Arashi Stuns Everyone with a Five-Dome Farewell Tour

700,000 Tickets Released

Arashi’s concert tour is set to begin on March 13. With Masaki Aiba (43), Satoshi Ohno (45), Sho Sakurai (44), Kazunari Ninomiya (42), and Jun Matsumoto (42) performing together for the last time, the battle for tickets among fans reached a fever pitch.

“Currently, Arashi has over 3 million fan club members. It’s said that 700,000 tickets were released, making the competition about five times oversubscribed. Fans who managed to secure tickets are probably savoring the joy,” said a female magazine journalist.

When the first winners were announced on January 13, fans’ joy and disappointment poured out across social media. A female fan in her 60s, who has supported Arashi since their junior days, told this site:

“When I applied for tickets, I didn’t specify location or date—I just wrote, ‘I’ll go anywhere.’ I ended up winning tickets to Sapporo Dome, which seemed to have the lowest competition. As soon as I got the notification, I tried to book flights and hotels, but prices had already more than doubled. It cost over 100,000 yen just for that, but seeing Arashi makes it worth it.”

The tour will start at Sapporo Dome on March 13, then continue to Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Osaka, ending on May 31 at Tokyo Dome.

Just a Token Performance?

Even so, some music industry insiders were surprised by the scale of Arashi’s final tour.

“Back in the old Johnny’s era, the agency would reserve concert venues like domes years in advance, regardless of which group was performing, so organizing tours was relatively smooth. But now that each member has an agent contract, scheduling has become much more complicated. Honestly, I was surprised that Arashi could pull off such a large-scale tour,” said a record company insider.

Arashi suspended group activities at the end of 2020. After establishing the company “Arashi” in April 2024, it took about two years of administrative coordination before the dome tour could take place.

“When they announced last May that there would be a final tour next spring, the details weren’t revealed yet. Even though Arashi had paused activities, I thought they’d just do a day or two at Tokyo Dome or the National Stadium as a token gesture for fan club members who continued paying fees. But then they announced a five-dome tour from Sapporo to Fukuoka. I was genuinely shocked by the scale,” the same record company insider said.

The tour’s grandeur reflects the group’s dedication to their fans.

“Tickets were only available to fan club members who joined before June 2, 2025. This shows a strong desire to give their final performance to the fans who supported them all along. In fact, although they received offers from major programs, including NHK’s ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’ at the end of last year, they didn’t appear anywhere. This seems to reflect their wish to perform only for those long-time supporters,” said a TV station insider.

The final tour alone is said to generate between 30 billion and 50 billion yen in revenue. What will the final stage of this national idol group, literally off the charts in scale, look like?

[YouTube] FRIDAY Digital “Entertainment Reporter Channel” features active entertainment reporters analyzing Arashi’s last concert in detail. Titled “Behind Arashi’s Last Concert [Entertainment Reporters’ Thorough Analysis #12],”it explores the live tour starting March 13, including group dynamics and media relations.