The discography of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live albums, 3 self cover albums, 9 compilations (including 3 box sets), 10 instrumental remix albums, 22 singles, and 48 home videos.
The band was founded in 1986 by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. In 1989 they recruited lead guitarist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that remained the same until Shinya's death from cancer in February 2026. Originally called Lunacy, the band changed their name to Luna Sea upon their first album release in 1991.
Due to their early use of make-up and costumes and their widespread popularity, Luna Sea are considered one of the most successful and influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid '90s they used significantly less make-up, and after a one-year break in 1998, came back with a more mainstream alternative rock style and toned down their on-stage attire. When they disbanded in 2000, they left a big mark on the Japanese rock scene. In 2003, HMV ranked Luna Sea at number 90 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Luna Sea have sold over 10 million certified records in Japan.
Luna Sea achieved their breakthrough success with a sold-out tour in 1991, which helped them get a contract with MCA Victor, and with the release of their second album Image (1992), which peaked at number 9 on the Oricon chart. Following critically acclaimed albums Eden in 1993 (No. 5), Mother in 1994 (No. 2) and Style in 1996 (No. 1), the band switched to Universal in 1998 and released their best-selling studio album, the number one Shine. In late 2000, after their seventh studio album Lunacy (No. 3), Luna Sea disbanded. In 2007 and 2008 they reunited for one-date shows, and in 2010 officially restarted activities. Their first new studio album in thirteen years, A Will (No.3), was released in 2013. Their ninth album, Luv (No. 4), followed four years later in 2017. At the end of 2019, Cross peaked at number 3 on the Oricon, but became their first to top Billboard Japan.
Albums
Studio albums Year Title(information) Peak Position Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Oricon Billboard Japan TWN 1991 Luna Sea Released: April 21, 1991 Label: Extasy － － － 30,000+ － 1992 Image Released: May 21, 1992 Label: MCA Victor 9 － － 400,000Platinum 1993 Eden Released: April 21, 1993 Label: MCA Victor 5 － － 400,000Platinum 1994 Mother Released: October 26, 1994 Label: MCA Victor 2 － － 712,000 Platinum 1996 Style Released: April 22, 1996 Label: MCA Victor 1 － － 725,000 Platinum 1998 Shine Released: July 23, 1998 Label: Universal 1 － － 1,125,000 Million 2000 Lunacy Released: July 12, 2000 Label: Universal 3 － － 284,000 － 2013 A Will Released: December 11, 2013 Label: Universal 3 3 － － － 2017 Luv Released: December 20, 2017 Label: Universal 4 4 － － － 2019 Cross Released: December 18, 2019 Label: Universal 3 1 1 － －
Self cover albums Year Title(information) Peak Position Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Oricon Billboard Japan 2011 Luna Sea Released: March 16, 2011 Label: HPQ/Avex 6 7 35,000 － 2023 Mother Released: November 29, 2023 Label: Avex Trax 4 5 15,293 － Style Released: November 29, 2023 Label: Avex Trax 6 6 14,942 －
Live albums Year Title(information) Oricon Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Weekly Yearly 1999 Never Sold Out Released: May 29, 1999 Label: Universal 5 80 288,000Gold 2011 Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles Released: December 4, 2010 Label: HPQ/Avex 15 － 6,000－ 2014 Never Sold Out 2 Released: May 28, 2014 Label: Universal 14 － －－
Compilation albums Year Title(information) Oricon Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Weekly Yearly 1997 Singles Released: December 17, 1997 Label: Universal 1 20 1,236,000Triple Platinum 2000Period -the Best Selection- Released: December 23, 2000 Label: Universal 1 53 (2001) 400,000Platinum 2002 Another Side of Singles II Released: March 6, 2002 Label: Universal 30 － 17,000－ 2003 Complete Single Box Released: December 23, 2003 Label: Universal － － －－ 2004 Complete Album Box Released: May 29, 2004 Label: Universal 212 － －－ 2005 Slow Released: March 23, 2005 Label: Universal 63 － 8,000－ 2008 Complete Best Released: March 26, 2008 Label: Universal 11 － 20,000－ 2013 Complete Best -Asia Limited Edition- Released: March 27, 2013 Label: Avex Trax 47 － －－ 2014 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One- Released: May 28, 2014 Label: Universal 17 － －－
Tribute album Year Title(information) Oricon Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Weekly Yearly 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth- Released: December 19, 2007 Label: Avex Trax 33 － － －
Remix albums TitleRelease dateLabelSymphonic Luna SeaJune 22, 1994VictorSymphonic Luna Sea IISeptember 21, 1995VictorGuitar Solo Instruments 1December 19, 2001UniversalGuitar Solo Instruments 2December 19, 2001UniversalPiano Solo Instruments 1December 19, 2001UniversalPiano Solo Instruments 2December 19, 2001UniversalPiano Solo Instruments 3December 19, 2001UniversalPiano Solo Instruments 4December 19, 2001UniversalSymphonic Luna Sea -Reboot-November 26, 2014Nippon ColumbiaPiano Anthology ~Melody of Luna Sea~August 31, 2016Being Inc.
