IRC APP Brings Japan’s Largest Idol and Fashion Festival to Soneium

Soneium, by Sony Block Solutions Labs, is pleased to announce its partnership with IRC APP (previously known as YOAKE SPACE), an official app for IDOL RUNWAY COLLECTION, supported by TGC (IRC). This app is developed by YOAKE Entertainment. IRC APP alters how fandom can be recorded, rewarded, and valued in the market.

YOAKE Entertainment, winner of Soneium Spark, has many entertainment companies working behind YOAKE entertainment, such as TWIN PLANET, ASOBISYSTEM, W TOKYO, Y&N Brothers, and Sony Group. IRC is also hosted by YOAKE entertainment company, which supports Japan’s largest Idol and fashion festival, and develops the IRC APP, supported by Record ($REC).

IRC and TGC Collaboration Sets New Benchmarks for Digital Fandom and Cultural Innovation

IRC APP has attached millions of people to it through contributions through different venues such as attendance, broadcast viewership, and media coverage. In this digital world, media plays a vital role in the proliferation of any content throughout the world. IRC APP is revolutionizing fandom for the on-chain age, together, basically, the participation of fandom toward transparency, lasting, and creativity rewarding.   

IRC 2026 organizes the third annual edition of the cultural festival, which is one of Japan’s fastest-growing. Now uplifted via its unification with TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION (TGC), which is also famous as Japan’s largest and dominant fashion event. By the time, TGC has crossed the number of 40+ large-scale events, and is approaching more than 5+ million people in the form of In-person shows, regional tours, and nationwide livestreams.

Record-Breaking Attendee Growth Positions IRC as Japan’s Leading Idol Event

TGC supports IRC with a world-class cultural and production backbone for the entrance of Japanese fashion and youth culture. Furthermore, IRC has successfully gained the milestone achievements in 2025, by gathering almost 11,800 attendees at the National Yoyogi Gymnasium First Gymnasium.

The prominent figure of gathering 107 idols on a single stage with the fusion of top-tier idol stands IRC as one of Japan’s largest and most influential idol and fashion blend festivals. Moreover, ON March 15th, 2026, IRC will take place its third annual edition at the Iconic Yoyogi National Gymnasium First Gymnasium. For this event, hospitality is undertaken by YOAKE Entertainment. IRC 2026’s purpose is to evolve teamwork in Idols, fashion, and technology.

This year’s features are totally matched with leading groups such as Nogizaka46, =LOVE, FRUITS ZIPPER, CUTIE STREET, and TAKANE NADESHIKO, representing the event’s cultural approach and mainstream acceptance. In short, IRC stands as one of the most ambitious events in this period of time for Japan’s idol ecosystem.