Personal Best Concerts of 2025
Yesterday, all the concerts I planned to attend this year came to an end. I'm so sad...
Here are the concerts that are personally memorable to me.
But first, the concerts (including events) I went to this year
January
・Dongurizu & Skaai (Night event)
・Nariaki Obukuro / Aru-2 DJ event
・Nariaki Obukuro Zatto Listening Party
February
・Black Loops
March
・Meitei Muro-i
・Nariaki Obukuro Zatto Tour Osaka/Nagoya
April
・Renewise (Techno DJ)
May
・GREEN ROOM Day 2 (Kamasi, RS5)
・G-DRAGON Übermensch Kyocera Dome
・Yussef Dayes
August
・FUJI "Q" Island (kwondo/Ayato Obara/Meitei)
September
・Nariaki Obukuro (Jazz to House)
・ZIN/Grooveman Spot/Kzyboost
・DONGROSSO
・Akiyama Kayousai LIVE (Attended all performances)
・Ne-Yo
October
・Mashup Festival (U-Zhaan x Tamaki ROY x Chinza DOPENESS
/Takkyu Ishino/Minyo Crusaders)
・RIP SLYME Dance Floor Massive Final
・Boiler Room Osaka
November
・Suchmos
December
・FCO. Club Tsukisekai
It seems I didn't go to any in June or July. I feel like I was so tossed about by daily life that I don't even remember it. My private life was fulfilling.
My personal best concerts are as follows.
Ne-Yo
G-DRAGON Übermensch
Akiyama Kayousai LIVE
Nariaki Obukuro Nagoya Performance
RIP SLYME Dance Floor Massive Final
Nariaki Obukuro Additional Performance
U-Zhaan x Tamaki ROY x Chinza DOPENESS
Last year and this year were years of reclaiming my youth.
Last year it was 2NE1.
This year, Jiyong-san, RS5, and Ne-Yo—artists I listened to when I was in elementary and junior high school—restarted their activities and came to Japan. I was truly happy.
I'm the type who has overcome ups and downs alongside music, so it brought back many memories.
I went to the Ne-Yo concert with someone who was an influencer for me, someone who helped me realize the goodness of R&B, and it became a very memorable performance. I want to go again and again.
It was also a year covered in Ryuji Akiyama.
I plan to write about it sometime, but from last year to this year, and especially this year, I was able to watch a lethal dose of Ryuji Akiyama as an HAF, and I bathed in it. All with my childhood friend.
He is quite the professional. Every time I watch him, I think, 'Wow.'
The sense of reality, like 'He's there, he's really there,' is quite good. I feel more professionalism from him than from musical artists. Maybe it's because his good nature comes through.
Also, Nariaki Obukuro.
I believe it was his first tour in three years.
Actually, it was my first time attending a solo tour.
The Zatto tour was a jazz band arrangement, and I felt their seriousness. Personally,ZattoandSiranamigave me goosebumps from start to finish. And now that it's the end of the year, they sound different again! No matter how many times I listen, they have a good flavor.
Also, the additional performance was a jazz band + DJ set.
I love the house music he creates so much that I think it might be divinely inspired, and that house music too! Performing with a live band while connecting seamlessly! I'm falling in love...
He performed my favorites,NagasameandBorderline. I cried my eyes out during the finalFourmula
Needless to say about G-DRAGON.
Conversely, I'm glad I wasn't close. If I had been close, I would have turned to ash. Thank you so much for being alive. He talked a little about the anguish within him, but he overcame it and came back, and he's doing it in good health. That alone is enough.
There is nothing left to say about RIP SLYME.
I will follow them for the rest of my life. That's all there is to it.
I just love everyone so much. I want them to be healthy and live long lives.
As expected, the tabla is cool! I want to try it!
I like Chinza-san's rap, which has room and margin, because it has proper inflection. Tamaki ROY was also quite good.
I'm a captive of U-Zhaan-san... Thank you so, so much.
Others were of course good too. There are many acquaintances I only meet at concert venues. I love those kinds of encounters. I want to continue to enjoy them while maintaining a moderate distance.
This year, I had to correct my way of thinking in both public and private life. I will only improve in a good direction. To be able to like myself first. To be able to cherish myself. To return kindness and be able to give to others.
Thank you for your support this year as well.
Please take care of me as long as I'm alive.