EXO’s Chanyeol completed his four-city Japan tour with a live band, performing songs from his second Japanese mini album and thanking fans.

EXO’s Chanyeol successfully completed all four performances of his second Japan-original tour, “CHANYEOL JAPAN TOUR 2026 -The Route-,” which was held in four cities—starting with the Kanagawa performance on October 14, then Nagoya, Osaka, and finally Tokyo, the site of the final performance—and brought the finale to a great success. This tour, following last year, was a tour featuring “CHANYEOL Japan 2nd Mini Album ‘Journey’,” released on October 2 as a solo artist, and was composed of a set list centered on the songs from the album and including various other songs, making it a highly immersive, powerful stage where the dynamic sound of a live band throughout and Chanyeol’s own powerful guitar playing shone. Before the opening, the venue was filled with the excitement of packed fans, and when the lights went down and Chanyeol appeared on stage with a pin spotlight, the standing fans all at once let out huge cheers. Sitting in front of the keyboard, he started with a solo intro performance, and then immediately performed last year’s release “Zurui yo,” bringing the fans’ excitement to a peak right away. Chanyeol’s own attention to detail was abundantly incorporated into the opening keyboard performance production and the structure of the set list, and from the early part onward he switched among several personal guitars that he had brought from Korea to Japan for this tour, showing a powerful performance as if expressing that attention to detail without holding anything back. In “Kangaete mitara,” as if listening to the fans’ singing in the venue, he removed his in-ear monitor, pointed to his ear, and looked around the venue, and in response the fans sang in chorus, and there was also a scene where he showed a happy expression. In response to that excitement from the fans, Chanyeol’s guitar playing became even more forceful, and from the opening section it gave the impression, true to the title “The Route,” of announcing the beginning of a journey. At the first MC of the performance, after greeting in Japanese, “Good evening, I’m Chanyeol,” he conveyed his feelings to the fans in the venue, saying, “I wanted to see you!” When he asked the audience, “Did you want to see me?” the fans answered with loud cheers, making it a well-synced communication time. He encouraged the fans to liven up the final performance of the tour, saying, “I feel very sad that we have reached the final performance. Let’s all play together so that today becomes the most fun day in 2026!” After that, he performed not only Japanese original songs such as “UP TO YOU,” “Cherry,” and “Tokyo Tower,” but also “Stay with U” and “Timeless” from the latest album. Working in sync with the band members stationed at the back of the stage on drums, bass, keyboard, and guitar, he unfolded groovy pop-rock and medium-tempo songs. At times he exchanged eye contact with the band members and enjoyed the live feeling unique to a solo performance, different from group activities. The Japan tour was structured so that melodic singing could be enjoyed, and while resonating with Chanyeol’s signature deep, husky voice, he skillfully used a transparent falsetto in the choruses and performed while savoring the lyrics, once again making one recognize the richness of his expressive power as a singer. In the MCs that followed, he also did his now-familiar all-Japanese talk throughout the performance. Again this year, without an interpreter, he spoke entirely in Japanese about his thoughts and feelings at the moment, and also conveyed to the fans the feelings and meanings he had put into the songs. Carrying over the excitement of the rock numbers in the latter half of the performance, he performed the title track “Song For You” from “CHANYEOL Japan 2nd Mini Album ‘Journey’,” released on October 2, at the end of the main set. As he called out, “Since this is the last song, please enjoy it more,” the performance began. The sound pressure of the live band reached its peak, and Chanyeol himself gripped the microphone with all his might, and in the chorus the entire venue swayed like waves while waving their penlights intensely, creating a unified scene. During the encore, as if responding to the fans’ calls, Chanyeol appeared smiling in the tour T-shirt of the merchandise. While showing a performance with guitar playing, his gaze, which looked over the fans in every corner of the venue as he tried to enjoy the final time to the fullest, showed his reluctance to see the tour end. In the final MC, he took a commemorative photo together with the fans in the venue. After that, a surprise birthday cake appeared on stage for him, whose birthday is on November 27, and the fans in the venue celebrated together with him. Chanyeol exploded with joy that he was able to have a special celebration together with the many fans who had gathered at his solo tour final performance. He conveyed heartfelt words of thanks, saying, “There are many people I want to thank before finishing this tour, but without all of the EXO-Ls (the fans’ name) who played with me at every venue, I would not have been able to finish it safely. Thank you very much!” and the tour ended in a warm atmosphere. With each release and tour in Japan, Chanyeol has steadily become more powerful. It was a performance that made people look forward to him coming to meet Japanese fans again in an even more evolved form. ・EXO Chanyeol, Japan 2nd mini album “Journey” to be released tomorrow! 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