HKT48 Theater
The HKT48 Theater (HKT48劇場), is where HKT48 holds regular Theater Performances. Currently it is set up as a non-permanent theater at the Nishitetsu Hall, on the sixth floor of SOLARIA STAGE building in Tenjin, Fukuoka. (Full address: 福岡市中央区天神2-11-3ソラリアステージ6F 西鉄ホール)
The group moved to this location after the area which housed the first HKT48 Theater was repurposed.
The non-permanence of the theater implies that the hall can also be booked for other events not related to the group, like plays or musicals. Due to this, there are periods where there are no performances by HKT48, and the theater infrastructure has to be brought down, to be rebuilt again when the other events are over.
The theater is composed of a front stage with two side runways going into the audience, and a B-stage in the middle of the audience. During performances members make use of all these stages, including the stairs in the back of the theater.
The current theater manager is Ozaki Atsushi, along with Sashihara Rino. The former manager was Sato Kazuya.
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Original Theater
The previous theater was in use from the group's debut on 25th November, 2011 until 31st March, 2016. It was located in Hawks Town Mall, Hakata, Fukuoka, right next to the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome.
This theater was the only 48 group theater to have a permanent built-in walkway with a rotating and elevatable round platform.
Current Stages
Team H
- 4th Stage 「シアターの女神」 (HKT48 Team H 4th Stage "Theater no Megami") (2016.05.03 - )
Team KIV
- 2nd Stage 「最終ベルが鳴る」 (HKT48 Team KIV 2nd Stage "Saishuu Bell ga Naru") (2016.05.17 - )
Team TII + Kenkyuusei
- 1st Stage 「手をつなぎながら」 (HKT48 Team TII 1st Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara") (2016.12.21 -)
Himawarigumi
- 2nd Stage 「ただいま 恋愛中」 (HKT48 Himawarigumi 2nd Stage "Tadaima Renaichuu") (2015.12.19 - )
Past Stages
Team H
- 1st Stage 「手をつなぎながら」 (HKT48 Team H 1st Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara") (2012.03.04 - 2013.02.17)
- Waiting Stage 「博多レジェンド」 (HKT48 Team H 1st Waiting Stage "Hakata Legend") (2013.03.01 - 2014.04.17)
- 2nd Stage 「青春ガールズ」 (HKT48 Team H 2nd Stage "Seishun Girls") (2014.04.23 - 2014.10.30)
- 3rd Stage 「最終ベルが鳴る」 (HKT48 Team H 3rd Stage "Saishuu Bell ga Naru") (2014.11.09 - 2016.03.31)
Team KIV
- 1st Stage 「シアターの女神」 (HKT48 Team KIV 1st Stage "Theater no Megami") (2014.05.08 - 2016.03.31)
Himawarigumi
- 1st Stage 「パジャマドライブ」 (HKT48 Himawarigumi 1st Stage "Pajama Drive") (2013.11.02 - 2015.12.14)
Kenkyuusei
- 1st Stage 「手をつなぎながら」 (HKT48 Kenkyuusei "Te wo Tsunaginagara") (2011.11.26 - 2012.03.02)
- 2nd Stage 「PARTYが始まるよ」 (HKT48 Kenkyuusei "Party ga Hajimaru yo") (2012.09.30 - 2013.11.05)
- 3rd Stage 「脳内パラダイス」 (HKT48 Kenkyuusei "Nounai Paradise") (2013.11.17 - 2014.04.21)
Trivia
- It's possible to see the original theater in Koisuru Fortune Cookie's music video, something that Sashihara Rino, center of the song, asked to Akimoto Yasushi to help promote HKT.
