It has been announced that the "Kishidan Expo 2025 - Kanto Bakuon Pavilion," which will be held by rock band Kishidan at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Halls 9-11 (Mihama-ku, Chiba City) on November 25th and 26th, will be exclusively broadcast and streamed on WOWOW for a total of 12 hours over four episodes in January and February 2026.
Kishidan Expo was first held in 2003. Ayakoji Sho called for "gathering the best friends, playing the best music, and creating the best time," and performers from across genres including not only rock but also pop, idols, popular songs, and enka gathered together.
Since becoming a festival in 2012, it has been held at Sodegaura Seaside Park (Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 it was held as an audience-free festival at a live music venue, and was cancelled in 2021, but was revived in 2022. The 2023 event was postponed due to Ayanokoji undergoing vocal cord treatment, but in 2024 the venue was moved from the outdoor area of Sodegaura Seaside Park to an indoor venue at Makuhari Messe.
The event will be held at Makuhari Messe again this year, and will feature singer Takashi Hosokawa, heavy metal band Seikima-II, idol group Momoiro Clover Z, former BiSH member Aina the End, and Ryuji Akiyama of the comedy trio Robert.
WOWOW will broadcast and stream this year's "Kishidan Expo" in four parts, with the first and second parts of the first day being broadcast in January next year, and the first and second parts of the second day being broadcast in February next year.
◇The performers are as follows (in alphabetical order, titles omitted):
<First day> ASKA▽Uchikubi Taiiku Okazaki ▽Okazaki Taiiku▽OKAMOTO'S▽Kishidan▽Seikima-II▽7ORDER▽10-FEET▽20th Century▽Takashi Hosokawa (OPENING CEREMONY ACT)▽Momoiro Clover Z▽Yanagiya Mutsumi & THE RATBONES (WELCOME ACT)▽Young Skinny▽ROTTENGRAFFTY (※Creepy Hyp is not scheduled to be broadcast or streamed)
<Day 2> Aina the End ▽ "Robert" Akiyama Ryuji (OPENING CEREMONY ACT) ▽ Kishidan ▽ Kimijima Sora Ensemble Form ▽ Golden Bomber ▽ Juice Goku Goku Club ▽ Private Ebisu Chugaku ▽ - Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan - Zigzag ▽ Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu ▽ DJ Dinoji (WELCOME ACT) ▽ Dragon Ash ▽ NEWS ▽ BUCK∞TICK ▽ RIP SLYME ▽ Rekishi
Additionally, a related program, "Kishidan Expo 2025 ~Kanto Bakuon Pavilion~ Post-Event Special Program," will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW in March next year. Cameras will be sent backstage at Kishidan Expo 2025, and the one-hour program will feature the performers interacting with each other.
