The Tokyo concert tour performance of singer Hideaki Tokunaga, which took place on November 1st at Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo), will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW Live and WOWOW On Demand from 7pm on January 2nd next year. A live report of the performance has been released ahead of the program.
The tour, titled "Hideaki Tokunaga Concert Tour 2025 ALL REQUEST," will see 31 performances in 27 locations from May to December. Fan requests were collected, and the set list was made up of songs selected from those requests.
The first song performed at the tour's Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall was "Wings of Courage," the final number on the 1999 album "honesto." The following song, her 18th single "Boku no Soba ni," is a love song with a strong sense of transparency. From the very intro, her debut single "Rainy Blue" captured everyone's hearts. She beautifully sang a scene reminiscent of a movie, and a bittersweet sentimentality filled the large auditorium.
The concert moved on to the "VOCALIST" series section. "Eki" (by Mariya Takeuchi) is a heartbreaking story of a man and woman composed in minor chords. "Yasashii de afureru you ni" (by JUJU) is a pure love song. "Dare yori suki no ni" (I Love You More Than You) (by Higashiko Furuuchi) is a ballad that describes the complicated feelings of love. Tokunaga carefully wove the world of each song through his singing.
In the second half after the break, he played the title track of his 2003 album, "Ai wo Kudasai," where he himself played the electric guitar to create rhythm. During the gorgeous pop tune, "Anata no Tame ni," he moved from stage right to stage left, pouring emotion into the straightforward love. The final song of the second half was "Yume wo Shinjite," a smash hit released in 1990. The encore concluded with Tokunaga's signature song, "Kokowarekake no Radio." The lyrics were displayed on a screen at the back of the stage, and he sang along with the audience.
