aiko is on an arena tour, Love Like Pop vol.26, which opened November 14, 2026 at Yokohama Arena and runs 11 shows across 5 venues in 4 cities. She also wrote the opening theme "Anata no Hana no Iro" for Blue Box season 2, which premiered October 4.
aiko's touring and her songwriting have moved in step over the past year. Her arena run, aiko Live Tour "Love Like Pop vol.26," opened November 14, 2026 at Yokohama Arena and covers 11 shows across 5 venues in 4 cities, with a December 31 countdown live at Osaka-jo Hall and two January 2027 stops at Nippon Budokan. Tickets are handled by Tixplus e-tickets, and the official resale service Tixplus Trade is the approved resale channel. Every seat is priced at 10,200 yen including tax.
The tour's songs are not the only place her name turned up this year. The Blue Box season 2 trailer, posted August 26, announced and previewed her song "Anata no Hana no Iro" as the opening theme; the season premiered on TBS and 27 other channels on October 4, with Netflix streaming in October. The trailer also confirmed a staff change, with Daisuke Sako taking over as director from Yuichiro Yano and Electric Circus replacing Telecom Animation Film, while series composer Yuko Kakihara and character designer Miho Tanino kept their roles.
Her work reached outside anime as well. The teaser for MAPPA's adaptation of usagi's manga "Local Is Best!" uses her song "milk", and she shared her joy about the adaptation and the promotional video; she is described as a fan of the original work. The web has also carried the personal side. In May she replied to a fan on social media about an incident at her Hakodate concert, where the fan helped an elderly man who had collapsed and aiko later hugged him. In that reply she said the man was her father, who had a cramp in his buttock.
Taken together, the record puts her in a crowded release period for the arena tour and the Blue Box broadcast, with the countdown live at Osaka-jo Hall on December 31 and the Budokan dates in January 2027 still ahead.
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Ticket Plus, Inc. confirmed that Tixplus electronic tickets and the official resale service Tixplus Trade will handle aiko Live Tour "Love Like Pop vol.26," which opens Saturday, November 14, 2026 at Yokohama Arena. The tour runs 11 shows across 5 venues in 4 cities, including a December 31 countdown live at Osaka-jo Hall and two January 2027 stops at Nippon Budokan. All seats are 10,200 yen including tax.
The official website for the anime adaptation of Koji Miura's Blue Box manga unveiled the main promotional video and main visual for the second season on Wednesday, August 26. The trailer announces and previews the season's opening theme song "Anata no Hana no Iro" by singer-songwriter aiko and the ending theme song "blue in" by the duo elsewhere kikou. The season is set to premiere on TBS and 27 other channels on October 4, with streaming on Netflix in October. Yoshino Aoyama joins the cast as Yumeka Kido, a new character who appears before Taiki and Chinatsu. Daisuke Sako (Lupin Zero) takes over as director from Yuichiro Yano, and Electric Circus replaces Telecom Animation Film as the animation studio. Anri Ishii and Yumika Okazaki take over as art director and editor, respectively. The rest of the main staff, including series composer Yuko Kakihara and character designer Miho Tanino, retain their roles. The manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since April 2021, concluded on July 13, with the 28th and final volume shipping on December 4.
MAPPA announced on June 19 during its 15th anniversary lineup presentation that it will produce an anime adaptation of the manga "Local Is Best!" ("Jimoto ga Saikō!") by usagi. The series will stream exclusively worldwide on Netflix. Alongside the announcement, a teaser visual and a teaser promotional video were released. The PV uses the song "milk" by singer-songwriter aiko, who is a fan of the original work. The manga, originally serialized on social media, is known for its cute art style contrasted with a story that has been described as a stew of all the world's evils. It follows girls who have never left their hometown and insist "Local is best!" no matter what misfortunes befall them. The director is Toshio Igarashi, the script is by Ryo Takada, and character design is by Rio. The original creator usagi commented on the announcement, expressing gratitude that the manga could be adapted into an anime, and noted that during serialization, when the creator went bankrupt, the editor lent 1 million yen out of pocket. aiko also shared her joy about the adaptation and the PV.
Japanese singer-songwriter aiko responded to a fan on social media about an incident at her Hakodate concert. The fan helped an elderly gentleman who collapsed; aiko later hugged him. In her reply, aiko revealed the man was her father, who had a cramp in his butt.