Musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" National Tour

Domoto Koichi has been the face of Japanese jukebox musical theater for two decades. His Endless SHOCK residency at Imperial Theatre and the derivative Eternal Chronicle at Nissay Theatre made him the defining Johnny's-family stage performer. Willy Wonka is the first role since 2023 that takes him meaningfully outside the SHOCK universe, and Horipro's Japanese production imports the Broadway 2017 staging with a fresh translation and new choreography. The 37-date, three-theater routing deliberately breaks from the Tokyo-locked pattern SHOCK has used since 2000, and includes a run at Fukuoka's Hakataza, a venue Domoto has played only twice before. The novel's dark-comedy DNA is preserved; Japanese audiences should expect a show closer in tone to the 2005 Tim Burton film than the more whimsical 1971 Gene Wilder version, though the score leans on classic-film nostalgia for opening numbers. For international fans, the Tokyo Nissay Theatre leg in late May and early June is the most accessible; the theater sits three minutes from Hibiya Station and distributes English synopsis sheets at the foyer.