Ayaka celebrates turning 30 with a tour

Ayaka's 30 y/o tour | Random J Pop

Ayaka ain't letting that Graves' disease stop her for shit, because she's embarking on a 27 date national tour that will kick off right before Christmas and carry her right the way into Spring of 2019.

The fact that we're mere months away from 2019. Bitch, I can't even. Time is flying by so fast that my wig can barely keep its placement.

December 16: Osakajo hall
December 26: Nippon Budokan
January 12: Kanazawa Opera
January 14: Rohm theater Kyoto
January 19: Kagoshima citizens' cultural hall No. 1
January 20: Kagoshima citizens' cultural hall No. 1
January 25: Shiga prefectural cultural industry exchange center event hall
January 26: Fuji city cultural center Rosé theater great hall
February 3: Kobe international hall Kokusai hall
February 10: Beijia cultural hall (Gunma prefectural civic center) great hall
February 11: Nagaoka city theater
February 16: Sendai sun plaza hall
February 17: Sendai sun plaza hall
February 23: Shunan city cultural center
February 24: Kurashiki Municipal Hall
March 2: Kenshin Koriyama cultural center (Koriyama Citizens' Cultural Center) Great Hall
March 9: Hiroshima cultural garden HBG hall
March 10: Rexam hall (Kagawa Prefectural Kenmin Hall) Great Hall
March 26: Festival hall
March 30: Nagoya international conference center century hall
March 31: Nagoya international conference center century hall
April 6: Asahikawa citizens' cultural center great hall
April 7: Sapporo culture and arts theater hitaru
April 13: Tokyo international forum hall A
April 14: Tokyo international forum hall A
April 20: Fukuoka sun palace hotel & hall
April 21: Fukuoka sun palace hotel & hall

At a time when J-Pop was running rampant with fried out blonde wigs, pussy pops and no vocals, Ayaka stood out and was a breath of fresh air. Back in the day I used to watch J-drama's religiously. I started watching one called Suppli, which featured two of her songs "Real voice" and "Blue days". The latter tugged on my wig and wrestled me down into submission. So I had to find out who the singer of the song was. From that point on, I started to stan. Although you wouldn't gather as much given how light posts are on her around here.

Ayaka's career is pretty erratic, even by my standards as a Hikaru Utada fan. Sometimes she's hella active and other times you forget she even exists. But it's great to see that she's announced such an extensive tour, which is a sign of good health - something that threw her career into jeopardy when she was diagnosed with Graves disease not long after the release of her second studio album.

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