,104 people vs. other game; 1,811 people) and rate of filled vacancy (97% vs.66%, respectively) in fighting game was significantly increased compared with other games (p<0.05).

In addition, Link Tochigi Brex team significantly indicated ah igh value in the rate of filled vacancy compared with other teams.

An increase of spectators in JBL in the 08-09 season may be suggested that depends on a specific player.

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 Japan is scheduled to host 3 major international sporting events during the next 4 years: the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and the 2021 Kansai World Masters Games. The prospect of these events provides a strong incentive for sport tourism research in Japan; however, it is more important to ensure that this scholarly effort is sustained after the sporting events take place. It is also important to build on and integrate existing knowledge in the fields of sport sciences and tourism. It is important to grasp the state of sport tourism knowledge in Japan, and one way of doing this is to conduct a systematic review. Therefore, the purposes of this research note are to: (a) review sport tourism research articles published in Japanese journals; (b) identify trends in research methods and thematic patterns; and (c) discuss avenues for future research. For our systematic review, we used 2 major academic search engines, CiNii (Articles) and J-Stage, to identify articles on sport tourism research published in Japanese journals. The following combinations of keywords were used to drive the search: (a) “sport” and “tourism” and (b) “sport” and “kankou” (i.e., a Japanese word used broadly to mean “tourism”). This resulted in the identification of 52 sport tourism research articles that included “sport” and “tourism” (or kankou) in their title, abstract, keywords, or journal name. More than half of the articles (63.5%: n=33) were published in the 2010s. The majority of sport tourism articles focused on active sport tourism (32.7%: n=17) and participant-based sport events (30.8%: n=16). The vast majority of the articles (78.8%: n=41) were empirical in nature, 19.2% (n=10) being literature reviews and 1.9% (n=1) being conceptual. Among the empirical research articles, case studies (43.9%: n=18) and questionnaire surveys (39.0%: n=16) were frequently employed. The majority of the sport tourism articles addressed social and cultural themes (71.2%: n=37), followed by economic themes (13.5%: n=7), whereas fewer articles were related to environmental themes (9.6%: n=5). While accumulation of additional knowledge about the major international sporting events scheduled for Japan remains crucial, our systematic review indicated that future research should also address gaps related to: heritage sport tourism, qualitative methodologies, cross-cultural/national approaches, environmental topics, and theory-driven research. Integration of interdisciplinary knowledge in tourism, sport, and other related studies will help to encourage sustainable sport tourism development after the events have been held.

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