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New J-POP group aoen performs at Music Day Festival 2025, showcasing powerful performances and collaborations with senior artists.

New J-POP group aoen performs at Music Day Festival 2025, showcasing powerful performances and collaborations with senior artists.

September/22/2025 10:42

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The new generation J-POP boy group aoen, managed by YX LABELS, performed at the 'Music Day Festival 2025' held at Tokyo Garden Theater on September 21 (Sunday), achieving a dream collaboration with their seniors &TEAM and special guest MAX, presenting a special stage that could only be seen that day. aoen, as the opening act, powerfully performed their debut single's title track '青い太陽 (The Blue Sun)'. They then followed up with a heavy dance number 'Blue Flame', expressing the quietly burning blue flame in their hearts, and energetically covered BTS's 'Dynamite', raising the venue's voltage. They also debuted the signal song from the audition program that led to aoen's formation, 'FINISH LINE ~終わりと始まりの~', and the fan song for their fans, 'Circle Ring'. As a collaboration unique to the Music Day Festival, they live performed the dance performance of King Gnu's 'TWILIGHT!!!' by the HYBE selection team (including &TEAM's FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, and aoen's KYOSUKE, REO). The audience was captivated by the high level of precision in their formations and polished concept expression, receiving the loudest cheers of the day from the many fans present. On stage with special guest MAX, they participated in the dance for 'GET MY LOVE!'. During MAX's corner for covering famous songs from the Heisei era, aoen performed SPEED's 'Body & Soul' with their original choreography. When it was announced that YUJU and RUKA would perform KinKi Kids' '硝子の少年', the venue erupted with cheers, showcasing a high-quality cover that replicated all the choreography. GAKU and SOTA performed WANDS' '世界が終るまでは…' with stand microphones, demonstrating their vocal prowess. HIKARU, KYOSUKE, and REO sang Southern All Stars' '真夏の果実' softly, enchanting the audience with this beloved ballad across generations. They selected and performed songs themed around 'stirring the heart', including the final song from the audition '君と刻む足跡' and a cover of Akina Nakamori's 'DESIRE -情熱-'. Many fans, aoring, were moved to tears witnessing aoen's growth as they confidently performed these memorable songs on the large stage of the Garden Theater. During the encore stage, all performers energized the audience with MAX's 'Ride on time' and &TEAM's 'Run Wild', and aoen closed with '青い太陽 (The Blue Sun)', filling the venue with positive energy until the end. In the MC segment, YUJU, the leader of aoen, shared a story about taking a photo with EJ, the leader of &TEAM, as they are the same age and leaders, creating a new chemistry between the leaders. Additionally, HARUA from &TEAM and GAKU and SOTA from aoen were seen cheerfully interacting on stage, helping each other decide which comments to read. Through the TBS 'Music Day Festival 2025', aoen showcased their energetic dance vocals, singing ability, and dance skills, highlighting each member's individuality. aoen made a striking debut with their single '青い太陽 (The Blue Sun)' released on June 11 (Wednesday), quickly reaching number one on the Oricon Daily Single Ranking (as of June 15) and achieving gold certification in the June 2025 Gold Disc. They have since appeared in numerous music programs and events, creating a buzz with their fresh performance stage at the '41st Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2025 AUTUMN/WINTER' held at Saitama Super Arena on September 6. The senior group they shared the stage with, &TEAM, achieved their first gold disc 'Million' certification with their third single 'Go in Blind (月狼)' released in April 2025, and held an Asia tour across nine cities from May to July, attracting about 100,000 fans. They will hold encore performances at Saitama Super Arena, their largest venue, on October 25 and 26, and are expanding their activities as artists reaching from Japan to the world with the release of their first mini-album 'Back to Life' on October 28. - aoen's radio program 'aoenのチアラジ!' starts in October! It will include recent talks and advice sessions. - &TEAM will make their first appearance as all members in the special edition of the magazine 'CanCam' November issue! A 'transparent' special feature will be revealed, and a photo book will also be released.

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