Tokyo Takarazuka Theater (東京宝塚劇場, Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō?) is another home for Takarazuka Creative Arts at Tokyo.
It served as the second round performing theater for the Revue's performing cycle. The original theater was built in 1934 and was demolished in 1998. The current theater was built in 2001. It has 1,229 seats on the first level and 840 on the second.
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