Hello! Project 2021 Winter ~STEP BY STEP~

Hello! Project 2021 Winter ~STEP BY STEP~ is Hello! Project's annual winter concert tour. It went from January 2, 2021 to February 28, 2021.
Much like the Hello! Project 2020 ~The Ballad~ Special Number, the members performed songs from the Hello! Project catalog but instead of performing solo, they were split into 2-3 smaller sections and combined into "half-and-half" units, with 4-5 members each. Each concert featured 2 different units.
In compliance with government policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cheering, crowding, and closeness in the venue were prohibited, the venues were be filled to 50% capacity, and wearing masks were required to enter."2020年秋のハロー！プロジェクト・コンサートについて" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2020-08-20.
A footage of the tour was released in DVD and Blu-ray on July 28, 2021.
==Setlist==
==DVD/Blu-ray Tracklist==
==Featured Members==
;Morning Musume '21
*9th Gen: Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina
*10th Gen: Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki
*11th Gen: Oda Sakura
*12th Gen: Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Haga Akane
*13th Gen: Kaga Kaede, Yokoyama Reina
*14th Gen: Morito Chisaki
*15th Gen: Kitagawa Rio (until 2/20), Okamura Homare, Yamazaki Mei
;ANGERME
*2nd Gen: Takeuchi Akari
*3rd Gen: Sasaki Rikako
*4th Gen: Kamikokuryo Moe
*5th Gen: Kasahara Momona
*6th Gen: Kawamura Ayano
*7th Gen: Ise Layla
*8th Gen: Hashisako Rin
*9th Gen: Kawana Rin, Tamenaga Shion, Matsumoto Wakana
;Juice=Juice
*Kanazawa Tomoko
*Takagi Sayuki (until 2/11)
*Uemura Akari
*Inaba Manaka
*Inoue Rei
*Dambara Ruru
*Kudo Yume
*Matsunaga Riai
;Tsubaki Factory
*Yamagishi Riko
*Niinuma Kisora
*Tanimoto Ami
*Kishimoto Yumeno
*Asakura Kiki
*Ono Mizuho
*Onoda Saori
*Akiyama Mao
;BEYOOOOONDS
*CHICA#TETSU
**Ichioka Reina
**Shimakura Rika
**Nishida Shiori
**Eguchi Saya
*Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
**Takase Kurumi
**Maeda Kokoro
**Yamazaki Yuhane
**Okamura Minami
**Kiyono Momohime
*SeasoningS
**Hirai Miyo
**Kobayashi Honoka
**Satoyoshi Utano
;Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
*Yonemura Kirara
*Ishiguri Kanami
*Kubota Nanami
*Saito Madoka
===Units===
;Unit 1
*Morning Musume '21: Fukumura Mizuki, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Okamura Homare
*BEYOOOOONDS: Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya, Kobayashi Honoka
;Unit 2
*Morning Musume '21: Ikuta Erina, Sato Masaki, Oda Sakura, Kaga Kaede, Yamazaki Mei
*Tsubaki Factory: Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Onoda Saori
;Unit 3
*Morning Musume '21: Ishida Ayumi, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Morito Chisaki, Kitagawa Rio
*Tsubaki Factory: Yamagishi Riko, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho, Akiyama Mao
;Unit 4
*ANGERME: Takeuchi Akari, Sasaki Rikako, Ise Layla, Kawana Rin, Matsumoto Wakana
*BEYOOOOONDS: Takase Kurumi, Nishida Shiori, Okamura Minami, Satoyoshi Utano
;Unit 5
*ANGERME: Kawamura Ayano, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kasahara Momona, Hashisako Rin, Tamenaga Shion
*Juice=Juice: Takagi Sayuki (until 2/11), Inaba Manaka, Inoue Rei, Matsunaga Riai
;Unit 6
*Juice=Juice: Kanazawa Tomoko, Uemura Akari, Dambara Ruru, Kudo Yume
*BEYOOOOONDS: Hirai Miyo, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Kiyono Momohime
===Absentees===
*Morning Musume '21 member Kitagawa Rio was absent from the February 27 and 28 concerts due to her being diagnosed with pyelonephritis."モーニング娘。'21 佐藤優樹、北川莉央に関するお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-02-26.
