New Solo Album from Yojiro Noda

Yojiro Noda, the frontman of rock band RADWIMPS, will release a new solo album on September 25th.

WONDER BOY’S AKUMU CLUB will contain a total of 13 tracks, including April's EVERGREEN, which features Japanese rapper kZm, and KATATOKI, a collaboration with American rapper J.I.D featured in a tie-up with the game “Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.”

A new song featured on the album, PAIN KILLER, was released digitally worldwide on September 13th. Links to download and stream the track on various platforms are available here. 

The limited edition version of the WONDER BOY’S AKUMU CLUB album will come with a T-shirt featuring an original character called AKUMU-KUN that was created by manga artist and illustrator Posuka Demizu. AKUMU-KUN originated from Noda’s idea to "express his solo project with an icon that can freely embody his music."

A music video for PAIN KILLER directed by Kenta Suzuki and watakemi has also been unveiled. It sees AKUMU-KUN freely running around a virtual space, embodying the lyrics of this song.

To commemorate the album release, an event titled Yojiro Noda welcomes you to WONDER BOY'S AKUMU CLUB will be held at Tokyo Garden Theater on September 27th. kZm, Awich and iri will be appearing as special guests. An after party will also be held later that night at Spotify O-EAST in Shibuya.

The music videos for PAIN KILLER and EVERGREEN feat. kZm can be viewed below.