Crossover J-Pop superstar KENSHI YONEZU debuts “Plazma”, theme song to the new film Mobile Suit Gundam Gquuuuuux - Beginning -
KENSHI YONEZU
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Global J-pop superstar KENSHI
YONEZU releases “Plazma,”
a new single and the official theme song to the latest installment in the
iconic Gundam franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-. The
track features electrifying vocals from Yonezu alongside high-tempo synths and
electronic rhythms to match the vibrant universe of the mecha and their epic
space battles. Today’s track is the latest in a string of prolific theme songs
by Yonezu following his contributions to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the
Heron, the Final Fantasy XVI video game, and his global hit theme
for the Chainsaw Man series.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuuX
-Beginning- premiered
in a total of 426 theaters, including IMAX® theaters in Japan on January 17th,
as a re-edited version title comprised of some of the episodes. The TV anime is
scheduled to premiere later on in 2025 worldwide. Mobile Suit Gundam
GQuuuuuuuX -Beginning- is already a huge hit, grossing over 598 million yen
(3,829,801 USD) at the box office and drawing over 350,000 viewers in just 3
days, hitting the top of the X trends chart for the entire day, with many
enthusiastic comments being posted, waiting for the release of Yonezu’s new
song “Plazma”. Today, along with the song release, a new promotional reel is out on official Gundam
YouTube channel.
“Plazma” is a song written,
composed, and arranged by Yonezu. The cover art is drawn by Yonezu himself, as
an illustration of Amate Yuzuriha (Machu) and Nyaan, two of the main characters
of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuuX -Beginning-. Yonezu announced the
release of “Plazma” on the opening night of his 2025 Japanese tour, performing
the new song live and giving fans an exclusive preview of the unreleased track.
Rounding out a massive 2024 that included the release of his sixth studio album
LOST CORNER, Yonezu kicks off 2025 with an extensive run of Japanese
tour dates before gearing up for his first-ever run of international dates
across Asia, Europe and the US, with stops at New York City’s world-famous
Radio City Music Hall and Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater.
ABOUT Mobile Suit Gundam
GQuuuuuuX
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school
student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space.
When she meets a war refugee
named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as
Clan Battle.
Under the entry name
"Machu," she throws herself into fierce battle day after day,
piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both
the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy
named Shuji.
Now their world is about to enter
a new era.
ABOUT KENSHI YONEZU
After gaining success with
Vocaloid music under the stage name Hachi, Kenshi Yonezu began producing under
his real name in 2012. In addition to music, he has attracted attention for his
album cover illustrations and video productions. The video for his hit single
“Lemon”, the long-running theme song for the TV series Unnatural, is the
most-viewed music video in Japan, and topped Billboard Japan’s year-end charts
for two consecutive years, leaving a mark on music history both in Japan and
abroad.
His 2020 album STRAY SHEEP set a
record of 1.9 million copies sold with the highest-placing Japanese artist ever
to appear on the IFPI year-end global ranking chart. He continued to work
tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic, including performing as the first
Asian in a virtual concert hosted by the online game Fortnite. Collaborated
globally with UNIQLO on their UT collection with the storefront collaboration
displays in NY and other 8 UNIQLO stores worldwide. He was awarded an AAC Award,
listed in Forbes’ 100 Asian Digital Stars, and received the Minister of NEWS
RELEASE Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement
Prize for New Artists.
In 2022, he released “M87” as the
theme song for the film Shin Ultraman, and “POP SONG” as the theme song
for a PlayStation commercial. His single “KICK BACK,” the opening theme for the
TV anime Chainsaw Man, made Spotify’s Global Top 50, and became the
first Japanese-language song certified Gold by RIAA®. He was also selected as
the first and only Japanese artist to be a part of the “RIAA Class of 2023”,
with which the association summarized the artists who had flourished in the
year.
In 2023, Yonezu released “Tsuki
Wo Miteita - Moongazing” as the theme song for the RPG game Final Fantasy
XVI, and “Chikyugi - Spinning Globe” – the theme song Studio Ghibli’s
animated film The Boy and the Heron (Academy Award Winner for Best
Animated Feature, 2024), directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
In August 2024, Yonezu wrote
“Garakuta – JUNK”, the theme song of the movie LAST MILE, and released
his sixth studio album, LOST CORNER. In September, Yonezu released an exclusive
line of graphic tees in collaboration with Uniqlo, as part of their ongoing UT
series celebrating pop culture from around the world. After 11 years, Hachi
(Kenshi Yonezu) himself created a new illustration for the VOCALOID song “Donut
Hole”, and a fully animated music video based on the illustration. Original
chocolate was also released from Godiva Japan as the “GODIVA x HACHI Donut Hole
Collection” from October as the first time for Godiva worldwide to create a
chocolate collection lineup in collaboration with an artist. In November Yonezu
released “Azalea”, a song written as the theme song for the global Netflix series
Beyond Goodbye.
In 2025, Yonezu is heading to a
world tour – KENSHI YONEZU 2025 TOUR / JUNK – following an extensive
20-date run across Japan, Shanghai and Taipei, the tour continues in Seoul for
two consecutive shows on March 22nd & March 23rd at INSPIRE Arena. The
European leg begins March 30th at London’s Eventim Apollo and April 1st at
Paris’ Zenith. The tour will then move to the U.S., with a performance at the
world-famous Radio City Music Hall in New York on April 4th and at Los Angeles’
YouTube Theater on April 6th.
As for Yonezu’s music videos,
“Lemon” has surpassed 900 million views, continuing to break the records of
Japanese artists. It is one of the 16 music videos of his songs that
garnered him a commanding record of surpassing 100 million views each (“Lemon,”
“Eine Kleine,” “LOSER,” “Peace Sign,” “Haiirotoao
(+Masaki Suda),” “orion,” “Flamingo,” “Kanden,” “Fireworks,” “Paprika,”
“Shunrai,” “Uma to Shika,” “Spirits of the Sea,” “KICK BACK,” Foorin’s
“Paprika” and Masaki Suda’s “Machigaisagashi”). He has over 7.47 million
subscribers on his official YouTube channel.
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