[W TOKYO Co., Ltd.] [TGC Kitakyushu 2025] Event Report Vol. 2 – Eight super-star artists appear! FANTASTICS will be collaborating with the local Tokiwa High School dance club, “TLovlemaKers”!
W TOKYO Co., Ltd. Press release: October 15, 2025 To Members of the Press [TGC Kitakyushu 2025] Event Report Vol. 2 – Eight super-star artists appear! FANTASTICS will be collaborating with the local Tokiwa High School dance club, “TLovlemaKers”! Yui Sakurai will appear as a secret artist (heart). A super-star cast will also be joining the cast, including lead actress Ami Touma from the film “Strawberry Moon: A Love with Six Months to Live,” as well as Jun Saito, Anji Ikebata, and Kaname Yoshizawa. Yoiko’s Hamaguchi Yuu will make his first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu! The Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee (Planning/Production: W TOKYO Co., Ltd.) will hold the “TGC KITAKYUSHU 2025 by TOKYO GIRLS” event at the West Japan General Exhibition Hall New Building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
COLLECTION’ (TGC Kitakyushu 2025) was held. >> Event Report Vol. 1 is here ■Eight super-luxurious artists will be performing! FANTASTICS will be collaborating with the local Tokiwa High School dance club, “TLovlemaKers”!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-bab30c382c091a982fa8edb1ae1356ee-2500×533.png The second artist live performance will be their first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu! DXTEEN, a six-member global boy band consisting of Tanaka Shotaro, Taniguchi Taichi, Terao Koshin, Hiramoto Ken, Fukuda Ayutaka, and Okubo Haru, who debuted as the younger brothers of JO1’s INI, and who celebrated their first anniversary last year in May and June 2024 with their first national tour, including encore
performances, a huge success, appeared on stage! They performed two songs: their 6th single “Ryuu Kataomoi,” which was released last month on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, and the party tune “DREAMLIKE,” which has become a staple at their live shows.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-7726dadcb43b7f9d217a03252bf0db7f-2500×532.png By the time they held their third artist live performance, their signature song “Love Song” had surpassed 100 million streams, and tickets for their Nippon Budokan concert in April 2025 sold out in just one minute! Marcy, a three-member band from Fukuoka, will be performing at Yokohama Arena for their solo concert “Marcy One Man Live Yokohama Arena” on Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th, 2026. This will be their first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu! Marcy will perform three fantastic songs, including their newly written “Romance,” the theme song for “TGC Kitakyushu 2025.” Vocalist Ukyo Yoshida spoke passionately, saying, “We were formed in Fukuoka, so we’re really happy to be able to perform at TGC Kitakyushu. We’d love to come back again!” “Romance,” a track from Marcy’s third album, “Flavors,” due for release next month on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, is filled with Marcy’s hope that the song “will add color to each person’s story and everyday life.” The song’s selection as the theme song for “TGC Kitakyushu 2025” was made possible by Marcy herself, who expressed her desire to “liven up her hometown of Fukuoka.” To commemorate the selection of this song as the theme song, “Romance” and a special message from Marcy will be broadcast throughout Kitakyushu City from Wednesday, October 1, 2025, bringing color to the city of Kitakyushu.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-301b647bcd13756ca657167fc39242e0-2500×535.png The fourth artist live performance will feature EP “POP,” who debuted last year on Friday, September 6, 2024, with their first digital single, “WILD BLUE,” and will release their first physical work, their first EP, “POP,” on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The five-member boy band WILD BLUE, who kicked off their first nationwide tour “WILD BLUE LIVE TOUR 2025 [The First Light]” on the 12th (Sat) and sold out all five seats in five cities across the country for five shows, and who held their first anniversary live show “WILD BLUE 1st Anniversary ~SKY VOYAGE~” on Tuesday, September 23rd (national holiday) last month, appeared on stage! They performed two songs: their 5th digital single “Astrist,” which was released on Wednesday, the 24th (the day after the 1st anniversary live show), and their 6th digital single “Kimi no Egao to Ano Sora,” which was just released on Friday, October 10th this month.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-b2173dc47857d96ed957e52025ff9479-2500×534.png The fifth artist to perform will be Shinako, the “Harajuku Princess” who made her artist debut with “Shinako World” on Monday, March 11, 2024, and whose music video has been viewed over 39 million times! She was also selected as the “Face of the Year” for 2024 by the women’s entertainment and lifestyle news site “Model Press,” and is 100% recognized among young people! They performed three spectacular songs, including “Shinako World” and their latest track, “Unicorn Party.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-b00a01616f24e23b4103df24c8eef529-2500×531.png The sixth artist live performance, the popular dance and vocal group FANTASTICS (member Reiya Seguchi is from Fukuoka Prefecture), who made their first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu, was a member of the local Tokiwa High School as part of the “W TOKYO × LDH JAPAN Regional Revitalization Project (※).” A special collaboration with the dance club “TLovlemaKers” (Troublemakers)! After receiving direct dance instruction from instructors at EXPG STUDIO, a dance school run by LDH JAPAN, and rehearsing with FANTASTICS, the dance club put on a special collaboration performance of “Choo Choo TRAIN,” their third song. During the talk session, club president Kubo Souma spoke on behalf of the dance club, sharing his thoughts on the performance, saying, “TGC is a dream stage for the dance club. It was dazzling, and I think it was a moment we’ll never forget!”