Yoasobi discography | |
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EPs | 7 |
Singles | 27 |
Promotional singles | 2 |
Video albums | 2 |
Music videos | 30 |
The discography of Japanese duo Yoasobi consists of seven extended plays (four Japanese and three English), twenty-six singles (ten of all were additionally released in English), two promotional singles, two video album, and thirty music videos (twenty-five were additionally released for English version). Four of the duo's songs—"Yoru ni Kakeru", "Gunjō", "Kaibutsu", and "Idol"—were certified diamonds for surpassing 500 million streams by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), the most among artists.
Yoasobi made their debut in 2019 with the single "Yoru ni Kakeru". Going viral during COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, the song became their first number one song on both the Oricon Combined Singles and Billboard Japan Hot 100 charts. The song stayed on the latter chart for six non-consecutive weeks, [1] and topped the year-end chart without CD release for the first time. [2] It became the first-ever diamond certification for the RIAJ. [3] In January 2021, the duo released their first EP The Book , which peaked at number two on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums. Besides "Yoru ni Kakeru", Its more two singles, "Halzion" and "Gunjō", also reached top ten on the charts. Yoasobi's second EP The Book 2 , released in December, became the duo's first number-one album on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums. Its single "Kaibutsu" became the most-downloaded and streamed song in Japan in 2021, according to RIAJ. [4]
It was followed by the third EP The Book 3 on October 4, 2023, which includes top-five "Shukufuku", "Idol", and "Yūsha", which all affiliated with anime series. "Idol" was an immediate commercial success in Japan and worldwide, debuted atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for 22 total weeks (21 were consecutive), becoming the longest-running number-one song in the chart history, [5] [6] and broke the record for the fastest song to be certified diamond for streaming by the RIAJ within 295 days since its release. [7] Globally, the song peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200 and number one on the Global Excl. US, the highest peak by Japanese artist of both. [8] The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reported that "Idol" was ranked as the 19th best-selling song in 2023 globally, earning 1.01 billion subscription streams equivalents. [9]
Besides the regular releases, Yoasobi began exploring English-language songs by translating from the original Japanese in 2021 with "Into the Night" from "Yoru ni Kakeru", [10] and subsequently produced three EPs, E-Side (2021), E-Side 2 (2022), and E-Side 3 (2024). Outside their regular work, the duo also collaborated with four Naoki Prize-winning novelists—Rio Shimamoto, Mizuki Tsujimura, Miyuki Miyabe, and Eto Mori—to perform four songs based on their short stories, resulting the book Hajimete no (2022), and its companion EP (2023).
Title | Details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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JPN [11] | JPN Cmb. [12] | JPN Hot [13] | ||||
The Book |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
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E-Side |
| — | 19 | 9 |
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The Book 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 |
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E-Side 2 |
| — | 42 | 10 |
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Hajimete no – EP | — [C] | — [C] | — [D] |
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The Book 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
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E-Side 3 |
| — | — [F] | 16 |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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JPN [22] | JPN Cmb. [23] | JPN Hot [30] | HK [31] | KOR [32] | MLY [33] | SGP [34] | TWN [35] | US Wrld. [36] | WW [37] | ||||
"Yoru ni Kakeru" | 2019 | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | — | — | — [G] | — | 24 | 16 | The Book | |
"Ano Yume o Nazotte" | 2020 | — | 29 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Halzion" | — | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [H] | |||
"Tabun" | — | 11 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [I] | |||
"Gunjō" | — | 9 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 44 | |||
"Haruka" | — | 18 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [J] | |||
"Kaibutsu" | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 87 | The Book 2 | |
"Yasashii Suisei" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [K] | |||||
"Mō Sukoshi Dake" | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | |||
"Sangenshoku" | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | |||
"Loveletter" | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [L] |
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"Taishō Roman" | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 |
