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Hello! Project 2021 Summer Sapphire & Ruby is Hello! Project's annual summer concert tour. It took place from July 17 to September 5, 2021.

For the tour, the members were split into two teams: Sapphire and Ruby, and they would be singing old and new songs from the Hello! Project catalog. Each concert featured one of the teams.

In compliance with government policy due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cheering, crowding, and closeness in the venue are prohibited, the venues were filled to 50% capacity, and wearing masks were required to enter.[1]

A footage of the final two concerts held in TACHIKAWA STAGE GARDEN will be released in DVD and Blu-ray on December 22, 2021.

Setlist[]

  • team Ruby
team Sapphire

DVD/Blu-ray Tracklist[]

  • Disc 1
  • Disc 2
team Sapphire
  1. Kon'ya Dake Ukaretakatta - team Sapphire
  2. MC
  3. Upside down girl - Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  4. Mistake - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
  5. Fiesta! Fiesta! - Ishida Ayumi, Morito Chisaki, Sasaki Rikako, Kawana Rin, Onoda Saori, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami
  6. Romance ni Mezameru Mousou Joshi no Uta - Kamikokuryo Moe, Matsumoto Wakana, Kudo Yume, Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki, Onoda Saori, Nishida Shiori, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Satoyoshi Utano
  7. Hyomenchoryoku ~Surface Tension~ - Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki, Okamura Homare, Kamikokuryo Moe, Hashisako Rin, Uemura Akari, Nishida Shiori, Maeda Kokoro
  8. Koi wa Accha Accha - Fukumura Mizuki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Morito Chisaki, Uemura Akari, Inaba Manaka, Yamagishi Riko, Ono Mizuho, Yamazaki Yuhane, Maeda Kokoro, Kiyono Momohime, Satoyoshi Utano
  9. Go Waist - Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Okamura Homare, Sasaki Rikako, Hashisako Rin, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana, Inaba Manaka, Kudo Yume, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho
  10. MC
  11. Medley:
    1. Ren'ai♥Rider - Ishida Ayumi, Yamazaki Yuhane, Asakura Kiki
    2. Nanchatte Ren'ai - Sasaki Rikako, Uemura Akari, Maeda Kokoro
    3. Sekai wa Summer Party - Haga Akane, Kudo Yume, Satoyoshi Utano
    4. Hotaru Matsuri no Hi - Okamura Homare, Matsumoto Wakana
  12. MC
  13. Medley:
    1. Peanut Butter Jelly Love - Fukumura Mizuki, Ono Mizuho, Kiyono Momohime
    2. Be Genki! <Naseba Naru!> - Yokoyama Reina, Hashisako Rin, Onoda Saori
    3. Complex ni Sayounara! - Kawana Rin, Inaba Manaka, Nishida Shiori
    4. Ai wa Maru de Seidenki - Morito Chisaki, Yamagishi Riko, Okamura Minami
    5. Ashita no Watashi wa Kyou Yori Kirei - Nonaka Miki, Kamikokuryo Moe
  14. MC
  15. Dance Club Performance - Ishida Ayumi, Morito Chisaki, Sasaki Rikako, Inaba Manaka, Yamagishi Riko, Satoyoshi Utano
  16. Gosenfu no Tasuki - Fukumura Mizuki, Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Okamura Homare, Kamikokuryo Moe, Hashisako Rin, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana, Uemura Akari, Kudo Yume, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori, Nishida Shiori, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime
  17. MC
  18. Furefure Everyday - Nishida Shiori, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Satoyoshi Utano (Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit as backdancers)
  19. Ai wa Ima, Ai wo Motometeru - Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori (Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Kudo Yume as backdancers)
  20. Platonic Planet - Uemura Akari, Inaba Manaka, Kudo Yume (Fukumura Mizuki, Morito Chisaki, Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe, Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki as backdancers)
