"Clear" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released as a single on January 31,2018,through FlyingDog. It was written by Sakamoto and composed by Yoshiki Mizuno of the band Ikimono-gakari. "Clear" is the opening theme to the NHK anime Cardcaptor Sakura:Clear Card,the sequel to Cardcaptor Sakura,for which Sakamoto's "Platinum" served as opening theme for the third season close to twenty years prior. An acoustic take of "Platinum" performed on June 4,2017 at the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima is included as a coupling track on the single.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2018,with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori as he joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers to eliminate a powerful Curse named Ryomen Sukuna,of whom Yuji becomes the host. Jujutsu Kaisen is a sequel to Akutami's Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School,serialized in Shueisha's Jump Giga from April to July 2017,later collected in a tankōbon volume,retroactively titled as Jujutsu Kaisen 0,in December 2018.
The discography of Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu consists of five studio albums,two Vocaloid albums,and thirteen singles.
Japanese idol group Nogizaka46 has released thirty-one singles and six albums,as well as numerous music videos and concert performance videos. Million-selling singles have included "Influencer" and "Synchronicity",each of which won a Japan Record Awards Grand Prix,as well as "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru" and "Sayonara no Imi". Album releases include the studio albums Tōmei na Iro,Sorezore no Isu,Umarete kara Hajimete Mita Yume,and Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made. The group also released a compilation of "under" songs,written for members who perform at concerts but are not part of the main selection group for promoting singles,with the title Boku dake no Kimi:Under Super Best. They released the 10-year-anniversary greatest hits album,titled Time Flies.
Official Hige Dandism,commonly abbreviated Higedan (ヒゲダン),is a Japanese pop rock band formed in Shimane,Japan in 2012 by Satoshi Fujihara,Daisuke Ozasa,Makoto Narazaki and Masaki Matsuura.
King Gnu is a Japanese band formed in 2013. It consists of Daiki Tsuneta,Satoru Iguchi,Kazuki Arai (bassist) and Yu Seki (drummer). The band's main songwriter is Daiki Tsuneta,who also performs as part of the creative collective Millennium Parade.
Japanese boy band JO1 has released three studio albums,one video album,seven singles,thirty five promotional singles,and seventeen music videos with Lapone Entertainment. Formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan,JO1 debuted in 2020 with the single Protostar and the Japan Hot 100 number-one song "Infinity". The single made the group the seventh Japanese artist to sell over 300,000 copies of a debut single in the first week. It was followed by the single Stranger and its lead track "Oh-Eh-Oh",both of which peaked atop the Oricon Singles Chart and the Japan Hot 100,respectively. The group's first studio album,The Star (2020),debuted at number two on the Japan Hot Albums chart.
"Gurenge" is a song by Japanese pop singer LiSA from her fifth studio album Leo-Nine. It was released as her fifteenth single digitally on April 22,2019,and received a physical release on July 3,2019. Commercially,the single peaked at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart,and number two on Billboard Japan Hot 100. It was used as the first opening theme song for the Japanese anime series Demon Slayer:Kimetsu no Yaiba.
ALI is a multinational hip hop/funk band formed in Shibuya,Tokyo. All members of the band are mixed with roots in Japan,Europe,America,Asia,and Africa.
"Homura" is a song by Japanese singer LiSA. It is the singer's seventeenth single and includes three other tracks. The song was released on October 14,2020,by Sacra Music and Sony Music Japan. It serves as the theme song for the film Demon Slayer:Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie:Mugen Train (2020). "Homura" won the grand prize at the 62nd Japan Record Awards in 2020,and the 43th Anime Grand Prix in Best Theme Song category.
INI is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan 2. The group is composed of eleven members:Masaya Kimura,Hiromu Takatsuka,Shogo Tajima,Kyosuke Fujimaki,Takumi Ozaki,Hiroto Nishi,Jin Matsuda,Xu Fengfan,Rihito Ikezaki,Yudai Sano and Takeru Goto. Like the winners of the first season of Produce 101 Japan,INI is intended to be a permanent group. The group is managed by Lapone Entertainment,a joint company between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ ENM.
"Ichizu" / "Sakayume",is a Japanese double A-side single by King Gnu. It was released on December 29,2021,by Sony Music Labels. Both songs served as theme songs for the 2021 MAPPA film Jujutsu Kaisen 0,with "Ichizu" serving as the opening theme and "Sakayume" as the ending theme. They were performed by King Gnu,who aimed the theme songs to focus on the chaotic relationship between the leads,Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto,with "Ichizu" having a strong starting point and "Sakayume" being more melancholic.
"Chameleon" is a song by Japanese band King Gnu. It was originally released on February 28,2022,as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga series Don't Call It Mystery,and was officially released on March 16,2022,by Ariola Japan.
"New Genesis" (新時代,Shin Jidai,alternatively titled "New Genesis (Uta from One Piece Film Red)") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Ado,released on June 8,2022,by Virgin Music. Written and produced by Yasutaka Nakata,the song served as the image song for the Japanese animated film,One Piece Film:Red. Upon its release,"New Genesis" peaked at number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and Oricon Digital Singles Chart. The single also peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Global 200. It won Song of the Year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
"Shukufuku" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP,The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single on October 1,2022,by Sony Music Entertainment Japan,served as the opening theme of the first season of the Japanese mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam:The Witch from Mercury (2022).
"Kick Back" is a song by Japanese musician Kenshi Yonezu. It was released as a single digitally by SME Records on October 12,2022,as well as in three physical editions:a regular CD edition,a video edition,and a chainsaw edition. The song serves as the opening theme for the anime series Chainsaw Man.
"Idol" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP,The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single on April 12,2023,by Sony Music Entertainment Japan,served as the opening theme of the Japanese anime series Oshi no Ko (2023). Written by Ayase and based on Aka Akasaka's short story 45510,"Idol" is a combination of idol-styled pop,hip hop,rock,and video game music,depicting the two-faced nature of a star in the Japanese idol industry from perspectives on the anime's character Ai Hoshino by her fans,her B-Komachi's groupmates,and herself.
Where Our Blue Is is an extended play by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuya Kitani. It was released on July 19,2023,by Sony Music Records. The title track serves as the third overall opening theme song of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime television series.
"Yūsha" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP,The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single on September 29,2023,through Sony Music Entertainment Japan,served as the first opening theme for the Japanese anime series Frieren:Beyond Journey's End (2023–2024).
"Hakujitsu" is a song by Japanese band King Gnu. It was released on February 22,2019,by Ariola Japan,as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama Innocence:False Accusation Lawyer.
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