NAON no YAONNAONのYAON

all female rock festival · Tokyo (Hibiya Open Air)

Japanese name

NAONのYAON · ナオンのヤオン [WJA]

Founded

1987

City

Tokyo (Hibiya Open Air) (hub: Tokyo)

Status as of 24 September 2026

active, relocating

Connections

16 edges, 14 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.066 (rank 15 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 61)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [WNY] [SFN] [NNB] (register)

Created by Show-Ya. Annual 1987 to 1991, revived 2008, annual since 2013 on 29 April. The longest running institution dedicated to women in Japanese rock, and the one most of the bands on this map passed through: Aldious, Mary's Blood, Gacharic Spin, Trident, Nemophila and Hagane all passed through it. 2025 was the last Hibiya edition; NAON no BUNTAI at Yokohama BUNTAI in 2026 with Show-Ya, Nemophila, Hagane and Nanase Aikawa.

Connections

People and personnel

• founderShow-YaショーヤInaugural show 20 September 1987 at Hibiya Yaon1987
• founderKeiko Terada寺田恵子1987

Lineage

• grew out ofJapan Heavy Metal Festival 1985Same Hibiya stage two years apart1987

Labels, festivals, collaborations

• festival / venueShow-YaショーヤHost band at essentially every edition1987 to 2026
• festival / venueScandalスキャンダルThe revived NAON no YAON, 29 April 2008, before Scandal's major debut2008
• festival / venueAldiousアルディアス2010s
• festival / venueMary's Bloodメアリーズブラッド2010s
• festival / venueGacharic Spin2014, 2016, 2024
• festival / venueCyntiaシンティア2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• festival / venueBand-Maidバンドメイド12 June 2016 edition2016
• festival / venueTridentトライデント2024
• festival / venueRisky MelodyFinal Hibiya edition2025
• festival / venueHaganeハガネ2025, 2026
• festival / venueNemophilaネモフィラAlso NAON no BUNTAI 20262025, 2026
• appearedNemophilaネモフィラ2025, 2026
• appearedEast of Edenイースト・オブ・エデンNAON no BUNTAI2026