Japanese idol group PIGGS will embark on a five-city farewell tour this September and October before disbanding at a final concert in Tokyo, the group has announced.
The “PIGGS FINAL TOUR” kicks off September 11 in Aichi Prefecture and will make stops in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Hokkaido before wrapping in Osaka on October 2. The group will then hold “PIGGS FINAL LIVE,” its last-ever performance, on October 12 at Tokyo Kinema Club. Presale lottery tickets through the group’s official fan club are open through August 23.
Who is PIGGS?
PIGGS is a five-member group — BAN-BAN, SHELLME, KINCHAN, SU-RING, and BIBI — that bills itself as an “all-out idol” act built around physical endurance stunts as much as music. It was launched in April 2020 by Pu-Rui (プー・ルイ), a former member of the idol group BiS, who served as the group’s president, producer, and a performing member, selecting its lineup through auditions. In its early years, all five members lived together and took on extreme challenges, including a walking tour covering more than 1,000 kilometers between live houses, a music video shoot featuring 109 consecutive songs performed nonstop, and a 100-kilometer marathon.
PIGGS made its major-label debut in January 2023 with the single “Makenna BABY” through Ariola Japan and played a solo show at Tokyo’s historic Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall the same month. The lineup shifted over the following years: original member CHIYO-P departed in May 2023, while SU-RING and BIBI joined that July. The group released its major-label debut album, “RAWPIG,” in October 2023 before announcing a return to independent status in 2024.
The group disbanded its communal living arrangement in January 2025 and continued releasing music and touring throughout the year, including the “BANG A GONG TOUR” that summer. Founder Pu-Rui exited PIGGS in November 2025, leaving the current five-member lineup to carry the group through its final year, including the January 2026 single “Fire Dance Saga” and an album released in April.
Author’s Comment
An idol group that walked over a thousand kilometers between gigs and shot a 109-song music video without stopping once — and somehow the thing that finally does them in is just… time. That’s showbiz for you. Pu-Rui built PIGGS on the idea that idols should suffer a little for their art, and honestly, in an industry full of groups that never take a single creative risk, I respected the chaos. Five cities, one last blowout at Tokyo Kinema Club, and then it’s over — no scandal, no fight, just a clean goodbye, which in this business is basically a miracle. Go grab a ticket while the lottery’s still open, because groups this weird don’t come around twice.
