Maisondes (stylized as MAISONdes; ) is a Japanese musical project formed in 2021. With the Manager as the only permanent member, the project explores the concept of songs created and performed by different songwriters and singers, who act as residents in a fictional 6.5-tatami (10.53 square meters) apartment.

The project is best known for its 2021 single, "Yowanehaki", featuring Asmi and Wanuka, and theme songs for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura. Outside of regular works, Maisondes partnered with Weekly Shōnen Sunday for the spinoff project to perform songs based on the magazine's manga.

History

Planned in 2020 with an undecided name, on January 25, 2021, a music video for the "Bedroom" version of "Hello/Hello" (101) by an unidentified artist named Maisondes, featuring vocals by Yama, and written by Nakimushi, was uploaded to Yama's YouTube channel. The full version of the song was later released to digital music and streaming platforms on February 3, and also featured on the first episode of 7-Eleven Japan's original net animation Rainbow Finder.

The project's fifth single, "Yowanehaki" (102), featuring vocals from Asmi and composition by Wanuka, was released on May 19. The song gained popularity on short-form video social media TikTok, which topped the Billboard Japans TikTok Weekly Top 20 for four consecutive weeks, was one of the most popular track on the platform in Japan in 2021, and won the 2021 TikTok Buzzword Awards in Music Category. Commercially, the song reached number 13 and 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, respectively, and was certified platinum for surpassing 100 million streams by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

From 2022 to 2024, Maisondes produced all opening and ending themes for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978–1987). The songs consist of "Aiue" (373; featuring Minami and Sakuramoti) and "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous" (239; featuring Kaf and Tsumiki) for the first cour; "Love Trap Muchū" (333; featuring Asmi and Threee) and "Not Enough" (210; featuring Yama and Nito) for the second cour; "Lock-On" (609; featuring Hashimero and Megurimeguru) and "Sakura Blossom" (397; featuring 9Lana and Sakuramoti) for the third cour; and "By My Darling" (039; featuring Miki Maria and Nito) and "You Make Me Feel Spring" (430; featuring Ayuni D and Nito) for the final cour.

Maisondes released their first EP, titled Noisy Room, on March 15, 2023, which features themes from the first two cours of Urusei Yatsura. Later, all the anime's themes featured on the project's compilation album, Noisy Love Room – Maisondes × Uruseiyatsura Complete Collection, issued on June 5, 2024. The project's other tie-ups include "Infinite" (888; featuring Sorane and Meiyo) for Toyota Corolla commercial, "Wannabe" (322; featuring Hoshimachi Suisei and Sukuma) for anime series Trapezium (2024), "Popcorn!!" (1101; featuring Narumiya and Sasuke Haraguchi) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, and "Bake no Kawa" (800; featuring Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga, and TeddyLoid) for anime series Gnosia (2025).

In 2024, Maisondes was transferred from Mastersix Foundation to the newly established label and management, Echoes. The next year, Echoes and Weekly Shōnen Sunday announced a partnership to launch a project as a sub-unit of Maisondes, , to contribute songs based on manga published on Weekly Shōnen Sunday and its webcomic platform Sunday Webry, with Rei (former member of Tuyu) as the fixed vocalists for the project. Its debut single, "Modoki Step", was released on March 19, based on the Sunday Webry manga Nisemono Kyōkai and featuring the composition by Masadara.

Artistry

The name Maisondes comes from the French words maison des, meaning "the house of...". Musician and Vocaloid producer WhaleDontSleep advised the project's titling and formatting. The project's concept "six-and-a-half-tatami apartment somewhere" is taken from a lyric of Yama's song "Haru o Tsugeru", . The Manager is listed as the only permanent member of the project, who taking a role of recruitment musicians for the project, or "looking for new residents."

Assigned a room number, the project's songs are created and performed by different songwriters and singers, mostly teenagers and young adults, who act as residents of the apartment. The lyrics generally express "loneliness" and "gloominess" of young people in a small room in a city. The Manager described its genre a "6.5-tatami pop music", an updated version of the 1970s . Illustrator Nakaki Pantz is in charge of all the project's visuals, which the music vidoes are animation and begin with the door opening. Maisondes also contributed the series "Re:Maisondes" for remix songs and "Dig:Maisondes" for cover songs.

Members

Discography Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, showing selected details, chart positions, and sales Title Details Peaks Sales JPN JPNHot Noisy Love Room – Maisondes × Uruseiyatsura Complete Collection Released: June 5, 2024 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, DL, streaming 25 26 JPN: 1,558

Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, chart positions, and sales Title Details Peak positions Sales JPN JPNCmb. JPNHot Noisy Room Released: March 15, 2023 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, DL, streaming 29 44 30 JPN: 1,894

Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album JPN JPNCmb. JPNHot 101 "Hello/Hello" 2021 — — — rowspan="14" 310 "For Ten Minutes, For a Hundred Yen" — — — 000 "Hontō wa Yoru no Hashi made" — — — 301 "Irenai" — — — 102 "Yowanehaki" — 14 13 RIAJ: Platinum 103 "Dance Dance Dada" — — — 308 "Grumpy" — — — 107 "Melt in Late Summer" — — — 111 "Rally, Rally" — — — 201 "Bed Hair" 2022 — — — 302 "Cheers" — — — 032 "You Don't Understand" — — — Dig:001 "Juice Box" — — — 417 "Color of Cardboard Box" — — — 373 "Aiue" 27 13 63 Noisy Room andNoisy Love Room 239 "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous" 21 RIAJ: Platinum 888 "Infinite" — — — rowspan="2" 245 "I Like You" 2023 — — — 333 "Love Trap Muchū" — — — Noisy Room andNoisy Love Room 210 "Not Enough" — — — 128 "That's Enough" — — — 610 "Toraenohime" — — — 349 "Show Me Your Phone" — — — rowspan="5" 832 "You Were Wet" — — — XYZ "A Lonely Night (Lonely Get Wild)" — — — 900 "Bathroom" — — — 404 "Double Push Off" — — — 609 "Lock-On" 2024 36 — — Noisy Love Room 397 "Sakura Blossom" — — 1101 "Popcorn!!" — — — 430 "You Make Me Feel Spring" — — — Noisy Love Room 039 "By My Darling" — — — 322 "Wannabe" — — — rowspan="8" 202 "Pain, Pain, Go Away" — — — ††† "Alibi Game" — — — 365 "I Want" — — — 717 "Träumerei" 2025 — — — 334 "Unspoken Days" — — — 800 "Bake no Kawa" — — — 420 "Ash＆Ember" 2026 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Nichimezo + List of singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Modoki Step" 2025 rowspan="13" "Pretender" "Beautiful Ugly World" "A Miracle Worthy of You" "Colorful Palette" "You" "Bakebake" "Rhapsody of Lies" "Enormous Frontier" "Love Says So" 2026 "Day by Day" "Eyes" "The Scent of Roses"

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other performing artists, and album name Title Artist Year Album "Azuki Arai" 2026 Lisa and Kenmochi Hidefumi Lace Up

Concerts Maisondes Live #1 (2023) Maisondes Live #2 (2024) Maisondes Live Room to Room (2025) Maisondes Live #3 (2026)

Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Japan Gold Disc Award 2023 Best 5 New Artists (Japan) Maisondes TikTok Buzzword Awards 2021 Music Category "Yowanehaki"

References

External links

Sony Music Entertainment Japan artist page