  21. Kono Mama! - Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Morito Chisaki, Okamura Homare (Hashisako Rin, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana, Nishida Shiori, Maeda Kokoro, Okamura Minami, Satoyoshi Utano as backdancers)
  22. Hakkiri Shiyou ze - Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe, Hashisako Rin, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana (Ishida Ayumi, Yokoyama Reina, Uemura Akari, Inaba Manaka, Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori as backdancers)
  23. MC
  24. Hana ga Saku Taiyou Abite - team Sapphire
team Ruby
  1. Koi Nara Tokku ni Hajimatteru - team Ruby
  2. MC
  3. Kimi no Toujou - Hello Pro Kenshuusei
  4. Go Your Way - Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
  5. LOVEpedia - Takeuchi Akari, Kawamura Ayano, Kasahara Momona, Tamenaga Shion, Inoue Rei, Dambara Ruru, Matsunaga Riai, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Akiyama Mao, Ichioka Reina, Eguchi Saya, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka
  6. Shuukatsu Sensation - Ikuta Erina, Kaga Kaede, Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei, Takeuchi Akari, Kanazawa Tomoko, Matsunaga Riai, Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya
  7. Kindan Shoujo - Oda Sakura, Makino Maria, Kitagawa Rio, Kawamura Ayano, Ise Layla, Takase Kurumi, Kobayashi Honoka
  8. Ren'ai Bugyou - Oda Sakura, Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Tamenaga Shion, Kanazawa Tomoko, Inoue Rei, Niinuma Kisora, Kishimoto Yumeno
  9. Natsu Shougun - Ikuta Erina, Yamazaki Mei, Dambara Ruru, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Akiyama Mao, Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Takase Kurumi, Hirai Miyo
  10. MC
  11. Medley:
    1. Summer Wind - Kasahara Momoma, Inoue Rei
    2. Heroine ni Narou ka! - Kaga Kaede, Kawamura Ayano, Eguchi Saya
    3. Hajimete wo Keikenchuu - Yamazaki Mei, Ise Layla, Tanimoto Ami
    4. Natsu Dakara! - Oda Sakura, Niinuma Kisora, Hirai Miyo
  12. MC
  13. Medley:
    1. Koi wa Magnet - Kanazawa Tomoko, Takase Kurumi
    2. Short Cut - Kitagawa Rio, Tamenaga Shion, Shimakura Rika
    3. Ashita Tenki ni Naare - Ikuta Erina, Dambara Ruru, Kishimoto Yumeno
    4. Maji Desu ka Ska! - Matsunaga Riai, Akiyama Mao, Ichioka Reina
    5. Nineteen no Shinkirou - Makino Maria, Takeuchi Akari, Kobayashi Honoka
  14. MC
  15. Dance Club Performance - Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, Takeuchi Akari, Dambara Ruru, Akiyama Mao, Hirai Miyo
  16. Gosenfu no Tasuki - Ikuta Erina, Oda Sakura, Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei, Takeuchi Akari, Kawamura Ayano, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Tamenaga Shion, Kanazawa Tomoko, Inoue Rei, Matsunaga Riai, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Kobayashi Honoka
  17. MC
  18. Masayume - Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Akiyama Mao (Hello Pro Kenshuusei as backdancers)
  19. Furefure Everyday - Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka (Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit as backdancers)
  20. DOWN TOWN - Kanazawa Tomoko, Dambara Ruru, Inoue Rei, Matsunaga Riai (Ikuta Erina, Oda Sakura, Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei as backdancers)
  21. Aisare Route A or B? - Takeuchi Akari, Kawamura Ayano, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Tamenaga Shion
  22. Hey! Unfair Baby - Ikuta Erina, Oda Sakura, Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei (Takeuchi Akari, Kawamura Ayano, Tamenaga Shion, Kanazawa Tomoko, Dambara Ruru, Kishimoto Yumeno, Akiyama Mao, Takase Kurumi, Hirai Miyo as backdancers)
  23. MC
  24. Good bye & Good luck! - team Ruby

