Mamoru Miyano brings with MAMO STAR event to Yokohama Arena

Mamoru Miyano’s with MAMO STAR event filled Yokohama Arena with music, comedy and deliberately over-the-top stage ideas on 25 October. The event, produced around Miyano’s radio programme, brought together Kocchi no Kento, COWCOW, Member and a secret guest for collaborations that leaned into the promise of making a star shine brighter through unexpected pairings.

A night built around collaboration

The official event site described with MAMO STAR as the second major with MAMO event, built around Miyano performing with stars from different parts of entertainment. Its announced guests included Kocchi no Kento, COWCOW and Member, while the secret guest was held back until the Yokohama Arena show.

The eventual programme was designed to be playful rather than a conventional concert. Miyano opened with Beautiful Night, rode a decorated bicycle around the arena and attempted to catch a star suspended above the stage. The event report from Anime Anime says the set also included comedy collaborations, a duet with Kocchi no Kento, COWCOW sketches and a group singalong of Tsubasa wo Kudasai.

The secret guest and the final star

The secret guest was Tomohiro Kamiyama, who appeared as the god of the mountain during the show’s Mind Vogel segment. Miyano and Kamiyama had already worked together on the stage production Akechi-ko!, and their performance included Miyano’s Kiss×Kiss followed by Natsu no Owari no Harmony. The pair’s existing rapport gave the surprise appearance a clear through-line rather than making it a guest spot for its own sake.

Miyano did not catch the floating star during the opening attempt. The show returned to the idea at the end, when the audience was asked to jump along to Jump Shitemite. This time, the challenge succeeded, giving the event a neat comic payoff after a night built around improvised reactions, guest chemistry and the slightly absurd promise of bringing a mountain into an arena.

Our opinion

with MAMO STAR works because its theme is broad enough to support both genuine musical performances and daft stage business. The official campaign framed the event around Miyano finding new energy by performing with people he admires; the finished show appears to have followed that idea through rather than using the collaborations as a simple roll-call. The returning star-catching gag turns a visual motif into a small story, lets the audience participate in the payoff and suits Miyano’s ability to move between polished performance and self-aware comedy. This is an event report, not a recording review, so there is no way to judge the performances beyond the accounts available. Even so, each with adds another flavour to the same celebratory idea.