Nine years have passed since Riho Sayashi graduated from Morning Musume., and as a solo artist she continues to forge ahead, headlining her third Billboard Live Tour. Having learned dance at Actors Studio Hiroshima from childhood, she debuted in 2011 at age 12 as Morning Musume.’s 9th-generation member. On December 31, 2015, she graduated from the group, much to the fans’ regret, and after a dance-studies stint in New York, she resumed entertainment activities in September 2020, expanding into drama, stage, and musicals in addition to music; she even made her film debut in the movie “十一人の賊軍” (The Eleven Brigands’ Army), co-starring Takayuki Yamada and Taiga Nakano. In 2023 and 2024, this club performance tour was held for two consecutive years with a band on stage. In addition to songs given special arrangements, she deliberately restrained her greatest weapon—dance—to pursue a stoic focus on vocal expression. In July 2024, as the culmination of her solo activities, she released her first full-length album Symbolized, and launched the 4th Live Tour 2025 Symbolized to support the album. As before, this Billboard Live performance with a band could be a rare opportunity to witness her enter a new phase in her latest form. Of course, expectations are high for song rearrangements unique to this show.