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“Players”, the song that Yoasobi composed and sang for the 30th anniversary of PlayStation, topped the Oricon charts in Japan. The song came out about a week ago on March 21, 2025. [Thanks, PR Times!]

To be specific, it topped the Oricon Weekly Digital Singles Ranking, but it managed this feat in its first week. “Players” is part of Project Memory Card, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the original PlayStation’s release. of the public submitted their “games I’d like to forget so I can experience it again for the first time,” and Yoasobi wrote the song based on these answers. The music video for the song also garnered attention for including actress Nanase Nishino, YouTuber Kiyo, and VTuber Usada Pekora.

You can listen to "Players" by Yoasobi here:

Due to Yoasobi’s popularity, as well as the band’s songs often appearing in high-profile media or collaborations, it’s not surprising to see their song top the Oricon charts. They’ve accomplished this many times in the past as well. In October 2023, “Yuusha”, which is the opening for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End,  topped the Weekly Digital Singles Ranking. Earlier that same year, their song “Idol” topped the chart six weeks in a row, which was a first in Oricon history. “Idol” served as the opening for Oshi no Ko.

Other major collaborations and projects Yoasobi participated in so far for 2025 include the Tirori Mix 2025 for McDonald’s Japan.

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Yoasobi ed its new song “Players,” which appeared in a commercial to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation. Usada Pekora of Hololive also appeared as one of the trio of characters in said commercial.

The video starts with the three characters holding up a PlayStation memory card bearing the anniversary logo, only for it to suck them into a fantasy world. After the train transforms into something more reminiscent of a flying centipede, they jump out of it while the “Play has no limits” catchphrase appears. You can watch the commercial with the “Players” song via the official Yoasobi or PlayStation social media channels, as well as here:

As mentioned earlier, Usada Pekora, a hololive VTuber, appears in the PlayStation Yoasobi commercial. She also provides the voice acting. The others with her are Nanase Nishino (an actress, television host, and former Nogizaka46 idol) and Kiyo (a Japanese YouTuber with over 5.19 million subscribers as of the time of writing. Animator and illustrator, Kenichi Yoshida, designed the characters for this commercial. He previously worked on shows and films such as Eureka Seven, Gundam Reconguista in G, and Princess Mononoke.

Sony commissioning Yoasobi to write “Players” for its PlayStation commercial is only the latest of high-profile collaborations with the band. Just earlier this year, Yoasobi’s “Gunjou” appeared in McDonald’s Japan’s Tirori Mix for 2025. They also wrote and performed the NHK Sports theme song back in 2024.

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McDonald’s Japan released the new Ado, Yoasobi, and Hoshimachi Suisei Tirori Mix 2025 collaboration song. This time around, the Tirori Mix 2025 song mashup mixes Ado's “Yoru no Pierrot,” Yoasobi's “Yoru ni Kakeru,” and Hoshimachi Suisei’s “BIBBIDIBA.”

The music video is set in the year 2100 and it features an aspiring trio of schoolgirl musicians performing together in a band called “Nald’s Girl” and training day and night in order to participate in a big music festival. The music video is now available via the McDonald’s Japan official YouTube channel.

While the song is region locked for people outside of Japan, some s and platforms have started to re- the song. s living in Japan can watch the new McDonald’s Tirori Mix 2025 song below:

Additionally, Hoshimachi Suisei held a watch-a-long stream for the music video. The Hololive VTuber appeared on a McDonald’s inspired VR Chat room as she waited for the release of the song. Suisei’s livestream doesn’t include the song itself in order to avoid copyright issues, and the stream is roughly 30 minutes long and only available in Japanese.

The McDonald's Tirori Mix 2025 song is out now and it remixes ADO's “Yoru no Pierrot,” YOASOBI's “Yoru ni Kakeru,” and Hoshimachi Suisei’s “BIBBIDIBA.”

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McDonald’s Japan has announced a collaboration with Ado, Yoasobi, and Hoshimachi Suisei for its Tirori Mix 2025. It’ll appear on YouTube at 8pt JST on March 18, 2025. That would convert to 4am PT/7am ET of the same date.