==Concert Schedule==
Date	Venue 	Prefecture	Doors Open	Concert Starts	Cast
1/2 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 1, Unit 4, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/2 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:45 	19:00 	Unit 2, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/3 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	11:00 	12:15 	Unit 3, Unit 4, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/3 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:30 	15:45 	Unit 5, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/3 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	18:00 	19:15 	Unit 1, Unit 2, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/4 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 3, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/9 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 2, Unit 3, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/9 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:30 	18:20 	Unit 1, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/10	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	11:00 	12:15 	Unit 2, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/10	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:30 	15:45 	Unit 1, Unit 3, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/10	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:35 	18:20 	Unit 4, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/11	Iwate Prefecture Civic Center Large Hall 	Iwate 	13:30 	14:45 	Unit 5, Unit 6
1/11	Iwate Prefecture Civic Center Large Hall 	Iwate 	17:00 	18:15 	Unit 5, Unit 6
1/11	Kanazawa City Culture Hall 	Ishikawa 	13:45 	15:00 	Unit 4, Tsubaki Factory
1/11	Kanazawa City Culture Hall 	Ishikawa 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 4, Tsubaki Factory
1/16	Ueno Gakuen Hall 	Hiroshima 	13:30 	14:30 	Unit 1, Unit 3
1/16	Ueno Gakuen Hall 	Hiroshima 	16:30 	17:30 	Unit 2, Unit 6
1/23	ORIX Theater 	Osaka 	13:45 	15:00 	Unit 3, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/23	ORIX Theater 	Osaka 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 1, Unit 2, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/24	ORIX Theater 	Osaka 	13:45 	15:00 	Unit 3, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/24	ORIX Theater 	Osaka 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 3, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/24	Civic Center Sears Home Yume Hall 	Kumamoto 	13:00 	14:00 	Unit 2, Unit 5
1/24	Civic Center Sears Home Yume Hall 	Kumamoto 	16:00 	17:00 	Unit 2, Unit 5
1/30	Nippon Tokushu Tougyou Shimin Kaikan Forest Hall	Aichi 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 2, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/30	Nippon Tokushu Tougyou Shimin Kaikan Forest Hall	Aichi 	17:45 	18:30 	Unit 3, Unit 4, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/31	Nippon Tokushu Tougyou Shimin Kaikan Forest Hall	Aichi 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 1, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/31	Nippon Tokushu Tougyou Shimin Kaikan Forest Hall	Aichi 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 4, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
1/31	Olympus Hall Hachioji 	Tokyo 	13:45 	15:00 	Unit 2, Unit 3
1/31	Olympus Hall Hachioji 	Tokyo 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 2, Unit 3
2/6 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 1, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/6 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:30 	18:20 	Unit 3, Unit 4, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/7 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	11:00 	12:15 	Unit 2, Unit 4, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/7 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:30 	15:45 	Unit 3, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/7 	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:35 	18:20 	Unit 1, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/11	Harmony Hall Zama Large Hall 	Kanagawa 	14:45 	15:45 	Unit 5, Tsubaki Factory, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/11	Harmony Hall Zama Large Hall 	Kanagawa 	17:45 	18:30 	Unit 4, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/13	Fukuoka Sun Palace Hotel & Hall 	Fukuoka 	13:30 	14:30 	Unit 2, Unit 6
2/13	Fukuoka Sun Palace Hotel & Hall 	Fukuoka 	16:30 	17:30 	Unit 1, Unit 3
