TWICE Tokyo National Stadium 2026: 240,000 Fans, One Historic Week

Why This Record Matters

Japan National Stadium officially renamed MUFG Stadium in 2026 is not a standard arena stop. Before TWICE, only six Japanese artists had ever headlined the venue solo. Names like Arashi and Eikichi Yazawa. TWICE are now the seventh act to do it, and the first from outside Japan.

The venue sits in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo and was designed by architect Kengo Kuma for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Timber from all 47 Japanese prefectures lines the structure. Its permanent seat count is around 68,000. For TWICE’s 360 degree open stage configuration, that capacity expanded to 80,000 per night.

In September 2025, TWICE played four major dome venues across Japan Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Tokyo drawing 400,000 fans total. Add the 240,000 at Japan National Stadium, and the THIS IS FOR Japan leg alone totals 640,000 attendees. JYP Entertainment confirmed that figure on May 1. It is the highest single tour Japan attendance in K-pop girl group history.

The Show: What Happened Across Three Nights

The first night opened with “THIS IS FOR,” the title track from TWICE’s 2025 album, played into a stadium bowl open to the night sky. There was no back of the house. The 360 degree stage meant every fan in the building had an equal sightline and equal proximity to the production. The THIS IS FOR four act setlist structure carried over from the North American leg, but Tokyo had specific additions that made the run feel different.

The Japan-Exclusive Additions

“ENEMY,” the title track from TWICE’s sixth Japanese studio album, replaced “The Feels” in the main set. The crowd response made clear how long Japanese ONCE had been waiting to hear it performed live at this scale.

MISAMO the Japanese unit formed by Momo, Sana, and Mina performed “Confetti,” the title track of their Japanese unit debut album, live for the first time on this entire tour. The reaction from the crowd was immediate and loud. This was a moment fans of MISAMO had waited for across every show in North America and Asia without getting it. Tokyo finally delivered it.

The encore closed with “Like 1,” a collaboration between Jihyo and Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. At Japan National Stadium, with 80,000 fans and a decade of history in the room, it landed as something more than a closing song. It felt like a handoff between two of Japan’s most beloved live acts.

Full Setlist Tokyo National Stadium (April 28, 2026)

TWICE performed 36 songs per night. The structure below reflects the confirmed Tokyo setlist, including Japan specific additions.

Act I Opening

1. THIS IS FOR
2. Strategy
3. MAKE ME GO
4. SET ME FREE
5. I CAN’T STOP ME
6. OPTIONS
7. MOONLIGHT SUNRISE
8. MARS
9. I GOT YOU
10. ENEMY (Japan exclusive)

Act II Rock & Power

11. Gone
12. CRY FOR ME
13. HELL IN HEAVEN
14. RIGHT HAND GIRL

Act III Solo Stages

15. Run Away Tzuyu
16. STONE COLD Mina
17. MEEEEEE Nayeon
18. FIX A DRINK Jeongyeon
19. CHESS Dahyun
20. SHOOT (Firecracker) Chaeyoung
21. ATM Jihyo
22. DECAFFEINATED Sana
23. MOVE LIKE THAT Momo

Unit Stages

24. TAKEDOWN Jeongyeon, Jihyo & Chaeyoung
25. Confetti MISAMO (tour debut)

Act IV Throwback & Closing

26. FANCY
27. What Is Love?
28. YES or YES
29. Dance the Night Away
30. ONE SPARK (with fireworks)

Encore

31. AFTER MOON
32. SCIENTIST
33. LIKEY
34. AFTER MOON (reprise)
35. ONE OK ROCK medley
36. Like 1 Jihyo & ONE OK ROCK

The full THIS IS FOR World Tour setlist guide covers how the four act structure has evolved from the first Vancouver show in January 2026 through to Tokyo.

Member Moments That Defined Tokyo

Dahyun addressed the crowd with visible emotion on the final night: “Have you been well? Were you waiting for TWICE? I am truly moved to be able to stand on this stage.” Her return to full performance after the ankle injury that kept her off stage for much of the North American leg added weight to that moment. Fans who had followed the tour since Vancouver knew what it meant.

Jeongyeon opened the first night’s crowd address with a shout “Let’s go to the National Stadium!” that ignited 80,000 people. Her solo stage, “Fix A Drink,” performed in the now iconic bedazzled cowgirl hat and chaps, drew the same response Tokyo has seen it draw in New York and everywhere else on this tour.

Momo spoke after the 10th anniversary video: “It feels like TWICE and ONCE have realized our dreams one by one over the past 10 years. Thank you.” Sana followed: “Thank you for coming to the National Stadium. Let’s continue to be together.” Neither could fully keep composure. Neither could the crowd.

