bacho & KOTORI Bring Japan's "FLY & DIVE" Tour to Taiwan for Three Shows in January 2027
Japanese bands bacho and KOTORI will tour three Taiwanese cities on consecutive nights, January 29-31, 2027, playing LIVE WAREHOUSE in Kaohsiung, Legacy Taichung, and The Wall in Taipei. Billed as "FLY & DIVE," the run is the first installment of a new cross-border touring initiative from promoter Lucky Records, with a different local act joining the bill at each stop. Presale tickets open at noon on October 7 (Wednesday).
Tour dates and local guests
- Kaohsiung — January 29, 2027 (Fri) / LIVE WAREHOUSE / guest: EmptyORio
- Taichung — January 30, 2027 (Sat) / Legacy Taichung / guest: Captain Ordinary (普通隊長)
- Taipei — January 31, 2027 (Sun) / The Wall / guest: Inhuman (非人物種)
Ticket details
- Presale single ticket: NT$1,400
- Presale pair ticket: NT$2,600
- Door price: NT$1,600
- On-sale time: noon, October 7 (Wed)
- Platforms: iNDIEVOX for the Taichung show; FANSI GO for Kaohsiung and Taipei
The promoter is also running a poster giveaway via Instagram: fans who share the announcement to their Stories and comment tagging a friend along with their most-wanted bacho or KOTORI song can enter. Comments close at 23:59 on October 16, with seven winners receiving a Taiwan-exclusive tour poster.
Who are bacho and KOTORI
bacho formed in 2002 in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, and consists of Kinya Kitahata (vocals/guitar), Yoshito Miura (guitar), Tomonori Ito (bass), and Yukihiro Takanaga (drums). The band pairs raw emo, punk and alt-rock sounds with literary Japanese lyrics, anchored by Kitahata's near-exhausted vocal delivery. Their 2015 debut full-length Saikou Shinkioku established their signature sound; in 2024 they released Boy Meets Music, their first album in nine years, and toured nationally behind it.
KOTORI formed in 2014 in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, and now performs as a three-piece: Yuya Yokoyama (vocals/guitar), Hitoshi Uesaka (guitar), and Tomoki Sato (bass). Known for a self-described "singing rock" style, their live shows build from delicate, layered arrangements into explosive releases with full-crowd singalongs. In 2023 the band completed a 27-date tour across 25 Japanese cities, and their 2024 major-label album KOTORI sold out all eight dates of its release tour. The band has now played FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL four times, taking the second-largest stage, WHITE STAGE, for the first time this year.