Niconico Chokaigi 2020 is set to run from April 12 to 19, and online tickets have now gone live for the opening acts: Hatsune Miku and EGOIST.

Niconico Chokaigi is an annual festival held by Japan’s largest video streaming site “Niconico” which aims to recreate Niconico’s virtual world in real life. The event is a melting pot of Japan’s internet culture and the biggest internet festival in the country. It teams up with various media platforms and businesses to further promote Japan’s internet culture to the people.

Hatsune Miku are set to perform as the opening acts on the first day of the festival, April 12, at 17:00 (JST) and 19:00 (JST) respectively.

EGOIST, produced by ryo (supercell) have announced that they will release their ninth single Sakase ya Sakase on May 15, 2019. The record will be released in three editions: a Limited Pressing Edition which comes with anime packaging, a Limited Edition which comes with original merchandise, and a Regular Edition.

The single’s title track Sakase ya Sakase will be used as the main theme for the upcoming anime film Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato which is releasing on May 10, 2019. Described as a “killer tune,” the song was performed during the group’s ongoing fan club tour EGOIST showcase*005 and plunges EGOIST into new musical territory with the use of traditional Japanese instruments that reflect the animated film.

The tour was set to end at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo on March 31, but due to demand from the tickets selling out a follow-up show will take place at the same venue on April 6.

The other tracks on the single include a cover of the traditional English nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down as well as The Everlasting Guilty Crown Nightcore mix, a remix of one of the duo’s most famous songs from their early days. The illustration above released for the new record was drawn by redjuice.

Pop music duo EGOIST produced by member Ryo (Supercell) released their greatest hits album Greatest Hits 2011-2017 “Alter Ego” at the end of last year which has gone on to perform successfully in both the physical and digital versions.

Songwriter Ryo and vocalist Chelly performed at Kitec-Star Hall in Hong Kong on June 23. At the very end of the show, they announced a 2018 Asia tour which earned wild applause from the crowd.

The venue was packed with 1,500 fans, and a strange air of excitement filled the room as they waited for the anticipated arrival. Everything cut to black, signalling the start of a memorable night, as Euterpe began to play. The song is popular as one of the insert songs heard in the anime series Guilty Crown. EGOIST are known for originating in the anime series where they performed as a fictional band, eventually going on to huge success in the real world.

With the song over, and the crowd already fallen into the world of EGOIST, The Everlasting Guilty Crown began to play. The instant it came on, there were howls of joy so fierce it almost felt like the building was coming down.

A string of popular hits followed, including Extra terrestial Biological Entities, Ame, Kimi o Tsurete, and Suki to Iwareta Hi. The set was hit after hit, leaving no time to breathe and leading the excitement to an ever-growing rise.

When a breather finally came, the duo greeted fans in Chinese. This was their second performed in Hong Kong. They spoke warmly to fans, who clapped over and over.

Things cranked up into full gear as they performed some of their most well-known songs, including Reloaded, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and Namae no Nai Kaibutsu. To finish up the main part of the show they played their treasured ballad Kimi Sora Kiseki which brought fans together as one.

Cries and clapping sounded through the room as fans called for an encore. Chelly stepped out onto stage once more, and surprised everyone with some covers. First up was Désir by GARNiDELiA which she co-performed together at a previous concert. This was followed by the famous Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari by Supercell, another band spearheaded by Ryo. The Hong Kong fans couldn’t predict there would be surprise covers like this, and it showed in their explosive excitement. The concert finished with EGOIST’s debut single Departures ~Anaya ni Okuru Ai no Uta~.

Just when everyone thought there couldn’t be anymore surprises, the words “EGOIST ASIA TOUR 2018” appeared on screen, satisfying the anticipation of fans already waiting for the next show.

EGOIST will begin their 2018 Asia tour at the end of August, which also includes dates in Japan.

EGOIST is an imaginary artist produced by ryo (supercell).

The best album of EGOIST (CD/Internet distribution) released on the 27^th of December (Wed.) is gaining much popularity and the band held, “EGOIST Special gig ‘ALTER EGO’” on the 29^th (Fri.) of December last year at Zepp DiverCity.

