The 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony took place on 24 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Unlike the Olympics, Greece does not enter at the start of the parade, but instead follows the regular alphabetical order.

[9][citation needed] Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was among the musicians who participated in the Opening Ceremony, although not in person.

A recording of a composition by him ("House of Wind"), performed with an orchestra, was played while the flag of Japan was carried on stage.

[11] The announcers at all ceremonies were Mai Shoji (English) and Hiroyuki Sekino (Japanese).