Singles Year Title (information) Oricon Billboard Japan Hot 100 Sales(Japan) RIAJ certification(sales thresholds) Album Weekly Yearly 1993 "Believe" Release: February 24, 1993 Label: MCA Victor 11 — — 200,000 Gold Eden "In My Dream (With Shiver)" Release: July 21, 1993 Label: MCA Victor 9 — — 102,920 — 1994 "Rosier" Release: July 21, 1994 Label: MCA Victor 3 80 — 400,000 Platinum Mother "True Blue" Release: September 21, 1994 Label: MCA Victor 1 65 — 420,490 Platinum 1995 "Mother" Release: February 22, 1995 Label: MCA Victor 5 — — 243,290 —"Desire" Release: November 13, 1995 Label: MCA Victor 1 — — 588,370 — Style 1996 "End of Sorrow" Release: March 25, 1996 Label: MCA Victor 1 70 — 419,360 Platinum "In Silence" Release: July 15, 1996 Label: MCA Victor 2 — — 285,510 Gold 1998 "Storm" Release: April 15, 1998 Label: Universal 1 29 — 720,370 Platinum Shine "Shine" Release: June 3, 1998 Label: Universal 1 59 — 415,820 Platinum "I for You" Release: July 1, 1998 Label: Universal 2 49 — 481,390 Platinum 2000 "Gravity" Release: March 29, 2000 Label: Universal 1 — — 282,720 Gold Lunacy "Tonight" Release: May 17, 2000 Label: Universal 4 — — 211,460 — "Love Song" Release: November 8, 2000 Label: Universal 4 — — 178,980 — 2012 "The One -Crash to Create-" Release: March 21, 2012 Label: HPQ/Avex 5 — 23 30,000 — "The End of the Dream/Rouge" Release: December 12, 2012 Label: Universal 6 — 7 22,500 — A Will 2013 "Thoughts" Release: August 28, 2013 Label: Universal 7 — 14 16,682 — Release: November 13, 2013 Label: Universal 17 — 24 — — 2016 "Limit" Release: June 22, 2016 Label: Universal 14 — 19 — — Luv 2019 "Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~/Hisōbi"() Release: May 29, 2019 Label: Universal 7 — 20 14,754 — Cross 2020 "The Beyond" Release: April 29, 2020 (limited) Label: Universal 1 — — 6,000 — 2026 "Forever" Release: May 29, 2026 Label: Avex Trax 4 — 78 10,317 —
Various artists compilations TitleSongRelease dateLabelNuclear Fusion Tour"Precious"March 10, 1991ExtasyMulan"Breathe (Special Version)"June 2, 1998Walt DisneyTribute Spirits"Scanner"May 1, 1999Pony CanyonThe World Is Not Enough"Sweetest Coma Again"January 19, 2000Radioactive/MCAAnother Heaven Complex - Score"Gravity on the Edge of the World"April 28, 2000Universal
Videos TitleVHS release dateLD release dateDVD release dateBlu-ray release dateLabelOricon DVDOricon Blu-rayImage or RealJuly 22, 1992July 22, 1992May 29, 2002May 28, 2025MCA Victor, Universal 46 －Sin After SinDecember 16, 1993December 16, 1993May 29, 2002May 28, 2025MCA Victor, Universal 50 －Eclipse IMay 24, 1995May 24, 1995 － －MCA Victor － －Lunatic Tokyo 1995.12.23 Tokyo DomeJuly 15, 1996July 15, 1996May 29, 2002May 28, 2025MCA Victor, Universal 39 －RewMay 21, 1997May 21, 1997May 29, 2002May 28, 2025MCA Victor, Universal 44 －10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Live!September 29, 1999 － － －Universal － －10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Document!September 29, 1999 － － －Universal － －August 2000 (fan club-exclusive) －October 12, 2005 (fan club-exclusive) －Sweet Child － －The Final Act Tokyo DomeApril 2001 (fan club-exclusive) －May 29, 2001 －Universal 5 －Eclipse IINovember 28, 2001 － － －Universal － －Eclipse I+II － －November 28, 2001 －Universal 11 － － －January 16, 2008 －Nayutawave 10 － － －January 16, 2008 －Nayutawave 13 －God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ Tokyo Dome 2007.12.24 － －March 26, 2008December 24, 2008Avex Trax 3 －10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ － －May 30, 