Vaundy | |
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Born | June 6, 2000 |
Other names | Vaundy Engawa |
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Musical career | |
Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | SDR, Sacra Music |
Website | https://vaundy.jp/ |
Vaundy is a Japanese musician. He started his career in 2019 by independently uploading online, before breaking out late in the year with the song "Tokyo Flash". [1] He has released songs for multiple TV shows, including "Chainsaw Blood" for Chainsaw Man and "Hadaka no Yuusha" for Ranking of Kings. [2] [3]
Vaundy got his start by releasing songs independently onto YouTube in 2019. He broke out in December of the same year with his song "Tokyo Flash". Following this success, he was selected as one of Spotify's "Early Noise 2020" artists, and was named a "Space Shower Retsuden New Force" artist for 2020. [4] [5] He released his debut album Strobo on May 27, 2020. [6] It peaked at number 5 on the Oricon Albums Chart. [7] A song from the album, titled "Tomoshibi", was used as the theme song for the 2020 drama Tokyo Love Story . [8]
He released the EP Hadaka no Yuusha on February 23, 2022. It included the song of the same name, which was used as the opening for the anime Ranking of Kings . [2] It peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts. [9] He collaborated with singer Ado on the song "Backlight", which was used in the soundtrack of the movie One Piece Film: Red . [10] On September 8–9, 2022, he performed two shows at the Nippon Budokan. [11] On October 12, he released the Chainsaw Man ending theme "Chainsaw Blood". [12] It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. [13] He performed on the 73rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen to end the year performing "Kaijū no Hana Uta" and "Omokage (co-performing with Milet, Aimer, Lilas Ikuta)". [14] This performance helped him reach 2nd on the Billboard Japan Top Artists chart, and the song he performed, "Kaijū no Hanauta", jumped to #3 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, later peaking at #2. [15] [16] [17] On Billboard Japan's 2023 end of year artist charts, he was ranked #4, while "Kaijū no Hanauta" was ranked #3 on the year end Hot 100. [18]
On November 15, 2023, he released his second album Replica. [19] His song "Todome no Ichigeki" (トドメの一撃, lit. "Finishing Strike"), which features Cory Wong, was used as the ending theme song for the second season of the anime Spy × Family . [20] On December 3, 2023, it was revealed that Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony would use Vaundy's latest song "Time Paradox" as the theme song of the film. [21] In June 2024, it was revealed that "Homunculus" (ホムンクルス) would be used as the theme song for the film My Hero Academia: You're Next . [22] In August 2024, his song "Gift" was also used as the ending theme song for the film. [23]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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JPN [24] | JPN Comb [upper-alpha 1] [25] | JPN Hot [26] | ||
Strobo |
| 5 | 6 | 4 |
Replica | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN [27] | JPN Comb [upper-alpha 2] [28] | ||
Hadaka no Yuusha (裸の勇者; Naked Hero) |
| 6 | 5 |
Title | Year | Peaks | Album | |
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JPN Comb [upper-alpha 3] [28] | KOR [29] | |||
"Fukakouryoku" (不可幸力) | 2020 | 42 | — | Strobo |
"Kaiju no Hanauta" (怪獣の花唄) | 5 | — | ||
"Napori" | 24 | — | ||
"Shiwaawase" (しわあわせ) | 2021 | 45 | — | Replica |
"Hana Uranai" (花占い) | 33 | — | ||
"Odoriko" (踊り子) | 20 | 79 | ||
"Koikaze ni nosete" (恋風邪にのせて) | 2022 | 26 | — | |
"Chainsaw Blood" | 14 | — | ||
"Hitomi bore" (瞳惚れ) | 50 | — | ||
"Sonna Bitter na Hanashi" (そんなbitterな話) | 2023 | 22 | — | |
"Time Paradox" (タイムパラドックス) | 2024 | 6 | — | TBA |
"Homunculus" (ホムンクルス) | 14 | — | ||
"Gift" | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee(s)/work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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MTV Europe Music Awards | 2021 | Best Japanese Act | Vaundy | Nominated | [30] |
MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Best Visual Effects | "Shiwaawase" | Won | [31] | |
MTV Video Music Awards Japan | 2022 | Artist of the Year | Vaundy | Won | [32] |
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