BABYMONSTER Sell Out Kyocera Dome Debut, 90,000 in Osaka

BABYMONSTER drew about 90,000 fans across two sold-out Kyocera Dome Osaka shows, reaching the venue just 2 years and 5 months after debut.

According to Chosunbiz, the group opened with 'WE GO UP' and performed 'SHEESH' and 'DRIP' — both with over 100 million local streams — plus tracks from their third mini-album 'Choom' with a full live band and handheld microphones. Members spoke to the crowd in Japanese without interpreters, even using Osaka dialect, and the encore featured a moving car ride past fans plus a re-encore stage.

Dome venues in Japan are widely treated as the 'stage of dreams' reserved for acts with massive ticket power, so a sell-out there is a genuine marker of scale. What makes this milestone striking, as MK and Chosunbiz both note, is the timeline: BABYMONSTER reached the dome just 2 years and 5 months after debuting. Their 2025 first Japan tour had already set a record for a K-pop girl group by drawing 150,000 attendees in the shortest period, per Chosunbiz, and this Osaka sell-out confirms that early momentum translated to the biggest venue tier. The finale was broadcast live on Japan's largest satellite broadcaster WOWOW, per Chosunbiz's report.

The most emotional thread across the coverage belongs to the group's Japanese members. IBTimes Singapore reports Ruka and Asa were visibly moved from the opening stage, reportedly in tears at the sight of the packed dome, with the venue carrying particular significance for performers back in their home country. According to Chosunbiz, Asa and Ruka said, 'From the first stage I was so overwhelmed I felt I might cry. Seeing the seats filled with fans, I once again felt that so many people love us,' and thanked fans who support them 'without change.' MK notes the members also delivered solo stages showcasing vocals, rap and performance.

The Japan leg's cumulative figures show how quickly the fanbase has compounded. The tour opened in Kobe in July and crossed six cities over 11 shows, drawing around 200,000 attendees total, a figure corroborated by MK, Chosunbiz and IBTimes Singapore. Production matched the venue's scale — grand sets, cinematic VCRs, lasers, pyrotechnics and fog, plus color-shifting lightstick waves described by Chosunbiz — while the group performed their first original Japanese song 'Ghost' and 'SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA'.

With Japan closed, the second world tour 'CHOOM', which launched from a Seoul concert in June, rolls on with a newly confirmed Hong Kong date on January 10, 2027, added in response to fan demand, per MK and Chosunbiz. The full itinerary spans 30 shows across 18 cities on five continents — Asia, Oceania, South America, North America and Europe. The seven members — Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Ahyeon, Haram, Rora and Chiquita, from South Korea, Japan and Thailand — will now test that dome-grade draw on other markets, and the Osaka sell-out sets the benchmark fans will use to judge every stop that follows.