Kenshi Yonezu’s ‘IRIS OUT’ Logs Third Week at No. 1 on Japan Hot 100

Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” stays atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart dated Oct. 8, marking its third consecutive week at No. 1.

Across individual metrics, the song dominates downloads, streaming, and video, while coming in at No. 3 for physical sales and No. 4 for both karaoke and radio airplay. Streaming remains particularly strong, with 26.3 million streams this week, pushing the cumulative total to 78.98 million. If it surpasses 22 million streams next week, “IRIS OUT” would become the fastest song in history to reach 100 million streams in Japan.

Fastest to 100 Million Streams in Japan

(Weeks to reach the milestone in parentheses)

1. YOASOBI “Idol” (5 weeks)
2. BTS “Butter” / Official Hige Dandism “Subtitle” (6 weeks)
3. LiSA “Homura” / Kenshi Yonezu “KICK BACK” / Creepy Nuts “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” (7 weeks)

Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada’s “JANE DOE” also holds at No. 2 this week. So far, only two acts have maintained No. 1 and No. 2 for two consecutive weeks: Official Hige Dandism with “I LOVE…” and “Pretender,” and LiSA with “Homura” and “Gurenge,” both in 2020.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “GOOD DAY” jumps to No. 3 from No. 41. Written as the theme song for Kirin Beer’s new brand “KIRIN GOOD ALE,” the track was released digitally on Sept. 28. Because the release fell on a Sunday, the previous week’s tracking period included just a single day of data, contributing to a 465% surge in streaming this week. The music video, which premiered on Oct. 2, also helped the song reach No. 3 for video.

OWV’s “BLACK CROWN” debuts at No. 4. The four-man group’s 11th single tops sales with 74,029 copies sold. Meanwhile, Neguse. scores its first top 10 entry with “Orihime & BABY feat. Reira Ushio.” The track by the four-member band bowed at No. 84 in August and gradually climbed over ten weeks to reach No. 9. Also debuting on the chart is Humbert Humbert’s “Warattari Korondari,” the theme song for NHK’s morning drama Bakebake, The song hits No. 72 on the Japan Hot 100, coming in at No. 7 for video and No. 8 for radio.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.