When it comes to the Kansai talents of STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, the world is a takoyakiโround, hot, a little chaotic, and best shared. Itโs a place where humor cuts through tension, where energy spills over like bonito and nori flakes, and where no one really stands alone for long. And to them, Osaka Shochikuza has always … Continue reading Thank You, Osaka Shochikuza Theatre: Team KansaiโOne Shared Legacy
The annual Kansai Junior New Year concert has long functioned as both a celebration and a checkpoint โ a moment where one year closes, another begins, and the next generation is invited to step forward. Held at Osaka-jo Hall, Kansai Junior Akeome Concert 2026: A HAPPY NEW ERA PARTY gathered 62 Kansai Juniors, ranging from … Continue reading Live Report: Kansai Junior Akeome Concert 2026: A HAPPY NEW ERA PARTY
A farewell livestream has been announced for one of Kansai entertainmentโs most important homes. On March 24 at 18:00 JST, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT will livestream theใใปใใพใใใใซๅคง้ชๆพ็ซนๅบง ๏ฝWE are ๆพ็ซนๅบง็ทๅญใไปใพใงๆฐธใใใไธ่ฉฑใซใชใใพใใใ้ขใธใฅใฎ้ ใๅๅฎคใฎๆฅฝๅฑใงๅใๅใฃใๆฅใ ใใใใช้ๆฅใฎๅ ดๆใงSUPER Aใ!ๅๆฅญๅผใ๏ฝใevent. The event will be broadcast via FAMILY CLUB online, with an archive viewing scheduled for a later date. For Overseas Japanese site Tickets for the livestream … Continue reading Livestream Announcement: Thank you Osaka Shochikuza Theatre!ใWE are Shochikuza Danshi! Filled with fondest memories of our Kansai Junior days in the tatami dressing rooms, we celebrate the special place of our youth with Ae! SUPER farewell ceremonyใ
The main cast and visuals have been unveiled for the upcoming stage production "AmberS -ใขใณใใผใน-," an original work created and scripted by NEWS' Shigeaki Kato. The play will serve as the opening performance for EX THEATER ARIAKE, a new theater launching in April within TV Asahi's TOKYO DREAM PARK entertainment complex in Ariake, Tokyo. https://youtu.be/kW50WejWQ0w?si=EI7bFQvLD-RRCYmc … Continue reading Kazuya Ohashi, Takuto Teranishi, Soya Igari, Toa Shimazaki, Koki Kawasaki, Tatsuru Matsuo, and more, star in “AmberS -ใขใณใใผใน-“
Some exhibitions are meant to be seen once. Others lingerโetched into memory long after the walls come down. Zessei belongs firmly to the latter. Now streaming via STARTO ENTERTAINMENTโs โFAMILY CLUB onlineโ streaming service, the Zessei Launch Commemorative Photo Exhibition AFTER MOVIE allows the project to come alive once moreโthis time beyond the physical confines … Continue reading Zessei Exhibition AFTER MOVIE: Tadayoshi Ohkuraโs Vision, Now Streaming Worldwide
โA love letter to our companyโs history, written by those who are its future.โ This single line captures the heartbeat of Junior Showcase 2025 ๆฐๆ -SHINSEI- perfectly. With this production, SUPER EIGHT's Tadayoshi Ohkura did not merely curate a stageโhe reaffirmed his self-appointed mission as the guardian of "J-popโs legacy," placing that legacy directly into … Continue reading Live Report: Junior Showcase 2025 ๆฐๆ -SHINSEI-
The up-and-coming Kansai group AmBitious performed at Kanadevia Hall on August 9, 2025, as part of their first-ever nationwide tour: "AmBitious LIVE 2025 Hajimemashite Zenkoku Tour โ AmBitious wo Yoroshiku Onegaishasu." Running through November, the tour spans 12 cities, 45 performances, and is expected to welcome a whopping 84,000 fans in all. Dumpling Box had … Continue reading Live report: AmBitious LIVE 2025 โHajimemashite Zenkoku Tour – AmBitious wo Yoroshiku Onegaishasu | Tokyo
Dumpling Box had the pleasure to attend Fuga Onishi & Kotaro Okazaki Summer SpeciaL Concert 2025 at the Kanadevia Hall (formerly known as Tokyo Dome City Hall) on June 26th, 2025. From the moment the lights dimmed, the energy inside Kanadevia Hall was filled with anticipation. This summer showcase brought together two familiar faces stepping … Continue reading Live Report: Fuga Onishi & Kotaro Okazaki Summer SpeciaL Concert 2025
SUPER EIGHTโs Tadayoshi Ohkura is stepping behind the editorโs desk. Through his company J-pop Legacy, Ohkura will launch a new entertainment magazine, Zessei, on November 10โa glossy, object-forward project dedicated primarily to STARTO ENTERTAINMENTโs Junior talent. The inaugural cover and lead feature goes to ACEes, with the main shoot captured on location in Los Angeles. … Continue reading Tadayoshi Ohkura’s J-pop Legacy Launches Junior-Focused Magazine Zessei
Thereโs something almost magical about witnessing raw talent as it transforms into something polished, beautiful, and refined. But when that raw talent comes from a STARTO Junior, itโs already glittering with promiseโespecially when weโre talking about the Kansai Juniors. On January 3rd, the highly anticipated "Kansai Junior Concert 2025 Boys be AmBitious" opened at Osaka-Jo … Continue reading Live Report: Kansai Junior Concert 2025: Boys be AmBitious
