# Dates and venues named for 2027 Keirin World Series

*By Simon | October 19, 2026*

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# 󠀁[Dates and venues named for 2027 Keirin World Series](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/10/dates-and-venues-announced-for-2027-keirin-world-series/)󠁿

19 October 2026

Japan’s keirin authorities have
[announced](https://keirin.jp/pc/topicsdetail?nnum=19437) the schedule for next
year’s Keirin World Series. The races move to an autumn timeframe to avoid
clashes with the 2027 World Championships, which take place in late August as
part of a French ‘super worlds’.

As in 2026, almost all the meetings will be at the everyday FI level, open to
men ranked S, A1 or A2, with a single event at the higher G III level at Beppu
in mid-October. This means contests with the superstars of the Japanese scene
are highly unlikely.

Women’s keirin does not apply the same tiered structure, meaning appearances by
the big names are more likely – but in 2026, for example, we only saw
[Mina Sato](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mina-sato/) once during the Series.

Wakayama and Kokura featured in the 2026 programme. Wakayama
[hosted](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/08/truman-ends-lavreysens-winning-streak-in-japan/)
last year’s G III event, with
[Joseph Truman](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/joseph-truman/) ending
[Harrie Lavreysen](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/)‘s 12-race
winning streak, and claiming the biggest prize of the series. The impressive
indoor arena at Kokura, the birthplace of keirin
[featured](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/07/foreign-women-rule-world-series-again-but-another-lesson-for-richardson/)
early in the 2026 schedule, with
[Hetty van de Wouw](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/hetty-van-de-wouw/) winning
the women’s event; Truman was third in the men’s final.

The riders invited to participate in 2027 have not yet been named. Last year,
their identities were
[revealed](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/03/lavreysen-and-richardson-among-six-foreign-stars-to-race-in-japan-this-summer/)
only 3 months before the first event.

| Dates | Venue | Level | Time of day |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sat 18 – Mon 20 September | Hiratsuka | F I | Night |
| Sat 25 – Mon 27 September | Wakayama | F I | Daytime |
| Mon 4 – Wed 6 October | Tamano | F I | Daytime |
| Sat 16 – Tue 19 October | Beppu | G III | Night |
| Sun 24 – Tue 26 October | Kokura | F I | Daytime |
| Tue 2 – Thu 4 November | Toride | F I | Daytime |
| Thu 11 – Sat 13 November | Kochi | F I | Daytime |
| Thu 25 – Sat 27 November | Nagoya | F I | Daytime |

![kws27map](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/kws27map-e1792424922790-1134x750.png)

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**Tags:** japan, keirinworldseries