{"id":8901,"date":"2026-02-19T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/king-gnu-aizo-winter-olympics-back-number-japan-hot-100-1236181909\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:44:13","slug":"king-gnu-aizo-winter-olympics-back-number-japan-hot-100-1236181909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/king-gnu-aizo-winter-olympics-back-number-japan-hot-100-1236181909\/","title":{"rendered":"King Gnu\u2019s \u2018AIZO\u2019 Hits No. 1 as Winter Olympics Boost back number\u2019s \u2018Doshitemo Doshitemo\u2019 on Japan Hot\u00a0100"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/king-gnu\/\">King Gnu<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAIZO\u201d rises to No. 1 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/japan-hot-100\/\">Billboard Japan Hot 100<\/a>, for the chart released Feb. 18.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Gnu - AIZO\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zz2a9Q2Wru0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe opener for TV anime <em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> Season 3 (Culling Game arc, Part 1) was first released digitally on Jan. 9 and debuted at No. 6. The track climbs to the summit in its sixth chart week following its Feb. 11 CD release, selling 68,441 copies. This marks King Gnu\u2019s third No. 1 on the chart, following \u201cIchizu\u201d and \u201cChameleon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHolding at No. 2 is Kenshi Yonezu\u2019s \u201cIRIS OUT,\u201d which leads streaming, video views and karaoke again this week. The track also continues steady physical sales centered on brick-and-mortar stores, adding 960 copies to push cumulative sales past 310,000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7c73\u6d25\u7384\u5e2b  Kenshi Yonezu - IRIS OUT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmZD-TU96q4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt No. 3 is Hey! Say! JUMP\u2019s \u201cHanikami.\u201d The theme song for the drama series <em>50-pun kan no Koibito<\/em> launches with 230,578 copies \u2014 surpassing the group\u2019s previous single \u2014 to hit No. 1 for sales. Mrs. GREEN APPLE\u2019s \u201clulu.\u201d comes in at No. 4, followed by M!LK\u2019s \u201cSuki Sugite Metsu!\u201d at No. 5, unchanged from last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeanwhile, M!LK\u2019s \u201cBakuretsu Aishiteru\u201d debuts at No. 6. Released digitally on Feb. 9, the five-man group\u2019s latest single comes in at No. 5 for streaming, No. 9 for downloads and No. 4 for video, marking the boy band\u2019s first release to make its debut in the top 10 of the Japan Hot 100.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M!LK - \u7206\u88c2\u611b\u3057\u3066\u308b(Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpFDnOnOdSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso, following the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/back-number\/\">back number<\/a>\u2019s NHK winter sports theme \u201cDoshitemo Doshitemo\u201d jumps 32-7, with streaming up to 132%, downloads to 198%, radio to 390% and video to 243% week over week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSakanaction\u2019s \u201cIranai\u201d debuts at No. 10. The drama theme song comes in at No. 2 for downloads, No. 20 for streaming and No. 9 for radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSee the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Feb. 9 to 15, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/japan-hot-100\/\">here<\/a>. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillboardJP_ENG\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard Japan\u2019s English X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Gnu\u2019s \u201cAIZO\u201d rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, for the chart released Feb. 18. The opener for TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 (Culling Game&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2271,331,1396,2272,96,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billboard-japan","category-chart-beat","category-global","category-japan","category-music","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}