The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension explained
| Concert Tour Name: | The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension |
| Artist: | Misia |
| Album: | Ascension |
| Number Of Legs: | 1 |
| Number Of Shows: | 19 |
| Last Tour: | Hoshizora no Live III Music Is a Joy Forever
(2006) |
| This Tour: | The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension
(2006–07) |
| Next Tour: | Hoshizora no Live IV Classics
(2007) |
The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension was the eleventh concert tour by Japanese recording artist Misia, in support of her album Ascension (2007). Comprising a set list of songs from Ascension and previous albums, including two hip-hop and house medleys, the tour visited arenas nationwide for a duration of four months. The tour was announced on August 3, 2006, two days prior to the start of Misia's Hoshizora no Live III Music Is a Joy Forever summer tour.[1] The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension commenced in November 2006 and concluded three days after the release of Ascension, in February 2007.[2] [3] Initially scheduled to run for eighteen shows, an additional date was later added to the itinerary.[4] Sponsored by OCN, the tour drew an estimated audience of 160,000.
The concept for the show is described as "futuristic rhythm with a taste of nature." The stage resembled a floating octagon-shape mirror, adorned with 10,000 LED lights and overlooked by a giant pipe-made elephant head, reminiscent of the first press edition cover artwork of Ascension.
On April 6, 2007, WOWOW aired a special titled The Tour of Misia 2007 in Yokohama Arena, which showed a TV edit of the tour's finale show.[5]
Opening acts
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|
| November 18, 2006 | Fukuroi | Japan | Ecopa Arena |
| November 19, 2006 |
| November 25, 2006 | Rifu | Sekisui Heim Super Arena |
| December 9, 2006 | Saitama | Saitama Super Arena |
| December 10, 2006 |
| December 16, 2006 | Fukuoka | Marine Messe Fukuoka |
| December 17, 2006 |
| December 23, 2006 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center |
| December 24, 2006 |
| January 6, 2007 | Nagoya | Nippon Gaishi Hall |
| January 7, 2007 |
| January 13, 2007 | Niigata | Toki Messe |
| January 20, 2007 | Kobe | World Memorial Hall |
| January 21, 2007 |
| January 27, 2007 | Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall |
| January 28, 2007 |
| February 3, 2007 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena |
| February 4, 2007 |
| February 10, 2007 | |
Personnel
- Executive Producer – Hiroto Tanigawa
- Hip Hop Medley Producer – Megaraiders
- House Medley Producer – DJ Gomi
- Production Producer – Kazuhiko Igarashi
- Stage Manager(s) – Shuichi Majima, Ryoko Tsukahara, Mitsuru Morita
- Set Director(s) – Chihiro Natori, Hiromi Shibata, Teruhiko Kuroki
- Set Design – Yuko Kohga
- Steel Master – Nobuyuki Yoshimoto
- Costume Director – Kyoko Fushimi
- Knit Direction – Mayutan
- Knit Designer(s) – Jung-jung, Mindy, Risa Yuasa
- Sound Planner – Keiji Shigeta
- PA Operator(s) – Takashi Mitsui, Miyuki Tsuzuki
- Lighting Planner – Ikuo Ogawa
- Lighting Operator(s) – Masaaki Takahashi, Makoto Setoyama, Takashi Fujiwara
- Lighting Effect Planner – Seiichi Tozuka
- Lighting Effect Operator(s) – Nozomu Omae, Hiromi Iizuka
- Special Effect Planner – Takeshi Hagino
- Special Effect Operator – Kanako Chiba
- Equipment Technician(s) – Kazuyuki Okada, Keiji Tateishi, Takuya Kimura, Hiroshi Yamane
- Power Supply Operator(s) – Naotaka Tanimura, Yasutada Shibata
- Special Stage Set – Minoru Osada
- Camera System – Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ryuta Honma
- Transporter(s) – Setsuo Noto, Miwa Morioka
- Drums – Jun Aoyama
- Keyboards – Tohru Shigemi
- Bass – Takeshi Taneda
- Guitar – Kenji Suzuki
- Chorus/Organ – Kumi Sasaki
- DJ – Ta-Shi
- Dancer(s) – Stezo, Hyrossi, U-Ge, Michie, Hiro, Nada, Wadoo, Kota, Tatsuo, Soichiro, Gan
- Band Manager – Mari Koda
- Dancer Manager – Hiroaki Kusano
- Sports Trainer(s) – Yukinori Narushima, Takayuki Yumioka, Kayoko Nakagawa
- Wardrobe – Erina Ishihara
- Make Up – Kaori
- Hair – Yukimi Ueda
- Artist Manager(s) – Naoko Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Kimura
- Merchandising – Hiroshi Suzuki, Keisuke Sato, Rui Nishikawa
- Food Coordination – Masahi Mizukoshi
- Club MSA – Kyosuke Ogata, Tsutomu Yamashiro, Hiroko Goto
- Tour Coordination – Chieko Ishii, Tetsuro Ishihara
- Tour Coordination Assistant(s) – Kumiko Ohata, Kimie Ikeda
- Tour Sponsor(s) – OCN
- Promoter(s) – WESS, Kyodo Tohoku, Kyodo Hokuriku, Disk Garage, Sundayfolk Promotion, Sundayfolk Promotion Hizuoka, Kyodo Osaka, Kyodo Nishinippon
- Producer(s) – Yasunao Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ishigaki
Credits and personnel as per The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension concert DVD.
Notes and References
- Web site: MISIA 全国アリーナ・ツアーが決定！ . 2011-06-27 . 2006-08-03 . Japanese . Vibe . Namco Bandai Holdings.
- News: MISIA 2年振り、待望の全国アリーナツアー遂にスタート！ . 2011-06-27 . 2006-11-20 . . Oricon Inc.. Japanese.
- News: MISIA待望のニューSg＆ツアー、意気込みコメントも到着 . 2011-06-27 . 2007-05-02 . Barks . ITmedia. Japanese.
- News: MISIA、アリーナ追加公演とニュー・アルバムが決定 . 2011-06-27 . 2006-11-20 . Barks . ITmedia. Japanese.
- Web site: THE TOUR OF MISIA 2007 ASCENSION 〜In Yokohama Arena〜 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070321163800/http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/ . 2011-06-27 . 2007-03-21 . WOWOW. Japanese.
- Web site: TOUR OPENING ACTに参加決定！. 2007-01-24. May J. Official Web Site. 2011-06-27.