This live was broadcasted at Zepp Osaka Bayside and Zepp Nagoya under the name of “ EGOIST sync*001 / Special gig ‘ALTER EGO.’”

EGOIST Special gig “ALTER EGO” is a special commemorative live of the best album, GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO” which was released on the 27^th of December (Wed.). The live was broadcast on Nikoniko Nama Hoso and about 25,000 fans enjoyed their performance.

The charm of EGOIST’s live is the fact that they use the latest motion capture technology. The performance of the vocal of the band chelly is detected with special cameras and Cho Inori (the vocal of EGOSIT in the animation), the heroin of the animation “Guilty Clown” resonates to chelly’s movements.

Shouts of glee went up from the audience as soon as the intro of “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” was played. After that, the band performed two popular songs, “Extra terrestrial Biological Entities” and “Ame, Kimi wo Tsurete” which are not included in the best album. The audience of the venue were filled with excitement with a rapid rendition.

The forth song was “Sukito Iwareta Hi,”a fast-tempo digital song which was distributed on the Internet and the audience were drawn into the world of EGOIST. After the song was finished, they performed MC performance and inflamed the fans. The voice of the audience in the venues of Nagoya and Osaka could be heard at the venue in Tokyo and the whole venue was filled with a sense of unity.

They also performed some popular songs including,“Reloaded” and “Namae no Nai Kaibutsu” and the audience were filled with excitement! After that, they performed “KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS” and “Eiyu Unmei no Uta.” The strong voice of chelly heated up the venue. Lastly, they performed superb ballads such as“Ghost of a smile,” “Kono Sekaide Mitsuketa Mono,” “Kimisora Kiseki” and the live was finished.

After the anchor, the vocal cehlly reappeared on the stage and performed a fast-tempo rock number “It’s all about you.” The set list of the live included many B-side songs, not just songs included in the best album based on chelly’s wish to reflect on the history of EGOIST.

The live successfully delivered the charms of the band to many people who listened to EGOIST’s music for the first time, not just old fans.

As a second and third song of the anchor part, they performed a cover song which are “The Bravery” and “Kokuhaku” of supercell lead by the producer of the band ryo. The audience went wild while the songs were performed. “Kokuhaku” is the latter ending theme of the animation“Guilty Crown”which is a message song given from the main character of the animation Shu to the heroin/vocal of the band Cho Inori. The venue was filled with excitement with this surprise and the live ended with “All Alone With You.”

chelly reappeared on the stage in response to the applause of fans and performed the debut single of EGOIST “Departures ～Anatani Okuru Ai no Uta～.” The voice of chelly singing this song gently filled the venue and some of the fans were crying. EGOIST Special gig “ALTER EGO” ended on a high note.

Keep your eyes focused on EGOIST’s storm of activities in store for this new year.

EGOIST will release their first best album “GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO”on the 27^th of December and in advance of this release, they will release the content of the album from the 22^nd of December (Fri.).

They are distributing the content of the album in high-resolution sound. The album won the first place in mora’s high-resolution chart and the animation category of iTunes. The album is gaining much popularity because the songs sound great (all songs included in the album are remastered).

In addition, EGOIST announced that they will hold “christmas exhibition“Present for the *fam”in seven big cities in Japan on the 25^th of December right before the release date of their best album (the 27^th of December (Wed.)).

Also, they will hold a live commemorating the release of their best album called EGOIST Special gig “ALTER EGO” on the 29^th of December (Fri.) in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Don’t miss this hot live!

Be sure to check out information RE EGOIST’s future work.

Japanese pop duo EGOIST will release their first ever greatest hits album GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO” on December 27th. A recent mysterious post made by EGOIST staff on the staff Twitter account on December 18th has attracted a great deal of attention among fans.

“Present for the *fam”

Date: http://www.egoist-inori.jp/

Place: more to be announced…

The cryptic message appears on EGOIST’s official homepage where it simply reads “Present for the *fam” along with a countdown clock. The message brings to mind the duo’s digital single “Welcome to the fam*” and can be interpreted as “a present to the fans”. Excitement is currently stirring the EGOIST fan base as they anticipate what exactly EGOIST plans to give them.