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-50b1522c5c71fcda3a2140abdd227604-2500×492.png (※) What is the W TOKYO x LDH JAPAN Regional Revitalization Project? W TOKYO Co., Ltd. and LDH JAPAN Co., Ltd. formed a partnership in November 2022 to launch a new project utilizing TGC events held across the country to contribute to local communities and promote the SDGs through collaborations between local governments and dance and other entertainment. Our activities are centered around three themes: SDG Goal 3 “Good health and well-being for all”by creating opportunities for people of all ages and genders to experience dance; SDG Goal 4 “Quality education for all”by nurturing the next generation through dance and creating opportunities to experience entertainment; SDG Goal 17 “Partnerships for the goals”through cooperation between local governments, W TOKYO, and LDH JAPAN. The seventh artist live performance was “NEW” from Harajuku. This idol group, which promotes “KAWAII,” completed their first-ever hall tour in 2024, performing 15 shows in 12 cities across the country to an audience of approximately 40,000 people! Tickets for their 3rd anniversary concerts, held in May and June 2025 at Saitama Super Arena and World Memorial Hall (Kobe Port Island Hall), were also sold out immediately, and they will be holding two additional stadium-mode concerts at Saitama Super Arena on Saturday, August 2nd and Sunday, August 3rd! Furthermore, FRUITS ZIPPER are currently embarking on their first-ever Asia tour, “FRUITS ZIPPER 1st ASIA TOUR 2025,” kicking off with a performance in Taipei on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025. They are truly taking off “from Harajuku to the world!” They will be performing “Hachamecha Wacha Life!”, the first new theme song in five years for the TV anime “Crayon Shin-chan.” ” and their signature song “Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro,” they performed three gorgeous songs, captivating the audience with their cute performance.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-24ccea7eead048963f8f4be26941972f-2500×534.png The grand finale of TGC Kitakyushu was ME:I, an 11-member girl group selected from approximately 14,000 applicants and receiving
approximately 90 million votes on PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, Japan’s largest survival audition program. From the moment of their debut, they attracted attention like a social phenomenon, quickly climbing the ladder to becoming national idols, and this was their first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu. On Sunday, August 31st, 2025, ME:I completed their first arena tour, “2025 ME:I 1ST ARENA LIVE TOUR “THIS IS ME:I”,” which visited six cities across the country, and additional shows have also been announced! Furthermore, last month on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, ME:I released their first album “WHO I AM,” which consists of 11 songs in total. The album includes five new songs including the title track “THIS IS ME:I,” as well as six existing songs including “Click,” which was their debut song and the song they performed at the 75th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, which aired on Tuesday, December 31st, 2024, where they made their debut and opened the show. ME:I, the “idol of the future” representing the new generation, received such rapturous cheers for their long-awaited first
performance at TGC Kitakyushu that it was hard to believe it was their final stage.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-75d0859adfee2ac05c95c871ca021f8f-2500×534.png ■Yui Sakurai will appear as a secret artist and perform her solo major debut single! Nailie Beauty, a beauty appointment booking app that has been extremely popular with Gen Z with over 3 million downloads, allows users to choose from over 3 million designs posted by beauticians such as manicurists, eyelash technicians, and
hairdressers, and make reservations directly with them. On their stage, they spoke about their experience at the Mynavi TGC 2025 event, held last month on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Sakurai Yui (Secret Artist), who announced her memorable solo debut at the “A/W” event, performed her solo major debut single “I Love You, But I Love You,” followed by the idol group FRUITS ZIPPER, who serve as the image characters for the app, appearing on the runway with the original song that is currently being used in the web commercial in which FRUITS ZIPPER appears playing in the background! During the talk session, Yui Sakurai reflected on her performance, saying, “I was really nervous. I was scared until I went on stage, wondering if anyone would know me, but everyone welcomed me so warmly, which made me happy, and having the other members with me this time was reassuring.” Nakagawa Ruka, who has also tried the app, said, “I was able to check available slots, so I could go whenever I wanted, which was really helpful.” She also expressed her appreciation for its convenience. In addition, all the members performed the impressive choreography featured in the app’s web commercial, livening up the venue.