 A condensed thirty @-@ minute version of the musical played at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka , Japan . Australian Jemma Rix was part of the original cast , alternating the role of Elphaba with Jillian <unk> and Taylor Jordan . The show , which opened on July 12 , 2006 , featured the preliminary storyline of Act 1 but Fiyero , Madame Morrible , Boq , Nessarose and Doctor Dillamond were absent and there were considerable changes in sets and costumes . The final performance took place on January 11 , 2011 . The first replicated non @-@ English production opened in Tokyo , Japan , on June 17 , 2007 with Hamada Megumi as Elphaba and <unk> Miyuki as Glinda . The production closed on September 6 , 2009 , in preparation for its transfer to Osaka . After opening on October 11 , 2009 , the Osaka production closed on February 13 , 2011 , featuring Ebata Masae as Elphaba with <unk> Asako as Glinda . The production then moved again to Fukuoka on April 2 , 2011 where its original stars were Ebata Masae ( Elphaba ) and <unk> Miyuki ( Glinda ) . After its closure in Fukuoka on August 28 , 2011 , the production re @-@ located to Nagoya with performances beginning September 23 . It starred Masae Ebata and Asako <unk> as Elphaba and Glinda , respectively . Wicked re @-@ opened in Tokyo at the Dentsu Shiki Theatre on August 3 , 2013 . The production closed on November 16 , 2014 . And the Production re @-@ located to Sapporo in May 2016 . 
