Stray Kids Tokyo Dome Review 2026
For about 30 minutes before the first note, the camera held on an empty Tokyo Dome stage, and a movie theater in Columbus, Ohio, cheered at it anyway.
That is the setting for judging Stray Kids' Nov. 7 show, the second of three sold-out nights at Tokyo Dome and the one JYP Entertainment sent to cinemas worldwide. This review was not written from inside the dome. It draws on a live-viewing account from The Lantern, Ohio State's student newspaper, plus the show's official listings. That covers structure, setlist and staging, but not how the room sounded from the upper deck, and the account's setlist is not complete.
My assessment is a strong 8 out of 10, because the set rewarded fans for the early catalog, even though a run of remixed "festival versions" gave back some of the choreography that made the opening so sharp.
The show opened with "SKZ Anthem," then "Hall of Fame," with Seungmin taking the first lines. "Hellevator" and "District 9" came next, two early songs placed ahead of any recent single. The Lantern's reviewer singled out Changbin and Han, the group's two main rappers, for taking vocal parts, and Han for his high notes. Opening on an ambition song and then going backward is a confident order. It tells the crowd the catalog is the point.
The throwback block is the best stretch on the page. "Levanter" and "Double Knot" returned after years away, and a "Levanter" and "I am YOU" mashup got cinematic staging and a moment that put each member on screen alone. "God's Menu" pulled the theater into the call-and-response, and "DIVINE" followed with all eight members at the main stage and Seungmin leading off. Between songs, pre-recorded visuals carried a storyline so the stage was never dead.
Lee Know spoke to the cinema audience directly: "Everyone who's watching on the live viewing, how are you doing?" JYP announced on Nov. 5 that he is expected to begin military service in the first quarter of 2027, making him the first member to enlist. For viewers abroad, that gave a show he was part of extra weight.
After "BLIND SPOT," theater fans sang the lyrics back as they appeared on screen, and the group followed with an unreleased title track from "SUIATSU," its fourth Japanese mini-album, due Nov. 25. The members came out in colorful casual clothes and debuted new choreography for it.
The weak spot comes after that. "Do It (Festival Version)" and "CEREMONY - Hip Hip Version" arrived with little choreography, The Lantern said, and the energy came from members roaming the stage instead of from formations. Over two hours in, that works as a breather. It also repeats: the show closed on "Chk Chk Boom (Festival Version)," so remix treatment shaped the set at the midpoint and again at the finish. The cinema feed had its own flaws, with a slightly blurry picture and occasional interruptions, and those say nothing about the dome itself.
The final stretch held up. Bang Chan waved an orange Stray Kids flag through "RUN IT," and for the encore the members rode carts around the stadium for "Stray Kids" and "Phoenix," closer to fans than a fixed stage allows. After a call-and-response chant, "MIROH" and "Social Path" followed, then "Charmer" and the closer.
The Tokyo Dome run followed two nights at Japan's National Stadium on Aug. 29-30, which drew 140,000 fans and made Stray Kids the first overseas male act to headline there. With the Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka domes, the 10-show Japan leg was projected to reach about 520,000 people.
On Nov. 9, the group added 25 dates, taking "Run It" to 46 shows in 31 cities, with Yokohama on April 24-25, Seattle on May 16, Chicago on May 18, Toronto on May 25, Paris on July 9, London on July 13 and Milan on July 31, the Korea Herald reported. Lee Know's enlistment is expected before those dates. I found no official statement on how it affects the new shows.
"SUIATSU" is out Nov. 25. The "Run It" world tour continues April 24-25 in Yokohama.
