According to Billboard Top Boxscores, Jin’s “Run Seokjin Tour” (#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR) held at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome on July 12–13 grossed a total of $9.6 million. This set a historic milestone as the highest-grossing and largest boxscore ever for a K-pop soloist at a single concert venue. It is the No. 1 record among K-pop solo artists, ranks second among all K-pop artists including groups, and stands as the third-highest boxscore for any K-pop show in history.
With even the top-tier seats and restricted-view sections at Kyocera Dome fully opened, Jin filled the venue to capacity, thrilling fans with his “Live King” reputation through stunning live vocals that effortlessly shifted between high and low registers. In particular, it is extremely rare even in Japan for the top 8th floor and restricted-view seats of Kyocera Dome to be opened and sold out at a solo concert. Many fans were surprised, with some not even aware that the dome had an 8th level. Even BTS, as a group, had never opened the 8th floor during their Kyocera Dome shows. Photos of seats packed to the brim—even those behind the screen with no view of the stage—left onlookers in awe, while the sight of tens of thousands of fans performing a wave around the dome created a spectacular and widely discussed moment.
Jin also set a new Billboard record for an Asian solo artist on the Billboard Top Tours monthly chart.
From June 28 to August 10 (local time), Jin held his first solo fan concert series and first solo world tour, the “Run Seokjin Tour” (#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR). Beginning in Korea, the tour traveled through Chiba and Osaka in Japan, Anaheim, Dallas, Tampa, and Newark in the United States, London in the UK, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands—spanning nine cities in total—where he delivered 18 performances to overwhelming enthusiasm and glowing reviews.
Written by Mun Wan Sik
Translated by Lee So Yun
