It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour.

8, US Open semifinalist, Auckland and Båstad champion David Ferrer, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Halle winner Tomáš Berdych, and Wimbledon semifinalist, Estoril runner-up and Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet.

Also lined up were Las Vegas champion Lleyton Hewitt, Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlović and Fernando Verdasco.

8, Wimbledon, Memphis and Seoul champion Venus Williams, recent Stanford and New Haven doubles titlist Sania Mirza, and Seoul runner-up, Kolkata winner Maria Kirilenko.

Also present were French Open and Wimbledon doubles finalist Ai Sugiyama, Guangzhou titlist Virginie Razzano, Akiko Morigami, Aiko Nakamura and Flavia Pennetta.