The release of EGOIST’s forthcoming greatest hits album and the strange countdown is the talk of the town right now with fans. The clock will ends on Christmas Day at 6pm. The location at which this present to the fans will take place is currently unknown but is listed as TBA.

We look forward to seeing just what kind of present EGOIST has for its fans this Christmas. Stay tuned for more information.

EGOIST is a two-member Japanese pop unit produced by ryo of Supercell. ryo’s big musical hit “Melt” celebrated its 10^th anniversary on niconico on December 7, 2017.

As comments from fans flooded in on the video streaming site to toast the commemoration, EGOIST’s vocalist chelly posted a video of herself covering “Melt”, causing huge excitement. The video was posted on chelly’s official channel which was set up today, so be sure to check it out. Also, in the run up to EGOIST’s forthcoming greatest hits album, which is set to be released on December 27^th, chelly will post more covers of songs that have influenced her.

While we all wait for EGOIST’s greatest hits album to hit shelves, let’s enjoy chelly’s voice in her cover videos.

EGOIST have drawn much attention on social media with the recent announcement of their forthcoming greatest hits album GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO” to be released on December 27th.

A special live performance titled EGOIST Special gig “ALTER EGO” is planned for December 29th to celebrate the release of the album. But this won’t be any ordinary performance, as EGOIST are planning something completely new. The performance will be held across 3 venues in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka – all at the same time. Many artists have held “live viewings” in the past, but EGOIST will be changing it up a bit for their concert.

Even if fans are in a different venue they will be synced with the main venue the entire time so they can enjoy the performance live. You could definitely say this is something only possible by EGOIST. Vocalist chelly’s movements will be motion captured. That data will be used to project Inori Yuzuriha, EGOIST’s fictional lead vocalist, on-stage in real time to simulate her singing and dancing on stage. chelly’s movements will be motion captured at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, the main venue, to bring Inori Yuzuriha to life at Zepp Nagoya and Zepp Osaka Bayside.

The lighting and sound will be exactly the same at all 3 venues, and the crowds in Nagoya and Osaka will be able to see the real chelly’s ongoing performance in Tokyo on the big screens so they can enjoy both ends.

If you’re in Japan this winter, don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind performance made possible by EGOIST.

EGOIST announced that they are going to release their first “best album,” “GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 ‘ALTER EGO’”on the 27^th of December and this news is gathering much attention in SNS.

The latest illustration which represents the best album was released. The illustration was created by the popular illustrator “redjuice” who has worked with the band before. The illustration of Inori Uzuriha who is looking at the ground while holding something important in her hand is superb. It seems that the illustration represents the songs which will be included in the best album.

Can’t wait to buy the best album. Let’s check out what’s coming next.

A mysterious countdown started on the website of EGOIST and the news is gathered much attention on SNS.

The countdown reached 0 at 12:00 on the 1^st of November and the announcement was made saying “the first “best” album of EGOIST “GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO”” will be sold from the 27^th of December (Wed.).” The album will include all the singles released from 2011 to 2017 and the B-side songs selected by the vocal, Chelly. Moreover, the acoustic version of “Departures～Anatani Okuru Ai no Uta～” will be included in the album as a bonus track.

Plus, Ryo (supercell) remastered all the songs included in this album. It is a gorgeous “best” album created by EGOIST which has been offering songs to many popular animations.

The amenity of the limited edition (DVD/Blu-ray) includes all the music videos released in the past and “EGOISTAG 2011-2017” will be included in the limited edition (quantity limited) as an amenity. The edition is a gorgeous product which comes with ten sets of limited dog tug with the illustration of “Cho Inori” of each single produced by redjuice.

In addition, the band will hold a special live at Zepp Diver City Tokyo on the 29^th of December (Fri.) in commemoration of the release of the “best” album! You can enjoy their hit songs.

Can’t wait to listen to the first “best” album of EGOIST!

“EGOIST”, the fictional artist band produced by Ryo (Supercell), opened their tour finale for “EGOIST” Greeting Tour 2017 (E/A) on Friday 18^th August at Zepp Nagoya. The finale featured special guest GARNiDELiA, who took to the stage for their number “Désir”, which is the ending theme song of the TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha”. The tour included a collaboration performance of EGOIST’s best number “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” and much more – what a special way to mark the end of the tour!

