Momoiro Clover Z Livestreams Free Yokohama Stadium Show, Peak of 12,000 Viewers Sparks Debate

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Momoiro Clover Z streamed their Yokohama Stadium concert live and free on YouTube with no archive, drawing roughly 12,000 concurrent viewers at its peak. The venue saw a 24-song setlist spanning old favorites to new releases, and the group also announced their next self-produced show, “Momoclo Autumn Peach God Festival 2026” (October 17-18, Chōsei Village, Chiba Prefecture). Opinion on the thread split over how to judge that viewer count, with some calling it “impressive given their current popularity” and others dismissively calling it “a step down compared to Hello! Project,” which spiraled into an argument over the ratio of new songs to old favorites.

What people said

1AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:21
No archive
youtube.com/watch?v=EZe-HYfmtIw
2AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:24
Broadcast date/time: September 21, 2026 (Monday, holiday), 16:00~
*Please note there will be no archive.
3AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:25
★Momoclo's Next Self-Produced Show★
"Momoclo Autumn Peach God Festival 2026"
Venue: Amagadai General Park, Chōsei Village, Chōsei District, Chiba Prefecture
(Chōsei-gun Chōsei-mura Amagadai Sōgō Kōen)
DAY1 October 17 (Sat) – "The Peach God Who Became a Demon"
DAY2 October 18 (Sun) – "Enshrine Our Idol"
Both days: Doors 13:30 / Show starts 15:00 / (Ends approx. 17:30)
4AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:26
▼Special site here!
https://www.momoclo.net/tohjinsai2026/
6AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:28
That level of stage presence, that level of showmanship — still going strong
7AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:28
Wait, is Momoclo still doing their spring thing?
9AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:29
The call-and-response chants really are something else
11AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:31
Re: #9
It's turned into a total template at this point
10AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:30
1.Re:volution
2.DNA Rhapsody -ZZ ver.-
3.Wani to Shampoo (Crocodile and Shampoo) -ZZ ver.-
4.CONTRADICTION
5.BIONIC CHERRY
6.Acceleration
7.Coco☆Natsu -ZZ ver.-
8.ROCK THE BOAT
9.Momoiro Taiko Dodonga-bushi
10.stay gold
11.Ikuze! Kaitou Shoujo (Let's Go! Phantom Thief Girl) -ZZ ver.-
12.Kodoku no Naka de Naru Beat! (A Beat That Rings Out in Solitude)
13.Hashire! (Run!) -ZZ ver.-
14.Hanabi
15.BLAST! -ZZ ver.-
16.GODSPEED
17.Tsuyoku Tsuyoku (Strong, Strong) -ZZ ver.-
18.Event Horizon
19.Re:Story
20.overture ~Momoiro Clover Z Has Arrived!!~
21.Amenotajikarao
22.Nippon Egao Hyakkei (100 Smiling Scenes of Japan) -ZZ ver.-
23.Kono Uta (This Song)
24.Yawaku Koi Shite ~May We Always Stay As We Are~ (Love Softly)
15AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:32
Re: #10
I quit being a Momoclo otaku about 14 years ago but I can still recognize about half of these
12AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:31
Haven't heard Bionic Cherry in ages
14AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:32
Still no idol group has topped Momoclo's "overture" opening (オバチュ = fan slang for their explosive opening number)
18AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:33
Guess Momoclo's still popular
19AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:33
Don't know five of these songs
Probably boring anyway so whatever
22AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:38
Kind of moving that a group of active idols aged 32, 31, 30, and 29 can still pull this off
24AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:41
Was that Ma-kun's entrance song? Good thing he won yesterday (a nod to pitcher Masahiro Tanaka's nickname)
26AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:46
That's a stage Hello! Project could never pull off in a million years
27AnonymousSep 21, 2026 16:47
In the end it's only the old songs that are actually popular
36AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:08
Re: #27
Check the Spotify song rankings and you'll see —
Momoclo has almost half new songs in there, but Morning Musume's are all quarter-century-old tracks
37AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:13
Re: #36
Liar
39AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:17
Only 12,000 peak viewers, huh
Guess Momoclo really isn't that popular after all
Feels like a real step down compared to Hello! Project
42AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:22
Re: #39
Before saying all that, it'd carry more weight if they'd actually pulled off a solo show at some stadium or dome — but there isn't a single one, so that argument falls completely flat
40AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:19
"Kodoku no Naka de Naru Beat" might be my favorite Momoclo song from the last 15 years
41AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:20
That "Kodoku no Naka de Naru Beat" song
Fell in love with it after just one listen
43AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:24
12,000 concurrent viewers is impressive given their current popularity
46AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:26
Re: #43
>given their current popularity

That's way too rude lol
48AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:27
Re: #43
Exactly
And this wasn't even a live broadcast — it's footage from a DVD that came out this spring, you know
44AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:24
Since it's a live band, the arrangement can go any which way — same song, but reworked for the season or situation, so it feels like a totally different song every time. That's the fun of it
45AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:26
Momoclo really does have that feel-good, euphoric energy
Today's idols feel so grim by comparison
47AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:27
You don't need a band to do arrangements though
Not if you've got real singing skill
50AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:31
Re: #47
Fundamentally there's a limit to what voice alone can do — but with a band or orchestra behind you, the same song can get a spring arrangement, a summer arrangement, an autumn arrangement, a winter arrangement, a mountain arrangement, a sea arrangement, a morning arrangement, a night arrangement, a small-venue arrangement, a massive-venue arrangement — total freedom.
Can't blame you for not getting it if you've never experienced it, but it's a shame
53AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:36
Re: #47
You wouldn't get it if you've only ever watched people without real singing skill
It's a shame, really
49AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:29
They've got married members and still pull crowds like this — that's insane
51AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:32
Yamaguchi from Sakanaction said they're the No. 1 pioneer in the idol world
52AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:33
Re: #51
Yeah, I saw that too — honestly it's true, they've done nothing but crazy, reckless things
59AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:49
Changed into an almost midsummer-style arrangement and it's really good
60AnonymousSep 21, 2026 17:50
Not many songs create that level of togetherness the way "Kono Uta" does

Background and Key Points of This Topic

Momoiro Clover Z livestreamed their Yokohama Stadium concert free on YouTube with no archive, drawing a peak of roughly 12,000 concurrent viewers. Their next self-produced show, “Momoclo Autumn Peach God Festival 2026,” has already been announced for October 17-18 in Chōsei Village, Chiba Prefecture — an easy detail to overlook amid how active the group continues to be. On the thread, opinion split over how to read that 12,000 figure. Against claims that it’s “a step down compared to Hello! Project,” others countered that “a number like that for a no-archive live stream is impressive” and “they’ve actually pulled off solo stadium and dome shows, which gives that argument real weight.” It’s worth noting that a simple concurrent-viewer count doesn’t capture archived viewing or plays across multiple platforms, so declaring one group more popular than another based on that number alone is premature. There was also disagreement over how to interpret streaming-chart rankings regarding the ratio of new to old songs, which spiraled into a battle of dueling screenshot sources.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Momoiro Clover Z Streams Yokohama Stadium Live Show on YouTube.”

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