YOASOBI

Websitehttps://www.yoasobimusic.jp/ Twitterhttps://twitter.com/yoasobistaff YouTubehttps://www..com/channel/UCvpredjG93ifbCP1Y77JyFA Introduction: YOASOBI is a Japanese music duo consisting of vocaloid music producer Ayase and vocalist Ikura. The group have released four music videos all of which are based on short stories posted on Monogatary a website operated by Sony Music Japan. Biography: Both members of Yoasobi had active music careers prior to 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 EP Yuurei Tokyo which reached third on iTunes album chart. Rira Ikuta performing under the name Ikura had already released two EPs: Rerise in 2017 and Jukebox in 2019. The first song released by the duo was Yoru ni Kakeru based on Mayo Hoshinos short story Thanatos no Yuuwaku hosted on Monogatary. The music video was released first on November 16 2019 where it broke 10 million views in five months on YouTube as well as being popular on TikTok. It was subsequently released as a single on December 15 2019 where it topped the popularity charts on both Spotify and Line Music. More than five months after its release the single would top the Billboard Japan Hot 100 on June 1 2020. Following the success of their first release on January 18 2020 Yoasobi released their second single Ano Yume wo Nazotte this time based on Souta Ishikis Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana. On April 20 2020 Yoasobi released a teaser for their third single Halzion which is based on Shunki Hashizumes Soredemo Happy End. Halzion marked the first time that Yoasobi collaborated with a professional novelist whereas the first two were amateur writers. The single was released as a promotional project by Suntory to advertise their new energy drink named Zone. The single was official released on May 11 2020. Members: Ayasehttps://anilist.co/staff/198948/Ayase composer and arranger Lilas Ikutahttps://anilist.co/staff/199392/ better known as Ikura vocalist and lyricist Note: YOASOBI also releases an English Version of their songs after the initial release of the Japanese version. English Playlisthttps://www..com/playlist?list=PLR48NTfP0M0OtpJgD2obWAuQF8yk0F77 Japanese Playlisthttps://www..com/playlist?list=PLR48NTfP0M0Nv3uFq7ka52rndi7KJE41