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#MUSIC 2025.10.19

Gen Hoshino’s “MAD HOPE” Tour Final Goes Live in 47 Prefectures and International Cinemas

NiEW 2025.9.19｜12:11

LE SSERAFIM Unveils Gen Hoshino-Produced Track for Netflix Anime My Melody & Kuromi

NiEW 2025.6.19｜11:02

#MUSIC 2025.8.30

Gen Hoshino Reveals Dates for MAD HOPE Asia Tour

NiEW 2025.5.2｜13:21

#MUSIC 2025.5.15

Gen Hoshino Announces Extra Shows for “MAD HOPE” Tour in Osaka and Yokohama

NiEW 2025.2.27｜14:04

#MUSIC 2025.5.15

Gen Hoshino Announces New Album and Nationwide Tour for Spring 2025

NiEW 2024.11.27｜12:20

#MUSIC 2024.8.16

Summer Sonic and SonicMania Unveil Timetables, Featuring Midnight Stage Curated by Gen Hoshino”

NiEW 2024.7.11｜13:42

Gen Hoshino’s “Hikari no Ato” Selected as Ending Theme for “SPY×FAMILY CODE: White”

NiEW 2023.12.26｜10:18

Gen Hoshino Releases First New Single “(Untitled) / Seimeitai” in Almost 3 Years

NiEW 2023.11.13｜00:06

#MUSIC 2023.9.21

Gen Hoshino to appear on NHK’s “SONGS” and talks about behind-the-scenes episodes from Summer Sonic

NiEW 2023.9.12｜14:43

Gen Hoshino to release “Seimeitai”, theme song for “World Championships in Athletics” and “Asian Games”, on August 14 (Mon.) for distribution.

NiEW 2023.8.7｜12:00

Gen Hoshino and Audrey Wakabayashi to MC Netflix talk variety show LIGHTHOUSE

NiEW 2023.7.13｜15:03

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Rikon Densetsu Announces Nationwide Solo Live Tour for November

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Mariah Carey Returns to Japan After Seven Years to Kick Off Christmas in Kobe and Yokohama

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:40

#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025

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Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:02

#MUSIC 2025.11.1

“Sai Sei Sei 2025” Urban Environmental Music Event Set for Tokyo’s GREEN WISE Botanical Greenhouse

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:07

All-Night Art Event “BENTEN 2” Kicks Off in Kabukicho, Curated by Chim↑Pom

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:43

Arata Isozaki Retrospective Architecture as Archipelago Debuts at Mito Art Tower

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:49

#MUSIC 2025.11.2

Pixies Returns to Tokyo and Osaka After Three-Year Hiatus

NiEW 2025.1.17｜10:28

#MUSIC 2025.10.26

natori Announces First Asia Tour

NiEW 2025.6.5｜14:12

Ichiko Aoba’s “Luminescent Creatures” World Premiere Hits Global Streams Marty McFly’s Style Hits the Streets: “BTTF” x Converse Collab Launches City Hunter Marks 40th Anniversary with Special Exhibition

Hadouken Hits the Menu: Street Fighter Meets McDonald’s Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 From Drive My Car to the Studio: Toko Miura Unveils “condominium” Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances

The fin. Returns After Four Years with New Album Somewhere Between “Naomi Watanabe’s “(20) in Tokyo Dome” Pop-up Launches at Shibuya MIYASHITA PARK KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan ONE OK ROCK Steps Up for MUFG Stadium Music Blowout

Hiromu Arakawa’s “Yomi no Tsugai” Anime to Premiere in April 2026 KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi “Oasis Film & Posters 1994/2025” Brings Remastered Live Concerts and Posters to Japan Hitsujibungaku’s Moeka Shiotsuka’s Signature Guitar Debuts from Fender