Wataru Hatano held a free live concert!　In front of many fans, Wataru Hatano sang the ED theme of the anime "YURI! on ICE" ED theme in front of many fans!

An official report from the free live concert held by popular voice actor Wataru Hatano has arrived.

The popular anime "Yuri! on ICE" (Giorgi Popovic), "Kuroko no Basket" (Reo Jitsubuchi), "Arslan Senki" (Jaswanto), "One-Pan Man" (Metal Bat), and many other popular works. Wataru Hatano, who has released six singles and one album to date, held a "Wataru Hatano Free Live in Osaka" at SANZEN HIROBA at Kuzuha Mall in Maikata City, Osaka Prefecture, on November 26, 2011, to celebrate the release of "You Only Live Once. " was held at SANZEN HIROBA, Kuzuha Mall, Kuzuha City, Osaka Prefecture.

This event was also the first in a series of events commemorating the 5th anniversary of the artist's debut, "YURI! on ICE feat. w.hatano", which is the first project to commemorate the 5th anniversary of his debut as an artist, and was held to celebrate the release of his new single "You Only Live Once".
⇒ Wataru Hatano announced a project to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his artist debut!　Single and mini-album release, live tour, etc.

The venue was filled with about 1,200 fans, and although the live lasted only about 40 minutes, it was a fulfilling performance, featuring not only "You Only Live Once" but also two new songs from the mini-album "Caravan Performs Filia," which will be released on December 21.
Here is the official report.

Live Report

When Wataru Hatano appeared on stage, the audience cheered loudly. He greeted not only the audience in the front but also the audience in the back and shoppers at the shopping mall. on ICE", of which "You Only Live Once" is the ending theme song. on ICE," almost all of the audience members raised their hands. When Hatano mentioned the name of "Giorgi Popovic," a unique character in the anime, the audience laughed each time.

The first song, "You Only Live Once," was sung. As soon as the song started, the audience started clapping loudly. Hatano then asked the audience to sing the phrase "You Only Live Once" with him, and they started to sing the phrase "You Only Live Once" in chorus from the beginning of the song. During the song, Hatano, moved by the music and the clapping, said, "Kuzuha Mall is warm! During the song, Hatano, moved by the music and hand-clapping, said, "Kuzuha Mall is warm!

During the next MC part, the TV anime "Yuri! on ICE" has started airing in the Kansai region on Sun TV every Saturday from 2:00 a.m., with the second episode airing today.
When he played the ending theme at the recording studio, he was told, "Are you really singing? I feel so happy to be able to sing the ending theme," he said.

The conversation turned to the mini album "Caravan plays Philia", the second project of the 5th Anniversary Project, following "You Only Live Once". Hatano said that he wrote a short story to request a song for this album, and based on the short story, he asked Takao Nagatani, who composed the 4th single "Hikari," to write "Little Resistance" with the theme of "boys' adventures in a European forest. This song was the second song in the live performance. This song was performed for the first time in full chorus as the second song of the live performance.
The audience spontaneously clapped along to this new song, which had not yet been released anywhere other than Wataru Hatano's official website, where a few dozen seconds of a preview of the song is available for viewing.

Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden), who composed the 5th single "Kakusei no Air", sang "Never bee too late", which he said was inspired by the freedom and positivity of the American continent.
A surprise announcement was made at this point that the song would be made into a music video! When it was announced that the filming had already been completed, the audience was astonished. The music video is currently in production and will be released soon.

The third live song was "Never bee too late. The third song was "Never bee too late," the full chorus of which was also performed for the first time at this live concert.
Between songs, he asked the audience, "Will you come to our live concert in Osaka again? the audience cheered loudly.

After that, he announced "Wataru Hatano LIVE Tour 2017 "LIVE CARAVAN,"" Wataru Hatano's first solo live tour in a year, which will be held in 2017. In Osaka, the tour will take place on March 19 (Sun.), 2017 at "UMEDA CLUB QUATTRO". Hatano said, "I'll think of some 'pretenses' we can all do together at the live concert, so please come," and the audience applauded.

After his closing speech, "No matter where I perform, I will perform in my own way," Hatano took a commemorative photo with the audience, which has become a regular event at his live performances, and the live ended.