The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension

The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension was the eleventh concert tour by Japanese recording artist Misia, in support of her album Ascension (2007). Comprising a set list of songs from Ascension and previous albums, including two hip-hop and house medleys, the tour visited arenas nationwide for a duration of four months. The tour was announced on August 3, 2006, two days prior to the start of Misia's Hoshizora no Live III Music Is a Joy Forever summer tour. The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension commenced in November 2006 and concluded three days after the release of Ascension, in February 2007. Initially scheduled to run for eighteen shows, an additional date was later added to the itinerary. Sponsored by OCN, the tour drew an estimated audience of 160,000.

The concept for the show is described as "futuristic rhythm with a taste of nature." The stage resembled a floating octagon-shape mirror, adorned with 10,000 LED lights and overlooked by a giant pipe-made elephant head, reminiscent of the first press edition cover artwork of Ascension.

On April 6, 2007, WOWOW aired a special titled The Tour of Misia 2007 in Yokohama Arena, which showed a TV edit of the tour's finale show.

Opening acts

• May J. (February 3–4, 2007 dates only)

Setlist

Tour dates

Personnel

• Executive Producer – Hiroto Tanigawa
• Hip Hop Medley Producer – Megaraiders
• House Medley Producer – DJ Gomi
• Production Producer – Kazuhiko Igarashi
• Stage Manager(s) – Shuichi Majima, Ryoko Tsukahara, Mitsuru Morita
• Set Director(s) – Chihiro Natori, Hiromi Shibata, Teruhiko Kuroki
• Set Design – Yuko Kohga
• Steel Master – Nobuyuki Yoshimoto
• Costume Director – Kyoko Fushimi
• Knit Direction – Mayutan
• Knit Designer(s) – Jung-jung, Mindy, Risa Yuasa
• Sound Planner – Keiji Shigeta
• PA Operator(s) – Takashi Mitsui, Miyuki Tsuzuki
• Lighting Planner – Ikuo Ogawa
• Lighting Operator(s) – Masaaki Takahashi, Makoto Setoyama, Takashi Fujiwara
• Lighting Effect Planner – Seiichi Tozuka
• Lighting Effect Operator(s) – Nozomu Omae, Hiromi Iizuka
• Special Effect Planner – Takeshi Hagino
• Special Effect Operator – Kanako Chiba
• Equipment Technician(s) – Kazuyuki Okada, Keiji Tateishi, Takuya Kimura, Hiroshi Yamane
• Power Supply Operator(s) – Naotaka Tanimura, Yasutada Shibata
• Special Stage Set – Minoru Osada
• Camera System – Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ryuta Honma
• Transporter(s) – Setsuo Noto, Miwa Morioka

• Drums – Jun Aoyama
• Keyboards – Tohru Shigemi
• Bass – Takeshi Taneda
• Guitar – Kenji Suzuki
• Chorus/Organ – Kumi Sasaki
• DJ – Ta-Shi
• Dancer(s) – Stezo, Hyrossi, U-Ge, Michie, Hiro, Nada, Wadoo, Kota, Tatsuo, Soichiro, Gan
• Band Manager – Mari Koda
• Dancer Manager – Hiroaki Kusano
• Sports Trainer(s) – Yukinori Narushima, Takayuki Yumioka, Kayoko Nakagawa
• Wardrobe – Erina Ishihara
• Make Up – Kaori
• Hair – Yukimi Ueda
• Artist Manager(s) – Naoko Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Kimura
• Merchandising – Hiroshi Suzuki, Keisuke Sato, Rui Nishikawa
• Food Coordination – Masahi Mizukoshi
• Club MSA – Kyosuke Ogata, Tsutomu Yamashiro, Hiroko Goto
• Tour Coordination – Chieko Ishii, Tetsuro Ishihara
• Tour Coordination Assistant(s) – Kumiko Ohata, Kimie Ikeda
• Tour Sponsor(s) – OCN
• Promoter(s) – WESS, Kyodo Tohoku, Kyodo Hokuriku, Disk Garage, Sundayfolk Promotion, Sundayfolk Promotion Hizuoka, Kyodo Osaka, Kyodo Nishinippon
• Producer(s) – Yasunao Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ishigaki

Credits and personnel as per The Tour of Misia 2007 Ascension concert DVD.

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