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"Tsubame" (featuring Midories) | — | 29 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Mr." | 2022 | — | 19 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [M] |
| The Book 3 [N] |
"Suki da" | — | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Shukufuku" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | |||
"Umi no Manimani" | — | — [O] | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Adventure" | 2023 | — | 48 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Seventeen" | — | 32 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Idol" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
"Yūsha" | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | 63 | |||
"Biri-Biri" | 4 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | TBA | ||
"Heart Beat" | — | 47 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Undead" | 2024 | — | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [P] | ||
"Butai ni Tatte" | — | 29 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Monotone" | 16 | 24 | 22 | — | — [Q] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"New Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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JPN Cmb. [23] | JPN Hot [30] | WW [37] | ||||
"Encore" | 2021 | 9 | 8 | 177 | The Book | |
"Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" | 37 | 35 | — |
| The Book 2 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Chūō Freeway" [43] | 2023 | Yumi Matsutoya | Yuming Kanpai!!: Yumi Matsutoya 50th Anniversary Collaboration Best Album |
Title | Details | Peaks | Sales |
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JPN BD [44] | |||
The Film |
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The Film 2 |
| 1 |
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Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Yoru ni Kakeru" | 2019 | Nina Ai | [47] |
"Ano Yume o Nazotte" | 2020 | Koron Koronosuke | [48] |
"Halzion" | Toshitaka Shinoda | [49] | |
"Tabun" | Saho Nanjō | [50] | |
"Gunjō" | Atsushi Makino | [51] | |
"Haruka" | Kanae Izumi | [52] | |
"Kaibutsu" | 2021 | Rina Mitsuzumi | [53] |
"Encore" | Bun | [54] | |
"Yasashii Suisei" | Kōhei Kadowaki | [55] | |
"Sangenshoku" (Ahamo Special Movie) | Mado Matsumoto | [56] | |
"Sangenshoku" | Masashi Ishihama | [57] | |
"Loveletter" | Satoru Ohno | [58] | |
"Taishō Roman" | Yūsuke Takase | [59] | |
"Mō Sukoshi Dake" | Hmng | [60] | |
"Tsubame" | Nina Ai | [61] | |
"Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" | Asami Kiyokawa | [62] | |
"Ano Yume o Nazotte" (ballade) | 2022 | Yuta Amano | [63] |
"Mr." | Toshitaka Shinoda | [64] | |
"Shukufuku" | Nobutaka Yoda | [65] | |
"Suki da" | Kazuaki Seki | [66] | |
"Adventure" | 2023 | Jun Tamukai | [67] |
"Umi no Manimani" | Asuka Dokai | [68] | |
"Seventeen" | Masatsugu Nagasoe | [69] | |
"Idol" | Naoya Nakayama | [70] | |
"Yūsha" | Keiichirō Saitō | [71] | |
"Biri-Biri" | Ryō Sasaki | [72] | |
"Heart Beat" | Atsushi Makino | [73] | |
"Butai ni Tatte" | 2024 | Margt | [74] |
"Undead" | Toshitaka Shinoda | [75] | |
"Monotone" | [76] |
Yoasobi is a Japanese pop duo formed in 2019. It consists of musician and record producer Ayase and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta, under the moniker Ikura. With the slogan "novel into music", the duo originally released songs based on selected short stories posted on Monogatary.com, a social media website for creative writing operated by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Sources later also come from various media like stories written by professional authors, books, letters, plays, etc.
"Yoru ni Kakeru" is the debut single by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their debut EP, The Book (2021). It was released on December 15, 2019, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song was based on Mayo Hoshino's short story, An Invitation from Thanatos, which was published on the creative writing social media Monogatary.com, and won the Sony Music Award, and the Grand Prize from Monocon 2019.
"Gunjō" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi, featuring an uncredited chorus by cover group Plusonica, from their debut EP, The Book (2021). It was released as a single through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on September 1, 2020. Inspired by Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga Blue Period and based on a story text Ao o Mikata ni, the song is described as "a cheering song that inspires listeners by immersing themselves in what they like and expressing what they see."
The Book is the debut EP by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on January 6, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, the same date with their single "Kaibutsu", accompanied the second season of Beastars. A concept of "reading CD" with binder package, the EP consists of all singles released from 2019 to 2020, including other track "Encore". The track-by-track cover EP Mikunoyoasobi by Ayase with Vocaloid voicebank Hatsune Miku, was released on the same day exclusively at Tower Records Japan.
