"JoJo " is the debut solo release of Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, of Japanese "brass rock" band Bluff and written by Shoko Fujibayashi, composed by Kohei Tanaka, and arranged by Kow Otani. It is used as the first opening theme for the 2012 anime adaptation of the 1987 manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, representing the manga's first arc Phantom Blood. Both Fujibayashi and Tanaka are noted for their contributions to theme songs, having previously worked together on "We Are!" for One Piece. Tominaga's vocals and the accompanying brass band were said to make the whole song an "anime song groove" that harkens back to much older and loved theme songs. The lyrics resonated well with the story of Phantom Blood, and Jun Yamamoto for Billboard said he "could almost feel the passion and ambition that Jonathan Joestar had in his fight against Dio Brando".
STU48 (Setouchi48) is a Japanese idol group and sister group of AKB48 named after the Setouchi Region. The group had a shipboard theater from 2019 to 2021. It is co-owned by the tourism board of Setouchi Region and is highly involved in their promotional efforts. The group's captain is Mitsuki Imamura and the vice captain is Akari Fukuda.
Busaiku (舞祭組) is a Japanese boy band with four members from Kis-My-Ft2. Their single "Michishirube" was number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.
=Love is a Japanese idol group composed of voice actors from the Yoyogi Animation Academy. The twelve-person group is produced by former AKB48 and HKT48 member Rino Sashihara and is signed under Sacra Music.
Yoasobi is a Japanese music superduo formed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, composed of Vocaloid producer Ayase, and singer-songwriter Ikura. Represented by the slogan "novel into music", the duo has released songs based on novels posted on Monogatary.com, a novel-centered social media operated by their label, which is also from various media like novels written by professional authors, books, and letters. The duo has earned several accolades, including five Japan Gold Disc Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards Japan, and a Japan Record Award, among others.
Passcode, is a Japanese metal idol group that was founded in 2013.
"Yoru ni Kakeru" is the debut single by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on December 15, 2019, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song was based on Thanatos no Yūwaku, a short story written by Mayo Hoshino, and published on the novel-centered social media Monogatary.com, which won the Sony Music Award, and the Grand Prize from Monocon 2019.
"Top" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released in three languages. The Korean version and English version were released digitally on May 3 and 20, 2020, respectively, through JYP Entertainment, and distributed by Dreamus. The Japanese version was released on June 3, as their first Japanese single, titled "Top -Japanese ver.-", through Epic Records Japan. The song was featured as an opening theme song for the anime television series Kami no Tō -Tower of God-, together with its B-side "Slump", as an ending theme song.
The Book is the debut extended play (EP) and first physical release recorded by Yoasobi. It was released through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 6, 2021, the same date with their single "Kaibutsu", accompanied the second season of Beastars, "Encore" serves as a promotional single of the EP. Ayase, a member of the duo, also released the cover version of The Book, on the same day as the EP, titled Mikunoyoasobi, recorded by Hatsune Miku, exclusively at Tower Records Japan.
"Kaibutsu" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released digitally on January 6, 2021, the same date as the duo's debut extended play (EP), The Book, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. As an opening theme for the second season of the anime television series Beastars, "Kaibutsu" is about a carnivore trying to coexist with herbivores in a cruel world, based on Jibun no Mune ni Jibun no Mimi o Oshi Atete, written by the anime's writer Paru Itagaki. Later, the song was included on the duo's second EP The Book 2. The English version of the song, titled "Monster", was released on July 30.
"Yasashii Suisei" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on January 20, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and released as a double A-side CD single together with "Kaibutsu" on March 24. The song was featured as an ending theme song for the second season of the anime television series Beastars.
Challenger is an extended play (EP) marketed as the third single of Japanese boy group JO1. Consisting of a total of six songs, the EP single was released by Lapone Entertainment into three different physical editions and one digital edition on April 28, 2021. It features the participation of various Japanese and South Korean songwriters and production teams such as Score, Megatone, Teito, Kebee, Masahiro Ōchi, Hayato Tanaka and others. The single earned the top spot at the Oricon Singles Chart and received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan with its lead track "Born to Be Wild" peaked atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
"Encore" is a song recorded by Japanese music duo Yoasobi. It was released on January 6, 2021, as the second track and promotional single from their debut extended play (EP), The Book, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Later, the song was re-released as a standalone version on July 2, to celebrate 100 million streaming figures and its own cover artwork.
"Mō Sukoshi Dake" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on May 10, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Written by Ayase and based on Chiharu's short story Meguru, the song is a piano pop song, telling about giving the courage to take a little more at the beginning of a day. The song featured as a theme song for Fuji TV's morning news, Mezamashi TV.
"Sangenshoku" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on July 2, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song was featured as a background music for NTT Docomo's mobile service Ahamo advertisement, and based on the novel RGB written by Yūichirō Komikado. The lyrics depict relationships between childhood friends that are still connected even though they live together in different places.
"Loveletter" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released as a stand-alone digital single on August 9, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song was written by Ayase and based on Hatsune's letter Ongaku-san e from Letter Song Project, which collaborated with the Tokyo FM's radio show Sunday's Post. The song peaked at number three on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, and number four on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
The Book 2 is the second Japanese-language extended play (EP) by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on December 1, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, eleven months after their debut EP The Book (2021). It consists of eight tracks, preceded by the release of their singles in 2021, and included the new song "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara", which serves as its promotional single. Commercially, The Book 2 debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, and atop Billboard Japan Hot Albums and certified gold by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), selling over 100,000 physical copies.
"Mr." is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released digitally as a standalone single on February 16, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Written by Ayase, the song is about the desire of an android for their owner, based on 159th Naoki Prize-winning novelist Rio Shimamoto's Watashi Dake no Shoyūsha, one of four stories from the novel collection Hajimete no, which was published on the same day as the single. Commercially, "Mr." reached number 11 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and number 19 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart.
"Suki da" is a song recorded by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on May 30, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, as the second song following "Mr." from the novel collection project Hajimete no. Based on the project's novel written by 135th Naoki Prize-winning Eto Mori, Hikari no Tane, the song depicts a high school girl's fourth confession to her crush while efforts to erase her past confessions by time travel. Commercially, "Suki da" peaked at number 23 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, and number eight on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
