
Yuri concluded his two-day performance in Taipei, singing popular songs such as "Curtain Call" live and meeting fans again next year
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Japanese singer Yuri held a two-day solo concert at the Taipei Arena, attracting approximately 12,000 spectators.
[Reporter Liao Lihui/Taipei Report] Japanese god-level singer-songwriter "Yuri" ended her two-day concert at the Taipei Arena today (10th). He was introduced as "Brother Yuri" at the end of the performance. The 32-year-old Yuri, who was definitely not an uncle, even prepared a letter in Chinese. He was full of sincerity and impressed the 12,000 fans present.
After singing "Carousel" and "Mizukiri", the theme songs of the animated movie "Mirror City", the style of the song changed drastically. Before singing "Livin' On A Prayer", Yuri warned the fans: "Taipei! Louder! Use your belly!" He turned into a rock star and roared loudly. The scene was extremely exciting, and the warm atmosphere continued to the next songs such as "City Without Heroes" and "The Strongest".
The performance is coming to an end, and the highlight is definitely the theme song "Curtain Call" that he sang for the second part of the seventh season of the anime "My Hero Academia". Even the screen uses the green and orange colors of the main characters such as Midoriya and Bakugo, making people feel like they are immersed in the animation world of "My Hero Academia". Before singing the next song "Billimillion", Yuri asked everyone to enjoy the last song. As a result, he took the photo himself and Key made a mistake again. He laughed and shouted: "Do it again!" and ran to the keyboard player to check the pitch, which became an unexpected episode.
Yuri came back for the encore and sang another masterpiece "Betelgeuse". The arena was also lit up with stars. It turned out to be fans' mobile phone lights. The scene was quite touching and beautiful. Before singing his last song, "The World Has Ended", the theme song of the TV series "Silent Truth", he thanked the Taiwanese fans for coming and said, "I have been speaking Japanese, and I also want to use this language." Then he took out the cheat sheet and said that he had prepared it in the lounge, "Please forgive me for my bad words!"
Next, he delivered a speech in Chinese: "It's great to see everyone in Taipei again this year. I'm really happy. Thank you. I want to see you again next year. Will you still come to see me then? Thank you."
Then he expressed his feelings and said that while he was creating music in Japan, he would occasionally feel unhappy and depressed. "Although we live in different countries, we all have troubles at times, but I crossed the ocean to see you in Taipei. I hope you don't forget that I support you in Japan."
"In order to meet next time, I will continue to work hard to compose songs and sing, let's work hard together!" Yuri emphasized that he will not forget the two-day performance in Taipei. The concert ended with laughter when Yuri was introduced as "Brother Yuri". He even shouted: "You will continue to follow me, do you want to see me again next year? I really like everyone the most!" The performance finally came to an end.

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