The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension was the eleventh concert tour by Japanese recording artist Misia, in support of her album Ascension (2007). Comprising a set list of songs from Ascension and previous albums, including two hip-hop and house medleys, the tour visited arenas nationwide for a duration of four months. The tour was announced on August 3, 2006, two days prior to the start of Misia's Hoshizora no Live III Music Is a Joy Forever summer tour. The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension commenced in November 2006 and concluded three days after the release of Ascension, in February 2007. Initially scheduled to run for eighteen shows, an additional date was later added to the itinerary. Sponsored by OCN, the tour drew an estimated audience of 160,000.
The concept for the show is described as "futuristic rhythm with a taste of nature." The stage resembled a floating octagon-shape mirror, adorned with 10,000 LED lights and overlooked by a giant pipe-made elephant head, reminiscent of the first press edition cover artwork of Ascension.
On April 6, 2007, WOWOW aired a special titled The Tour of Misia 2007 in Yokohama Arena, which showed a TV edit of the tour's finale show.
Opening acts May J. (February 3–4, 2007 dates only)
Setlist
Tour dates Date City Country VenueNovember 18, 2006FukuroiJapanEcopa ArenaNovember 19, 2006November 25, 2006RifuSekisui Heim Super ArenaDecember 9, 2006SaitamaSaitama Super ArenaDecember 10, 2006December 16, 2006FukuokaMarine Messe FukuokaDecember 17, 2006December 23, 2006SapporoHokkaido Prefectural Sports CenterDecember 24, 2006January 6, 2007NagoyaNippon Gaishi HallJanuary 7, 2007January 13, 2007NiigataToki MesseJanuary 20, 2007KobeWorld Memorial HallJanuary 21, 2007January 27, 2007OsakaOsaka-jō HallJanuary 28, 2007February 3, 2007YokohamaYokohama ArenaFebruary 4, 2007February 10, 2007
Personnel
Executive Producer – Hiroto Tanigawa Hip Hop Medley Producer – Megaraiders House Medley Producer – DJ Gomi Production Producer – Kazuhiko Igarashi Stage Manager(s) – Shuichi Majima, Ryoko Tsukahara, Mitsuru Morita Set Director(s) – Chihiro Natori, Hiromi Shibata, Teruhiko Kuroki Set Design – Yuko Kohga Steel Master – Nobuyuki Yoshimoto Costume Director – Kyoko Fushimi Knit Direction – Mayutan Knit Designer(s) – Jung-jung, Mindy, Risa Yuasa Sound Planner – Keiji Shigeta PA Operator(s) – Takashi Mitsui, Miyuki Tsuzuki Lighting Planner – Ikuo Ogawa Lighting Operator(s) – Masaaki Takahashi, Makoto Setoyama, Takashi Fujiwara Lighting Effect Planner – Seiichi Tozuka Lighting Effect Operator(s) – Nozomu Omae, Hiromi Iizuka Special Effect Planner – Takeshi Hagino Special Effect Operator – Kanako Chiba Equipment Technician(s) – Kazuyuki Okada, Keiji Tateishi, Takuya Kimura, Hiroshi Yamane Power Supply Operator(s) – Naotaka Tanimura, Yasutada Shibata Special Stage Set – Minoru Osada Camera System – Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ryuta Honma Transporter(s) – Setsuo Noto, Miwa Morioka
Drums – Jun Aoyama Keyboards – Tohru Shigemi Bass – Takeshi Taneda Guitar – Kenji Suzuki Chorus/Organ – Kumi Sasaki DJ – Ta-Shi Dancer(s) – Stezo, Hyrossi, U-Ge, Michie, Hiro, Nada, Wadoo, Kota, Tatsuo, Soichiro, Gan Band Manager – Mari Koda Dancer Manager – Hiroaki Kusano Sports Trainer(s) – Yukinori Narushima, Takayuki Yumioka, Kayoko Nakagawa Wardrobe – Erina Ishihara Make Up – Kaori Hair – Yukimi Ueda Artist Manager(s) – Naoko Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Kimura Merchandising – Hiroshi Suzuki, Keisuke Sato, Rui Nishikawa Food Coordination – Masahi Mizukoshi Club MSA – Kyosuke Ogata, Tsutomu Yamashiro, Hiroko Goto Tour Coordination – Chieko Ishii, Tetsuro Ishihara Tour Coordination Assistant(s) – Kumiko Ohata, Kimie Ikeda Tour Sponsor(s) – OCN Promoter(s) – WESS, Kyodo Tohoku, Kyodo Hokuriku, Disk Garage, Sundayfolk Promotion, Sundayfolk Promotion Hizuoka, Kyodo Osaka, Kyodo Nishinippon Producer(s) – Yasunao Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ishigaki
Credits and personnel as per The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension concert DVD.
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