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-046a5c8d71310cb6545ef59eedfb7328-2500×534.png ■KAWAII LAB. SOUTH’s world premiere performance! Three new members also made their debut (heart) KAWAII LAB. SOUTH, the next generation of members from KAWAII LAB., an idol project by ASOBISYSTEM that includes the national idol group FRUITS ZIPPER, is honing their performance and individuality through activities mainly in the Kyushu area, with the aim of making their idol debut! Arimura Kokoro, Kadokura Ayaka, and Morino Mene, all from Fukuoka Prefecture, and Matsuda Nana from Oita Prefecture, are members of the group. Their world debut performance will be held at the group’s headquarters in Tokyo! In addition, three new members (Aiko Hamasaki, Seri Okawa, and Iroha Sawamura) were unveiled for the first time (heart)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-eb62eee403f9e4fddea73b0d0cf8dfc0-2500×531.png ■A spectacular appearance on the special stage for the film
“Strawberry Moon: A Love Story with Only Six Months to Live” was made by leading actress Ami Touma, along with a stellar cast of actors representing the new generation, including Jun Saito, Anji Ikebata, and Kaname Yoshizawa. Nao Akutagawa’s best-selling pure love novel “Strawberry Moon” (published in 2023), which caused a huge stir as “the most tear-jerking novel of the Reiwa era,” has been adapted into a live-action film by Yoshikazu Okada, a “legend of human drama” who has written screenplays for films such as “10 Years Left to Live” and “Now, I’m Going to See You,” and Mai Sakai, an up-and-coming young director garnering attention for her work on the “Beautiful Man” series! The special stage for the film “Strawberry Moon: A Love with Six Months to Live,” due for release this Friday, October 17, 2025, illuminated the runway in the soft light of the June full moon known as the “Strawberry Moon,” a moonlit moon said to make love come true. A stunning cast of new-generation actors, including Toma Ami, who stars in her first feature film, along with Saito Jun, Ikebata Anji, and Yoshizawa Kaname, made a spectacular entrance. (All four are making their TGC Kitakyushu appearance for the first time.) At the top of the runway, all four actors struck the Strawberry Moon pose, and Toma Ami, Ikebata Anji, Saito Jun, and Yoshizawa Kaname walked hand in hand, captivating the audience. During the talk session, Touma Ami said, “This film depicts many things, including love, friendship, and family ties. It’s a film that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Please go see it at the theater with someone special.” Within the limited time, she spoke about the appeal of the film, which depicts a lifetime’s worth of love. The audience was left with a warm afterglow, filled with anticipation for the bittersweet story.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-7b10c746ac12d6f3ea0c00050c9e99a6-2500×536.png ■Yoiko’s Hamada Masaru will be appearing at TGC Kitakyushu for the first time in about six years since “Mynavi TGC 2019 A/W”! Airing every other Wednesday at 11 PM on ABEMA, “Chance School: Change Department” is a new-concept school variety show where aspiring women gather together to learn the “charms of true femininity” through unique and informative lessons from various guest lecturers on the things they need to become top-notch women. On stage, CHANCE GALs, a girls’ group born from the show who are working to continue pursuing their dreams and who don’t want to give up on their dreams, performed the show’s theme song, “Go for it!!” Furthermore, at the end of the following fashion show segment, nationally popular comedian
YoikoHamaguchi Masaru, who will be appearing as a lecturer on the program, made his first appearance at TGC Kitakyushu, and his first in about six years since “Mynavi TGC 2019 A/W.” At the top of the runway, he and Imai Angelica raised one hand and struck a “Got it!” pose, livening up the venue. During the talk segment, Hamaguchi Masaru, who will be appearing on the show as a lecturer in the future, jokingly expressed his enthusiasm, saying, “All I can teach you is how to survive life on a deserted island and the harsh conditions of location shooting (laughs).”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7466/900/7466-900-203096fe7a64382a6a631ba782801167-2500×533.png ■Morley Shoot appears on the runway as TV Nishinippon’s station mascot! TNC On the stage of Television Nishinippon (TNC) appeared Akagi Nozomi, a Fukuoka-born announcer who serves as a sub-caster for “Hodo Wide: The Power of the Reporter,” which airs on TNC every Monday to Friday from 4:49 p.m., followed by Ishibashi Hirotaka, a
Fukuoka-born announcer representing “MIEL,” a TNC web magazine that launched in June 2025 and delivers the latest information on Fukuoka gourmet food, fashion, and more, and Abe Tetsuaki (Lemon Tea), a Fukuoka-born regular who appears on “Momochihama Store,” which airs on TNC every Monday to Friday from 9:50 a.m., who all performed a special dance performance at the top of the runway. Furthermore, six people selected from auditions held by TNC in collaboration with the live streaming service SHOWROOM appeared on stage, followed by the popular real-life brother unit Morley Shoot, who appeared with TNC’s station mascot Terebee. At the top of the runway, Terebee once again excited the audience with a special dance performance. During the talk segment, announcer Akagi Nozomi reflected, “I usually appear on news programs, so I was nervous about this completely different job. But it was a lot of fun.” Abe Tetsuaki also spoke frankly, saying, “These kinds of places are usually populated by comedians who are popular in Tokyo. I couldn’t believe I was a comedian in Fukuoka!”
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