Karasia are a series of concert tours by South Korean girl group Kara. The first concert tour titled Karasia began in Seoul, South Korea in February 2012,[1] and continued with 12 shows in Japan starting in Yokohama in April.[2] The tour was also planned to have dates in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and others, but this never came to fruition.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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.
Due to Nicole's leg injury, she performed "The Game of Love" instead of "Beat It". In their show in Saitama, "Beat It" was performed replacing "The Game of Love".
A-Jax performed as opening act in the last two shows.
The Japanese girl rock band Cyntia played a metal version of "Honey" as a special guest performance, as well they were the band on Hara's solo performance.
As opening for Seung-yeon's solo performance, it was shown, in a VTR, pictures of her since Kara's debut until today, as well baby photos of her.
As opening for Gyuri's solo performance, she performed a special ballet from Swan Lake.
As opening for Nicole's solo performance, a VTR of her being a DJ and dancing a song was shown.
As opening for Jiyoung's solo performance, a VTR of some students in a Japanese school praising a photo of her in Girls Forever's album booklet, then call them to go to Tokyo Dome. The band Cyntia played on her performance.
A preview of the group's first TV animeKara The Animation aired before the performance of "Mister".
Kara 1st Japan Tour Karasia is the second live DVD of the South Koreangirl groupKara. It was released on November 14, 2012, in 2 formats: DVD and Blu-ray and 2 different editions: Limited edition (2 discs) and Regular edition (1 disc). 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.[15] The DVD was released along with the group's third Japanese album Girls Forever.
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 (DVD and Blu-ray) 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.
^"카라, 한달 반의 첫 日투어 15만명 동원하며 성료" [Kara's first Japanese tour attracts 150,000 people in a month and a half]. Edaily (in Korean). Naver. May 28, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^"KARA、9年ぶりに日本コンサートツアー「KARASIA」が復活!8月に東京・大阪で開催" [Kara is back with their Japan concert tour 'Karasia' for the first time in 9 years! Held in Tokyo and Osaka in August] (in Japanese). Kstyle. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.