(SM Entertainment)

Super Junior’s ballad subunit K.R.Y. has kicked off its Japan tour by performing in front of 26,000 fans in Yokohama, Japan, SM Entertainment said Thursday.

Super Junior K.R.Y., consisting of Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung, performed the first concert of its 2015 Japan tour titled “Phonograph” on Tuesday and Wednesday.

At the concert, the three premiered “Join Hands,” a single slated to release in Japan on Aug. 5.

From Yokohama, the ballad trio will continue its tour with stops in Kobe, Fukuoka, and Nagoya, where they will perform a total of 11 concerts and meet 90,000 fans.

The Kobe concerts will take place from June 11-14.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)