Vaundy

Biography

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×CHAINSAW BLOOD12 October 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1CHAINSAW BLOOD3:20" 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×strobo27 May 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Audio 0010:232灯火2:583東京フラッシュ4:184怪獣の花唄3:445life hack3:466不可幸力3:207soramimi3:338Audio 0021:089napori3:2310僕は今日も5:2711Bye by me4:02 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×CHAINSAW BLOOD12 October 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1CHAINSAW BLOOD3:20". 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×replica15 November 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 36 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Audio 0071:112ZERO3:523美電球2:574カーニバル3:2451リッター分の愛をこめて3:106常熱4:007Audio 0061:158宮5:159黒子4:0910逆光 - replica -3:5811NEO JAPAN4:1312呼吸のように5:4513怪獣の花唄 - replica -3:4314Audio 0080:2215replica5:2416pained4:13Disc 21Audio 0031:482世界の秘密3:413融解sink4:034しわあわせ4:345benefits4:066花占い3:277Tokimeki3:328泣き地蔵2:329踊り子3:4910裸の勇者3:2211恋風邪にのせて4:1612走馬灯4:5813mabataki4:0614CHAINSAW BLOOD3:2315瞳惚れ4:1916忘れ物3:1917置き手紙4:0118まぶた4:1719そんなbitterな話4:3620トドメの一撃5:10. 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") 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.

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.