The official audio of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera by the 1988 Japanese Cast. The Phantom of the Opera opened on 8th June 1988 in Tokyo at The Nissay Theatre. The show was produced by Shiki Theatre Company, a leading theatre producer in Japan. The album was released that October with the three principles; Masachika Ichimura as the Phantom, Ryoko Nomura as Christine Daaé, and Yuichiro Yamaguchi as …