Yoasobi is a Japanese music duo that was formed and debuted in 2019 under Sony Music Entertainment Japan, which includes Vocaloid (voice synthesizer software) producer and songwriter Ayase, and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta under the stage name Ikura. The duo has released songs based on short stories posted on Monogatary.com, a website operated by their label, later also from various media like novels, book tie-ups, and letters.
No. 4. Yoru Ni Kakeru: They debuted with the single “Yoru ni Kakeru” in December 2019. It became successful on several music charts in Japan and gave them their breakthrough with charting atop for six weeks and 2020 year-end on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
Both members of Yoasobi had active music careers before forming the group. Ayase gained a following on the video hosting site Niconico since his first upload on December 24, 2018, a song titled “Sentensei Assault Girl”. On November 23, 2019, he released an extended play, Ghost City Tokyo which reached third on iTunes’ album chart. While Lilas Ikuta performing under the name Ikura, had already released two extended plays: Rerise in 2017 and Jukebox in 2019.
No. 3. Halzion: Released on May 11, 2020, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan as a digital single. The song was produced by Ayase and was based based on Soredemo, Happy End, a short story written by Hashizume Shunki, marking the first time that Yoasobi collaborated with a professional novelist.
No. 2. Tsubame feat. Midories: Off their EP “the Book 2”, It was released on October 25, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, as a stand-alone digital single. It features as a theme song of NHK’s SDGs children television program series Hirogare! Irotoridori.
They currently have;
EPs: 3 – The Book, E-side, The Book 2
Singles: 17
Music videos: 22
No. 1. Gunjo: It was released on September 1, 2020, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan as a digital single. It currently sits on the Apple Music Japan Chart at number 24. It’s official video has 68 Million Views on Youtube and still counting. It is certified Gold and Platinum in Japan after selling 100,000 copies and 100,000,000 copies respectively.