Featured Members[]

Morning Musume '21

ANGERME

Juice=Juice

Tsubaki Factory

BEYOOOOONDS

Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit

Hello Pro Kenshuusei

Teams[]

Team Members
Sapphire
  • Morning Musume '21: Fukumura Mizuki, Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Morito Chisaki, Okamura Homare
  • ANGERME: Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe, Hashisako Rin, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana
  • Juice=Juice: Uemura Akari, Inaba Manaka, Kudo Yume
  • Tsubaki Factory: Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho, Onoda Saori
  • BEYOOOOONDS: Nishida Shiori, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Satoyoshi Utano
Ruby
  • Morning Musume '21: Ikuta Erina, Oda Sakura, Makino Maria, Kaga Kaede, Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei
  • ANGERME: Takeuchi Akari, Kawamura Ayano, Kasahara Momona, Ise Layla, Tamenaga Shion
  • Juice=Juice: Kanazawa Tomoko, Dambara Ruru, Inoue Rei, Matsunaga Riai
  • Tsubaki Factory: Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Akiyama Mao
  • BEYOOOOONDS: Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka

Absentees[]

  • Morning Musume '21 member Sato Masaki was absent from the whole tour due to her being diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome.[2]
  • On July 25, it was announced that ANGERME member Ise Layla would be absent from the July 25 concerts due to being in poor health conditions.[3] Later in the day, it was revealed that Ise was confirmed to be diagnosed with the COVID-19. Ise was feeling some symptoms of sore throat and mild fever, and after a PCR test, she was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19. Her condition is stable and she will concentrate on her treatment under the direction of health centers and medical institutions. She was absent from the July 31 concert.[4][5] On August 6, it was announced that Ise completed her self-quarantine period, and after testing negative for the virus, she resumed activities and would perform in the August 8 concert.[6]
  • On July 29, it was announced that ANGERME member Sasaki Rikako would be temporarily halting activities after getting classified as a close contact by the public health center after doing a PCR test, therefore being absent from the July 31 concert.[7][5] On August 6, it was announced that Sasaki completed her self-quarantine period, and after testing negative for the virus, she will be resuming activities and would perform in the August 8 concert.[6]
  • On July 30, it was announced that Morning Musume '21 member Fukumura Mizuki would be absent from the July 31 concert due to her being classified as a close contact by the public health center after one member of her family was confirmed to be diagnosed with COVID-19.[5] On August 6, an update on Hello! Project's website announced that Fukumura would be absent from the August 7, 8, 15 and 21 concerts as another member of her family tested positive for COVID-19, and as a close contact, she would remain doing self-quarantine.[6] She resumed activities in the August 28 concert.[8]
  • ^ On August 19, it was announced that Morning Musume' 21 member Oda Sakura was diagnosed with functional dysphonia as result of a medical examination due to her throat conditions at that time. Due to this, she remained participating of the tour but was restricted to dancing only for the remaining dates while undergoing medical treatment.[9]
  • Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit members Yonemura Kirara, Ishiguri Kanami, Kubota Nanami and Saito Madoka were absent from the September 4 and 5 concerts due to a schedule conflict with the Miyamoto Karin LIVE 2021 ~Dahlia~, where they appeared as a support act.[10]

Concert Schedule[]

Date Venue Prefecture Doors Open Concert Starts Team
7/17 Orix Theater Osaka 14:00 15:00 Ruby
17:15 18:15
7/18 14:00 15:00 Sapphire
17:15 18:15
7/24 Nagoya Convention Center Century Hall Aichi 13:30 14:45 Sapphire
17:00 18:15
7/25 13:30 14:45 Ruby
17:00 18:15
7/31 Ueno Gakuen Hall Hiroshima 13:15 14:00 Sapphire
16:15 17:00 Ruby
8/7 Nakano Sun Plaza Tokyo 14:00 15:00 Ruby
17:15 18:15 Sapphire
8/8 14:00 15:00 Sapphire
17:15 18:15 Ruby
8/14 Fukuoka Convention Center Main Hall Fukuoka 14:00 15:00 Ruby
17:15 18:15
8/15 14:00 15:00 Sapphire
17:15 18:15
8/21 Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru Hokkaido 13:00 14:00 Ruby
16:30 17:30 Sapphire
8/28 Sendai Sun Plaza Hall Miyagi 14:00 15:00 Sapphire
17:15 18:15 Ruby
9/4 TACHIKAWA STAGE GARDEN Tokyo 14:00 15:00 Sapphire
17:15 18:15 Ruby
9/5 14:00 15:00 Ruby
17:15 18:15 Sapphire

Trivia[]

  • The colors of the teams makes reference to the colors of the 2020 Summer Olympics and the Paralympics' mascots Miraitowa and Someity. The tour was also concurrent with both Olympics and Paralympics events, which happened in Japan during July to September.
  • During the rehearsals for the August 28 concert, ANGERME member Kamikokuryo Moe accidentally bumped her mic on her left eye and she had to wear an eye pad at the concert.[11]
  • This is the last Hello! Project tour to feature Juice=Juice member Kanazawa Tomoko.

Videos[]

team Ruby July 17 Digest
team Sapphire July 18 Digest

Notes[]

  • ^ Haga Akane replaced Fukumura Mizuki as a MC of the July 31 to August 21 concerts in Fukumura's absence.
  • ^ Kamikokuryo Moe replaced Fukumura Mizuki as a MC of the July 31 to August 21 concerts in Fukumura's absence.

References[]

External Links[]

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