June 2016

The event is a well-known club event that was started off since 11 years ago and has been held for more than 50 times, where audiences would enjoy the entire night listening to Amuro Namie’s music while performers showcasing their Amuro dance’s cover performances on the stage.

AiSOTOPE LOUNGE had previously hold the event 1 and a half years ago and this time marked its fourth time staging the event with a total of 700 Amuro fans gathering at the venue. It is reported that entrance prohibition was executed on the spot due to incredibly high popularity of the event. Apparently the event this time has taken its concept from the diva’s nationwide tour LIVE DVD&Blu-ray ‘namie amuro LIVEGENIC 2015-2016’ and thus the fans made their best effort to reenact the scenes from the LIVE DVD&Blu-ray, from the decorations, their outfits to the stage performances. In the first half of the event, ‘Namie_genic’ contest was held where 5 groups of fans faced a showdown to seize the No. 1 title by performing a song of their own selection out of the LIVE DVD&Blu-ray on the stage.

Astonishingly, the panel judges for the contest include dancers YUSUKE and RISA who had worked with the diva during the domestic tour, as well as the diva’s dance producer IZUMI. In the end, the grand prix was awarded to the fan who presented a spectacular stage of ‘Fashionista’ alongside 4 Amuro’s back-up dancers. In the latter half of the event, the venue was heated up to its max with ‘AMR LIVEGENIC SHOWCASE’ segment put on by the event organizers.

All of a sudden, there was a stir in the audience and guess what!? The real Amuro Namie actually showed up at the event in secret! The audiences then welcomed her with thunderous applause and cheers. Event organizer BUBREENA was indeed very surprised and overjoyed at the diva’s appearance stating, “It was all worth it after organizing the event for the past 11 years! As long as (Amuro Namie) remains in the industry, I will keep this event going on and on as well!”

The night then continued to rise to its climax with Amuro’s songs ranging from her classic hits from over 20 years ago to her upcoming release ‘Hero’ (which was selected as the broadcast theme song for Rio Olympics) playing all night.

We are truly glad to see the R&B diva is still very much cherished by her darling fans since her debut 23 years ago and hopefully such events could be organized at other places in future!