Who-ya Extended is a Japanese music group, signed to Sacra Music under Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The main member of the group is the vocalist Who-ya (who was 20-years-old when they debuted in 2019). - Natalie (website) (in Japanese) Members other than Who-ya change depending on songs although they have core members. - Natalie (website)(in Japanese)
History On November 27, 2019, the group debuted with the single "Q-vism" from SME Records. The song was used as the opening theme of the TV anime Psycho-Pass 3 which started broadcasting in the same month. - Billboard Japan (in Japanese) The pre-released single on October 25 ranked No. 1 on the iTunes general chart, - Sony Music Entertainment Japan Official Website (in Japanese) No. 1 in Amazon Digital Popularity Ranking, No. 1 in iTunes Anime Category, -Sony Music Entertainment Japan Official Website (in Japanese) and ranked in the top 10 in Oricon weekly digital single rankings and so on. -Sony Music Entertainment Japan Official Website (in Japanese)
On March 9, 2020, they digitally released "Synthetic Sympathy" which was the theme song for anime movie Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector, started broadcasting in the same month. - Natalie (website) (in Japanese) - On April 15, the first album "wyxt." was released. - Sony Music Entertainment Japan Official Website (in Japanese)
On January 3, 2021, for the first time they appeared publicly in the online festival "Sony Music Anime Songs Online Nippon Budokan" and performed "Q-vism" and "Synthetic Sympathy"
On February 17, they released their first EP Vivid Vice. The lead song "Vivid Vice" was pre-released on January 16 as the opening song for the 2nd cour of the anime Jujutsu Kaisen. - Natalie (website)(in Japanese) The song recorded the 1st place on Oricon's daily ranking. - Sony Music Entertainment Japan Official Website (in Japanese) They also released an acoustic version of the song on The First Take.
On April 2, 2021, they held their first studio live on TikTok's program "Next Fire". - Billboard Japan (in Japanese)
In June 2021, it was announced that their new song "Icy Ivy" was selected as the opening song for the TV anime Night Head 2041, which began airing from July 14. The digital version of "Icy Ivy" was pre-released on July 15 and second EP Icy Ivy was released on August 11. Also, celebrating the new EP release, they held a special live in Tokyo on August 20, inviting 100 people who purchased the CD of new EP.
It has been announced that on November 10, 2021, they released their second full album WII. They held their first solo live on January 23, 2022.
On June 15, 2022 they released their third EP, A Shout of Triumph. The lead track, "A Shout of Triumph", was pre-released on June 2 and served as the ending song for the TV anime Build Divide -#FFFFFF (Code White)-.
Member Who-ya – Vocal, Lyrics, Composition
Who-ya was 20-year-old when they debuted. - Natalie (website) (in Japanese) He started to listen to the music influenced by his parents, especially his mother who likes international rock-bands. He was especially influenced by Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. - Billboard Japan (in Japanese) He was not a good singer until his primary school days. He started to play music when he was in the third year of the junior high school. At that time, his friends asked him to join the band as the vocalist for a school festival and there for the first time he sang in public. Then he was fascinated by the greatness and possibility of entertainment and started to hope to play in the bigger places, which is the reason why he became a musician. The biggest turning point for him was the moment when he met the current members in Who-ya Extended when he continued to play in a band in the high-school. His character is straightforward and stubborn. He likes to do things to make people happier.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPN JPNComb. JPNHot
wyxt. Released: April 15, 2020 Label: SME Records Formats: CD, digital download, DVD, streaming 37 37 19 WII Released: November 10, 2021 Label: SME Records Formats: Blu-ray, CD, digital download, streaming 46 — 32 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions JPN JPNComb. JPNHot Vivid Vice Released: February 17, 2021 Label: SME Records Formats: CD, digital download, DVD, streaming 7 11 12 Icy Ivy Released: August 11, 2021 Label: SME Records Formats: CD, digital download, DVD, streaming — — 53 A Shout of Triumph Released: June 15, 2022 Label: SME Records Formats: CD, digital download, DVD, streaming — — 75 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album JPN JPN Comb. "Q-vism" 2019 41 48 wyxt. "Prayer" 2023 — — rowspan="3" "Aufheben"2025 — — "Cru Out Cry Over" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Digital singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album JPN Comb. JPNDL JPNHot "Q-vism" 2019 — 10 93 wyxt. "Synthetic Sympathy" 2020 — 19 — "ErroЯ CØde" — — — "Vivid Vice" 2021 50 8 50 Vivid Vice "Icy Ivy" — — — Icy Ivy "Icy Ivy (Coveted Eden MIX) - Sacra Chill Beats Singles" — — — "Wander Wraith" — — — WII "A Shout of Triumph" 2022 — — — A Shout of Triumph "Repentance Dance" 2023 — — — rowspan="6" "Gimme Your Tears" — — — "Die for a Life" — — — "Aloneness" 2024 — — — "Bitter End" 2025 — — — "Chained Chase" — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Music videos Released Song October 25, 2019"Q-vism"November 27, 2019"S-cape 2 the abs"March 9, 2020"Synthetic Sympathy (PSYCHO-PASS ver.)"March 27, 2020"Synthetic Sympathy"April 13, 2020"ErroЯ CODE"January 30, 2021"Vivid Vice"July 28, 2021"Icy Ivy"August 14, 2021"Icy Ivy (Coveted Eden MIX) - Sakura Chill Beats Singles"October 27, 2021"Wander Wraith"November 10, 2021"Growling Ghoul"June 2, 2022"A Shout Of Triumph"
Live Event date Title Venue Note(s) April 2, 2021 TikTok 『Next Fire Online live August 20, 2021 『VIVID × VIVID』case of "Icy Ivy" Tokyo, YouTube live streamingInvited 100 persons who purchased the EP『Icy Ivy』
Events Event date Title Venue Note(s) July 19,2024 Hyper Japan 2024London, EnglandSang various songs live like "Vivid Vice", "Q-vism", "Shout of Triumph" January 3, 2021 Sony Music AnimeSongs ONLINE Nippon Budokan Nippon Budokan （Tokyo） June 13, 2021 Jujutsu Kaisen JuJu-Fes 2021 Kawaguchi Sogo Center(Saitama); online Joined as a secret guest and sang Vivid Vice
Awards and nominations Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee(s)/work(s)Result 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Best Opening"Vivid Vice"
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