Kenshi Yonezu collaborates with Uniqlo's T-shirt brand "UT" to release "Kenshi Yonezu UT" at Uniqlo stores worldwide

■The songs featured in the latest album “LOST CORNER” are now available in the UT collection!

It has been announced that Kenshi Yonezu will collaborate with Uniqlo’s graphic T-shirt brand “UT” to create “Kenshi Yonezu UT,” which will be released at Uniqlo stores worldwide from mid-September.

For this collaboration, six T-shirts have been produced, including “Globe,” the theme song for Studio Ghibli’s “How Do You Live?” directed by Miyazaki Hayao (the official spelling of 崎 is “tatsusaki”); “M87,” the theme song for the movie “Shin Ultraman;” “KICK BACK,” the opening theme for the TV anime “Chainsaw Man;” “I Was Looking at the Moon,” the theme song for the game “FINAL FANTASY XVI;” “POP SONG,” the “PlayStation” commercial song, as well as the cover design for his fifth album, “STRAY SHEEP.”

The jacket illustration was drawn by Kenshi Yonezu, with only the “Globe” illustration using the original layout drawing by director Hayao Miyazaki.

The songs that coloured some of Japan’s best works, included in the latest album “LOST CORNER”, are now included in the UT collection.

The dreamlike world of Studio Ghibli’s director Hayao Miyazaki, the epic adventure of Final Fantasy XVI, the thrilling excitement of Chainsaw Man, the heroic figure of Ultraman, and the innovative charm of PlayStation(TM). Entertainment that proudly resonates from Japan to the world is projected onto the canvas of UT.

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◇STRAY SHEEP

The album includes hit songs such as “STRAY SHEEP,” “Lemon,” “Paprika,” “Kanden,” and “Uma to Shika,” released in 2020. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, this album, titled STRAY SHEEP, boldly uses a jacket drawn by Kenshi Yonezu on the front.

◇POP SONG

This song was released in 2022 as a commercial song for PlayStation. The cover was designed by Kenshi Yonezu with the catchphrase “Play Has No Limits.” In the commercial, Yonezu himself appears as this character.

◇M87

This song was released in 2022 as the theme song for the movie “Shin Ultraman.” The image features Ultraman drawn by Kenshi Yonezu in monochrome.

◇KICK BACK

This song was released in 2022 as the opening theme for the TV anime “Chainsaw Man.” The song features a drawing of Chainsaw Man by Kenshi Yonezu on the front. “KICK BACK” was the first Japanese song to receive gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

◇ I was watching the moon

The song was released in 2023 as the theme song for the game “FINAL FANTASY XVI.” The back features a print of the protagonist Clive’s wolf companion, Torgal, drawn by Kenshi Yonezu, and the “FINAL FANTASY XVI” logo shines on the front.

◇Globe

The song was released in 2023 as the theme song for Studio Ghibli’s latest film, “How Do You Live?”, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The front features an original layout drawing by Miyazaki, and the back is embroidered with the silhouette of a heron, a character from the film.

■Latest album “LOST CORNER” release coming soon
Kenshi Yonezu’s latest album, “LOST CORNER,” will be released on August 21st.

This is the first album in about four years since their previous album, STRAY SHEEP, which set a record for the highest ranking by a Japanese artist on the 2020 annual global ranking, IFPI Global Album All Format Chart 2020, and has sold over 1.9 million CDs in total.

When his previous work “STRAY SHEEP” was released, he held a virtual live performance “Kenshi Yonezu 2020 Event / STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE”, the first by a Japanese artist, within the battle royal game “FORTNITE”, which boasts 370 million users worldwide. It attracted attention from all over the world.

Also on the same day, a collaborative wrapping suddenly appeared on the exterior wall of a Uniqlo store on New York’s 5th Avenue, decorated with illustrations drawn by Kenshi Yonezu himself, which became a hot topic in the U.S. and other countries. This collaborative wrapping was implemented in 8 Uniqlo stores around the world, including all over Japan and China, and the first collaboration between Kenshi Yonezu and “UT” became a hot topic.