Hello! Project idols Satoyo Fukumura, Manaka Inaba, Chisaki Morito, Mai Koseki, and Juju Asakura kicked off their joint tour, but things got heated on 5ch’s Hello! Project board after a post claimed the day-of ticket numbers were only in the low 200s, sparking talk that “only 200 people showed up.” The thread split into camps arguing over whether solo tours or joint tours draw bigger crowds, with some pointing to how much the absence of certain members was hurting turnout. Others questioned where the “200 people” figure even came from, noting that day-of ticket numbers aren’t the same as total attendance — so the discussion kept spreading even though the actual facts were never pinned down.
What people said
1AnonymousSep 20, 2026 16:58
tps://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSkbCS0asAAHLfg.jpg
Nice that I could see them up close, I guess, but still…
3AnonymousSep 20, 2026 16:58
What's the source for '200 people'?
47AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:17
Re: #3
Well, the day-of ticket numbers were in the low 200s
4AnonymousSep 20, 2026 16:59
1+1+1+1 doesn't equal 4, you know
5AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:00
They'd draw more doing it separately
12AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:02
Re: #5
True for everyone except Koseki
This tour's basically for her sake
18AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:05
Re: #5
Solo or together, the turnout's about the same, so bundling them together cuts costs — the agency loves that
6AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:00
It's just a grab-bag of members who're no longer active in the group
No wonder the fans have already lost interest too
7AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:00
Cheering on an active member is way more fun
No doubt about it
10AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:01
It's empty because Ma-chan (a member's nickname) isn't there
11AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:02
Arisawa's solo event would probably pull a bigger crowd
14AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:04
Sing Hello! Project songs and you get told to stop cozying up to the active members and quit clinging to H!P forever; do originals and you get called lame; sing J-POP covers and you get called a karaoke night. Poor them.
15AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:05
Is this all they draw without Sato?
20AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:06
Re: #15
Even with Sato it wouldn't sell out
16AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:05
J-POP covers really are just karaoke, no joke
17AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:05
Fans who only go to solo shows should come out and support this one — otherwise you'll only get to see them a few times a year at solo shows. Are you really okay with that?
19AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:06
Kogata-san draws a bigger crowd
Her commitment level is just different
22AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:06
Re: #19
I heard Kogata-san's shows are just as empty as M-Spe
21AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:06
As a DD (a fan who supports multiple idols/groups rather than just one), solo shows are actually the boring ones to me, so I skip those
26AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:09
Sato's actually perfect for this kind of joint tour
They're all iron-woman types who can cover for her if she suddenly gets sick
49AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:17
Re: #26
Her last two solo tours had zero days off, Ma-chan!
27AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:09
Still, you'd think they could at least pack the house on opening day
Re: #30
A lot of her fans were only into her because she was the group's ace
31AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:10
Comes down to whether they actually treated their fans well
32AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:10
Because it turns into a karaoke contest instead of an actual live show
33AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:10
There's no way Fukumura has that many fans, lol
46AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:17
How many more shows are left with houses this empty?
54AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:19
Re: #46
They cut the number of shows, so it's 22 total now
Easier to catch every date
51AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:18
A Morito fan wrote that seeing their favorite sing center stage with the group was a real high point
@
A day later, I thought about what hit me so hard this time — aside from the dancing, seeing all five do a medley with her singing solo center stage made me happy. Felt like I got to see my favorite 'singing as part of the group' again after a long time
55AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:19
Re: #51
Is that really how it works?
Can't quite relate to that feeling
58AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:20
The setlist rotates by group each day — Morning Musume, then Juice=Juice, then Tsubaki Factory — so tonight's evening show should be Country Musume tracks
62AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:21
Re: #58
Don't have everyone do it
You're missing the point
Just the Country Musume members is enough
61AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:21
Towel stock: 5 per member
@
Managed to buy a muffler towel!
Looks like they only stocked 5 per member
63AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:21
Re: #61
That's way too few, lol
64AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:22
Re: #61
Are they even taking this seriously?
83AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:32
But it's weird how Kanshasai (Hello! Project's fan 'Thanksgiving Festival' event) still pulls in 2,000 people
85AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:33
Re: #83
That's thanks to Ishida's fans
90AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:37
Re: #83
They don't actually draw that many…
Background and key points
Hello! Project has been holding more joint tours featuring multiple members together in recent years. While these cost less to produce than solo tours, they also spread the fan base thinner, making it harder to tell who people actually came to see. The “low 200s ticket numbers” cited as evidence in the thread refer to the order in which day-of tickets were issued — not the same as total attendance, which would also include advance and fan-club presale tickets, a distinction the thread itself never addressed. Some posts also compared turnout at a free or membership-based event like “Kanshasai” directly against a paid solo show’s attendance, but treating two very different kinds of events as equivalent like that is easy for readers to misread. While many posters attributed the low turnout to certain members’ absence, no official attendance figures were cited anywhere in the thread to back that up.
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