Karasia (stylized as KARASIA) is the concert tour by Korean girl group Kara. This is their very first independent concert in Asia region. The first concert are scheduled at Seoul, South Korea starting mid-February.[1] And at the same time, Kara will embark their very first Japan Nationwide concert starting at Yokohama, sharing the same tour name as their Asia tour.[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 on May 27, at Saitama, 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 made a special concert in Japan's Tokyo Dome, titled Karasia 2013 – Happy New Year in Tokyo Dome, making them the first female South Korean act to hold a concert at this particular venue.[5]
A second tour, also titled Karasia, started in Japan on October 8, 2013, which was the last with members Nicole and Jiyoung, as they departed from the group after the second tour's completion. 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.
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.[14] 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, 올림픽체조경기장에 우뚝 서다…첫 단독콘서트 대성황" [Kara stands tall at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium ... First solo concert great success]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. February 18, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"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.
^"'프리티걸 카라' 도쿄돔 공연에 4만5천팬 열광" [45,000 fans enthusiastically attend Kara's Tokyo Dome performance]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver. January 7, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2022.