<figure id="attachment_415004" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 674px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-415004"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d909b150"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/c57ab250a91a31cb7448026169590e11.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415004" class="wp-caption-text">On February 10th, Mike Shinoda visited a pop-up store in Nakameguro.</figcaption></figure>
On the night of February 10th, in front of an apparel store in Nakameguro (Meguro Ward, Tokyo), Mike Shinoda (48), a member of the American rock band &#8220;Linkin Park,&#8221; who was in Japan for a concert tour, was seen interacting with a large crowd of fans.
&#8220;Linkin Park is an American rock band that originated from the band &#8216;Super Xero,&#8217; which was formed in 1996. They are one of the best-selling bands of the 21st century, with total worldwide sales exceeding 100 million records. Many of their songs are long-time hits, and even now, their song &#8216;Numb,&#8217; released 21 years ago, continues to sell. It ranked on the Billboard Global Chart (excluding the U.S.) last June, remaining a phenomenally popular track.
Unfortunately, in 2017, the band lost its vocalist Chester Bennington, which led to a temporary halt in their activities. However, in 2018, Shinoda released a solo album titled &#8216;Post Traumatic.&#8217; He also performed under the name &#8216;MIKE SHINODA of LINKIN PARK&#8217; at Summer Sonic in Japan that August. In September 2024, the band was reunited with a new vocalist, female singer Emily Armstrong (38), and Shinoda returned to Japan in February for their first Japanese concert in 12 years,&#8221; said an editor of a music magazine.
As his name suggests, Shinoda has a Japanese-American father and is familiar with Japan—his younger brother even studied abroad at Doshisha University. That night, he visited a pop-up store selling apparel in collaboration with the store. With his 48th birthday approaching the next day, it seemed that Shinoda was gifted a cake and received warm birthday wishes from many Japanese fans.
The two-night-only Japan concerts held on February 11th and 12th at &#8220;Saitama Super Arena&#8221; concluded successfully. On February 13th, &#8220;ONE OK ROCK&#8217;s&#8221; Taka (36) updated his Instagram, posting a two-shot photo with Shinoda, arms around each other, and wrote:
&#8220;It was truly an emotional concert. I’m really looking forward to performing together in France!&#8221;
He also announced that &#8220;ONE OK ROCK&#8221; would be appearing in &#8220;Linkin Park&#8217;s&#8221; world tour in Paris, France, on July 11th. Expectations for the performance of Shinoda and Taka are high, and many fans hope they will collaborate in Japan as well.
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 Mike Shinoda of "Linkin Park," making his first visit to Japan in 12 years, showed up at a pop-up store in Nakameguro on February 10, and the scene was a big hit.

Taka from ONE OK ROCK Spotted in Two-Shot with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

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