Hitsujibungaku's tour "Suuu Haaa" concludes, a special time connected by a "deep breath"
Hitsujibungaku's live tour "Hitsujibungaku TOUR 2026 'Suuu Haaa'" concluded today, Nov. 11, at the Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium in Tokyo. This article reports on the semifinal performance held yesterday, the 10th.
This tour, starting with the performance at Niigata Terrsa in Niigata on Sept. 4 up to the Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium shows on Nov. 10 and 11, visited Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and 10 cities domestically, mobilizing about 40,000 people across a total of 13 performances. True to the title "Suuu Haaa," they stayed close to the audience's everyday lives through a live show themed around taking a "deep breath."
Appearing on stage, Moeka Shiotsuka (Vo, G), Yurika Kasai (B), and support drummer YUNA (ex. CHAI) kicked off the live show with the track "OOPARTS," featuring an impressive bouncy four-on-the-floor beat. Furthermore, they brought a comfortable atmosphere to the venue right from the beginning of the show with tracks like "Kaze ni Nare" and "mild days." Shiotsuka looked out over the spacious venue and asked, "Thank you all for coming today. Can those in the very back hear what I'm saying?" Breaking into a smile, she said, "Today is our 10th location (for domestic performances). It somehow gives me a warm feeling. I felt relieved seeing everyone here." Then, after touching on the tour's theme by saying, "The theme this time is a 'deep breath.' We're going to play loud songs, sad songs, and angry songs from now on, so I want you to practice so you can take a deep breath in your everyday life, no matter the situation," she radiantly sang "GO!!!."
Afterward, Hitsujibungaku performed "Ame," which emotionally sublimates loneliness and sorrow, and the lyrical slow number "Omajinai." They depicted delicate emotions with diverse sounds, strongly stirring the hearts of the audience. After an interlude portraying a fantastical worldview backed by visuals of light raining down like a starry sky, "Wonder" was delivered unhurriedly. Then, after making a distorted guitar sound echo in "mother," they performed their signature song "more than words" with a dignified gaze, colored by red and blue particles of light.
Reaching the second half of the live show, Hitsujibungaku played the noisy, high-speed tracks "doll" and "Dogs" as if exploding with emotion. Furthermore, after singing "Blue.2" and "Haru no Arashi" sentimentally, they straightforwardly and gently presented "Mayoiga" to the audience. Delivered while enveloped in the audience's handclapping was "Mirai Chizu 2025." After joyfully unfolding their performance within a ring of light formed by the lighting, they painted a slow and beautiful soundscape with "hopi," leaving the stage with a deep lingering resonance.
Appearing once again called by applause demanding an encore, Hitsujibungaku performed "Keep Walking," the theme song for the drama "VIVANT" spin-off work "Drum -VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY-." Furthermore, they also performed "Sugar," the insert song for the movie "ghost / Yoru no Hate" which had just been released digitally that day, boldly ringing out an aggressive sound with strong grunge rock elements. Shiotsuka reflected on a year ago, saying, "The day we decided to do a live show for two days at Yoyogi Gymnasium was the day we were at LIQUIDROOM last year. We were talking in the dressing room like, 'Can we do it? Will everyone come?' It was summer and we were pretty hyped up, so it turned into, 'Let's just do it! We just have to take the challenge.'" She conveyed to the audience, "When I came here today, I thought 'It's huge' during the rehearsal. But when I went out on stage for the actual show and saw everyone's faces, even though it's a stage where we are doing a solo show for the first time, it felt like it became a familiar place. That's thanks to everyone's presence. I felt a sort of warmth accepting us, and I was really surprised. Thank you." Kasai expressed with deep emotion, "It was a tour where we were able to start from a place of 'We want to do this, we want to do that.' That's a very healthy thing for a band. The things we want to do kept expanding, and there were people helping us with that through video, hair and makeup, and production. So I thought it was amazing how it connects with other people's 'want to do.' It's amazing that everyone came today and we are connecting. I felt that people's influences connect and turn into a live show."
When Shiotsuka asked, "We have received so many different things from everyone up until now, so I was hoping we could return a good day to you, but how was it?", thunderous applause rained down from the audience. Firmly receiving that applause, Shiotsuka once again spoke of the tour's theme, saying, "Have you been breathing properly these past two hours or so? That is truly the most important thing today. Even more than how Hitsujibungaku's performance was. There are times in life when things go better if you relax, and having felt over this past year that breathing is a catalyst for that, I wanted to share it with everyone." Following these words, the final song they delivered was "Shinkokyu." Until the very end, they created a place where the audience could comfortably breathe in, concluding the live show with radiant expressions.
Setlist
"Hitsujibungaku TOUR 2026 'Suuu Haaa'" Nov. 10, 2026, Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium
01. OOPARTS
02. Kaze ni Nare
03. mild days
04. Runner
05. Henshin
06. GO!!!
07. Ame
08. Omajinai
09. interlude
10. Wonder
11. mother
12. more than words
13. don't laugh it off anymore
14. doll
15. Dogs
16. Blue.2
17. Haru no Arashi
18. Mayoiga
19. Hikaru Toki
20. Mirai Chizu 2025
21. hopi
<Encore>
22. Keep Walking
23. Sugar
24. Shinkokyu
Source: Music Natalie
*This content has been translated from Japanese into English using machine translation. We apologize for any mistakes in the current version, and will update accordingly.