Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu has announced his largest world tour to date. The newly unveiled “KENSHI YONEZU 2026-2027 WORLD TOUR / GHOST” will run from December 26, 2026 through February 28, 2027, with 14 shows across 11 cities in Asia, North America, and Europe.
The tour is expected to draw roughly 200,000 fans, a sharp jump from the approximately 90,000 who attended his 2025 world tour, “KENSHI YONEZU 2025 WORLD TOUR / JUNK,” which covered seven cities across Asia, Europe, and North America. That 2025 run followed a string of domestic dome shows, and together the two legs drew a career-best 440,000 attendees.
The new tour opens in Taipei with Yonezu’s first-ever two-day dome run on December 26 and 27, before moving to Seoul for an expanded three-night stand at INSPIRE Arena on January 14, 16, and 17. Five cities will host Yonezu for the first time: Singapore (January 29), Oakland (February 4), Mexico City (February 9), Toronto (February 14), and Amsterdam (February 28). The itinerary also includes Los Angeles’s Kia Forum (February 6), Newark’s Prudential Center (February 12), London’s O2 Arena (February 24), and Paris’s Accor Arena (February 26).
Who is Kenshi Yonezu?
Born March 10, 1991, Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) first gained attention in 2009 posting Vocaloid songs on Niconico Douga under the alias Hachi, before releasing his debut album “diorama” under his own name in 2012. He broke through nationally with 2018’s “Lemon,” still his biggest hit, and followed it with 2020’s “STRAY SHEEP,” which sold over two million copies and swept 46 year-end awards. He was named to Forbes Asia’s “100 Digital Stars” and received Japan’s Art Encouragement Prize for Newcomers. His 2022 single “KICK BACK,” the opening theme for the “Chainsaw Man” anime, became the first Japanese-language song to earn an RIAA Platinum certification. More recently he has written theme songs for Studio Ghibli’s “The Boy and the Heron,” NHK morning drama “Tora ni Tsubasa,” and the “Chainsaw Man – Reze Arc” film, the latter including a duet with Hikaru Utada. His sixth studio album, “LOST CORNER,” was released in August 2024.
Author’s Comment
Eleven cities, five of them brand new, and a 200,000-ticket target — Yonezu isn’t just touring anymore, he’s running a logistics operation. I love that a guy who started out quietly uploading Vocaloid tracks under a fake name is now booking the same arenas as Western pop royalty. That’s the quiet flex of Japanese music right now: no gimmicks, no English-language pivot, just songs good enough that Oakland and Amsterdam decided they wanted in. If you’re in Mexico City or Toronto and you sleep on this one, don’t come crying to me in February.
