National Stadium in Tokyo.

Completed in 1958, the Tokyo National Stadium is located in Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and is also known as Kasumigaoka Land Arena.

It is the main sports venue in Tokyo and the home of the Japanese national football team.

It is also a huge venue that can accommodate up to 90,000 people at the same time to watch a game or concert.

However, the word "national" is like a dream that can never be realized for Japanese singers.

A gorgeous stage that is almost impossible to get on!

If the Budokan used to be a temple in the hearts of musicians, and they were proud to hold a concert at the Budokan, then holding a concert at the National Stadium was like a miracle in the sky for them, and they couldn't even think of it.

Because, there is an unwritten rule in the National Stadium.

That is, only one group of singers can appear on the national stage and hold a concert every year!

This makes the status of the state even more lofty.

You know, many top singers, such as B'z, dren, GLAY, Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada and many others, have not yet been able to appear on the national stage...

Since 2005, the Japanese group SMAP has become the first singer to appear on the stage of the National Stadium!

The following year, SMAP held another concert in the country.

It wasn't until last year that the long-established group DREAMS COME TRUE, which is loved by the public, interrupted SMAP's national trifecta.

This year, however, the national government sent an olive branch to THE SUN, who had returned from the European and American music scene.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a small episode in this.

The Genesys idol group Arashi, which has never been popular, finally became the overlord of the music scene in 2008 after a cooperative single with Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as well as the popular IP of "Boys Over Flowers", in addition to THE SUN!

The 22nd single released on June 25, 2008, the theme song of the movie "Boys Over Flowers" "One Love", under the influence of the movie's continued popularity, exceeded 500,000 copies in just two weeks!

Arashi, who was in full swing, released his 23rd single and 4th double A-side single two months later, "truth/To the other side of the wind".

Among the singles, "truth" is the theme song of the TBS drama "Demon King" starring member Tomo Ohno, and "To the Other Side of the Wind" is the impression song of the 2008 Nippon TV program "Beijing Olympics".

It may be the power of various TIE-UP that led to the sales of this double-A single, which exploded like a bomb!

Sales exceeded 200,000 on the first day alone, and 300,000 on the second day, surpassing the initial sales of the previous game and the previous game. On the fourth day, it exceeded 400,000 copies, and finally the sales in the first week were close to 470,000 copies!

Like its predecessor, "One Love", sales exceeded 500,000 copies in just two weeks, and by November, the cumulative sales had reached 600,000 copies.

It is also the only single in 2008 that sold more than 600,000 copies!

It is conceivable how popular Lan was in the second half of 2008.

Therefore, with such a momentum of Lan, Janis saw a good opportunity to further praise Honglan.

So, after the first Dome tour, Genesys sent a request to the National Stadium.

Arashi became the third singer to hold a concert at the National Stadium after SMAP and DREAMS COME TRUE!

However, the reply from the National Stadium made the president of Denis, the old man Kitagawa, sigh secretly.

Because, the reply from the state side is like this:

"First of all, thank you very much for the kindness of the Genesys office, but our concert candidates for this year have already been decided, so I'm really sorry that we can't use your office's Arashi... ”

When asked by Dennis who he was, the name given by the national side was:

“THE SUN！”

That's right, the National Stadium's annual concert candidate is THE SUN, who has returned from the European and American music scene.

Such news also made the originally a little unhappy Janis die down in an instant.

"IF IT'S THE SUN, THAT'S NO WAY TO DO IT... Old man Kitagawa also regretted in his heart.

Although, Arashi debuted earlier than THE SUN, has more qualifications, and in the music scene in 2008, he was almost the most shining star.

However, it still can't hide the brilliance of THE SUN, which is rushing out of Asia and going to the world.

If you use a metaphor to describe Arashi in 2008, it is like the Big Dipper in the sky, the brightest star in the night sky;

The SUN in 2008 was the sun in the sky, shining on the earth, everywhere!

The difference between the two cannot be compared.

Therefore, in the face of the rejection of the state, Dennis could only reluctantly accept it.

After all, the opponent is THE SUN.

And Lan Wuzi, who received the news, felt very sorry in his heart, but also silent.

Speaking of which, the relationship between THE SUN and Arashi has obviously improved a lot since Sony Music and Genesys formed a private alliance.

Two groups of people, sometimes they will have a meal together or something.

However, in the eyes of the Arashi Five, THE SUN, a band that has been pressing them since their debut, can be said to be the target they have been chasing after.

Although the gap is a bit big, however, they have never slowed down the pace of catching up.

However, to their dismay, THE SUN has grown to the point where they need to look up to it in just a few years.

You know, they debuted five years earlier than THE SUN!

Originally, they started to take off this year, and they still thought about taking the opportunity to grab the limelight from THE SUN.

They were self-aware, and they didn't think about surpassing THE SUN in one fell swoop.

Who knows...

Not to mention THE SUN's amazing results in Europe and the United States, THE SUN's album sales alone directly sank the ambition of the Lan Five!

Now, even the opportunity to appear on the national stage has been cut off by THE SUN.

This feeling of powerlessness made Lan Wuzi feel very uncomfortable.

"It's not that our army is too incompetent, it's that the enemy is too strong!!"

Just as Sho Sakurai comforted the members, he said, "It's okay, it's okay, I can't go to the country this year, so let's try to go again next year! As long as we don't give up, we will surpass them sooner or later!"

"Well, Sho is right, let's continue to work hard!" Captain Ono Tomoya echoed.

"Also, we never thought that we could surpass them all at once... The vitality agent in the group, Masaki Xiangye, showed a warm smile that made the female fans scream.

"However, there is one thing we have this year that they have not done ... At this time, Kazuya Ninomiya said with a smug face.

"What is it?" several people focused their curious eyes on him.

"Well, we had a Dome tour this year, and they didn't!"

"Oh, haha, there's finally one thing, we're better than them!" Jun Matsumoto also smiled and clenched his fists.

"Haha, NINO is right, at least on the Dome Tour, we are one step ahead of them!" Sakurai Sho also cheered everyone up.

Suddenly, the five people who comforted themselves, just like patients in the late stage of secondary two disease, looked at each other and laughed...

However, just two days later, Sony announced that THE SUN was about to start its first dome tour "THE SUNRISE TOUR" in the following mid-November, which made Arashi Goko instantly confused.

"What kind of thing is this... ”