Mikunoyoasobi Explained

Mikunoyoasobi
Type:	EP
Artist:	Ayase
Cover:	Ayase - Mikunoyoasobi.png
Released:	January 6, 2021
Genre:	Vocaloid
Language:	Japanese
Length:	28:32
Label:	Sony Japan
Producer:	Ayase
Prev Title:	Ghost City Tokyo
Prev Year:	2019

Mikunoyoasobi is the second extended play (EP) by Japanese Vocaloid producer and songwriter Ayase. It was originally released exclusively on CD to Tower Records Japan store on January 6, 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan.^[1] Subsequently, the EP was available on streaming platforms on September 21, 2023, two years and eight months after its original release.^[2] Mikunoyoasobi contains cover versions of seven tracks from Yoasobi's debut EP The Book recorded by Vocaloid software voicebank Hatsune Miku, including "Yoru ni Kakeru", which originally appears on the CD version of Ayase's debut EP Ghost City Tokyo.^[3]

Track listing

Notes

• All tracks are noted as

Charts

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Peak position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)^[4]	24
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[5]	18

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Peak position
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)	23
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[6]	82

Release history

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Date	Format	Label
Japan	January 6, 2021	CD	Sony Japan	^[7]
Various	September 21, 2023			^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: YOASOBI、初配信ライヴ2月14日開催決定。1st EP『THE BOOK』の初音ミクVer.『MIKUNOYOASOBI』タワレコ限定サプライズ・リリース。ファンクラブ「CLUB 夜遊」もプレオープン . April 26, 2022 . . January 6, 2021 . ja.
2. News: YOASOBI、デビュー曲「夜に駆ける」が日本初のストリーミング10億回再生を突破　記念企画が続々スタート . September 13, 2023 . CDJournal . September 13, 2023 . ja.
3. News: YOASOBI初CDの初音ミクバージョン、タワレコ限定でサプライズリリース . April 26, 2022 . . January 5, 2022 . ja.
4. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2021-01-18 . . April 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113042922/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2021-01-18/p/3/ . January 13, 2021 . ja.
5. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of January 13, 2021. Billboard Japan. ja. April 26, 2022.
6. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of September 27, 2023. Billboard Japan. ja. September 27, 2023.
7. Web site: . MIKUNOYOASOBI＜タワーレコード限定＞ . . April 26, 2022 . ja . January 6, 2021.
8. News: YOASOBI「夜に駆ける」ストリーミング10億回再生を記念して、「夜に駆ける - From THE FIRST TAKE」、『MIKUNOYOASOBI』を本日配信リリース! . September 21, 2023 . PR Times . September 21, 2023 . ja.