[Disk Garage Co., Ltd.] Yutaka Mizutani and Haruka Ayase announced as final performers for “Kazemachi Poetic 2025,” celebrating the 55th anniversary of Takashi Matsumoto’s songwriting career! Six additional songs announced! Original merchandise announced!
Disk Garage Co., Ltd. Press release: September 8, 2025 To Members of the Press Mizutani Yutaka and Ayase Haruka have been announced as the final performers for “Kazemachi Poetic 2025,” celebrating the 55th anniversary of Takashi Matsumoto’s songwriting career! Six additional songs have been announced! Original merchandise announced! The final Kazemachi event will be held for a miraculous 2 days at Tokyo International Forum Hall A! “First Night: Wind Edition” Friday, September 19, 2025, “Second Night: Street Edition” Saturday, September 20, 2025
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masterpieces will be sung forever… To commemorate the 55th anniversary of Takashi Matsumoto’s songwriting career, the official project “Kazemachi Poetic 2025,” a concert to “pass on” Matsumoto’s classic songs to the future, will be held for two days, September 19th (Friday) and 20th (Saturday), at Tokyo International Forum Hall A. “Kazemachi Poetic 2025” will showcase Matsumoto’s many masterpieces, which continue to shine evergreen in the history of Japanese pop music and will surely be sung forever. This miraculous two-day event will be completed in two nights: “Night 1: Wind Edition” and “Night 2: City Edition.” The first and second announcements of the performers featured a stellar lineup of artists, but now the final two acts have been announced. The final slot for “Night 1: Wind” has been decided to be played by national actor Yutaka Mizutani, who has had many songs written by Matsumoto! And for the final slot of “Night 2: Town Edition,” national actress Haruka Ayase, who also participated in “Dedicated to Matsumoto Takashi – Kazemachi DNA -” released in 2010, will be making her first concert appearance! With this announcement, all 28 performers for the two days have been announced, creating an incredibly luxurious lineup that may never be seen again! It promises to be an incredibly rare, dreamlike two-night-only performance!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-f3b6b744f24e48a3a38d9c33509d799a-1000×1333.jpg September 19th (Friday) Starring: Yutaka Mizutani
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-ecaa06d6bf1a501d621223974f80d34f-1000×1333.jpg September 20th (Sat) Performer: Haruka Ayase Scheduled songs include “Night 1: Wind Edition,” “I Want to Know You More,” and “Just a Little Bit” New songs announced for “Yasashiku,” “Yasashika Kamishibai,” and “Ruby no Yubiwa” (Ruby Ring) have been added, and for “Night Two: Machihen,” “Akai Sweet Pea” and “Hitomi wa Diamond” have been added. Five songs by Seiko Matsuda are credited for “Night One: Kazehen,” and a whopping 10 songs by Seiko Matsuda are credited for “Night Two: Machihen.” In addition, the duo of Takashi Matsumoto and Eiichi Ohtaki will perform a total of nine songs on both days, and the duo of Takashi Matsumoto and Karuho Kureta (Yumi Matsutoya) will perform a total of nine songs on both days. A total of eight songs by the duo Takashi Matsumoto and Kyohei Tsutsumi are credited for both days. Anticipation is also building as to who will perform Happy End songs and how. This is an event not to be missed not only for fans of Takashi Matsumoto, but also for fans of Seiko Matsuda, Niagara, Yumi Matsutoya, city pop, pop music, and all music fans.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-2d5fc76e503c9fef7bcd1ca7eae340b4-1000×750.jpg ・“First Night: Wind Edition” Friday, September 19, 2025 Performer List
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-f2e722b392271ff6d5be6a39d7d430eb-3900×2925.jpg – “Second Night: City Edition” Performer List – Saturday, September 20, 2025 In addition, official merchandise that will be sold at the venue on the day of the concert was also announced. The pamphlet includes an interview with Matsumoto Takashi, in which he discusses his thoughts on the concert, an interview with Inoue Akinori, and a discussion between Suzuki Shigeru and Minami Yoshitaka. The pamphlet also includes original columns by Bakusho Mondai’s Tanaka Yuji, Meiji University professor Saito Takashi, music critic Susie Suzuki, Asahi Shimbun culture reporter Fujisaki Akiko, and book editor Kimizuka Futoshi, creating a lavish and engaging read, supervised by writer Makaino Motohiro. In addition to the pamphlet, merchandise will also include the “Kazemachi T-Shirt,” an original performance T-shirt featuring Matsumoto Takashi’s silhouette, a “Kazemachi Special Tear-Wiping Cotton Handkerchief,” and a “Kazemachi Cotton
Handkerchief.” Also on sale will be a “Kazemachi Cookie” cookie tin, a collaboration with the Western confectionery shop Poire, which is celebrating its 55th anniversary. Be sure to check it out when you visit. Kazemachi merchandise was also announced as a special gift for those who purchase a two-day pass. The special gift is a “Kazemachi Pouch” that can only be obtained at this performance.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-b47069b4b487366e2a9fdcdc0ec62a46-3900×2108.png ・Official Merchandise List