2/13	Kariya Cultural Center Large Hall 	Aichi 	13:30 	14:30 	Unit 4, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/13	Kariya Cultural Center Large Hall 	Aichi 	17:30 	18:30 	Unit 4, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/14	Kobe International House Kokusai Hall 	Hyogo 	13:45 	15:00 	Unit 1, Unit 2
2/14	Kobe International House Kokusai Hall 	Hyogo 	17:15 	18:30 	Unit 3, Unit 4
2/20	Sendai Sun Plaza 	Miyagi 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 2, Unit 3
2/20	Sendai Sun Plaza 	Miyagi 	17:45 	18:30 	Unit 1, Unit 4
2/23	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 6, Tsubaki Factory, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/23	Nakano Sun Plaza 	Tokyo 	17:30 	18:30 	Unit 4, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/27	Rexxam Hall Large Hall (Kagawa Prefecture Hall) 	Kagawa 	13:00 	14:00 	Unit 1, Unit 3
2/27	Rexxam Hall Large Hall (Kagawa Prefecture Hall) 	Kagawa 	16:30 	17:30 	Unit 1, Unit 3
2/27	Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru 	Hokkaido 	13:30 	14:30 	Unit 2, Unit 6, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/27	Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru 	Hokkaido 	17:00 	18:00 	Unit 4, Unit 5, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Unit
2/28	Niigata Terusa 	Niigata 	14:15 	15:30 	Unit 1, Unit 6
2/28	Niigata Terusa 	Niigata 	17:45 	18:30 	Unit 2, Unit 3
==Trivia==
*This is the first Hello! Project concert tour to feature ANGERME 9th generation members Kawana Rin and Matsumoto Wakana.
*This is the first Hello! Project concert tour since 2014 to not feature ANGERME member Funaki Musubu and Tsubaki Factory member Ogata Risa, and since 2009 to not feature Juice=Juice member Miyamoto Karin.
*This is the last tour to feature Juice=Juice member Takagi Sayuki, who left the group and Hello! Project on February 12"高木紗友希のJuice=Juiceでの活動終了に関するお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-02-12..
*This is also the last tour to feature Morning Musume '21 member Sato Masaki, who was absent from all other Hello! Project concerts in 2021 due to poor health, and eventually graduated from Morning Musume and Hello Project in December of the same year for the same reasonhttp://helloproject.com/news/13590/.
*Tsubaki Factory was the only group listed to be performing as a full group in the tour. Although, ANGERME and Juice=Juice also performed as a whole group in dates featuring the units with all members of the respective groups (units 4 and 5 for ANGERME, and units 5 and 6 for Juice=Juice).
==Notes==
#On January 8, it was announced that the night concerts of January 9 and 10 would be both anticipated to start at 18:20 (and scheduled to end around 19:50) due to a new declaration of emergency issued by the governments of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama on January 7, where business hours would be until 20:00 following an increase of COVID-19 cases in the country."​「Hello! Project 2021 Winter ～STEP BY STEP～」1/9(土)、1/10(日) 中野サンプラザ公演の開催について" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-01-08.
#On January 14, it was announced that the night concert of January 30 and the January 31 night concert in Aichi would be both anticipated to start at 18:30 (and scheduled to end on 19:55), and the night concerts of February 6 and 7 would be anticipated to start at 18:20 (and scheduled to end on 19:50) following the declaration of emergency issued on January 7."​「Hello! Project 2021 Winter ～STEP BY STEP～」今後の公演の開催について" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-01-14.
#On February 5, it was announced that the night concerts of February 11 in Kanagawa, of February 13 in Aichi, of February 20 concert in Miyagi, of February 23 in Tokyo, and of February 28 in Niigata would be all anticipated to start at 18:30 (and scheduled to end on 19:55) following an extention of the declaration of emergency issued on January 7."「Hello! Project 2021 Winter ～STEP BY STEP～」今後の公演の開催について" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-02-05.
#Although Sato was initially listed to perform at Hello! Project 2021 Haru "Kachou Fuugetsu" under team Tori, she withdrew from the tour prior to the opening show as a result of her poor healthhttp://www.helloproject.com/news/12946/http://www.helloproject.com/news/12984/.
==References==
==External Links==
*Tour Schedule: Hello! Project, UF-FC
*Discography: 
**DVD: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
**Blu-ray: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
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