Theater

Atheater is one of the permanent locations whereAKB48 or a sister group perform almost everyday. Each of the current 48 groups has its own theater at a separate location. Performances at the theater are almost always a set of songs called a stage, which can be original or a revival of a previous stage. Theteams in a group often perform separate stages simultaneously. There are currently four theaters in various regions of Japan, and two outside of Japan. Staff memberKayano Shinobu is the general manager of all the theaters.

AKB48 Theater

• Location:Don Quijote Store,Akihabara
• City:Tokyo
• Capacity: 250 people
• Debut performance: December 8, 2005
• Stage manager:Yuasa Hiroshi
• Website:AKB48 Official Website

SKE48 Theater

• Location:Sunshine Sakae Building,Sakae
• City:Nagoya
• Capacity: 299 people
• Debut performance: October 5, 2008
• Stage manager:Shiba Tomoya
• Website:SKE48 Official Website

NMB48 Theater

• Location: Yes-Namba Building,Namba
• City:Osaka
• Capacity: 233 people
• Debut performance: January 1, 2011
• Stage manager:Kaneko Takeshi
• Website:NMB48 Official Website

HKT48 Theater

• Location: Nishitetsu Hall,Hakata
• City:Fukuoka
• Capacity: 286
• Debut performance: April 28, 2016
• Stage manager:Ozaki Mitsuru,Sashihara Rino
• Website:HKT48 Official Website

NGT48 Theater

• Location: Lovela 2,Niigata
• City:Niigata
• Capacity: 295
• Debut performance: January 10, 2016
• Stage manager:Imamura Etsuro
• Website:NGT48 Offical Website

STU48 Theater

• Location: Boat
• City: Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Okayama, Hyogo, Tokushima, Kagawa and Ehime prefectures
• Capacity: TBA
• Debut performance: TBA
• Stage manager: TBA
• Website: TBA

JKT48 Theater

• Jakarta Main Theater
  • Location:fX Sudirman Mall,South Jakarta
  • City:Jakarta
  • Capacity: 210 people
  • Debut performance: September 8, 2012
  • Website:JKT48 Official Website
• Surabaya Theater

• • Location: Taman Budaya Genteng Cak Durasim,East Java
  • City:Surabaya
  • Capacity:???
  • Debut Performance: July 17, 2016
  • Website:JKT48 Surabaya Theater Official Website

BNK48 Theater

• Location:The Mall Bangkapi ,Bangkapi
• City:Bangkok
• Capacity: 350 people
• Debut performance: April 26, 2018
• Website:BNK48 Official Website

SNH48 Theater

• Location: Star Dream Theater,Hongkou
• City:Shanghai
• Capacity: 340 people
• Debut performance: August 30, 2013
• Stage manager:Fan Yibai
• Website:SNH48 Official Website

BEJ48 Theater

• Location: Chaoyang U-Town Shopping Center
• City:Beijing
• Capacity: N/A
• Debut performance: April 29, 2016
• Stage manager:
• Website:

GNZ48 Theater

• Location: Tianhe Center Plaza
• City:Guangzhou
• Capacity: N/A
• Debut performance: April 29, 2016
• Stage manager:
• Website:

CKG48 Theater

• Location: Chongqing Guorui Center
• City:Chongqing
• Capacity: N/A
• Debut performance: TBA
• Stage manager:
• Website:

Trivia

• The location of the theaters are used in the group names. For example, the full name of AKB48 is Akihabara48. The Tokyo district of Akihabara is the location of the AKB48 theater.
• The JKT48 theater is the first theater to be created for an international sister group of AKB48.
• Currently, the 48 group theater with the largest capacity is the SNH48 Star Dream Theater.
• The NMB48 theater is the only 48 group theater that is located underground. The location was formerly a comedy theater known as base YOSHIMOTO.
• Among the sister groups of AKB48, onlySDN48 did not have their own theater. They performed in the AKB48 Theater from 2009 to 2012.

Former Theater

HKT48 Theater (HKT48劇場), is where HKT48 held their Theater Performances almost everyday.The HKT48 Theater is in Hakata, Fukuoka, which is the place that HKT48 is named after.The HKT48 Theater is the only 48 theater that has a permanent walkway built in.Hakata, FukuokaCapacity - 300