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Top 66 Musicals in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 66 largest musicals in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Chicago (musical), Wicked (musical) and Hamilton (musical) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.2M people. Across all 66 entries the average audience size is 70k, and the largest, Chicago (musical), reaches around 877k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each musical, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 66, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 The Cherry Orchard 2.4k 32.2 29.5% Musical
52 Amadou & Mariam 1.5k 30.0 33.2% Musical
53 Phantom (musical) 1.3k 39.3 14.8% Musical
54 The Rocky Horror Show 1.2k 26.6 57.7% Musical
55 Million Dollar Quartet (musical) 1.1k 51.4 64.9% Musical
56 Billy Elliot the Musical 983 38.8 56.5% Musical
57 Macbeth (opera) 857 55.0 51.5% Musical
58 Dr Zeus 743 22.4 8.5% Musical
59 Newsies (musical) 715 22.9 55.6% Musical
60 Devi Sri Prasad 678 22.9 15.7% Musical
61 Flying Steps 474 27.5 53.2% Musical
62 South Pacific (musical) 460 47.1 70.1% Musical
63 Greenbeats 337 38.4 42.8% Musical
64 Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam 315 27.7 73.4% Musical
65 Passion (musical) 275 34.9 79.4% Musical
66 Big & Rich 68 40.7 62.9% Musical

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 66 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each musical by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest musical in Japan?

Chicago (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 877k people in Japan.

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