YOASOBI will be in charge of “NHK Sports Theme 2024”!

YOASOBI has been selected to write the theme song for NHK’s 2024 sports broadcasts and programs, “NHK Sports Theme 2024.” According to NHK, “In addition to broadcasting various sports this year, the song will also be used in broadcasting the Paris Olympics and Paralympics starting in July.” To create the song, they commissioned three manga artists active in Shueisha’s “Shonen Jump+” – Taizan 5, Yuki Kirishima, and Hiru Haruno – to create a work on the theme of sports. Then, based on the manga that they had written, Jun Esaka wrote a novel, and the song was created based on the original novel. In addition, a comment from YOASOBI themselves has arrived! Please look forward to it.

▼YOASOBI comment

I am very honored to be in charge of the NHK sports theme.

With the help of manga, novels, and the help of many people, I will do my best to release colorful songs. (Ayase)

Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity. We will deliver music that touches your heart and makes you feel excited together. Nice to meet you. (ikura)

▼ Planned use (by NHK)

・Japan Athletics Championships broadcast

・Paris Olympics 2024

・Paris Paralympics 2024, etc.

▼The work on which the song is based

Title[Two people apart]

By: Taizan 5

©︎Taizan 5/Shueisha

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“Jump Rookie!” Received the Editorial Department Expectation Award at the “Monthly Rookie Award” for September 2020. Serialized “Tacopee’s Original Sin” in “Shonen Jump +” and “Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sin” in “Weekly Shonen Jump.”

Title[Parallel Lanes]

Written by Yuki Kirishima

©︎Yuki Kirishima/Shueisha

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In 2022, the one-shot “Metamorolita” will be released on Jump+. After that, he published the one-shots “Christmas Destroyer” and “I Do Love You” in the same magazine.

Title:[Never-ending Deuce]

Written by Haruno Hiruga

©︎Haruno Kuruga/Shueisha

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He was a runner-up in both the Winter 2022 “Weekly Shonen Jump + Manga Award” and the 105th Tezuka Award.

Novel: Jun Esaka

[Profile]Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Waseda University, he began his writing career. He has worked on novelizations such as “ONE PIECE novel HEROINES”, “NARUTO series”, and “Detective Pikachu” (Shogakukan Junior Bunko).

◆Artist information◆

★YOASOBI

Official Site:https://www.yoasobi-music.jp/

X (formerly Twitter):https://twitter.com/YOASOBI_staff

YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Ayase0404

TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@yoasobi_ayase_ikura

【profile】

A “unit that turns novels into music” consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura. Their first song “Racing into the Night,” released in November 2019, won first place in the Billboard Japan general song chart “HOT100” in 2020, and in September 2023, they surpassed 1 billion cumulative streams for the first time in history. On January 6, 2021, they released their first CD “THE BOOK.” The luxurious specifications caused a lot of buzz, and while it debuted at No. 2 on the Oricon daily ranking, all of their songs achieved the feat of simultaneously ranking within the top 15 on the Apple Music streaming chart when distributed. In February, they held their first solo live show “KEEP OUT THEATER” at the construction site of the former Milanoza in Shinjuku. In July, they held a collaborative live show “SING YOUR WORLD” with UNIQLO “UT” at UNIQLO CITY TOKYO in the UNIQLO Ariake headquarters, and the YouTube LIVE broadcast recorded 280,000 simultaneous connections, creating a great excitement. In December, they released their second EP “THE BOOK 2,” which included all the songs released that year, and their first live performance with an audience at Nippon Budokan was a great success. In the same month, they ranked first in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists Overseas in 2021” ranking. They have also attracted attention from overseas, such as “Kaibutsu” being selected as one of the “The 10 Best Songs of 2021” in the American news magazine TIME. As of now, 12 of their released songs have been streamed more than 100 million times. In February 2022, they launched the project “Hajimete no,” in which four Naoki Prize-winning authors, Shimamoto Rio, Tsujimura Mizuki, Miyabe Miyuki, and Mori Eto, will write original novels and release songs one by one. In August, they made their first appearance at a summer festival on the stage of “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2022,” and performed their first live shows at festivals around the country, with their special stage and production using LED panels becoming a hot topic. In February 2023, they released “Adventure” in collaboration with Universal Studios Japan, and in April, they released “Idol”, the opening theme for the TV anime “Oshi no Ko”. “Idol” has made a big impact overseas, topping the Billboard JAPAN general song chart “HOT100” for 21 consecutive weeks, and also set a record by topping the Billboard GLOBAL TOP200 (Excl. US) global chart. In August, they performed in the US for the first time at HEAD IN THE CLOUDS LA, and in September, they appeared on the popular Korean music program “M COUNTDOWN”.

On September 29th, they released their new song “Yusha”, which will be the opening theme for the TV anime “Souou no Freeren”, and have just released their 3rd EP “THE BOOK 3” on October 18th. In December, they will be headlining the Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong and the festival 2023 Simple Life in Taipei, and tickets for their upcoming overseas one-man performances are selling out quickly, as they continue to represent J-POP worldwide. As an artist, he has shown outstanding success in various scenes both domestically and internationally.