YOASOBI was formed in 2019, and produces songs with lyrics based on web novels released on monogatary.com
, a website operated by Sony Music Japan.note Their first song was "Yoru ni Kakeru" (lit. Racing into the Night), released on YouTube in 2019, based on the web novel "An Invitation from Thanatos" by Mayo Hoshino. "Yoru ni Kakeru" became a massive hit in Japan and quickly propelled YOASOBI into stardom.
Ayase and YOASOBI's official YouTube channel can be found here. YOASOBI's official website can be found here.
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Works
Ayase
Albums
- Ghost City Tokyo (2019)
Music Videos
Note: Names in Italics are transliterations of the original video's Japanese title, and are unofficial names.- 先天性アサルトガール (Sentensei Assault Girl, 2018)
- 泣いてない (Naitenai, 2019)
- ハッピーエンダー ("Happy Ender", 2019)
- 夜撫でるメノウ (Yoru Naderu Menou, 2019)
- ラストリゾート ("Last Resort", 2019)
- 人間モドキ (Ningen Modoki, 2019)
- キラークイーン ("Killer Queen", 2019)
- フィクションブルー ("Fiction Blue", 2019)
- ヴァイオレッタ ("Violeta", 2019)
- 幽霊東京 ("Ghost City Tokyo", 2019)
- シニカルナイトプラン (Cynical Night Plan, 2020)
- よくばり (Yokubari, 2020)
- シネマ ("Cinema", 2021)
Other Works
- Composer of "Evergreen" (Japanese: エヴァーグリーン), original song for Nijisanji Virtual YouTuber Ryushen.
- Composer of "Wanderer" (Japanese: ワンダラー) with Strawberry Prince member Satomi. Ayase also released a Miku vocal version on his own channel.
- Composer of 開幕ゼノパレード for VALIS
- Composer of Alter Garden for The Caligula Effect 2
- Co-vocal and composer of a duet song "Hiten" with R-Shitei.
Ikura
Mini Albums
- Rerise (2018)
- Jukebox (2019)
YOASOBI
Note: Most of Yoasobi's songs are based on the novels.
EPs
- The Book (2021)
- E-Side (2021)
- The Book 2 (2021)
- E-Side 2 (2022)
- Hajimete no – EP (2023)
- The Book 3 (2023)
Singles
- "Yoru ni Kakeru" (Japanese: 夜に駆ける, English title: "Into the Night", Based on An Invitation from Thanatos by Mayo Hoshino, 2019)
- "Ano Yume o Nazotte" (Japanese: あの夢をなぞって, English title: "Tracing That Dream", Based on Dream Drops and Star Flowers by Ishiki Sota, 2020)
- "Halzion" (Japanese: ハルジオン, Based on Soredemo, Happy End by Shunki Hashizume, 2020)
- "Tabun" (Japanese: たぶん, English title: "Haven't", Based on Probably by SHINANO, 2020)
- "Gunjou" (Japanese: 群青, English title: "Blue", Based on Make Blue Your Ally by alfort creative team, 2020)
- "Haruka" (Japanese: ハルカ, Based on Tsuki Ōji by Osamu Suzuki, 2020)
- "Kaibutsu" (Japanese: 怪物, English title: "Monster", Based on I Press My Own Ear to My Chest by Paru Itagaki, 2021)
- "Yasashii Suisei" (Japanese: 優しい彗星, English title: "Comet", Based on A Leonid, Always by Paru Itagaki, 2021)
- "Mō Sukoshi Dake" (Japanese: もう少しだけ, English title: "Just a Little Step", Based on Meguru by Chiharu, 2021)
- "Sangenshoku" (Japanese: 三原色, English title: "RGB", Based on RGB by Komikado Yuichiro, 2021)
- "Loveletter" (Japanese: ラブレター, Based on Ongaku-san e by Hatsune, 2021)
- "Taishō Roman" (Japanese: 大正浪漫, English title: "Romance", Based on Taishō Roman by Natsumi, 2021)
- "Tsubame" (Japanese:ツバメ, featuring Midories, English title: "The Swallow", Based on Chiisana Tsubame no Ōkina Yume by Nana Ototsuki, 2021)
- "Mr." (Japanese: ミスター, Based on Watashi Dake no Shoyūsha by Rio Shimamoto, 2022)
- "Suki da" (Japanese: 好きだ, Based on Hikari no Tane by Eto Mori, 2022)
- "Shukufuku" (Japanese: 祝福, English title: "The Blessing", Based on Cradle Planet by Ichirō Ōkouchi, 2022)
- "Umi no Manimani" (Japanese: 海のまにまに, Based on Yūrei by Mizuki Tsujimura, 2022)
- "Adventure" (Japanese: アドベンチャー, Based on Lens Goshi no Kirameki o by Nagi, 2023)
- "Seventeen" (Japanese: セブンティーン, Based on Iro Chigai no Trump by Miyuki Miyabe, 2023)
- "Idol" (Japanese: アイドル, Based on 45510 by Aka Akasaka, 2023)
- "Yuusha" (Japanese: 勇者, English title: "The Brave", Based on Fanfare for Frieren by Jirō Kiso and supervised by Kanehito Yamada, 2023)
- "Biri-Biri" (Based on After the Rain with You by Ayano Takeda, 2023)
- "Heart Beat" (Based on message and performance videos from 1,000 Japanese 18-year-old teenagers from the NHK show 18Fes, 2023)
EP-exclusive songs
- "Encore" {Japanese: アンコール, based on The End of the World and the Goodbye Song by Kanami Minakami, included in "The Book", 2021)
- "Moshi mo Inochi ga Egaketara" (Japanese: もしも命が描けたら, based on the novel of the same name by Osamu Suzuki. included in "The Book 2", 2022)
Tropes about Ayase, Ikura and YOASOBI
- 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The music video for "Halzion" has a scene where the girl is a featureless 3D model, which fits with the song's theme of computers.
- Anime Theme Song: For example, "Kaibutsu" for Beastars, "Shukufuku" for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, "Idol" for Oshi no Ko and "Yuusha" for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
- Color-Coded Characters: The music video for "Sangenshoku" (AKA "RGB") follows three characters associated with red, blue, and green.
- Inconsistent Spelling: "Halzion" is spelled as "Halcyon" at the end of its music video's English subtitles, and "Harujion" in The Sims 4 and music streaming services.
- Isn't It Ironic?: Although "Yoru ni Kakeru" is popular and has an energetic melody, most people don't know that its lyrics are implied to be a girl and a boy who decide to have a Suicide Pact, as the lyrics mention that "when you fall, I'll reach your hand", and that they'll "fall into the dawnless night".
- Lyrical Dissonance: Again, "Yoru ni Kakeru" is about suicide. But the song itself sounds light-hearted and is quite a bop to dance to.
- Never Say "Die": The original story that "Yoru ni Kakeru" is based on is very explicit that the main character(s) committed suicide at the end of the story. "Yoru ni Kakeru" is much more covert about it, and the lyrics made no use of "die” in the Japanese version. The English version, however, has the line “I’m feeling dead inside.”
- Non-Appearing Title: A lot of their songs have titles that don't appear in the lyrics, but are thematically relevant. For example, "Kaibutsu" (monster) is about Legoshi's struggles with a society that sees carnivores like him as monsters; while "Halzion" refers to the Philadelphia fleabane, a flower that represents reminisced love, and the song is about two people reminiscing on the time they met and fell in love online.
- Speaking Simlish: For The Sims 4, "Halzion" was re-recorded in Japanese-sounding Simlish.
