tuki.
A mysterious singer-songwriter who appeared out of nowhere. tuki. is now in her third year of high school; she began posting acoustic guitar videos on TikTok at 13 and has never shown her face or given her real name.
She debuted at 15 with “Bansanka” on September 29, 2023. The song swept the charts, and in January 2024 she became the youngest solo artist ever to top the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100. It passed 100, 200, 300 and 500 million streams, each time the youngest solo artist to do so.
In December 2024 she received the Special Award at the 66th Japan Record Awards and made her first appearance on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen. 2025 brought her first album “15”, “Damashiai” (theme of the TBS drama “Caster”) and Best New Artist at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2025.
On February 11, 2026 she played her first solo concert, “NIPPON BUDOKAN ~Shōnin Yokkyū Bakuhatsu~”, at Nippon Budokan — her first performance in front of an audience. All 8,503 tickets sold, a Guinness World Record for a solo J-pop artist’s first public concert. The arena shows in Taipei, Seoul and Hong Kong that followed sold out instantly.
In April 2026 she released “Zero”, opening theme of the TV anime “Snowball Earth” and her first anime tie-in; her total streams have passed one billion. Her first hall tour, “Aki no Shūgakuryokō ~Tentai Kansoku~”, runs this autumn, followed by a December double bill with Hoshimachi Suisei, “Hoshifuru Bansankai”.
She writes all her own words and music, singing about love and teenage feelings in everyday words and unusual metaphors. Artwork by wataboku; produced by usagi of her own label, Getsumen Chakuriku Keikaku (Moon Landing Plan).