Jamaica’s track and field legend Usain Bolt will feature as the headline act for a special event to mark the inauguration of the new national stadium in Tokyo in December.

The December 21 event will be a grand unveiling of the Olympic stadium for Tokyo 2020 and will tie together sport, music and culture.

Specific details are still to be revealed, but the nine time Olympic gold medallist   is expected to make a cameo in what the japan sport council describe only as “a new type of race that has never existed before”.

Bolt set world records over 100 metres, 200m and the 4x100m relay to win three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, before repeating his golden treble at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

The now retired star will be joined at the 9.2 million dollar venue by Japanese performing arts group Kodo and will include the Tohoku Kizuna festival.

A total of 460 people are expected to perform in the three  hour  festival.

The new national stadium is just a month away from being completed

It will host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as athletics and football tournaments at both the Olympics and Paralympics.

The first official sports event at the stadium will be the Japanese emperor’s cup on January 1 2020.