YOASOBI Makes Japanese Music History Again: "Yoru ni Kakeru" Becomes First Act Ever to Receive Double-Diamond Streaming Certification in Japan.

28.04.2025 21:30 Uhr – 6 Minuten Lesezeit
Von Stefan Dreher

As announced on April 28, 2025, YOASOBI has made history: the duo is the first music act in Japanese history to receive a double diamond certification for streaming for their song "Yoru ni Kakeru (Into The Night)."

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) announced this milestone in March via a post on X (formerly Twitter). A translation of the announcement and YOASOBI's reaction can be found below:

"March 2025 - Streaming Awards ? #YOASOBI - 'Yoru ni Kakeru/Into The Night' is the first streaming-certified work in history to receive the Double Diamond award (cumulative plays over 1 billion times)! Starting this month, we will introduce the new certification level 'Double Diamond'. We have received a comment from YOASOBI ♬" Ezoic

Award for "Yoru ni Kakeru"

Following the award for "Yoru ni Kakeru," YOASOBI said, "We are incredibly grateful to be the first Japanese artists to receive the Double Diamond award. It makes us truly happy that so many people are still listening to our debut song 'Yoru ni Kakeru,' which was released five years ago. We will continue to strive for even greater heights and work to make our music accessible to even more people, so we hope for your continued support." Ezoic

The RIAJ announced that "Yoru ni Kakeru" already achieved the Diamond streaming award in September 2021, and was also the first Japanese song to do so at that time. This latest Diamond award follows "Gunjou" in July 2023, "Kaibutsu" in November 2023, and "Idol" in January 2024.

Double Diamond Award

YOASOBI's Double Diamond award solidifies the duo's position as one of the figureheads of J-Pop, especially in the global context. Nevertheless, composer Ayase and vocalist Ikura emphasized that they do not let themselves be too influenced by the associated pressure. Ayase said, "And as Japanese artists, we have broken many new records, and had our Asia tour, our US tour, and as Japanese people, we have achieved a lot that we can be proud of. But in Japan, there are many other great artists besides us. And we have a kind of confidence that 'we are the best in Japan!'. However, there are also other artists who have as much passion as we do. And they are really cool!"

He continued, "Do we have to raise J-Pop to a higher level, or will it fail?' There is no such responsibility. If anything, we have to perform in such a way that we are not inferior to these great artists." Ikura added her desire to continue sharing J-Pop with the world.

YOASOBI's "Yoru ni Kakeru" was first released on November 16, 2019. In keeping with the group's concept of turning stories into songs, the song adapted "Thanatos no Yuuwaku (An Invitation from Thanatos)" by Mayo Hoshino. Readers can view the official English translation by Emily Balistrieri, arranged by TranNet KK, here. Ezoic

Source: RIAJ X (formerly Twitter)

This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication. View original article (German)