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BABYMONSTER Launches Japan Tour in Kobe Before Sold-Out Arena Run and Kyocera Dome Finale
BABYMONSTER opened its 2026-27 Japan tour at GLION Arena Kobe with sold-out shows, ahead of arena stops across five Japanese cities and a Kyocera Dome Osaka finale in September.
BABYMONSTER has begun the Japan leg of its second world tour with concerts at GLION Arena Kobe in Hyogo. With both Kobe shows and arena concerts across five Japanese cities sold out, the group is set to close the Japan portion of the tour with a Kyocera Dome Osaka performance in September.
BABYMONSTER opened the first stop of its Japan tour in Kobe, once again confirming strong demand in the local concert market. According to YG Entertainment, the group held "2026-27 BABYMONSTER WORLD TOUR [CHOOM] IN JAPAN" at GLION Arena Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture on July 8 and 9. Both performances were held before sold-out audiences.
The Kobe concerts are significant as the starting point for the Japan leg of BABYMONSTER's second world tour. After opening the world tour in Seoul, the group moved its stage to Japan. According to reported information, arena concerts in five Japanese cities, including Kobe, Fukuoka, Yokohama, Chiba and Nagoya, sold out after tickets opened. In September, BABYMONSTER is scheduled to hold its first solo concert at Kyocera Dome Osaka, marking the finale of its Japan schedule.
The concert structure was closely connected to the live-focused direction the group has been showing recently. The Kobe show opened with "WE GO UP," followed by performances of "DRIP," "SHEESH," and songs from the group's third mini album, "CHOOM." Details commonly mentioned across reports included handheld-microphone live singing, band sessions, rap and vocal stages, solo performances, Japanese-language communication with fans, and audience interaction using moving carts.
BABYMONSTER's results in Japan go beyond the sellout of one regional concert. Japan is a major market for K-pop groups, where album sales, concert revenue and fandom expansion are all evaluated together. The fact that arena-scale shows sold out across multiple cities can be read as a sign that the group has established a sizable local fan base. However, whether this momentum leads to long-term market stability will need to be assessed alongside the audience response to the upcoming dome concert and the performance of the group's next activities.
During the concert, the members expressed that they were happy to meet fans again soon after their fan concert and said they would repay support through the remaining tour stages. The remarks served as a greeting to the fans on site while also emphasizing continuity across the tour as a whole.
After completing 11 performances in six Japanese cities, BABYMONSTER is scheduled to continue the tour in Oceania, South America, North America and Europe. The five-continent itinerary shows both the pace of the rookie girl group's growth and the spread of its global fandom. At the same time, the group is maintaining momentum through a mix of concert activity and content exposure, including the recently released music video for "I LIKE IT," a track from its third mini album, and scheduled domestic music-show appearances.
The key point of this Japan tour is not only scale but continuity. The sold-out Kobe concerts and the group's move into Kyocera Dome are eye-catching indicators, but the larger significance lies in BABYMONSTER building a foundation to hold repeated concerts in Japan and the global market. The response to the later part of the tour and the upcoming dome performance is likely to become an important measure for the group's next activity strategy.