IDOLiSH7 5th Anniversary Event "/BEGINNING NEXT"

Background
/BEGINNING NEXT was the third live by the IDOLiSH7 franchise held at the Yokohama Arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The project was first announced on November 16, 2020.

The live consisted of a talk corner about the IDOLiSH7 franchise over the past 5 years, a live reading drama of a story by Bunta Tsushimi, special performances by ŹOOĻ, and ended with a performance of "Welcome, Future World!!!!" by all the voice actors in attendance.

Live viewing was originally supposed to be held domestically and in Taiwan, but due to the then worsening COVID-19 crisis and State of Emergency declaration from the Japanese government, it was cancelled. Also, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that the performance would be held without an audience. In order to continue the performance, paid livestreaming was used to share the event with fans worldwide.

A Blu-ray and DVD of the performance was released September 28, 2021.

Video


Performance Schedule
Venue: Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa

Day 01: Saturday, January 23, 2021


 * Opening Time: 17:00 JST
 * Performance Start: 17:30 JST (changed from 18:30 to 17:30)

Day 02: Sunday, January 24, 2021


 * Opening Time: 15:00 JST
 * Performance Start: 17:00 JST

Cast
IDOLiSH7


 * Toshiki Masuda, voice actor for Iori Izumi
 * Yusuke Shirai, voice actor for Yamato Nikaido
 * Day 1 only; on Day 2, present only as a voice in the reading drama
 * Tsubasa Yonaga, voice actor for Mitsuki Izumi
 * KENN, voice actor for Tamaki Yotsuba
 * Atsushi Abe, voice actor for Sogo Osaka
 * Takuya Eguchi, voice actor for Nagi Rokuya
 * present only as a voice in the reading drama
 * Kensho Ono, voice actor for Riku Nanase

TRIGGER


 * Wataru Hatano, voice actor for Gaku Yaotome
 * present only as a voice in the reading drama
 * Soma Saito, voice actor for Tenn Kujo
 * present only as a voice in the reading drama
 * Takuya Sato, voice actor for Ryunosuke Tsunashi
 * present only as a voice in the reading drama

Re:vale


 * Soichiro Hoshi, voice actor for Momo
 * Shinnosuke Tachibana, voice actor for Yuki
 * present only as a voice in the reading drama, unable to attend due to being hospitalized with gastroenteritis

Setlist

 * -|Day 01 =
 * 1) 4-ROAR
 * 2) Bang!Bang!Bang!
 * 3) Welcome, Future World!!!!


 * -|Day 02 =
 * 1) 4-ROAR
 * 2) Bang!Bang!Bang!
 * 3) Welcome, Future World!!!!