Sakanaction discography explained

Artist:Sakanaction
Studio:6
Compilation:1
Soundtrack:1
Live:1
Video:6
Music Videos:27
Ep:4
Singles:17

The discography of Japanese band Sakanaction includes six studio albums, eight singles, four video releases, and multiple digital downloads. Since their 2007 debut, all of Sakanaction's releases have been released under Victor Entertainment in Japan. Sakanaction currently have two albums certified gold by the RIAJ, Documentaly (2011) and Sakanaction (2013). Four songs by Sakanaction have been certified gold by the RIAJ for digital downloads, and their single "Good-Bye" / "Eureka" (2014) reached number two on Oricon's singles chart.

Studio albums

Title! style="width:16em;" rowspan="2"
Album detailsPeak positionsSales (JPN)[1] Certifications
JPN
[2]
Go to the Future 557,000
Night Fishing
  • Released: January 23, 2008
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
539,000
  • Released: January 21, 2009
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
834,000
Kikuuiki ("Mixing Airspace")
  • Released: March 17, 2010
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
359,000
Documentaly
  • Released: September 28, 2011
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download, LP
2 102,000
Sakanaction
  • Released: March 13, 2013
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray, digital download, LP
1176,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
834.194
  • Released: June 19, 2019
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray, digital download
2118,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Adapt (Japanese: アダプト)
  • Released: March 30, 2022
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
430,452[3]
"—" denotes items which were not released or did not chart in that region.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (JPN)Certifications
JPN
  • Released: August 5, 2015
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: 2CD, 2CD/DVD, 2CD/Blu-ray
534,000
  • Released: March 28, 2018
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: 2CD, 2CD/DVD, 2CD/Blu-ray, 3CD
1129,000
  • RIAJ: Gold

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (JPN)
JPN
'Night Fishing Is Good' Tour 2008 in Sapporo
  • Live EP
  • Released: August 6, 2008
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: Digital download
Remixion
  • Remix EP
  • Released: October 15, 2008
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: Digital download
"Fish Alive" 30min., 1 Sequence by 6 Songs Sakanaquarium 2009 @ Sapporo
  • Live EP
  • Released: July 15, 2009
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: Digital download
Inori EP
  • Remix EP
  • Released: June 26, 2013
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: Vinyl
363,000
"—" denotes items which were ineligible to chart on Oricon's single or album charts.

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSales (JPN)CertificationsAlbum
JPN
Oricon
JPN
Hot 100

[4]
[5] 2007Night Fishing
[6]
200835 96,000Shin-shiro
200960
20103 427,000 Kikuuiki
12 721,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
  • RIAJ: Gold [7]
Documentaly
20116 717,000
8 423,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
20126 326,000
  • RIAJ: Gold [8]
Sakanaction
5 248,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
20134 155,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
20142 232,000<--31,734-->834.194
4
<--released chronologically before Sayonara wa Emotion-->4 1227,000<--27,397-->
4
20159 135,000
  • RIAJ: 2× Platinum
  • RIAJ: Gold
Sakanazukan / 834.194
20164 633,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
834.194
20197 514,778[9]
  • RIAJ: Silver
28
[10] 202170Adapt
[11] 202235
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100, items that did not chart or items that were ineligible to chart because no physical edition was released.

Promotional singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
JPN
Hot 100
[12] 2007Go to the Future
[13]
201092Kikuuiki
20118Documentaly
"Aoi" ("Blue")201327Sakanaction
"Inori" ("Prayer")
2015Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki
201824Sakanazukan
[14] 201953834.194
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100, or did not enter the main chart.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
JPN
Hot 100
JPN
Streaming
2013Sakanaction
201576"Shin Takarajima"
"Moon"201698 "Tabun, Kaze"
201940834.194
68
"—" denotes items which did not chart on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

