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 TV shows, including "Chainsaw Blood" for ''

Chainsaw Man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first part was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2018 to December 2020; its second part began serializati ...

'' and "Hadaka no Yuusha" for ''

Ranking of Kings is a Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Tōka. It has been serialized online via Echoes' user-submitted ''Manga Hack'' website since May 2017 and has been collected in fifteen ''tankōbon'' volumes by Enterbrai ...

.''

History

Vaundy got his start by releasing songs independently onto

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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 the

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"Early Noise 2020", and was named a "

Space Shower is a Japanese music television channel operated by Space Shower Networks, Inc. The company is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The channel launched at 6:00 on December 1, 1989. The idea behind establishing Space Shower TV was to create a special ...

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 The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...

. A song from the album, titled "Tomoshibi", was used as the theme song for the 2020 drama ''

Tokyo Love Story is a Japanese manga written by Fumi Saimon. It was published by Shogakukan in ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1989 to 1990 and collected into 4 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Tokyo Love Story'' was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 1991 which ...

''. He released the EP ''Hadaka no Yuusha'' on February 23, 2022. It included the song of the same name, which was used as the opening for the anime ''

''. It peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts. On September 8-9 2022, he performed two shows at the

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. 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. This performance helped him reach 2nd on the ''Billboard Japan'' Top Artists chart, and the song he performed, "Kaiju no Hanauta", jumped to number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100, later peaking at #2.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{Authority control 2000 births Living people 21st-century Japanese male singers Japanese male pop singers Japanese male singer-songwriters Singers from Tokyo