The “EGOIST Greeting Tour 2017 E/A” included their new song “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta”, which was released for sale on Wednesday 16^th August. This was performed at 7 lives in a total of 6 cities – Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. A grand 10,000 people attended the tour. The venue quickly swelled up with the excitement of fans who overflowed the venue, especially at the grand finale held in Nagoya.

The venue suddenly blacked out, and as the sound of the intro to “Namae no nai Kaibutsu” resonated through the venue, the crowd began to cheer with excitement. The venue was heated up with “KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS”, leaving the vocalists out of breath from the start. EGOIST drew the audience into their world with their third song “Door”. The toned-down nature of this song did not fail to capture the audience.

The singers then took their first break to welcome the audience with a big smile. This live marked the first ever live broadcast of EGOIST, so the performers greeted not just the fans in the venue, but also viewers watching the broadcast. After talking about the current popular TV anime “Fate/Apocrypha”, they performed the opening theme song “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta”. During this song, vocalist INORI dressed in the same armour and headwear as Ruler from the series. Her magnificent grand voice swallowed the fans.

The performance continued with “Fallen”, “Welcome to the *fam” and “Reloaded”. These upbeat songs electrified the audience with enthusiasm. After hitting the climax, the second half of the live was toned down, where Chelly’s vocals shone through mid-tempo ballads. After the three songs “Ghost of a smile”, “All Alone With You”, and “Eien”, it was time for the final song; “Departures 〜 Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta”. Many fans could not hold back their tears.

In response to the audience screaming for an encore, Chelly reappeared on stage, calling special guest GARNiDELiA back to the stage. For the whole tour, EGOIST covered different songs in the “Fate” TV anime series for each venue. For the tour finale held in Nagoya, GARNiDELiA, who was in charge of the ending theme song of “Fate/Apocrypha”, was called forward to finish the special live with the ending song “Désir”.

GARNiDELiA’s stunning performance was met with a large applause. However, EGOIST and GARNiDELiA had a surprise up their sleeve. Upon announcing their collaboration song, Chelly signalled the start of the song with “So, please listen!” The intro for one of EGOIST’s best numbers “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” reverberated through the venue, triggering cheers and screams from the audience that shook the whole building.

The unimaginable, special collaboration of this famous song lifted the day, leaving fans tingling with excitement. Amongst the roaring crowd, GARNiDELiA stood on the stage, presenting “Kimi Sora Kiseki” – an ultimate fan favourite. With that, the live came to a close.

No other venue gave such an applause as this one. Although the live finished at this location, the applause rang for such a long time that Chelly made another appearance on stage. The performers also announced their special single coupling track for “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta”, which includes a version with English lyrics called “Eiyu Fate’s Song”. The applause roared even more in response to their surprise entrance on stage. It was great to know that the “EGOIST Greeting Tour 2017 (E /A)” ended on such a high note.

EGOIST is the famous Japanese pop duo produced by ryo of pop band “supercell.” Their latest single “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta” reached number one across 14 digital music charts, and the finale of their tour “EGOIST Greeting Tour 2017 「E/A」,” which was held on August 18^th, was streamed live for the first time on Nico Nico.

As the hype surrounding EGOIST continues, some more exciting news has just been released. The duo is to receive their very first AR app – “EGOIST AR.”

The first press copies of the limited and regular editions of “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta” included a poster that revealed the app, and fans were left wondering just what to expect. Their question was finally answered with the release of “EGOIST AR” on August 15^th.

The cutting-edge app was developed by BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. and is to play an important role at EGOIST’s concerts. By opening the app and holding your smartphone or tablet to posters or the CD jacket for EGOIST’s latest single, Inori, the band’s vocalist and persona sung by Chelly, will appear on screen dressed in Ruler’s outfit, a character in the anime series “Fate/Apocrypha.”

A life-sized Inori will sing and dance by holding your phone or tablet to the poster included with the CD and more. Don’t miss out!

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