"Kaibutsu" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 6, 2021, the same date as the duo's debut EP, The Book. 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.
"Yasashii Suisei" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single on January 20, 2021, by 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.
"Sangenshoku" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi, from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single on July 2, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The song featured as a background music for mobile service Ahamo advertisement. Based on Yūichirō Komikado's short story RGB, the song depicts relationships between childhood friends that are still connected even though they live in different places.
"Loveletter" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a 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, which won the Letter Song Project, a collaboration with radio show Sunday's Post. "Loveletter" 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 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 their all singles released in 2021, and included the new song "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara".
E-Side is the debut English-language EP by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on November 12, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The EP consists of eight tracks from the duo's songs in the English language, including their previous-release singles "Into the Night", "RGB", "Monster", and "Blue". Konnie Aoki is in charge of translating all tracks into English. Commercially, E-Side debuted at number 19 on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart and number nine on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums.
Mikunoyoasobi is the second extended play (EP) by Japanese Vocaloid producer and songwriter Ayase. It was originally released exclusively on CD to Tower Records Japan store on January 6, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Subsequently, the EP was available on streaming platforms on September 21, 2023, two years and eight months after its original release. Mikunoyoasobi contains cover versions of seven tracks from Yoasobi's debut EP The Book recorded by Vocaloid software voicebank Hatsune Miku, including "Yoru ni Kakeru", which originally appears on the CD version of Ayase's debut EP Ghost City Tokyo.
The Film is the first video album by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on March 23, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, on Blu-ray exclusively. It consists of the duo's 2021 three concerts: Keep Out Theater, Sing Your World, and Nice to Meet You ; and the enlarged version of their episode of documentary program Jōnetsu Tairiku, broadcast in December 2021. The Film debuted atop both the Oricon Blu-ray Disc Chart, and the Music DVD and Blu-ray Chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week.
"Mr." is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their EPs, Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3 (2023). It was released on February 16, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, as the first single from the short story collection project Hajimete no. Written by Ayase and based on 159th Naoki Prize-winning Rio Shimamoto's short story Watashi Dake no Shoyūsha, the song is about the desire of an android for their owner. 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 by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their EPs Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3 (2023). It was released on May 30, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, as the second single from the short story collection project Hajimete no following "Mr." Based on the short story Hikari no Tane written by 135th Naoki Prize-winning Eto Mori, the song depicts a high school girl's fourth confession to her crush and efforts to erase her past confessions through time travel. "Suki da" peaked at number 23 on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart and number eight on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. The accompanying music video, directed by Kazuaki Seki, was uploaded on November 13.
"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).
E-Side 2 is the second English-language EP and fourth overall by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on November 18, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The EP consists of eight tracks from the duo's songs in the English language which are not included in their first English-language EP E-Side, preceded by two singles–"The Swallow", and "The Blessing"–released in the same month.
"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, serving as the opening theme of the 2023 Japanese anime series Oshi no Ko. Written by Ayase and based on Aka Akasaka's short story 45510, "Idol" is a combination of Japanese idol-styled pop, hip hop, rock, and video game music, and depicts the two-faced nature of a star in the Japanese idol industry by delineating three different perspectives on the anime's central character Ai Hoshino, such as those of her fans, her fellow groupmates, and herself. It additionally features shouts by B-boy group Real Akiba Boyz and gospel-like background vocals.
Ayase is a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as a Vocaloid producer and composer for Yoasobi, a musical duo composed of himself and vocalist Ikura. He was also a vocalist of the rock band Davinci until its disbandment in 2020.
The Book 3 is the third Japanese-language EP by Japanese duo Yoasobi. It was released on October 4, 2023, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, one year and ten months after their second EP The Book 2 (2021). Continuing with the "reading CD" concept as previous records, the EP spans electropop and synth-pop genres, comprising ten tracks, which were solely written and produced by one half of the duo Ayase.
"Yūsha" is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP, The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single by Sony Music Entertainment Japan on September 29, 2023, serving as the first opening theme for the 2023 Japanese anime series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.