Vaundy is a Japanese musician. He started his career in 2019 by independently uploading online, before breaking out late in the year with the song "Tokyo Flash". He has released songs for multiple anime and live action TV series, most famously "Hadaka No Yusha" for Ranking of Kings and "Chainsaw Blood" for Chainsaw Man.
History Vaundy got his start by releasing songs independently onto YouTube in 2019. He broke out in December of the same year with his song "Tokyo Flash". Following this success, he was selected as one of Spotify's "Early Noise 2020" artists, and was named a "Space Shower Retsuden New Force" artist for 2020. He released his debut album Strobo on May 27, 2020. It peaked at number 5 on the Oricon Albums Chart. A song from the album, titled "Tomoshibi", was used as the theme song for the 2020 drama Tokyo Love Story.
He released the EP Hadaka No Yusha on February 23, 2022. It included the song of the same name, which was used as the opening for the anime Ranking of Kings. It peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts. He collaborated with singer Ado on the song "Backlight", which was used in the soundtrack of the movie One Piece Film: Red. On September 8–9, 2022, he performed two shows at the Nippon Budokan. On October 12, he released the Chainsaw Man ending theme "Chainsaw Blood". It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. He performed on the 73rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen to end the year performing "Kaijū no Hana Uta" and "Omokage (co-performing with Milet, Aimer, Lilas Ikuta)". This performance helped him reach 2nd on the Billboard Japan Top Artists chart, and the song he performed, "Kaijū no Hanauta", jumped to #3 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, later peaking at #2. On Billboard Japan's 2023 end of year artist charts, he was ranked #4, while "Kaijū no Hanauta" was ranked #3 on the year end Hot 100.
On November 15, 2023, he released his second album Replica. His song , which features Cory Wong, was used as the ending theme song for the second season of the anime Spy × Family. On December 3, 2023, it was revealed that Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony would use Vaundy's latest song "Time Paradox" as the theme song of the film. In June 2024, it was revealed that would be used as the theme song for the film My Hero Academia: You're Next. In August 2024, his song "Gift" was also used as the ending theme song for the film. In September 2024, was announced that would be used as the ending theme song for the live action TV Drama "Light of My Lion". In November 2024, it was revealed that would be used as the opening theme song for the anime Sakamoto Days., and begin his biggest arena tour "FUSION", where he recorded the highest attendance at Saitama Super Arena over 2 days at 76,000 people. He announced his first 4 major city dome tour at the final show of his arena tour, becoming the youngest male solo artist to do so.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, showing selected details, chart positions, sales, and certifications Title Details Peak positions Sales Certifications JPN JPNCmb. JPNHot Strobo Released: May 27, 2020 Label: SDR Formats: CD, LP, download, streaming 5 6 3 JPN: 5,405 Replica Released: November 15, 2023 Label: SDR, Sacra Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, download, streaming 3 3 2 JPN: 80,373 RIAJ: Gold
Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, chart positions, and sales Title Details Peak chart positions Sales JPN JPNCmb. Hadaka no Yūsha Released: February 23, 2022 Label: SDR, Sacra Formats: CD, DL, streaming 6 5 JPN: 5,630
Demo albums + List of demo albums, showing selected details Title Details Itai Itai no Tondeike Released: November 21, 2019 Label: Self-release Formats: CD
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album JPN JPNCmb. "Fly Away" JPNHot KOR WW 2019 — — 64 — — RIAJ: 3× Platinum Strobo 2020 — 42 36 — — RIAJ: 3× Platinum — — — — — RIAJ: Gold "Life Hack" — — — — — RIAJ: Platinum "Bye by Me" — — — — — RIAJ: Gold — — 61 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum Replica 2021 — — 90 — — RIAJ: Gold — 45 46 — — RIAJ: Platinum "Benefits" — — — — — — 33 24 — — RIAJ: 3× Platinum "Tokimeki" — — 35 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum — — 97 — — RIAJ: Gold — 20 15 79 — RIAJ: 3× Platinum 2022 6 5 25 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum Hadaka no Yūshaand Replica — 26 14 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum Replica — — 63 — — "Mabataki" — — 36 — — RIAJ: Gold "Chainsaw Blood" — 14 13 — 152 RIAJ: Platinum — 50 30 — — RIAJ: Gold — — 58 — — — — 65 — — 2023 — — 29 — — RIAJ: Gold — 22 15 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum "Zero" — — 64 — — — — 22 — — 2024 13 6 7 — — RIAJ: 2× Platinum rowspan="22" 11 14 19 — — RIAJ: Gold "Gift" — — — — — — — — — 13 11 — — RIAJ: Platinum 2025 17 28 28 — — RIAJ: Gold — — — — — — 39 20 — — — — 93 — — "Pained" — — — — — — 29 18 — — — — 73 — — — — 51 — — — — 39 — — — — — — — — — 37 — — 2026 — — 56 — — "The Silence" — — — — — 18 26 19 — — — — — — — 49 — — — — — — — — — 25 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Ash" 2020 New Gravity
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album JPNCmb. JPNHot WW 2020 — — — RIAJ: Platinum Strobo 5 2 — RIAJ: Gold Diamond 2021 — — — Walpurgis 2023 — — — Replica 2025 6 5 — Dear Jubilee: Radwimps Tribute "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Other charted and certified songs + List of songs not released as singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album JPNCmb. JPNHot "Soramini" 2020 — — RIAJ: Gold Strobo "Napori" 24 27 RIAJ: 3× Platinum "Omokage" (self-cover) 2022 — — RIAJ: Gold Hadaka no Yūsha 2023 — — RIAJ: Gold Replica "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other performing artists, and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Modern Loneliness" (Vaundy remix) 2020 Lauv How I'm Feeling (The Extras) "Missing" 2022 Off the Wall: Ellegarden Tribute "Rose" 2023 Chilli Beans. Mixtape
Songwriting and production credits All song credits are adapted from the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers's database unless stated otherwise. Enter "Vaundy" into the "著作者名" (Author name) field
+ List of songs written by Vaundy for other artists, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album Song Year Artist Album Lyricist Composer Arranger "Sorrow" 2020 Takashi Matsuo Utautai "Lemonade" 2021 Chilli Beans. Dancing Alone and Chilli Beans. "Andron" Daydream and Chilli Beans. "Omokage" Milet, Aimer, and Lilas Ikuta "Madou Ito" 2022 Masaki Suda Spin "It's Me" Chilli Beans. Chilli Beans. "This Way" "Backlight" Ado Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red "Kubittake" Yama Versus the Night "Rose" 2023 Chilli Beans. Mixtape "Ibara" Ado Zanmu "Tōmei ni Naritai" 2024 Number i No. I
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result MTV Europe Music Awards 2021 Best Japanese Act Vaundy MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best Visual Effects "Shiwaawase" 2022 Artist of the Year Vaundy Japan Gold Disc Awards 2024 Special Award 2025 Song of the Year by Streaming "Time Paradox"
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