TWICE Just Became the First Foreign Artist to Headline Japan National Stadium. 240,000 Fans Were There.
Three nights. 80,000 fans each. And a venue that, in its entire history, had only ever opened its gates for Japanese artists.
TWICE completed a three-night run at Japan National Stadium - officially renamed MUFG Stadium this year - on April 25, 26, and 28, drawing 240,000 attendees across the stand and becoming the first non-Japanese act to headline the venue solo. Before TWICE, only six artists had ever performed there, all of them Japanese: among them Arashi, one of the country's most dominant pop acts of the past two decades.
The shows are part of the THIS IS FOR World Tour, TWICE's sixth world tour, which launched in Incheon in July 2025. Combined with their four-dome Japan leg last September - 400,000 fans across Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Tokyo - the Japan portion of the tour alone drew 640,000 attendees, a figure JYP Entertainment confirmed on May 1.
The National Stadium run also served as a formal 10th anniversary celebration of TWICE's Japanese debut. The group surprised fans with a video looking back at the decade, and the nine members struggled to keep composure through it. Momo told the crowd: "It feels like TWICE and ONCE have realized our dreams one by one over the past 10 years." Sana added: "Thank you for coming to the National Stadium. Let's continue to be together." On the final night, Dahyun addressed the crowd directly: "I am truly moved to be able to stand on this stage." She had missed multiple North American dates earlier this year due to a fractured ankle; her full return for the Japan run made the anniversary framing feel complete.
The 36-song setlist followed the tour's four-act structure, with Japan-specific choices woven in. "ENEMY," the title track from TWICE's sixth Japanese album, drew a particularly strong response. MISAMO - the Japanese unit of Mina, Sana, and Momo - performed "Confetti" live for the first time on this tour. The encore closed with "Like 1," a collaboration between Jihyo and ONE OK ROCK, one of Japan's biggest rock acts. During "ONE SPARK," the finale before the encore, fireworks lit up the open-air stadium while the capacity crowd sang in unison. After the last song, all nine members rode through the stadium on a moving vehicle to reach fans in every section.
The North American leg of the THIS IS FOR tour drew approximately 550,000 fans across 35 shows - the largest North American attendance run by a K-pop girl group on record, according to Pollstar data. Europe opens May 9 in Lisbon, with stops in Barcelona, Paris, Turin, Berlin, Cologne, and Amsterdam before closing June 3-4 at The O2 in London.
Japan National Stadium was built for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, designed by architect Kengo Kuma using timber from all 47 Japanese prefectures. Its capacity for TWICE's 360-degree open stage configuration was 80,000 per night.