Video albums

Live albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
JPN DVD
JPN Blu-ray
Sakanaquarium 2010 (B)
  • Released: February 2, 2011
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
14 92
Sakanaquarium 2010 (C)
  • Released: February 2, 2011
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
15 104
Sakanaquarium 2011 Documentaly: Live at Makuhari Messe
  • Released: March 28, 2012
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
14 3
Sakanaquarium 2013 Sakanaction: Live at Makuhari Messe 2013.5.19
  • Released: November 13, 2013
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
4 2
Sakanatribe 2014: Live at Tokyo Dome City Hall
  • Released: July 30, 2014
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
6 5
Sakanaquarium 2015–2016: NF Records Launch Tour
  • Released: May 25, 2016
  • Label: NF Records
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
4 3
Sakanaquarium 2019 "834.194" 6.1ch Sound Around Arena Session: Live at Portmesse Nagoya 2019.06.14
  • Released: January 15, 2020
  • Label: NF Records
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
6 3
  • Released: March 17, 2021
  • Label: NF Records
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
9 2

Music videos

TitleDirector(s)Originating albumYear
"Mikazuki Sunset"Yoshihiro MoriGo to the Future2007[15]
"Shiranami Top Water"Hiroshi KondōGo to the Future2007[16]
"Word"Hiroshi KondōNight Fishing Is Good2007[17]
"Sample"Kanji SutōNight Fishing Is Good2007[18]
"Night Fishing Is Good"Yoshihiro MoriNight Fishing Is Good2008[19]
"Sen to Rei"Keitarō ToyodaShin-shiro2008[20]
"Native Dancer"Yuichi KodamaShin-shiro2009[21]
"Aruku Around"Kazuaki SekiKikuuiki2010[22]
"Me ga Aku Aiiro"Daisuke ShimadaKikuuiki2010[23]
"Identity"Hisashi "Momo" KitazawaDocumentaly2010[24]
"Montage"Daisuke Shimada2010[25] [26]
"Rookie"Daisuke ShimadaDocumentaly2011[27]
"Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu"Yūsuke TanakaDocumentaly2011[28]
"Endless"Takumi Shiga, Hisashi "Momo" KitazawaDocumentaly2011[29]
Yasuyuki YamaguchiDocumentaly2011
"Boku to Hana"Yasuyuki YamaguchiSakanaction2012[30]
"Yoru no Odoriko"Yūsuke TanakaSakanaction2012[31]
"Music"Kazuaki SekiSakanaction2013[32]
"Inori (Extended Mix)"Yasuyuki YamaguchiSakanaction2013[33]
"Eureka"Yasuyuki Yamaguchi834.1942014[34]
"Good-Bye"Yukihiro Shoda, Hisashi "Momo" Kitazawa834.1942014[35]
"Hasu no Hana"Yasuyuki Yamaguchi834.1942014[36]
"Sayonara wa Emotion"Yūsuke Tanaka834.1942014[37]
"Years"Tomokazu YamadaNatsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki2015[38]
Yoshiyuki OkuyamaNatsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki2015[39]
"Holy Dance"Ichiro YamaguchiNatsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki2015[40]
"Shin Takarajima"Yūsuke Tanaka834.1942015[41]
"Tabun, Kaze"Yūsuke Tanaka834.1942016[42]
"SORATO"Tomokazu Yamada2017[43]
"Nylon no Ito"Tomokazu Yamada834.1942019[44]
"Wasurerarenai no"Yūsuke Tanaka834.1942019[45]
"Moth"Yasuyuki Yamaguchi834.1942019[46]
"Plateau"Yūsuke TanakaAdapt2021
"Shock"Yūsuke TanakaAdapt2022