Tirori Mix is a music project that McDonald’s started in 2022 to market to Gen Z customers. Prior to that, it used the “tirori” jingle that plays when fries are ready in a TikTok campaign in 2019, which achieved over 150 million views. Tirori Mix mashes popular songs together while the “tirori” jingle plays in the background. The music video also heavily features McDonald’s fries, which makes sense since this is a marketing campaign.

2023’s Tirori Mix was a collaboration with Ado’s “Odo” and asmi’s “Paku.” Then, in 2024, it was Yoasobi’s “Gunjou” and Vaundy’s “Hana Uranai.” As a note, the official McDonald's YouTube channel deleted the 2024 Tirori Mix, though s have re-ed it. The Tirori Mix for 2025 marks the first time Hoshimachi Suisei will sing for the brand. As for which songs will be remixed together, we will have to wait until March 18, 2025.

Promotional material for the mash-up includes a short trailer in which we can see the girls performing together. There’s also a key visual of them standing together in a field. The anthropomorphized fries that have appeared in previous Tirori Mix videos are hanging out as well. 

The Tirori Mix song for 2025, which will feature Ado, Yoasobi, and Hoshimachi Suisei, will debut on March 18, 2025.

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Ayase of Yoasobi posted a short story that Nisio Isin, the author of the Bakemonogatari series, wrote for him. The short story is “Yotsugi Song,” and the story features Yotsugi asking Koyomi to form a band with her.

Yotsugi Song is only in Japanese and you'll have to zoom into the picture to read it. It starts with Yotsugi busting into Koyomi's room with various instruments, asking him if he wants to form a band with her. In a meta joke, they discuss the fact that Yotsugi's on the cover of the Yoasobi single "Undead." To make up for it, Yotsugi lets Koyomi be the guitar while she's in charge of both drums and vocals. It ends with Koyomi asking her for a left handed guitar and she tells him to quit with his hero worship of left handed people.

In Ayase’s Tweet, he states that the gift from Nisio Isin is an unbelievable treasure, as he’s a huge fan of Bakemonogatari and the other entries in the series. He then goes on to state that “Music is undead,” or that music will never die. This is a reference to “Undead,” which is the theme for the Off & Monster Season of the Monogatari anime. Yotsugi is the character on the cover of the single as well.

In the press release for “Undead,” Ayase stated that he always says Bakemonogatari is his favorite anime because of his strong attachment to the Monogatari series. In his late teens, he even wrote a song about Hitagi Senjougahara, the heroine of Monogatari. Monogatari is a series of light novels and anime that follow Koyomi Araragi, a high school student who briefly became a vampire during spring break. Due to his experience and connections with the supernatural, he helps various girls around town and school who have been afflicted with oddities.

You can watch Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season on Crunchyroll.

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Yoasobi will be in charge of writing and performing the NHK Sports 2024 theme song. The duo will be collaborating with three mangaka with series in Shonen Jump+ and a novelist to create an original song.

The song, according to the NHK, will play in streams of a variety of sports this year, as well as in the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. For this project, Shueisha has requested three sports mangas from three Jump+ manga artists. Once they finish the mangas, writer Jun Esaka, who has worked on many Naruto novelizations, will write a novel based on them. Then, Yoasobi will create an original song based on that.

Taizan 5, who worked on Takopi’s Original Sin, wrote a story called Hanareta Futari. It appears to be a story about a soccer team. Yuki Kirishima, who worked on one-shots like Metamololita, wrote Parallel Lane. It seems to focus on a guy and a girl, though it’s unclear what sport they play. Finally, Hirusagari Haruno wrote Owaranai Deuce, which seems to feature two girls who play tennis.

Yoasobi is a very popular Japanese music duo featuring Vocaloid producer Ayase and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta. Yoasobi has released many major songs for anime, including “Idol” for Oshi no Ko, “Kaibutsu” for Beastars, and “Shukufuku” for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. It has also released songs based on stories, such as “Gunjou” for Blue Period and “Seventeen” for Iro Chiagi no Trump.

