I Witnessed the Final SHISHAMO at Todoroki

Hi, I’m Kei.

On Saturday, June 13, 2026, I witnessed Day 1 of SHISHAMO THE FINAL!!! THANKS DAY at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.

I took the Shinkansen up to Tokyo in the morning, met up with a friend, loaded up on ramen at a tsukemen place, and then did a warm-up session at a karaoke booth running through SHISHAMO songs. Even I’ll admit — I was seriously hyped.

Nine Out of Ten People Had a Towel

Todoroki Athletics Stadium is a football venue. Not your typical live music space. I’d heard that SHISHAMO had specifically requested it for this show.

The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the sheer number of red-and-white tour towels. Looking around, nearly 90% of the crowd had one. This wasn’t the kind of concert where you gauge the vibe by how many people bought merch — everyone there had come here, specifically, intentionally.

25 Songs, Two Encores

25 songs in total. Two encores. I didn’t count how many hours it ran, but it was long — in the best way.

The setlist felt deliberate in how it cast a wide net. Recent tracks for the newer fans, deep cuts that would gut the longtime ones. Gratitude for the songs themselves seemed woven into the selection.

In the Second Encore, Yoshikawa Came Back

That was the biggest moment of the night.

In the second encore, drummer Yoshikawa appeared from the wings as a surprise. He had been away from the band for about a year or two due to health issues.

A ripple of shock spread through the crowd — you could see it moving outward from the people who noticed first. While the music played on, I looked around and saw people crying and cheering at the same time. I was one of them.

The song was 明日も — “Tomorrow Too.” That title, in the context of a final concert, already carried a different weight. And then Yoshikawa walked out. I don’t have the words for it. I really don’t.

The Intention in the Last Three Songs

After 明日も came 明日はない — “There Is No Tomorrow” — and then 僕に彼女ができたんだ to close out the show.

When I saw that sequence, I knew it wasn’t a coincidence. Those were the three songs SHISHAMO chose to end on — deliberately, intentionally. The weight of “There Is No Tomorrow” appearing near the close of a final concert is something I can’t fully articulate here.

Matsuoka — Who Never Talks — Spoke Through Tears

Matsuoka, SHISHAMO’s bassist, almost never speaks at live shows.

At the final, he found the words. Through tears.

He talked about how bad he was at bass when he started. How he got better through years of practice. As a founding member speaking about that journey, there was something deeply honest about it — not humble-bragging, but weaving the band’s history together with his own growth. What mattered wasn’t whether he was good or not. It was the 13 years of showing up.

When a quiet person forces out words at the very end, they land harder than any polished speech.

Miyazaki Said “SHISHAMO Is an Autonomous Life Form”

Vocalist Miyazaki must have said “thank you” somewhere between 20 and 30 times. I wasn’t keeping count, but after a certain point it stopped being a formal expression of gratitude and started sounding like the only thing left to say — emotion overflowing with nowhere else to go.

And then she said: “SHISHAMO raised me.”

The person who founded the band, saying that the band raised her. I don’t think that was false modesty. I think she meant it completely.

She also said SHISHAMO doesn’t belong to the members alone. The staff, the fans in the crowd, and everyone who ever heard the music through a CD or a streaming service — all of them are part of what SHISHAMO is.

There’s a particular weight to hearing the founder say “this is not mine.” The phrase “autonomous life form” fits. Miyazaki is a part of it, not the whole of it. That she could say that is where you feel 13 years of depth in this band.

Day 2: Watched the Stream

I watched Day 2 via the livestream the next day. About half the setlist had changed.

Having been there in person on Day 1, the stream felt like a different view of the same thing. Different songs reached different crowds. Each audience had their own moment of “I got to hear that one here, like this.”

Closing Thoughts

I’m glad it ended at Todoroki.

SHISHAMO chose a place that isn’t a normal concert venue. I don’t know exactly why. But under that open sky, we heard 25 songs. Yoshikawa came back. Matsuoka spoke through tears. Miyazaki kept saying thank you. I think I’ll remember that scene for a long time.

SHISHAMO is ending, but the music remains. An autonomous life form — I think it will keep going, just in a different shape.

— Kei

Related Links

• SHISHAMO Official Website
• SHISHAMO THE FINAL!!! 〜Thanks for everything〜 Special Page
• SHISHAMO to end activities after June 2026 stadium live (rockinon.com)
• この記事の日本語版 / Japanese version