List of releases recorded live at Nippon Budokan

The Nippon Budokan, often shortened to simply Budokan, is an arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, originally built for Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most outstanding musical performance venues.^[1] The 42 metres (138 ft) high octagonal structure holds 14,471 people (arena seats: 2,946, first floor seats: 3,199, second floor seats: 7,846, standee: 480).^[2] The venue is popular for recording live albums because it has good acoustics, is relatively large and Japanese audiences are known for being highly appreciative when appropriate but quiet during performances.^[3] Eric Clapton described the Tokyo audience as "almost overappreciative" in interviews promoting Just One Night (1980), his own live album recorded at the Budokan.^[4]

The Beatles were the first rock group to play at the Budokan, in a series of five concerts, each lasting 30 minutes, June 30 – July 2, 1966.^[5] Their appearances were met with opposition from those who felt the appearance of a western pop group would defile the martial arts arena.^[6] Many bootleg recordings, both video and audio, have been distributed,^[7] but the first official Japan-only releases of Concert at Budokan 1966, using footage from Nippon TV, were in 1984 on VHS, and re-released in 1993^{[citation needed]} by Apple Records on LaserDisc.^[8]

The record for the most Budokan music concerts is held by Eikichi Yazawa, 142 times as of December 19, 2017^[update].^[9]

This is a dynamic list of verifiable, official or notable unofficial (e.g. bootleg), public releases of performances recorded at Nippon Budokan, including:

• physical formats (e.g. vinyl, optical discs, cassettes)
• digital formats (e.g. streams and downloads)
• television and radio broadcasts
• theatrical screenings

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