The Yoasobi NHK sports theme song will play during major sports events such as the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024.

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Yoasobi, a duo involving the Japanese artists Ayase and Ikura, released a new song in collaboration with the Pokemon company. The new track is called “Biri-Biri,” and the music video stars Nemona, a major rival character from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

“Biri-Biri” is an electric track that features English one-liners and a bouncing instrumental. Many Pokemon references are included in the song as well, such as the classic “I choose you” catchphrase. Additionally, the song features some hip-hop and rap elements.

The music video stars Nemona and a character based on the protagonist of the game’s Pokemon adventure. There are plenty of Pokemon battles to see, as well as touching moments between the two. For example, the two can be seen riding Cyclizar and Koraidon together. As the two journey to find their treasure, the bond between them grows. Some of the Pokemon featured in the new music video include Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Fidough, and Gengar.

Check out the Yoasobi new “Biri-Biri” Pokemon song and music video below:

In addition to the Japanese version receiving a music video, an English version of “Biri-Biri” is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are both available worldwide on the Nintendo Switch.

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The Yoasobi opening theme song for the anime series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ranked number one on the latest Oricon Weekly Digital Singles Ranking. The song is called "Yuusha.” As a reminder, Yoasobi is a duo made up of the Japanese artists Ayase and Ikura. This marks the duo’s 13th single to hit number one in their entire career. [Thanks, Oricon News!]

The song was written under the supervision of Kanehito Yamada, the original writer of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. The anime series premiered with a two hour special on September 29, 2023. The full official music video for the song was ed four days ago on the Yoasobi YouTube channel.

You can watch the music video for “Yuusha” below:

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In addition to "Yuusha" hitting number one, the song recorded 26,000 s in its first week. On top of that, Yoasobi’s other popular single released earlier this year, "Idol," exceeded 500,000 s. It is the opening theme song for the anime series Oshi no Ko. It also recently appeared as a song for a dance troupe performance on America’s Got Talent.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End will continue airing through the Fall 2023 anime season and is available to stream on Crunchyroll. Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan.

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An English language version of the YOASOBI song "Idol" reached 9th place on the Billboard Global 200 music chart. The song, originally performed in Japanese, appears as the opening theme song for the anime Oshi no Ko. "Idol" is the first song originally in Japanese to reach the top of the Global (excluding US) Billboard chart.

You can see the official YOASOBI Twitter 's celebratory tweet below. In it, the group also plugged their first U.S. performance at the Head in the Clouds 2023 festival in Los Angeles.
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You can also see Billboard's full chart of 200 songs here.

A breakout hit, "Idol" broke 23 million views on Youtube within a week of being ed. YOASOBI then released an English language version of the Oshi no Ko song. After it did, the original Japanese version broke the Oricon weekly streaming record. The music video was made by Doga Kobo, the studio that also developed the Oshi no Ko anime adaptation, and features series characters Ai, Aqua and Ruby Hoshino. The English version uses the same video with lyrics translated by Konnie Aoki and vocals by Ikura, who also sang the original Japanese version of the song.

Oshi no Ko is available to watch on HIDIVE or Netflix. You can listen to "Idol" in English or Japanese via the YOASOBI's Youtube channel.

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YOASOBI’s “Idol,” which serves as the opening for Oshi no Ko, is the first song in Oricon history to have over 20 million weekly YouTube views for six weeks in a row. In slightly simpler , this means that people watched the video over 20 million times every week for six weeks. It and the English version also topped multiple other Oricon rankings. [Thanks, Oricon!]

For the fourth time since its release, “Idol” topped the Weekly Digital Singles Chart and Weekly Streaming Chart. It is also in first place for the Weekly Singles Chart. This is the first time in May that “Idol” has achieved this. In previous weeks, it dropped from #1 to hover at #2 and #3. The English version of “Idol” came out earlier this week but it’s already the eighth most ed song with 6080 s.

