Karasia


Karasia are a series of concert tours by South Korean girl group Kara. The Karasia 1st Tour began in Seoul at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in February 2012 and concluded at the Tokyo Dome in January 2013, marking the first time a female South Korean artist held a concert at the venue. The Karasia 2nd Japan Tour commenced in October 2013, which drew 120,000 people across 14 shows.
The third and fourth legs of Karasia took place in 2014 and 2015, and the group reunited for the Karasia 5th Japan Tour in August 2024. The sixth leg, titled Magical World, will take place in 2025.

Background

The first concert tour titled Karasia began in Seoul, South Korea in February 2012, and continued with 12 shows in Japan starting in Yokohama in April. The tour was also planned to have dates in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and others, but this never came to fruition.
The 2012 tour concluded in Saitama on May 27, 2012, and attracted around 150,000 people in Japan. The last concert was broadcast live through streaming in 60 different theaters throughout Japan, and all the tickets to the theaters were sold out as well. All solo songs that the girls performed in the Japanese tour was released on the album Kara Collection on September 5, 2012. On January 6, 2013, the group held a special concert at the Tokyo Dome in front of 45,000 people, making them the first female South Korean artist to hold a concert at the venue.
A second tour, also titled Karasia, started in Japan on October 8, 2013. The tour attracted 120,000 people and was the last with members Nicole and Jiyoung prior to their departures from the group in January 2014. The group then embarked on their third Japanese tour on October 24, 2014, their first with new member Youngji. A fourth Karasia Japanese tour took place in September 2015 and was the group's final tour before their disbandment in January 2016. Kara's four concert tours in South Korea and Japan attracted a total of over 420,000 people.

DVD

Japanese version

Kara 1st Japan Tour Karasia is the second live DVD of the South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on November 14, 2012, in 2 formats: DVD and Blu-ray and 2 different editions: Limited edition and Regular edition. The DVD was scheduled to be released on October 17 along with the group's seventh Japanese single "Electric Boy" but it was postponed to November 14, 2012, due to an error found in one of the discs. The DVD was released along with the group's third Japanese album Girls Forever.
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Oricon Weekly DVD chart1
Oricon Weekly Blu-ray chart1
Oricon Yearly DVD chart48
Oricon Yearly Blu-ray chart25

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Oricon physical sales60,008+

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CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanNovember 14, 2012DVD, Blu-ray DiscUniversal Sigma

Korean version

2012 Karasia Seoul Concert is the third live DVD of the South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on December 26, 2012, only in DVD format. The DVD contains the first Korean concert of the group held in the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea, during February 18 and 19, 2012.
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Oricon Weekly DVD chart7

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Oricon physical sales9,830+

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CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanDecember 26, 2012DVDUniversal Sigma

Tokyo Dome version

Karasia 2013 Happy New Year in Tokyo Dome is the eighth DVD, third Blu-ray and fourth live released by KARA. It was released in 2 formats and 2 editions: Limited and Regular. The limited editions includes a bonus disc with making of, rehearsals and an off-shot movie of the concert. The DVD includes their concert on Tokyo Dome, realized on January 6, 2013.
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Oricon Weekly DVD chart4
Oricon Weekly Blu-ray chart3

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Oricon physical sales32,552+

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CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanMarch 27, 2013DVD, Blu-rayUniversal Sigma