is a live video album by the
Japanese idol
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girl group
Hinatazaka46
is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Sakurazaka46, Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on 30 November 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on 11 February 2019. ...
, which documents the group's first concert at the
Tokyo Dome
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on March 30–31, 2022. It was released on July 20, 2022 and is the first live video album released by the group.
Background
Hinatazaka46 was originally scheduled to hold their first Tokyo Dome concert in December 2020 for their annual concert, but the concert was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
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and finally held on March 30–31, 2022 to coincide with their third debut anniversary.
Nao Kosaka, who had been on hiatus due to poor health since June 2021, made her return at the concert.
Both days of the concert were available on paid livestream worldwide.
On March 26, 2022, member Hiyori Hamagishi announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 and would be absent from the concert. She still appeared on the opening video
and the narration video on the final part.
On the second day, the group announced the release of their seventh single "
Boku Nanka" during the encore, followed by the first live performance of the title song.
Production and release
The video album was released in three editions, each available in Blu-ray and DVD formats. The first press limited edition included both days of the concert and an additional bonus video, while the regular editions feature only either of the two days.
Commercial performance
''Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary Memorial Live in Tokyo Dome'' placed first on both the
Oricon
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DVD and Blu-ray Charts, as well as the Music DVD and Blu-ray Chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week.
Track listing
The
encores were split to a second disc in the DVD versions and kept on one disc in the Blu-ray versions.
Day 1
DVD: Disc 1
DVD: Disc 2 (Encore)
Day 2
DVD: Disc 1
DVD: Disc 2 (Encore)
First press limited edition
Charts and sales
Weekly charts
References
External links
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2022 video albums
2020s live video albums
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2022 concerts