2010 －Nayutawave 19 － － －May 30, 2010 －Nayutawave 90 －First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong － －December 15, 2010 －Sweet Child 36 －Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei － －December 15, 2010 －Sweet Child 32 －A Documentary Film of 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- － －April 13, 2011 －Avex Trax 10 －20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 24th December, 2010 at Tokyo Dome － －April 13, 2011April 13, 2011Avex Trax 8 － － －April 13, 2011April 13, 2011Avex Trax 9 － － －October 19, 2011June 20, 2012Avex Trax 13 85Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles － －February 22, 2012February 22, 2012Avex Trax 67 48Luna Sea For Japan A Promise to the Brave － －March 28, 2012March 28, 2012Avex Trax 24 12First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong/Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei － －May 30, 2012 －Universal － － － －December 19, 2012 －Sweet Child 62 －The End of the Dream -Prologue- － －March 27, 2013March 27, 2013Avex Trax 77 51 － －March 27, 2013April 24, 2013Avex Trax 26 45 － －May 29, 2013June 26, 2013Universal 10 41 － －May 2, 2014 (fan club-exclusive) －Luna Sea Inc. － －Live on A Will － －June 24, 2015July 22, 2015Universal 11 64The Anniversary 2018 The Luv -World Left Behind- Final － －February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive)February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive)Luna Sea Inc. － －Lunatic X'mas 2018 -Introduction to the 30th Anniversary- － －December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive)December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive)Luna Sea Inc. － －Reload 2021.3.28 Saitama Super Arena － － －January 8, 2022 (venue-exclusive)Luna Sea Inc. － － － － －March 14, 2023Universal － 16 － － －March 14, 2023Universal － 18Dual Arena Tour 2023 Mother of Love, Mother of Hate － － －February 26, 2025Avex Trax － －Dual Arena Tour 2023 Un Ending Style － － －February 26, 2025Avex Trax － －Dual Arena Tour 2023 Mother of Love, Mother of Hate Un Ending Style － － －February 26, 2025Avex Trax － 735th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Image or Real － － －March 12, 2025Avex Trax － －35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Search for My Eden － － －March 12, 2025Avex Trax － －35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Image or Real Search for My Eden － － －March 12, 2025Avex Trax － 935th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Shining Brightly － － －March 26, 2025Avex Trax － －35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Brand New Chaos － － －March 26, 2025Avex Trax － －35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Shining Brightly Brand New Chaos － － －March 26, 2025Avex Trax － －35th Anniversary Live Blu-ray 1992–1996 Special Box － － －May 28, 2025Universal － － － －February 25, 2026February 25, 2026Avex Trax 3 8The Millennium Eve 2025 － －May 27, 2026May 27, 2026Millennium 3 3
Demos TitleRelease dateNotes"Lunacy"August 9, 1989Songs: "Kill Me", "Sexual " and "Nightmare". Track 2 was reworked and retitled "Time is Dead" for their debut album, Luna Sea."Shade"December 8, 1989, March 16, 2011Songs: "Shade", "Search for Reason" and "Suspicious". Track 1 was re-recorded for their first album, and track 2 for their second, Image. The whole demo was re-released in the premium edition of the self cover of their debut album."Lastly"June 10, 1990Composed only of the title track, which was re-recorded for their 1993 album Eden.
Other Aionism – Aion (October 8, 1991)