{"id":76609,"date":"2026-08-19T06:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/76609\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:05:13","slug":"hearts2hearts-lights-up-tokyo-dome-with-opening-performance-and-first-pitch-at-japanese-baseball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/76609\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts2Hearts Lights Up Tokyo Dome with Opening Performance and First Pitch at Japanese Baseball Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/news-p.v1.20260819.cfd6267698174e3ebe211ba92d4d845b_P1.jpg\" orgwidth=\"700\" orgheight=\"467\" alt=\"Hearts2Hearts member Jiwoo throws the first pitch at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Photo | SM Entertainment\"\/>                      \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300                Hearts2Hearts member Jiwoo throws the first pitch at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Photo | SM Entertainment      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"2\">The group Hearts2Hearts took the stage at Tokyo Dome alongside its official Japanese debut and received an enthusiastic response.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"3\">On the 18th, Hearts2Hearts attended the Saitama Seibu Lions&#8217; &#8220;SAISON presents Special Night Game&#8221; held at Tokyo Dome. Dressed in sporty uniforms, the members appeared on the field and performed the Japanese version of their hit song &#8220;RUDE!&#8221; before a crowd of more than 40,000.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"4\">Member Jiwoo made a surprise appearance as the first-pitch thrower to signal the start of the game, while the other members cheered her on with energetic support, showing off their teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/news-p.v1.20260819.c448791f26a9449fa75b0d56be35435b_P1.jpg\" orgwidth=\"700\" orgheight=\"467\" alt=\"Hearts2Hearts member Jiwoo throws the first pitch at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Photo | SM Entertainment\"\/>                      \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300                Hearts2Hearts member Jiwoo throws the first pitch at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Photo | SM Entertainment      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"6\">Their first Japanese single, &#8220;ICONIC HEART,&#8221; released on the 12th, ranked No. 2 on both the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Chart. It also recorded the highest first-week sales among all first singles released this year by female artists who debuted in Japan, underscoring strong local interest.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"7\">Hearts2Hearts will also attend the &#8220;2026 TIMA (TMElive International Music Awards)&#8221; in Hong Kong on the 22nd.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"8\">[Ji Seung-hoon, Star Today reporter]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">\nThis article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.\n<\/p>\n<p>#<\/p>\n<p>Hearts2Hearts<\/p>\n<p> professional baseball<\/p>\n<p> Saitama<\/p>\n<p> Lions<\/p>\n<p> SAISON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Hearts2Hearts member Jiwoo throws the first pitch at Tokyo Dome in Japan. Photo | SM Entertainment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49172,8,8960,27488,49173,7903,52],"class_list":["post-76609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tokyo","tag-hearts2hearts","tag-japan","tag-lions","tag-professional-baseball","tag-saison","tag-saitama","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}