to keep creating new music, a similar resolve she experienced when she completed the recording sessions for her debut album, Mysterious. Promotion On August 2, 2017, Kudo appeared on the annual CX music show FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri, where she performed her song "Arashi no Sugao" with longtime friends and fellow singers Chisato Moritaka and Kaori Kishitani. On September 1, 2017, she appeared on the AX variety show Buzzrhythm where she was interviewed and performed the Mafumafu-penned "Kinki to Tsukiakari" off the album. On September 14, 2017, Kudo performed a medley of hit songs, and "Hagane no Mori" from Rin, on a special episode of NHK's music show Songs as well as being interviewed by columnist Gō Yoshida. On September 30, 2017, she appeared on CX music show Music Fair and performed "Hagane no Mori" to promote Rin, as well as other songs with fellow guests, Sukima Switch and Dream Ami. The song "Dōse Nara" was used as the ending theme to the AX morning show Pon!. Promotional singles Kudo released three songs off the album, spread out over three consecutive weeks, as promotional singles to the official Pony Canyon YouTube channel, each accompanied by a music video created by Pixiv artists. On August 4, 2017, she released a short version of the music video for "Kinki to Tsukiakari" on the YouTube channel as the first promotional single for Rin. The music video features artwork by artist Aren and was animated by Kei Inagaki, otherwise known as Ke-sanβ. On August 11, 2017, the music video for the Kudo-penned "Hagane no Mori" was published on the channel. The artwork for the music video was created by Kon'iro. and the video was animated by Makino Sena. A third and last music video for the song "Kasumisō" was released a week later, on August 14, 2017, also animated by Makino Sena and featuring artwork by user Hachimitsu Honey. Tour To commemorate the release of Rin and to celebrate her 30th anniversary, Kudo announced a three-date Zepp hall tour for September 2017, marking her first tour in five years. All three dates were sold out. She performed 31 songs, her longest set ever, to an audience of 1,200 people on each date. Commercial performance Rin entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at number 12. It peaked on the daily chart the following day at number 11. It debuted at number 21 on the