Aya Uchida completes her second solo live tour in her hometown, Gunma! The final performance report of "AYA UCHIDA LIVE TOUR 2018 ~So Happy!!!!! ～Final performance report has arrived!

Voice actress Aya Uchida's second solo live tour "AYA UCHIDA LIVE TOUR 2018 ~So Happy!!!!! ～The final concert of Aya Uchida's second solo live tour "AYA UCHIDA LIVE TOUR 2018 ~So Happy~" was held on August 12 (Sun.) at Beisia Bunka Hall (Gunma Kenmin Kaikan) in her hometown of Gunma Prefecture. Here is the official report from the final performance.

Official Report】 【Official Report

The tour started at the National Grand Hall in Pacifico Yokohama, and after visiting live houses in Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka, the tour was completed in their hometown of Gunma. At the end of the tour, a happy ending was prepared because it was in Gunma.

Uchida appeared through the door of the set that was designed to look like an amusement park, the same hall as Pacifico Yokohama, and started her first triumphant performance as the tour finale with the words "Let's make today a So Happy day, everyone at Gunma Kenmin Kaikan. The opening song, "So Happy," was a light pop song that made the audience feel light on their feet as well as in their hearts with cute dance moves such as skipping that were linked to the lyrics of the song. The winner of the game is super happy," was the standard response, but on this day, the losers were given the added bonus of "super, super, super happy. The rule of rock-paper-scissors-scissors, in which the loser wins, was devised by Uchida's teacher in elementary school.

The heat of the venue reached its highest after the opening three songs, "Holiday" and "Apple Mint." Feeling the air of the entire venue, whether it was sweat vapor or smoke, Uchida took the initiative to hydrate himself, saying, "It's the first three songs, but it's hot, so don't forget to hydrate yourselves," during the MC. He even took the initiative to hydrate himself. Normally, the audience would have asked "Is the water good? but on this day, Uchida led the audience in a toast to Gunma Kenmin Kaikan. Uchida led the audience in a toast, "Cheers to Gunma Kenmin Kaikan! As Uchida said, "I like the atmosphere here," there was a warm atmosphere similar to a "welcome home" feeling.

During the MC, Uchida also mentioned that the set was inspired by the amusement park "Runa Paak" in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, where the jacket photo of "So Happy" was taken, and that they had searched all over Japan for Gunma's "Gunma-chan" character for this tour, but could not find it. The live performance also changed the scene to the part of the journey in search of Gunma-chan, starting with the song "Where did the crying panda go?

The song was sung on the bench in front of the set, expressing the loneliness of waiting for Gunma-chan, who did not show up at the meeting place. The performance was a live performance, but it also included theatrical elements, and one could feel Uchida's real pleasure as an entertainer.

The performance was followed by a bicycle trip ("Iizayuke. Pegasus-go") and a performance at the beach! After a bicycle ride ("Pegasus"), a trip to the sea ("Go! My Cruising!"), and a merry-go-round by Luna Paak again ("Merry Go"), we arrived at "Pink Magenta," where the entire venue was colored with pink psyllium. It is neither a single nor the lead song of the album, and its sound is based on electronica, which is unusual among Uchida's songs, and in a sense, it is a core song. I once heard Uchida say in response to the song being ranked No. 1, "I think this is a result that is typical of my fans, who are very attentive to both the song and my activities." When incorporated into this set list and tied together with the keyword "search," it was a I feel as if I could hear the message to the fans, "Thank you.


Even after such a journey to find Gunma-chan, Gunma-chan could not be found, and with the words, "Look forward and live! The search for Gunma-chan came to a halt with the words, "Look forward to the future! In the middle part of the show, she talked about her hometown, and as she performed "Gunma Aruba" such as call and response of Jomo Karuta, she said with deep emotion "I hope I could give back to Gunma by bringing everyone to Gunma through my live". She expressed her joy that her long-held dream of performing in Gunma was now coming true in her words and facial expressions. Then she performed "Haruka Kanata," in which she sang the lyrics as if she was thinking of "you" who are far away from her now.
In "Close to you," Uchida sang, "I give this song to everyone who supports me." The city-pop band arrangement breathed new life into the song, and the frequent use of falsetto was an expression of Uchida's overflowing feelings for her fans.

