He is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, art director and illustrator. He is best known for singing the theme song to Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, " The Boy and the Heron ". His name is Kenshi Yonezu and he will be performing in Paris in 2025.
The Japanese artist, originally from Tokushima, announces a world tour. And good news for French fans, as the J-pop artist will be making a stopover in the capital, at Le Zénith de La Villette to be precise, on Tuesday April 1, 2025. As for the opening of ticket sales, Live Nation is organizing a pre-sale accessible from Thursday October 10 at 10am. Otherwise, the general on-sale date is Friday, October 11 at 12 noon.
This tour, the biggest ever for the thirty-something artist and the first in France, will be an opportunity for Kenshi Yonezu to defend his new opus live. Called"Lost Corner" (in stores since August 21, 2024), the album includes the song " Garakuta " (" Junk "). The album follows"Stray Sheep", released in 2020.
For those less familiar, Kenshi Yonezu began to make a name for himself in 2009, publishing several songs on Vocaloid, a voice synthesis software, including " Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro ", which has been listened to over a million times on the site! In 2012, he released his first opus,"diorama", followed by"Yankee" in 2014,"Bremen" (gold disc) in 2015, not forgetting"Bootleg" in 2017, featuring the hit " Uchiage Hanabi ", theme song from the animated film"Fireworks", as well as the track " Peace Sign " used for the opening of"My Hero Academia".
Kenshi Yonezu recently made a name for himself by signing " Chikyûgi " (" Spinning Globe "), the title track of the film " The Boy and the Heron ".
To discover Kenshi Yonezu in concert in Paris, head for the Zénith de La Villette on April 1, 2025!
Dates and Opening Time
On April 1, 2025
Location
Paris Zenith
211 Avenue Jean Jaurès
75019 Paris 19
Access
M° Porte de Pantin
Official website
le-zenith.com
