【TST Entertainment Inc.】 FINALBY will appear in “Kabukicho EXPANDED,” a new project that promotes unique works and culture from Kabukicho to the world! Image
URL: TST Entertainment Inc. Press release: August 29, 2025 To Members of the Press FINALBY has been confirmed to appear in “Kabukicho EXPANDED,” a new project that promotes unique works and culture from Kabukicho to the world! From FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL, Hong Kong Art Week, and Ajisono Universe to the unknown
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-0886b6cb9510d0c4a898896c48c8e310-1080×1350.jpg ■What is FINALBY?
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-2e9cab6106f9e67de20d3ac2ca61f95c-1400×933.jpg This unit is made up of ∈Y∋, the frontman of the globally influential underground music band BOREDOMS; COSMIC LAB (headed by C.O.L.O), an audiovisual expressionist who explores the expansion of cognition through spatial expression; HORIO KANTA, an art engineer who explores the relationship between sound and machines; and NIIMI TAIKI, a programmer who handles everything from circuit design to sound synthesis. ※Pronunciation (Final By Empty) ■”FINALBY is
reincarnated again as an unconfirmed transcendental experience!!!!!!!” Naohiro Ukawa (DOMMUNE) July 5, 2025… Ajiuma Universe drew to a close after 70 years in Sennichimae, Osaka. ∈Y∋ of BOREDOMS and FINALBY , led by COSMIC LAB, transformed themselves into “funeral givers,” sending this psychedelic cultural layer of unbroken memories and traces off into the atmosphere. This historic memorial service, which honored and worshipped Sennichimae’s cultural landscape for 70 years and buried it with cutting-edge prayers utilizing the magic of XR, will likely hold great significance for the future cultural history of Osaka. Instead of a heart-breaking funeral procession, the universe was given a transcendental requiem through an exciting ceremony, and became a conceptual universe!!!!!!! And then, on October 25, 2025… this space-time transcending device will suddenly appear in Kabukicho, Tokyo!!!!! Having become a conceptual universe, the universe will break through the jungle of desires and passions dissolved in neon, and be reincarnated once again as an unidentified transcendental experience that defies gravity. Yes, FINALBY will appear here, here, and there, cutting through the distortions of space-time!!!!!!!!! On this night, ZEROTOKYO will reinstall the “memories of Sennichimae” into the body called Kabukicho. Summon this XR Ascension that encompasses the Akashic Records, time capsules, quantum computing, spiritual panoramas, and even the collective unconscious!!!!!!! ■”FINALBY appears as something that signals the end and beginning of an era.” – Tomoko Yabumae (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) In the summer when the COVID-19 pandemic finally showed signs of ending, FINALBY appeared suddenly and strangely during core time on the WHITE STAGE at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’21. Their performance, along with the powerful livestream that blended the virtual and physical, could be said to be one of the most significant cultural events of this stagnant period. And then, in July of this year, on the final day of business at Ajizono Universe, a deep spot in Osaka, we witnessed this historic space, filled with light and shadow for 70 years, being handed over to an open-ended future. FINALBY appears as something that signals the end and beginning of an era. In this world, device objects themselves become entities with their own will, interacting with the audience. Together with the intermediary ∈Y∋, they are subjected to the force of the Earth’s rotation, creating a vortex of sound as they continue to rotate in one direction. As we surrender ourselves to this ritual-like space, our consciousness is catapulted far away at high speed (like the (sa)cone ∈Y∋ threw at Fuji Rock). Next, we travel from Shinjuku’s Kabukicho to the beginning of some unknown universe. ■ZEROTOKYO
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-5dcd603d708484f36bc3c40c092ad0c0-2500×1667.jpg ZEROTOKYO / Zepp Shinjuku (TOKYO) is operated by TST Entertainment Inc., a joint venture between Tokyu Corporation and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. With a capacity of 1,500 people, it is one of the largest in the area, and the latest video and lighting systems built by COSMIC LAB and Faith Property enable a truly immersive music and video experience that can only be found here. In keeping with Shinjuku’s Kabukicho area, which is now known worldwide for its diverse culture, this new facility embodies Tokyo, inviting music artists from a variety of genres and disseminating unique live music entertainment content both domestically and internationally. ■COSMIC LAB
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-13fc52b0074cd3ab93927ee7ec0516a8-1920×819.jpg A live visual laboratory run by filmmaker C.O.L.O., exploring the expansion of cognition through experiences where the visible and the invisible intersect. His representative works include an audio-visual live performance with ∈Y∋(BOREDOMS), the theatrical art piece “THE TRIP” co-produced with JEFF MILLS, and “1200 Years of Light at Mount Koya,” which combines the chanting of 100 monks with visual art. Focusing on post-XR (expanded reality), he created a visual production system that erases the boundaries between the physical and virtual, and installed it at “ZEROTOKYO / Zepp Shinjuku (TOKYO).” ■ Linkage with “DOMMUNE KABUKICHO”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-c42c39f2eeee8599df1f696d71f36e8e-88×113.png DOMMUNE, the internet streaming station led by Naohiro Ukawa, has opened a satellite studio, “DOMMUNE KABUKICHO,” in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho district as part of the “BENTEN 2025” project. A special program is planned in collaboration with “DOMMUNE,” which has produced over 10,000 diverse programs to date. Leaving its base of operations at SUPER DOMMUNE on the 9th floor of Shibuya PARCO, which has continued to explore a wide range of topics from the alternative side to the metaverse, the group will be holding a special project in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/50845/247/50845-247-49a8367a2a876fe188b162a79210fb33-1516×381.png TST Entertainment Inc. TST Entertainment Inc. is a joint venture between Tokyu Corporation and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., whose purpose is to plan and operate entertainment facilities at Tokyu Kabukicho Tower. Company name: TST Entertainment Inc. Head office address: 1-29-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Business activities: Planning and operation of entertainment facilities and related businesses Website: Corporate website https://tst-ent.co.jp/ Tokyu Kabukicho Tower official website https://www.tokyu-kabukicho-tower.jp/ * FINALBY →Note: The official design notation is five half-width spaces within the * COSMIC LAB →Note: There is a half-width space before “LAB” * ZEROTOKYO →Note: There is no space between “ZERO” and “TOKYO”