As of the time of writing, the music video for the Japanese version of “Idol” has over 133 million views. Meanwhile, the English version has 9.3 million. At the rate that “Idol” is going, it will likely sur “Kaibutsu,” “Racing Into the Night,” and “Gunjo” as YOASOBI’s most popular music video. For reference, right now, “Kaibutsu” is the most-watched video on YOASOBI’s channel. Since it came out two years ago, it’s accumulated over 280 million views.

Oshi no Ko is available on streaming services such as HIDIVE and Netflix. The manga is in ninth place on Oricon’s best-selling manga in the first half of 2023.

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YOASOBI premiered an English version of its hit “Idol,” which serves as the opening of the anime Oshi no Ko. You can watch it via YouTube. As of the time of writing, the English version of “Idol” already ed over 605,000 views.

Ikura still performs the vocals, and the animations for the music video are the same. Doga Kobo, who animated the Oshi no Ko anime, also worked on the music video for the opening. Konnie Aoki is the one who translated the lyrics and, with BFNK, directed the vocals.

We can watch the music video for the English version of “Idol” via the YOASOBI YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjSfZ30GM4

The Japanese version of “Idol” was very popular, as it achieved over 23 million views within a week. Currently, it’s been a month since YOASOBI ed the music video onto YouTube, and it has over 119 million views now.

Oshi no Ko is a popular anime and manga series about the idol industry, though with a murder mystery twist. It follows the story of Aquamarine Hoshino, who is the son of idol Ai Hoshino. He is also actually the reincarnation of gynecologist Gorou Amamiya. He and his twin Ruby (also a reincarnation) both enter show business for different reasons

Oshi no Ko is available to watch on HIDIVE, and the English dub started airing from May 24, 2023.

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The music video for Yoasobi’s “Idol,” which serves as the opening for Oshi no Ko, reached over 23 million views on YouTube. Ayase ed the video only about a week ago. As of the time of writing, it is in first place on the trending music chart for YouTube Japan.

Doga Kobo, which is the studio behind Oshi no Ko, also worked on the music video for Yoasobi. Fans of the show might recognize the style because of this. “Idol” is a collaboration between Yoasobi and several other musical creators, such as Konnie Aoki (who wrote the English lyrics for the background chorus) and Real Akiba Boyz (who provided the background shouts).

You can listen to “Idol” by Yoasobi here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRtdQ81jPUQ

While Yoasobi’s “Idol” serves as the opening for Oshi no Ko, the ending is Queen Bee’s “Mephisto.” Aka Akasaka, who previously wrote Kaguya-sama: Love is War, is the writer for Oshi no Ko. Mengo Yokoyari, who was the mangaka for Scum’s Wish, is in charge of the illustrations. Oshi no Ko is a drama and supernatural story that deals with idols, murder, and reincarnation.

You can listen to Yoasobi’s “Idol” via the band’s YouTube channel. Oshi no Ko is available on HIDIVE.

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The full version of the opening theme for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is now available on YouTube. It is YOASOBI's "The Blessing," and the music video heavily features Suletta and her Gundam. There is also a short story based on the song. You can read it from the official website for The Witch from Mercury. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!]

According to the YOASOBI Twitter , the short story helps to further accentuate the lyrics of “The Blessing.” The lyrics focus on the bond between Suletta and her mobile suit, Gundam Aerial. In the song, Aerial thinks about Suletta's past and present, and how they are always going to be together. It also details Aerial's wishes for her to make her own way through life, free from Elnora's influence.

You can watch the music video for the opening of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eytpBOkOFA

Ichiro Okouchi, who is in charge of the series composition and screenplay for The Witch from Mercury, wrote the short story. Its title translates loosely to “The Cradling Planet.” Like the song, it is written from Gundam Aerial's perspective. It mostly features interactions with Suletta over the years. Aerial watches as Suletta matures from a young girl crying in his cockpit to a strong-willed pilot. Despite her doubts and Aerial’s own trepidation about Suletta’s mother, Suletta makes her decision to go to school and leave Mercury, with Aerial's blessings.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury premiered on October 2, 2022 in Japan. It is simulcasting on Crunchyroll, as well as other services globally.

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