Starlight (Wagakki Band EP)

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Starlight
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EP by
Wagakki Band
ReleasedJune 9, 2021 (2021-06-09)
Recorded2020
Genre
LanguageJapanese
Label Universal Sigma
Wagakki Band chronology
Tokyo Singing
(2020)		Starlight
(2021)		 Vocalo Zanmai 2
(2022)
Singles from Starlight
  1. "Seimei no Aria"
    Released: February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)
  2. "Starlight"
    Released: May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04)
CD
No.TitleLength
1."Starlight" 
2."Seimei no Aria" ((生命のアリア, "Aria of Life")) 
3."Blue Daisy" (Burū Deijī (ブルーデイジー)) 
4."Ameagari no Parade" (Ameagari no Parēdo (雨上がりのパレード, "Post-Rain Parade")) 
CD Only release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
5."Starlight" (Instrumental) 
6."Seimei no Aria" (Instrumental) 
7."Blue Daisy" (Instrumental) 
8."Ameagari no Parade" (Instrumental) 
Mars Red First Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Seimei no Aria (Mars Red Ver.)" (Music video) 
2."Seimei no Aria (Wagakki Band Ver.)" (Music video) 
3."Seimei no Aria (Wagakki Band Ver.)" (Behind the Scenes) 
Tokyo Singing First Edition Live Blu-ray
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overture ~Tokyo Singing~"  
2."Calling"  
3."Ignite"  
4."Reload Dead"Asa 
5."Ikitoshi Ikeru Hana" ((生きとしいける花, "Living Flowers")) Yuko Suzuhana  
6."Tsukishita Bijin" ((月下美人, "Moonlight Beauty"))Suzuhana 
7."Sakura Rising" (feat. Amy Lee of Evanescence)
  • Lee
  • Machiya
  • Suzuhana
 
8."Guernica" (Gerunika (ゲルニカ))  
9."Setsuna" ((刹那))  
10."Iki Kaketa Yume no Atogaki" ((生きかけた夢のあとがき, "After a Dream I Lived in"))  
11."Jinsenpuu" ((塵旋風, "Hurricane Demon"))  
12."Homura" ((焔, "Flame"))
  • Machiya
  • Asa
  • Wasabi
 
13."Tokyo Sensation"Suzuhana 
14."Origami-ism" (Origami-izumu (オリガミイズム))Kurona 
15."Atena no Nai Tegami" ((宛名のない手紙, "A Letter with No Name"))Suzuhana 
16."Drum Wadaiko Battle ~Kyoei Todoroki Bullet/Kai ~" ((ドラム和太鼓バトル〜響映轟弾・改〜))
  • Wasabi
  • Kurona
 
17."Nichirin" ((日輪, "Sun Wheel"))  
18."Eclipse"  
19."Singin' for..."Wasabi 
20."EN1. ROKI" ((EN1. ロキ))Mikito-P 
21."EN2. Senbonzakura" ((EN2. 千本桜, "EN2. A Thousand Sakura"))Kurousa-P 

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [6] 5
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard) [7] 8
Japanese Top Download Albums (Billboard) [8] 2

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