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Karin Miyamoto, a Hello! Project alum now active as a solo artist, revealed that regarding her own tour, “If not a single show sold out, I was seriously planning to quit touring, thinking it was time to call it quits” — a comment that set off discussion among fans. This time, with a sellout achieved, it looks like the tour will continue into next year, but since the venue, Kashiwa palooza, holds only around 400 people, the thread split between cool reactions of “making a fuss over a sellout that small?” and others who saw it as “proof there’s still enough demand to fill the house.” Fans who remember her past days performing at Budokan-level venues voiced a sense of wistfulness, and opinions are divided over how to view her current career.
What people said
Hearing her say herself, "If this tour didn't get even one sellout, I was seriously thinking it was time to quit touring…" made me tear up out of sheer frustration…
Why would anyone make such a wonderful, gracious idol say something like this……😭
She's got nothing to do with that, so there's no point even bothering to get interested.
She's the founder of Juice=Juice.
Without her, Juice=Juice wouldn't exist.
So don't you dare disrespect Karin-chan.
Kashiwa palooza only holds around 400 people.
All this fuss over a sellout that small?!
Kind of like how pro wrestling calls a show a 'sold-out house' whenever it wants.
Venue capacities vary all over the place.
And for that matter, she skipped Sendai entirely.
Sendai's a cursed region for idols, a wasteland for local idols — can't be helped.
Sendai actually sold out on her last tour, though.
The old Karin was just plain great, that's all there is to it.
So she'll turn 29 next year.
That age is a dime a dozen among underground idols, but for a former major-label ace, is she really going to keep at it that long?
I liked her up through the last album.
all I can say is: yeah, it's time.
Hence the 400-capacity Kashiwa palooza.
She took the long way round, but didn't she end up settling on DIY → AI anyway?
People who went free agent and switched over to the underground scene deserve some support.
Seriously, go support her.
As long as she doesn't get greedy.
but in practice, nobody actually does, apparently.
Even if the venue's small, as long as there's demand, she can keep going.
The point is, just play venues that match your actual size.
Budokan holds 20 times that, so it's basically a state of resignation.
The official history of Juice=Juice: it was originally going to stay a Miyamoto-centered group that never took off and fold after one generation, but swapping to a Dambara-centered lineup is what actually made it a hit.
But if it weren't for Karin-chan, Dambara might never have even debuted.
You guys don't show Karin-chan nearly enough gratitude.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Karin Miyamoto is a Hello! Project idol, formerly of Juice=Juice, now active mainly as a solo artist. According to information in the thread, this tour’s venue, “Kashiwa palooza,” holds around 400 people, and this time she’s dropped Sendai, which sold out on the previous tour. Fans who remember her days performing at Budokan-class venues (roughly 20 times that capacity) tend to feel the gap more sharply when a sellout at a 400-person venue is treated as such a major benchmark, which is why the thread split between reactions like “over a sellout that small?” and others reading it as “proof there’s still demand.” That’s because the word “sellout” carries completely different weight depending on venue size — the same “sellout” means something very different at a venue holding a few hundred people versus an arena holding tens of thousands. The thread also brings up how Juice=Juice was originally built around Miyamoto when it formed, before later shifting to center on Dambara, which is what raised the group’s profile — a shift in her position within the group that’s cited as background for her current solo career now that she’s entered a veteran phase. The article alone can’t speak to her true intentions or her agency’s stance, so it’s best read simply as a reflection of how fans’ reactions differ.
※This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Karin Miyamoto: “If this tour didn’t get a single sellout, I was seriously thinking it was time to quit touring. It sold out, so it looks like I can keep going next year too.”“.
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