Notes and References

  1. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' . Japanese . . subscription . February 24, 2015.
  2. Web site: サカナクションの作品 . Sakanaction Products . . January 24, 2015.
  3. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-04-11/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2022年03月28日~2022年04月03日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking March 28, 2022 – April 3, 2022. Oricon. ja. April 6, 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220406022220/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-04-11/. April 6, 2022.
  4. Web site: Hot 100|JAPAN Charts|Billboard JAPAN. Billboard . Japanese.
  5. Web site: サカナクションのヒストリー . Japanese . Oricon . February 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615073828/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/419701/profile/history/p/1/r/ . June 15, 2013 .
  6. Web site: ナイトフィッシングイズグッド . Japanese . Victor Entertainment . February 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100218133912/http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A020936/VEAML-21940.html . February 18, 2010.
  7. Japan. サカナクション. アイデンティティ. single. 2024. 6. true. July 25, 2024.
  8. Web site: ja:レコード協会調べ 8月度有料音楽配信認定 . Record Association Investigation: August Digital Music Download Certifications . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w120920.html . . Japanese . September 10, 2012 . September 21, 2012.
  9. Web site: 週間 CDシングルランキング 2019年09月02日付. Weekly CD Single Ranking for September 2, 2019. Oricon. August 28, 2019. Japanese.
  10. Web site: サカナクション、新曲「プラトー」本日配信リリース&話題の"ミュージックライブビデオ"公開 . The First Times . December 3, 2021 . December 8, 2021.
  11. Web site: サカナクション、中毒性のある新曲「ショック!」ミュージックライブビデオ公開 . Billboard Japan . January 26, 2022 . February 3, 2022.
  12. Web site: サカナクション 音楽はアート。. Madoka Suzuki . Shift Japan . 2008 . February 19, 2015.
  13. Web site: INTERVIEW . Japanese . Hiroko Takahashi . Victor Entertainment . February 26, 2015.
  14. Web site: サカナクションのニューアルバム『834.194』より「ナイロンの糸」先行配信がスタート&MV公開 . Billboard Japan . June 5, 2019 . June 5, 2021.
  15. Web site: サカナクション 三日月サンセット . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  16. Web site: サカナクション 白波トップウォーター . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  17. Web site: サカナクション ワード . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  18. Web site: サカナクション サンプル . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  19. Web site: サカナクション ナイトフィッシングイズグッド . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  20. Web site: サカナクション セントレイ . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  21. Web site: サカナクション ネイティブダンサー . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  22. Web site: サカナクション アルクアラウンド . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  23. Web site: サカナクション 目が明く藍色 . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  24. Web site: サカナクション アイデンティティ . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  25. Sakanarchive 2007—2011: Sakanaction Music Video Collection . . 2011 . Japanese . Victor . Tokyo, Japan.
  26. Web site: サカナクション、USTREAM公開レコーディングで映像に合わせてセッション . Japanese . October 23, 2010 . HMV . September 2, 2015.
  27. Web site: サカナクション ルーキー . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  28. Web site: サカナクション 『バッハの旋律を夜に聴いたせいです。』 . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  29. Web site: サカナクション エンドレス . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  30. Web site: サカナクション 僕と花 . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  31. Web site: サカナクション 夜の踊り子 . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  32. Web site: サカナクション ミュージック . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  33. Web site: sakanaction「INORI(Extended Mix)」モノクロPV公開 . sakanaction「INORI(Extended Mix)」Monochrome PC release . Natalie . June 21, 2013 . January 22, 2014.
  34. Web site: サカナクション ユリイカ . Space Shower . January 22, 2014.
  35. Web site: サカナクション、男女の物語を紡ぐ「グッドバイ」PV完成 . Sakanaction's video for "Good-Bye" completed, tells story of a man and a woman. . Natalie . January 15, 2014 . January 22, 2014.
  36. Web site: サカナクション 蓮の花 . Space Shower . March 8, 2015.
  37. Web site: サカナクション さよならはエモーション . Space Shower . March 8, 2015.
  38. Web site: サカナクション「years」が4年の歳月を経て映像化 . Natalie . Japanese . July 15, 2015 . July 15, 2015.
  39. Web site: サカナクション、新MVで美女と怪物による架空のテレビ番組お届け . Natalie . Japanese . July 18, 2015 . July 20, 2015.
  40. Web site: サカナクション"月"のコンセプト作にメンバーREMIX&山口一郎初監督MV . Natalie . Japanese . July 3, 2015 . July 4, 2015.
  41. Web site: サカナクション、昭和風レトロ&ド派手な「新宝島」MV完成 . Natalie . Japanese . September 25, 2015 . September 25, 2015.
  42. Web site: サカナクション 多分、風。 . Space Shower . February 5, 2017.
  43. Web site: サカナクション「SORATO」MVで山口一郎が闇を進み"見たことのない世界"へ . ナターシャ . February 26, 2022.
  44. Web site: サカナクション"水と都市"をテーマにした「ナイロンの糸」MV公開、山田智和が監督 . ナターシャ . February 26, 2022.
  45. Web site: サカナクション「忘れられないの」MVは80'sトレンドを反映した仕上がり . ナターシャ . February 26, 2022.
  46. Web site: サカナクション、山口保幸監督の前衛的な「モス」MV . ナターシャ . February 26, 2022.