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 "Todome no Ichigeki"(トドメの一撃; lit. "Finishing Strike"), 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 "Homunculus"(ホムンクルス) 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 "Fūjin"(風神; lit. "Wind God") 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 "Hashire Sakamoto"(走れSAKAMOTO; lit. "Run, Sakamoto") will 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, and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak positionsCertifications
JPNJPN Cmb.JPN Hot
StroboReleased: May 27, 2020 Label: SDR Formats: CD, LP, DL, streaming563
ReplicaReleased: November 15, 2023 Label: SDR, Sacra Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, DL, streaming332RIAJ: Gold (phy.)

Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details, and chart positions
TitleDetailsPeaks
JPNJPN Cmb.
Hadaka no YūshaReleased: February 23, 2022 Label: SDR, Sacra Formats: CD, DL, streaming65

Demo albums

List of demo albums, showing selected details
TitleDetails
Itai Itai no TondeikeReleased: November 21, 2019 Label: Self-release Formats: CD

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
JPNJPN Cmb.JPN HotKOR
"Tōkyō Flash"201964RIAJ: 3× Platinum (st.)Strobo
"Fukakōryoku"20204236RIAJ: 3× Platinum (st.)
"Boku wa Kyō mo"RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Life Hack"RIAJ: Platinum (st.)
"Bye by Me"RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Sekai no Himitsu"61RIAJ: 2× Platinum (st.)Replica
"Yūkai Sink"202190RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Shiwaawase"4542RIAJ: Platinum (st.)
"Benefits"
"Hanauranai"3324RIAJ: 3× Platinum (st.)
"Tokimeki"35RIAJ: Platinum (st.)
"Naki Jizō"97RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Odoriko"201579RIAJ: 3× Platinum (st.)
"Hadaka no Yūsha"20226525RIAJ: 2× Platinum (st.)Hadaka no Yūsha and Replica
"Koikaze ni Nosete"2614RIAJ: 2× Platinum (st.)Replica
"Sōmatō"63
"Mabataki"36RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Chainsaw Blood"1413RIAJ: Platinum (st.)
"Hitomibore"5030RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Wasure Mono"58
"Oki Tegami"65
"Mabuta"202329RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Sonna Bitter na Hanashi"2215RIAJ: 2× Platinum (st.)
"Zero"64
"Todome no Ichigeki" (featuring Cory Wong)22
"Time Paradox"20241367RIAJ: 2× Platinum (st.)TBA
"Homunculus"11147RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Gift"
"Gorilla Shibai"
"Fūjin"1311RIAJ: Platinum (st.)
"Hashire Sakamoto"2025172828RIAJ: Gold (st.)
"Jinsei wa Mix Nuts no Kumiawase"
"Boku ni wa Dōshite Wakarun Darō"3920
"Majide Sayonara Baby"93
"Pained"
"Saikai"2918
"Zutto Love Song"73
"Wasureru Mae ni"51
"Iseijin"39
"Kiseki"
"Yobigoe"37
"Singularity"202656
"The Silent"
"Tobu Toki"
"—" 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
TitleYearAlbum
"Ash" (Nulbarich featuring Vaundy)2020New Gravity

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
TitleYearPeaksCertificationsAlbum
JPN Cmb.JPN Hot
"Tomoshibi"2020RIAJ: Platinum (st.)Strobo
"Kaijū no Hanauta"52RIAJ: Gold (dig.) Diamond (st.)
"Chikyūgi" (with Aimer)2021Walpurgis
"Kokyū no Yō ni"2023Replica
"Zenzenzense"202565Dear Jubilee: Radwimps Tribute
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted and certified songs

List of other charted and certified songs, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
TitleYearPeaksCertificationsAlbum
JPN Cmb.JPN Hot
"Soramini"2020RIAJ: Gold (st.)Strobo
"Napori"2429RIAJ: 3× Platinum (st.)
"Omokage" (self-cover)2022RIAJ: Gold (st.)Hadaka no Yūsha
"Jōnetsu"2023RIAJ: Gold (st.)Replica
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other performing artists, and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Modern Loneliness" (Vaundy remix)2020LauvHow I'm Feeling (The Extras)
"Missing"2022—N/aOff the Wall: Ellegarden Tribute
"Rose"2023Chilli 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.

List of songs written by Vaundy for other artists, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album
SongYearArtistAlbumLyricistComposerArranger
"Sorrow"2020Takashi MatsuoUtautai
"Lemonade"2021Chilli Beans.Dancing Alone and Chilli Beans.
"Andron"Daydream and Chilli Beans.
"Omokage"Milet, Aimer, and Lilas IkutaNon-album single
"Madou Ito"2022Masaki SudaSpin
"It's Me"Chilli Beans.Chilli Beans.
"This Way"
"Backlight"AdoUta's Songs: One Piece Film Red
"Kubittake"YamaVersus the Night
"Rose"2023Chilli Beans.Mixtape
"Ibara"AdoZanmu
"Tōmei ni Naritai"2024Number iNo. I

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee(s)/work(s)ResultRef.
MTV Europe Music Awards2021Best Japanese ActVaundyNominated
MTV Video Music Awards JapanBest Visual Effects"Shiwaawase"Won
2022Artist of the YearVaundyWon
Japan Golden Disc Award2024Special AwardWon
2025Song of the Year by Streaming"Time Paradox"Won

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