Legion is the fourth studio album by Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts. It was released on February 5, 2025, through Onenation and Sony Music Associated Records, the first album since 2022's Ensemble Play. The album was preceded by five singles, including the Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one and Billboard Global 200 top-40 singles "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" and "Otonoke". In support of Legion, the duo embarked on the concert tour the same name throughout Japan from May to September 2025. Commercially, the album peaked at number seven on the Oricon Albums Chart and number three on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums.
Background
On January 7, 2024, Creepy Nuts released the single "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born", an opening theme for the second season of the anime television series Mashle: Magic and Muscles. Following the "BBBB Dance" challenge viral, the song was a massive commercial success, becoming the duo's first number one on both the Oricon Combined Singles Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100, as well as peaking at number eight on the Billboard Global 200. Subsequently, the duo released two more singles: the television series Extremely Inappropriate! theme "Nidone", and the anime series Dandadan opening theme "Otonoke"; the latter also topped Billboard Japan Hot 100, and reached number 22 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100.
Release and promotion
On December 19, 2024, Creepy Nuts announced their fourth studio album, titled Legion, which they also confirmed that previous singles "Biriken", "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born", "Nidone", and "Otonoke" would be part of the album. The next year, on January 17, 2025, the duo revealed that Legion would comprise fifteen tracks, including "Doppelgänger", a theme for the live-action film adaptation of Under Ninja, which was announced to be released as a single on January 24. The duo unveiled the album's track list two days before the album release. The album's cover artwork depicts Super Tamade, a supermarket chain in Osaka Prefecture, one of locations appeared on the music video for "Biriken".
Legion was released to digital music and streaming platforms on February 5, 2025, while the three physical editions–standard, Radio, and Live Blu-ray–would be released a month later, on March 12. The Radio edition features a QR code that allows listeners for the talk sessions, and the Live Blu-ray edition includes Creepy Nuts' 2024 one man tour performed at Yoyogi National Stadium on Blu-ray disc. On March 10, the instrumental edition of the album was released digitally. On the release date, the album's trailer was uploaded, featuring all 15 tracks being mixed by DJ Matsunaga. To promote the album, Creepy Nuts performed most of the album's tracks on music show CDTV Live! Live! on March 17 and ran their Legion One Man Tour, starting in Takamatsu on May 9 and concluded in Osaka on September 14. The music video for "Chxxdai" was uploaded on September 12.
Accolades + Awards and nominations for Legion Ceremony Year Category Result CD Shop Awards 2026 Grand Prize (Red) Finalist Award (Red)
+ Critics' rankings of Legion Critic/Publication Accolade Rank Teen Vogue 15 Best Non-English Albums of 2025 style="text-align:center"
Track listing
Notes The instrumental edition features the same track list as the standard edition, but instrumental version.
Personnel Creepy Nuts R-Shitei – vocals (1–13, 15) DJ Matsunaga – arrangement
Additional contributors Kazuki Isogai – guitar (10–11) Alex Tumay – mixing (1, 4, 8–9, 15) Masahito Komori – mixing (2, 6, 11–12) D.O.I. – mixing (3) Bill Zimmerman – mixing (5, 14) Erik Madrid – mixing (7, 10, 13) Mike Bozzi – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Legion Chart (2025) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 7 Japanese Dance & Soul Albums (Oricon) 1 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 3 US World Albums (Billboard) 15
+ Weekly chart performance for Legion Instrumental Chart (2025) Peakposition Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) 46 Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) 47
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for Legion Chart (2025) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 17 Japanese Dance & Soul Albums (Oricon) 1
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Legion Chart (2025) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 31
Release history + Release dates and formats for Legion Region Date Format Version Label Various February 5, 2025 Standard March 10, 2025 Instrumental Japan March 12, 2025
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