The 17 Japan Concert: Say the Name Seventeen (stylized as 17 JAPAN CONCERT Say the name #SEVENTEEN) was a concert series by South Korean boy band Seventeen. It was held over six shows from February 15 to 22, 2017, at World Memorial Hall in Kobe and Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. All six shows sold out, including restricted-view seats at Yokohama Arena, and the series drew approximately 50,000 attendees. The concerts took place more than a year before Seventeen's formal Japanese debut.

Background In August 2016, Seventeen held their first concerts in Japan, performing five shows in Osaka and Tokyo under the title 2016 Like Seventeen – Shining Diamond in Japan Concert. Kstyle reported that approximately 350,000 ticket applications had been received for around 12,000 available seats. The new concert series, announced on December 12, 2016, increased the scale of the group's previous Japanese shows by approximately four times.

The title was taken from Seventeen's greeting, "Say the name, Seventeen". According to the announcement, it represented the group's intention to reintroduce themselves to the Japanese audience through an arena-scale concert. At the time, Seventeen had not formally debuted or released an original record in Japan.

Concert synopsis The concert opened with a remixed version of "Boom Boom", followed by "No F.U.N", "Shining Diamond", "Chuck" and a concert remix of "Rock". The performances incorporated moving stages, pyrotechnics and synchronized choreography, with the members introducing themselves and addressing the audience in Japanese between songs.

The middle portion highlighted Seventeen's three sub-units Teams. The hiphop team performed "Check-In", "Monday to Saturday" and "Fronting", followed by a mixed-member performance of "Drift Away". The performance team presented "Who", "OMG" and "Highlight", while the vocal team performed "20" in Japanese, "When I Grow Up" and "Don't Listen in Secret". The full group reunited for "Hit Song" and "Fast Pace" before performing a sequence of singles consisting of "Pretty U", "Adore U", "Mansae" and "Very Nice", which concluded the main set.

For the encore, the group returned with "Smile Flower" and "Beautiful". The concert concluded with a Japanese-language version of "Love Letter", the second song translated into Japanese specifically for the concert series.

Commercial performance The concert series was approximately four times larger than Seventeen's first Japanese concert series in August 2016, for which approximately 350,000 ticket applications had been received for 12,000 available seats. All six performances sold out despite the group not yet having formally debuted in Japan.

The four concerts at World Memorial Hall sold approximately 7,000 seats per performance, while the two Yokohama Arena concerts filled approximately 12,000 seats each. Additional restricted-view tickets released for the Yokohama performances also sold out. Contemporary reports placed the combined attendance at approximately 50,000. The final Yokohama Arena performance was the largest venue used for a Seventeen solo concert up to that point.

The concert's live DVD sold approximately 11,000 copies during its first week and debuted at number one on the Oricon Weekly DVD Ranking. It also topped Oricon's combined Music DVD and Blu-ray Ranking.

Set list The following set list is taken from the official home-video track listing recorded at Yokohama Arena. It is not intended to represent every concert in the series.

"Boom Boom" "No F.U.N" "Shining Diamond" "Chuck" "Rock" "Check-In" "Monday to Saturday" "Fronting" "Drift Away" "Who" "OMG" "Highlight" "Still Lonely" "20" "When I Grow Up" "Don't Listen in Secret" "Hit Song" "Fast Pace" "Pretty U" "Adore U" "Mansae" "Very Nice" "Smile Flower" "Beautiful" "Love Letter"

Concert dates + List of concerts Date (2017) City Country Venue Attendance February 15 Kobe Japan World Memorial Hall 28,000 February 16 February 18 February 19 February 21 Yokohama Yokohama Arena 24,000 February 22 Total 52,000

Broadcast and home media Footage from both Yokohama Arena concerts was recorded for a concert special, which was broadcast exclusively on WOWOW on March 26, 2017.

A two-disc DVD recorded at Yokohama Arena was released in Japan on August 23, 2017, followed by a single-disc Blu-ray edition on April 18, 2018. Both editions contain approximately 120 minutes of concert footage, a 28-minute making-of documentary and a 100-page photobook. The DVD sold approximately 11,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Oricon Weekly DVD Ranking. It also topped Oricon's combined Music DVD and Blu-ray Ranking.

See also Seventeen videography List of Seventeen live performances

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External links Official concert page