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 single “Tokubechu, Te/Love and More, Sora,” released on Wednesday, February 26th, achieved the feat of “18 consecutive Oricon weekly single rankings in the top 10 Oricon weekly singles” since their debut single, and the music video for “Tokubechu, Te” has also been on good initial performance, with over 10 million views in 45 days, the fastest ever since its release. More than two and a half months have passed since its release, and has been renewing its highest ranking in “Apple Music Top 100: Japan” every day, and has further updated its ranking in the rankings on May 16th, successfully ranked 14th.
Since mid-April, dance videos using the second part of the song have begun to spread rapidly on TikTok, with the total streaming of over 24 million times, and the total number of views on TikTok has exceeded 640 million views (according to our research).
In the midst of this, next week on Friday, May 23rd, she will also be appearing on TV Asahi’s “Music Station 2-Hour Special,” which will be her second appearance, and her song “Tokubechu, Te,” will be performed, making it a song that will surely become an increasingly popular in the future.
It has also been announced that additional performances of LOVE ARENA TOUR 2025 “~Timeless Tales~” will be held at Ariake Arena, Tokyo on two days on Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th. We will continue to keep an eye on the LOVE, which is currently the momentum to drop flying birds.
[Release Information]
18th 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
★Video product “=LOVE 7th ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM CONCERT”
Released on Wednesday, May 21, 2025
https://equal-love.jp/news/detail/9622
[Performance information]
We will be performing “Tokubechu, Te”! Please look forward to it!
[Program name]Music Station 2-hour special
[Broadcast date]Friday, May 23, 2025
[Time]20:00-21:48
[Broadcast Station]TV Asahi Network
[Performance]= LOVE
Program website:https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/
[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
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<=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” first appeared. Their first album “All, Secret” was released in May 2021, and their first album “All, Secret.”)
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 24 million times, and TikTok’s total views have surpassed 640 million, 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.”
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