Jihyo‘s “ATM” solo has been the most discussed individual performance on the entire tour. At Japan National Stadium, with 80,000 fans, it hit differently. Her power and presence at this scale is a different category of performer. Nayeon‘s “MEEEEEE” delivered the high energy solo contrast, while Tzuyu‘s “Run Away” cover brought genuine surprise to Act III.

Chaeyoung‘s “SHOOT (Firecracker)” and Mina‘s “STONE COLD” both grounded and precise added the contrast that keeps the solo section from blurring. Nine distinct performers, nine distinct styles, all in one show.

The 10th Anniversary Moment

Before the encore, TWICE played a retrospective video. It opened on debut era footage early stage outfits, small venues, the first fan chants. It moved through empty arenas during pandemic era concerts, and then through every stadium that kept getting bigger. It ended at Japan National Stadium.

The members could not hold themselves together. The crowd could not either. TWICE debuted in October 2015. The group has now performed for a quarter of a million fans across three nights at Japan’s most iconic venue, as the first foreign act to ever do it. The video made that argument without commentary. The show had already made it before the video played.

Production: What the Stadium Did That Arenas Can’t

The 360 degree stage design has been central to the THIS IS FOR World Tour live production since Vancouver. At arenas like UBS Arena in New York and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, the configuration worked at 20,000 seat scale. At Japan National Stadium, with 80,000 fans, the same design became something visually unprecedented.

The CANDYBONG ∞ lightstick synchronization a standard element of TWICE concerts operates differently at stadium scale. During “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE,” the effect of 80,000 synchronized lights moving in unison in an open air venue at dusk was, by every account from fans and reviewers present, genuinely difficult to describe. It is not a gimmick at this size. It is spectacle.

The fireworks display during “ONE SPARK” was the production’s most visually extreme moment. Timed to the song’s final chorus, they filled the open sky directly above the stadium bowl. It was the kind of production element only possible at a venue with no roof and 80,000 people beneath it.

In the encore, the members rode in a moving vehicle around the full perimeter of the stadium getting physically close to fans in every section. At 80,000 capacity, that encore format becomes a logistical gesture of genuine effort. Not every act at this scale bothers. TWICE did.

Tour Context: Where Tokyo Fits

The Taipei Dome three night run in March preceded Tokyo and carried similar historic weight for TWICE’s Taiwanese fanbase. The North American leg, which opened in Vancouver and closed in Austin, drew over 671,000 tickets across 35 shows per Pollstar box office data submitted through that leg.

What’s Next: The European Leg

TWICE move the THIS IS FOR World Tour to Europe immediately after Tokyo. The European leg is the group’s largest ever in the region, covering nine cities across eight countries.

London on June 4 closes the entire THIS IS FOR World Tour 78 shows, 43 global regions, and a final total that will make it the largest scale tour in K pop girl group history.

What the Numbers Mean for K Pop

TWICE’s 640,000 attendance Japan run sits alongside the biggest global touring figures from any genre, not just K pop. For context, the first 24 reported North American shows generated $93.8 million in gross revenue per Pollstar averaging $3.9 million per show. These are not K-pop niche numbers. They are mainstream global touring numbers.

Becoming the first foreign act to headline Japan National Stadium is a symbolic milestone that the local Japanese music industry treats with genuine gravity. The six acts who headlined it before TWICE are national institutions in Japan. TWICE join that group from the outside, in a language and music tradition not originally their own, with a Japanese fanbase that has supported them for a decade. The National Stadium shows are not just an attendance record. They are the result of ten years of relationship building in a market where consistency and longevity are valued more than viral moments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Was TWICE really the first foreign act to headline Japan National Stadium?

Yes. JYP Entertainment confirmed TWICE became the first overseas artist to headline a solo concert at Japan National Stadium. Before TWICE, only six Japanese artists including Arashi had ever done it.

How many fans attended TWICE’s Japan National Stadium shows?

Approximately 240,000 fans attended across three nights April 25, 26, and 28 with around 80,000 per night using the 360-degree stage configuration.

What was different about the Tokyo setlist compared to North America?

“ENEMY” (from TWICE’s sixth Japanese album) replaced “The Feels.” MISAMO performed “Confetti” live for the first time on this tour. The encore closed with Jihyo’s “Like 1” collaboration with ONE OK ROCK.

How many total fans did TWICE draw in Japan for the THIS IS FOR tour?

JYP Entertainment confirmed 640,000 attendees 400,000 from the September 2025 dome tour and 240,000 at Japan National Stadium. That is a K-pop all-time record for Japan.

Where does the tour go after Tokyo?

TWICE take the THIS IS FOR World Tour to Europe next, opening in Lisbon on May 9 and closing the entire tour at The O2 in London on June 4, 2026.