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/35005/35/35005-35-598deb7a1ed65769633ef9786ec5ce9f-2084×2084.png ・Bonus for 2-day pass purchasers: “Kazemachi Pouch” *Color will be random Regular tickets for each day are now on general sale at each ticket agency. Comments from the performing artists are arriving one after another, so be sure to check out the official “Kazemachi Poetic 2025” website. https://matsumototakashi55.com/ The “Kazemachi Project” allows you to enjoy the beautiful scenery and poetic world woven by the lyrics of Takashi Matsumoto. These two historic, extravagant nights will mark the culmination of this project, leaving countless classics etched in your hearts as timeless “standard numbers.” Performance Overview ■Title: ~ Matsumoto Takashi 55th Anniversary Songwriting Official Project ~ Kazemachi Poetic 2025 ■Date and time: “First Night: Wind Edition” Friday, September 19, 2025 [Doors open] 17:00 [Start] 18:00 “Second Night: City Edition” Saturday, September 20, 2025 [Doors open] 16:30 [Start] 17:30 ■Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall A ■Performers: “First Night: Wind Edition” September 19th (Friday) Cast Yoshio Inoue / Kohei Otomo / Haruka Kinoshita / Masahiko Kondo / Yuki Saito / Emiko Suzuki / Keiichi Sogabe / Kanna Hashimoto / Noriyuki Makihara / Hiroki Miura / Yutaka Mizutani [NEW!] / Emma Miyazawa / Yuika Motokariya / Narumi Yasuda “Second Night: Town Edition” Cast, Saturday, September 20th Haruka Ayase [NEW!] / Yuko Ando / Sakurako Ohara / Kumiko / Yu Sakai / Takeyoshi Sato / Miisa Shimizu / Shigeru Suzuki / Takao Tajima / Seiko Nizuma / Kiyoshi Hikawa KIINA. / Hoshikuzu Scat / Yoshitaka Minami / Aya Yamamoto *Alphabetical order *Performers vary each day. *Performers may change due to unforeseen circumstances. *This performance is not an event with a specific artist as the main focus. We ask for your
understanding. Kazamachi Band Akira Inoue (Music Director/Keyboards) / Jun Abe (Keyboards) / Takayuki Hijikata (Guitar) / Tsuyoshi Kon (Guitar) / Tadahide Yoshikawa (A.Guitar) / Kenji Takamizu (Bass) / Hideo Yamaki (Drums) / Masato Kawase (Percussion) / Naoki Takao, Kumi Sasaki, Mayumi Fujita (Chorus) / Koji Nishimura (Trumpet) / Yoichi Murata (Trombone) / Takuo Yamamoto (Saxophone) / Yoshihiko Sakata (Violin) / Haruko Yano (Violin) / Ayako Watanabe (Viola) / Ayano Kasahara (Cello) *Kazemachi Band will be performing on both days. *Performers may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your understanding. ■Scheduled performance list / All songs lyrics: Takashi Matsumoto “First Night: Wind Edition” Friday, September 19 Ah Youth / Melancholy Tonight / I Want to Know You More [NEW!] / A Thousand and One Second Story / Woman: From “Wo’s Tragedy” / Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind / My Heart’s in a Thousand -Unfaithful Vacation- / You Are Natural Color / Silver Harmonica / Tanned Mermaid / Simple Love / Diving Goggles / Just a Little Gently [NEW!] / Sneakers Blues / Sexual Violet No. 1 / Graduation / Time Travel / Heavenly Kiss / High Teen Boogie / First Love / Secret Garden / Peppermint Blue / Cotton Handkerchief / Kindness Kamishibai [NEW!] / Ruby Ring [NEW!] and more… “Second Night: City Arc” Saturday, September 20th Red Sweet Pea [NEW!] / Rainy Wednesday / The Wind Rises / Glass Boy / Glass Apple / Karen in Love / Alice in Time / Guardian Angel / White Parasol / White Water Lily / SWEET MEMORIES / SCOTCH AND RAIN / Woman in the Dunes / Make It a Slow Boogie (I want you) / Uniform / Kiss / Detective Story / Balcony on the Beach / Sleeping Forest / Sleep Like a Ballad / Diamond Eyes [NEW!] / Fever Boy / Pinky Promise / Ruriiro no Chikyu / Rock’n Rouge and more… *Alphabetical order *The songs performed will vary each day. *The track list may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your
understanding. ■Ticket Price: ・All seats reserved ¥18,000 (tax included) *Preschool children not allowed ・2-Day Pass All seats reserved: ¥36,000 (Tax included) *Includes Kazemachi merchandise (the merchandise contents will be announced on the official website at a later date)…Sales have closed! ■General ticket release date: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 10:00 AM ・Ticket Pia
https://w.pia.jp/t/kazemachi/ ・Lawson Ticket
https://l-tike.com/kazemachi/ ・e https://eplus.jp/kazemachi/ ・CN Play Guide https://www.cnplayguide.com/kazemachi Phone: 0570-08-9999 (Reception hours: 10:00-18:00, 7 days a week) ■Inquiries: DISK GARAGE https://info.diskgarage.com/ ■General INFO:
https://matsumototakashi55.com/ ■Organizers: DISK GARAGE / TBS Radio / TBS Gloudia / TOKYO FM / The Asahi Shimbun / WOWOW / Nippon
Broadcasting System ■Special cooperation: Puerta del Sol ■Production and management: DISK GARAGE / PROMAX ■Planning and production: DISK GARAGE / TBS Radio / TBS Gloudia / TOKYO FM / The Asahi Shimbun