It is used primarily for baseball and is the home of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japanese Central League.

It replaced First Hiroshima Municipal Stadium and initially retained the old ballpark's official name.

[1] On November 6, 2008, Hiroshima City gave Mazda Motor Corporation naming rights to the stadium.

On December 24, 2008, Mazda entered into a contract with the City of Hiroshima regarding the stadium's name and made official the abbreviated name "Mazda Stadium (マツダスタジアム)".

The "Zoom-Zoom" name was a reference to a marketing campaign by Mazda.