Help Ever Hurt Never is the first studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze. It was released on May 20, 2020, through Hehn Records and Universal Sigma. A cover album of English songs called Help Ever Hurt Cover, was released as a bonus disc with the first pressing of the CD. It was later made available digitally. It was certified Platinum in sales by RIAJ.
Tour A supporting tour for the album, Help Ever Hall Tour, started on December 25, 2020, and ran until January 31, 2021. It was Fujii's first national tour. Tickets for this tour were in the form of advance applications using the serial code included with the album, and lottery applications for general sales were accepted from November 9. In addition, for performances held after January 2021, official ticket trading was carried out at Chikepla Trade. From the perspective of preventing the spread of COVID-19, the performances were held at 50% of the capacity of each venue and with a checkered seating arrangement.
Track listing Standard edition Titles as given on Western streaming services first, followed by the original Japanese title and then the English titles as given in the booklet.
All songs are written by Fujii Kaze; all music is arranged by Yaffle.
Help Ever Hurt Cover Released as the second disc of the first pressing CD, as well as digitally.
Personnel Fujii Kaze – vocals, piano Leon Yuuki – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11) Osami Kobayashi – electric bass (tracks 1, 5, 10 and 11) Takumi Katsuya – double bass (track 7) Bunta Otsuki – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 10), acoustic guitar (track 9) Takashi Fukuoka – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 9 and 11) Tatsuhiko Yoshizawa – trumpet (track 5) Natsuki Oba – flute (track 5) Oda Sena – baritone saxophone (track 5) Yuta Ishii – tenor saxophone (track 5) Amane Takai – trombone (track 5) Rina Kodera – first violin (tracks 3, 6 and 11) Sayuri Yano – second violin (track 3) Natsue Kameda – second violin (tracks 6 and 11) Takahiro Enokido – viola (track 3) Mikiyo Kikuchi – first viola (tracks 6 and 11) Reiichi Tateizumi – second viola (tracks 6 and 11) Yuki Mizuno – cello (tracks 3, 6 and 11)
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2020) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 2 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan 1
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2020) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 2
Year-end charts +2020 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2020) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 41 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 34
+2021 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2021) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 54 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 29
+2022 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2022) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 89 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 58
+2023 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2023) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 92
+ 2024 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2024) Position Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) 67
+ 2025 year-end chart performance for Help Ever Hurt Never Chart (2025) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 23
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