After the long postlude, Uchida left the stage and narrated about the tour, saying, "I went to many places to look for Gunma-chan, but I couldn't find her. But I received a lot of support and a lot of happiness at the places I went. I want to show Gunma-chan that singing together can make you happy." In the second half of the live, they sang together and connected songs with many call-and-response scenes. The final part of the song "SUMILE SMILE," which emphasized the word "smile," was a moment that overflowed with the singer's desire to project her smile on the hearts of the fans who had gathered that day and on the fans who had given her happiness during this tour. It seemed to be the moment when she overflowed with her desire to reflect her smile on the hearts of the fans who gathered on that day and the fans who made her happy on this tour.

The time for Aya Uchida and the fans to exchange their happiness with each other was almost over, and the last song of the show was "Sweet Little Journey", which symbolized this tour. The last song of the show was "Sweet Little Journey," a song that symbolizes the tour this year. The smiles on the fans' faces told us that the happiness Uchida had collected throughout the country this summer had been delivered to each and every one of the audience. Perhaps out of a sense of fulfillment from the concert, Uchida called out to her mother at the end, "Mother, my daughter is working hard," but she seemed to have some regrets about not being able to find Gunma-chan, and she never stopped saying, "Where is Gunma-chan? She was so disappointed that she could not find Gunma-chan that she never stopped saying "Gunma-chan koko!


During the encore, she herself changed into a Gunma-only tour T-shirt, and during the encore MC, she had a touching reunion with a teacher who had taken care of her at preschool, creating an at-home atmosphere that could only come from her hometown. As if to convey her current self, the first encore song was the latest song "Bright way". The encore part of the song was also an emotional song that was well performed by the band, and Uchida sang it with a microphone stand, which is unusual for her, showing her pride as a voice actress who communicates with her voice.


The encore part of the live seemed to end with "Say Goodbye, Say Hello," a fitting song for the last song of the live and the final song of the tour, but at the end of the song, a real "Gunma-chan" appeared from the side of the stage. Uchida was surprised, "A real Gunma-chan? They had an emotional reunion for the first time since the music video shooting of "So Happy" and the jacket photo shoot. Speaking for Gunma-chan, Uchida asked her if she had been waiting for the live performance at Gunma Kenmin Kaikan, to which Gunma-chan nodded and replied, "It has been my dream to sing with Gunma-chan here. I've been looking for (Gunma-chan) all over the country and finally my dream will come true," she spoke. "So Happy" was performed again with the introduction of "the culmination of this tour. Uchida's expression and movements were colored with happiness as she performed with Gunma-chan, who responded with adorable movements at the venue for Gunma residents, and she sang "So Happy!!!!! The curtain closed with the grand finale, "So Happy ......," but the audience called for "one more time" and Uchida appeared on stage again.


I can't just end on a cute note. After all, this is the final show of my tour! So they performed one more song, "Ordinary. The song was sung with all her heart and soul in the chorus "Of course," and the audience was left with the hope that her "So Happy" feeling would colorfully brighten their daily lives from tomorrow onward. It sounded like a wish for the fans and Uchida herself. After the song ended, Uchida said, "The live is possible because each and every one of you has come, and each and every one of you has made me smile," and then she added, "Applause to all of you! and gave words of utmost gratitude to all the people he met on this tour. The consistent themes of this tour were "collecting happiness from all over Japan" and "looking for Gunma-chan". If this was the case, then "Gunma-chan" could be replaced by each and every one of the people Uchida met on the tour. In the afterglow of the "So Happy" souvenir he brought back from Gunma, he was able to find the answer to this question.


SET LIST
So Happy
Holiday
Apple Mint
Where did the crying panda go?
Come on, let's go! Pegasus
Go! My Cruising!
Merry Go
Pink Magenta
Haruka Kanata
Close to you
11.with you
Yellow Sweet
Kaleidoscope Londo
Like a Bird
Killistero
Blooming!
SUMILE SMILE
Sweet Little Journey

Bright way
Breezin'
Say Goodbye,Say Hello
So Happy

Ordinary


Product information
Aya Uchida "AYA UCHIDA Complete Box ～50 Songs
To be released on July 18, 2018 (Wed.)
＜First Limited Edition [CD+Blu-ray
Price: 9,074 yen (excluding tax)
<Normal disc [CD] > ・Price: 5,000 yen (excluding tax)
Price: 5,000 yen (excluding tax)

<Contents of CDs
3 CDs: Total 50 tracks (*All tracks have been remastered)
＜Blu-ray with limited edition
AYA UCHIDA LIVE 2017 ICECREAM GIRL (October 15, 2017 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall)
LIVE footage
Making of the video (October 14 and 15)
Apple Mint" Music Video
Blooming!" Music Video
Floating Heart" Music Video
Floating Heart" Music Video Music Video
SUMILE SMILE" Music Video
Yellow Sweet" Music Video
So Happy" Music Video