LOVE ARENA TOUR 2025 “~Timeless Tales~” started at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Prefecture in February, LOVE (Equal Love) is an idol group produced by Sashihara Rino, which has made a huge success in a large arena tour that attracted approximately 90,000 people, including the 2-day tour final held at the National Yoyogi Stadium Ichiban Gakuen in Tokyo in May.
The new song “Tokubechu, Te,” which is gaining momentum, is currently a viral hit.
The 18th double A-side single “Tokubechu, Te/Love and More, Soul” released on Wednesday, February 26th has achieved the feat of “18 consecutive Oricon weekly singles rankings in the top 10 Oricon weekly singles” since its debut single, and has also been doing well at the beginning, with the release of the Music Video for “Tokubechu, Te” exceeding 10 million views in 45 days, the fastest ever, but today it has been revealed that the total number of views on TikTok has surpassed an astounding 1 billion views (according to our research).
This song, which has sold 364,000 CD packages to date, has begun to spread rapidly on TikTok since mid-April, with dance videos using the second part of the song, and the ranking of “Apple Music Top 100: Japan” has reached 13th place, with the total streaming of over 35 million times, and the number of videos using TikTok using songs has also exceeded 300,000, and has been showing an explosive spread over more than three months since the release of the new song.
TikTok videos in collaboration with Nakajima Kento, MIIHI (NiziU), Tachibana Kotomi & Ogawa Nanako (CANDY TUNE), and Matsumura Sayuri are all hot topics, so be sure to check them out.
= LOVE has also been announced that additional performances of LOVE ARENA TOUR 2025 “~Timeless Tales~” will be held at Ariake Arena, Tokyo on Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th. I hope they will continue to pay close attention to the LOVE, which is currently at the peak of dropping flying birds.
[Release Information]
■18th double A-sided single “Tokubechu, Te/More than Love, Less than Love” is now on sale
https://equal-love.jp/news/detail/9593
■Song distribution is here
https://equallove.lnk.to/tokubechu_koisuke
■ “Tokubechu, et” Music Video
“Tokubechu, do it.”
Lyrics: Sashihara Rino
Composer: Urashima Kenta, Kikuchi Hiroto
Arrangement: Kikuchi Hiroto
Sound Director: Yayama Takayuki (Sony Music)
Recorded by Sony Music Studios Tokyo
(MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: Shingu Ryohei (BABEL LABEL)
Choreographer: SACO MAKITA
■ “Don’t quit your idol” Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17NBPoc78oM
“Don’t quit idol”
Lyrics: Sashihara Rino
Composition and arrangement: Koike Ryuki, Kikuchi Hiroto
Sound Director: Yayama Takayuki (Sony Music)
Mastered by Sony Music Studios Tokyo
(MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: Shingu Ryohei (BABEL LABEL)
choreographer: Takeda Maika
★Video product “=LOVE 7th ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM CONCERT”
Released on Wednesday, May 21, 2025
https://equal-love.jp/news/detail/9622
[Concert Information]
= Additional performances for LOVE ARENA TOUR 2025 “~Timeless Tales~” have been decided! !
[Date/Venue]
Saturday, July 12th, 2025, Sunday, July 13th, Tokyo Ariake Arena
【profile】
<=LOVE Profile>
An idol group produced by Sashihara Rino. On September 6th, 2017, he made his major debut on Sony Music with his first single, “=LOVE.” So far, they have released 18 singles, all of which have made it into the top 10 Oricon weekly singles ranking. (Their 6th single “Zulu Iyo Zulu Ine”, the 8th single “Seishun Subliminal””, the 12th single “Be Selfish”, the 14th single “Natsumatope” and the 15th single “Last Note Only” made their first appearance. Their first album “All, Secret” released in May 2021 also reached number one appearance in Oricon weekly album rankings.
From February to April 2024, he held his first arena tour, “=LOVE Arena Tour 2024 “Tell me what’s more than “LOVE”” (8 performances in 4 venues), attracting approximately 50,000 people, and was a huge success.
On September 7th and September 8th, the LOVE 7th anniversary concert, “LOVE 7th ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM CONCERT,” was held at K Arena Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, the largest in LOVE history, attracting approximately 36,000 people over two days. On February 26th, he released his 18th single, “Tokubechu, Teshi/Lovey, Beyond Lover, Beyond Love”, and his first week sales for both the Oricon weekly single ranking and Billboard JAPAN Top Singles Sales. The streaming total has exceeded 35 million times, and TikTok’s total views have surpassed 1 billion, making it a hot topic. =The name LOVE is filled with Sashihara Rino’s feelings, “An idol has to be loved by her fans, and you also have to love her job as an idol.”
■YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@equallove_
■X:https://x.com/Equal_LOVE_12
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