Vicke Blanka Rocks France's Japan Expo Culture Festival as Music Guest of Honor; ‘Black Catcher’ Live Video Out Now
Vicke Blanka performed as the Music Guest of Honor at the 22nd edition of Japan Expo, held over four days From Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, July 16, 2023, at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in France, under the title Japan Expo 22nd Impact.
Drawing some 250,000 attendees, Japan Expo is France's largest Japanese culture and entertainment festival. Launched by a team of Japanophiles in France, the festival celebrates Japanese culture and its place within the global entertainment sphere. The event presents the latest in manga, anime, videogames, music, fashion, VTubers and other pop culture, along with regional and traditional Japanese culture such as performing arts, crafts, tourism, food and more.
Making his first appearance at Japan Expo, Vicke Blanka performed as the Music Guest of Honor. When he set foot on the stage, he was greeted by roars of excitement from an audience of around 5,000 music fans. His first song was a DJ rendition of ‘Soten No Vampire’, a dance track that fuses EDM with J-pop, quickly turning the venue into a dancefloor. He continued to heat up the venue with the overwhelmingly addictive ‘Death Dance’, the Japanese literature-infused ‘FATE’, and his popular Spotify TV ad theme 'Ca Va?'.
After driving the audience to a frenzy, he performed ‘Black Rover’, the opening theme song to season three of the hit anime series ‘Black Clover’. This was followed by ‘Black Catcher’, the opening theme song from ‘Black Clover’ season 10, which has been in Spotify's Top 10 chart of songs by Japanese artists played by overseas users for three consecutive years. With over 150 million streaming plays for ‘Black Rover’ and around 200 million plays for ‘Black Catcher’, both of these songs are wildly popular all around the word.
Vicke Blanka / Black Catcher (from Japan Expo Paris ICHIGO stage 2023.7.16)
https://youtu.be/7b9L8AxBv8M
Vicke Blanka's incredible performance sparked a frenzied crowd reaction, showing this talented artist's ability to transcend borders, and proving his popularity among music fans in France.
This year, Vicke Blanka also performed at Jeddah Events Calendar 2023 – Anime Village at City Walk in Saudi Arabia in May and at Riminicomix in Italy in July; and in December, he will perform at 29 Manga Barcelona in Spain – charting the path for new levels of success around the world.
Japan Expo 22nd Impact
Dates: July 13-16, 2023
Venue: Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre
https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/en/
Music Guest of Honor: Vicke Blanka
Vicke Blanka / Black Catcher (from Japan Expo Paris ICHIGO stage 2023.7.16)
https://youtu.be/7b9L8AxBv8M
Check out Vicke Blanka's Japan Expo setlist playlist on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sc58Ry9lInNz4ERBv3vUi?si=711b616cfcf34839
1 Soten No Vampire
2 Death Dance
3 FATE
4 Ca Va?
5 Black Rover
6 Black Catcher
★ Vicke Blanka 2023 overseas event performances
• Jeddah Events Calendar 2023 – Anime Village at City Walk (Saudi Arabia)
• Riminicomix (Italy)
• Japan Expo (France)
• Manga Barcelona (Spain)
★ Official links
French Link fan club: https://vickeblanka.fc.avex.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VickeBlanka
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VickeblankaTV
TikTok: http://www.TikTok.com/@vicke_blanka
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickeblanka/
Official website: https://vickeblanka.com/
