 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Tokyo yakasarudzwa seguta rinogamuchira panguva ye125th IOC Session muBuenos Aires, Argentina, musi wa7 Gunyana 2013. Pakutanga yakarongerwa kuitika kubva 24 Chikunguru kusvika 9 Nyamavhuvhu 2020, chiitiko ichi chakamiswa kuenda ku2021 munaKurume 2020 semhedzisiro ye COVID-19 denda, chiitiko chekutanga chakadai munhoroondo yeMitambo yeOlympic mitambo yapfuura yakanga yamiswa asi isina kurongwazve. Zvisinei, chiitiko ichi chakachengeta zita rekuti Tokyo 2020 nekuda kwekushambadzira uye zvinangwa zvekumaka. Yakaitwa zvikuru kumashure kwemasuo akavharwa pasina vateereri veruzhinji vanobvumidzwa nekuda kwekuziviswa kwemamiriro ekukurumidzira muGreater Tokyo Area mukupindura denda iri. Mitambo yeParalympics yeZhizhaichaitwa pakati pa 24 Nyamavhuvhu na 5 Gunyana 2021, mazuva gumi nematanhatu mushure mekupedzwa kweMitambo yeOlympic. 