Tokyo Takarazuka Theater (1930s)
The Tokyo Takarazuka Theater in September 1946, when it had been renamed by American occupation government as the Ernie Pyle Theater

Tokyo Takarazuka Theater(東京宝塚劇場, Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō) is another home for Takarazuka Creative Arts in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo.

It served as the second round performing theater for the Revue's performing cycle. The original theater was built in 1934. It was taken over by the American GHQ after the defeat of Japan in 1945 and renamed the "Ernie Pyle Theater" from 1945–55. It 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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Preceded bySankei HallHost of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1956-1957Succeeded byShinjuku Koma Theater
Preceded byShinjuku Koma TheaterHost of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1959Succeeded byNihon Theater
Preceded byNihon TheaterHost of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 1961-1972Succeeded byNHK Hall

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