Denkōsekka Arena Tour

The Denkōsekka Arena Tour (電光石火) was the first headlining concert tour by Japanese duo Yoasobi. The all-arena fourteen-show tour began on April 5, 2023, at Nagoya, Japan and concluded on June 24 in Yokohama. The shows received total 130,000 attendees.

Background and marketing


Since the debut, Yoasobi previously held two livestream concerts in 2021–Keep Out Theater in February, and Sing Your World, a collaboration with Uniqlo, in July–and one face-to-face one-off concert Nice to Meet You in December, as well as several Japanese music festivals. On September 17, 2022, during the special episode of All Night Nippon Music Week hosted by the duo, Yoasobi announced that they would hold their first all-arena concert tour in 2023, initially titled "Yoasobi Arena Tour 2023", in six cities throughout Japan. The tour started on April 5 at Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, and originally concluded on June 4 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, with a total of twelve performances in two days at each venue. The official title "Denkōsekka" was announced on January 17, 2023, alongside the official promotional poster.

Tickets were pre-sold to the official fan club from September to November 2022, and the general public in November 2022 and January 2023. At the first show in Nagoya, Yoasobi announced two additional shows at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama on June 23—24. The tour's special exhibition was held from May 21 onwards at Shibu Hachi Box. The Saitama show on June 4 was broadcast as pay-per-view livestream via Lemino in Japan and Beyond Live elsewhere, while the June 3 show was broadcast via Wowow Prime and Wowow On Demand on July 8.

Mercedes-Benz Japan partnered with Yoasobi for a ticket lottery campaign and exhibiting Mercedes-Benz A-Class and B-Class wrapped with an original illustration drawn by Niina Ai, who works with Yoasobi's several music videos and cover artworks, including "Yoru ni Kakeru" and "Gunjō". The duo collaborated with Acecook to produce the new two special flavors with Denkōsekka-patterned lid for instant noodles brand Super Cup 1.5x to commemorate 35th anniversary of the brand. The product was sold at Saitama shows' venue exclusively before the official release on June 5. The concert at Saitama Super Arena was included on the duo's video album The Film 2, released on April 10, 2024.

Reception
Billboard Japan Tomonori Shiba praised the Saitama show about Yoasobi's "solid" performance, not a "kick-ass live act", as well as their "powerful stage that brought the entire arena together with their passionate vocals and whole-hearted performance." Music critic Akimasa Munakata dubbed Yoasobi at the Yokohama show as "J-pop pioneer", and the "cutting edge of 2023". Mie Sugiura from Rockin'On Japan described the second day of Saitama show as "a spectacular, overwhelming live performance". Denkōsekka Arena Tour amassed 130,000 attendees throughout 14 shows.

Setlist
This set list is representative of the shows on June 23 and 24, 2023, in Yakohama. It is not intended to represent all shows.


 * 1) "Kaibutsu" (day 1) / "Shukufuku" (day 2)
 * 2) "Yoru ni Kakeru"
 * 3) "Sangenshoku"
 * 4) "Seventeen"
 * 5) "Mr."
 * 6) "Umi no Manimani"
 * 7) "Suki da"
 * 8) "Encore" (day 1) / "Yasashii Suisei" (day 2)
 * 9) "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara"
 * 10) "Tabun"
 * 11) "Taishō Roman" (day 1) / "Halzion" (day 2)
 * 12) "Mō Sukoshi Dake" (day 1) / "Haruka" (day 2)
 * 13) "Loveletter" (day 1) / "Tsubame" (day 2)
 * 14) "Shukufuku" (day 1) / "Kaibutsu" (day 2)
 * 15) "Gunjō"
 * 16) "Adventure"
 * Encore
 * 1) "Idol"

Notes
 * During Nagoya shows, "Taishō Roman" / "Halzion" were originally placed between "Sangenshoku" and "Seventeen".

Personnel
Yoasobi
 * Ayase – keyboard, synthesizer, sampler
 * Ikura – vocals

Band
 * Zacro Misohagi – keyboard chorus
 * AssH – guitar
 * Honogumo – drums
 * Hikaru Yamamoto (musician) – bass