After the departure of Keith Levene and Jah Wobble, Public Image Ltd consisting of John Lydon, Martin Atkins and session musicians played live at the Sunplaza on the 1 and 2 July 1983.

[5] The concert portions of Dream Theater's Images and Words: Live in Tokyo video were filmed at the hall.

DJ Ozma filmed his 2008 concert "Viva la Scandal Party" at the Nakano Sunplaza stop of the tour.

Leading up to the building's closure and demolition after 50 years, a series of commemorative concerts celebrating the hall's existence and marking its closure, entitled Sayonara Nakano Sun Plaza Ongakusai and featuring artists such as Flumpool, Ziyoou-Vachi, Reol and Tatsurou Yamashita, was held between May 1 and July 2 of 2023.

[7] Richard Koyama-Daniels, writing for Tokyo Weekender contextualized the loss of a, "much-loved municipal landmark" by labeling the replacing of culturally significant buildings in the city such as the Sunplaza to be, "A Casualty of Capitalism".