According to the latest Oricon report revealed today, “Kigeki (Comedy),” a new digital single song by singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino, recorded 20,012 downloads in its first week and ranked No. 1 in the weekly digital single chart. The song is now used as the ED theme for the spring 2022 TV anime SPY x FAMILY. Following “Idea” (August 2018), “Souzou” (February 2021), and “Fushigi” (April 2021), this was his fourth No. 1 digital single in his career.

“Kigeki,” a newly-written song for the anime, was released digitally from SPEEDSTAR RECORDS on April 8, 2022. “I wrote this song while thinking about the “family” of Loid, Yor, and Anya in ‘SPY×FAMILY’ and the meaning of the word ‘family’,” Hoshino says of the song. “While listening to the completed song, I feel that the song is very suitable for the coming warm season when trees are lush and flowers are blooming. I hope you will listen to the new song ‘Kigeki’ a lot and get ‘excited’ about where the song will be played in the first episode’s broadcast.”

The TV anime adaptation of Tatsuya Endo’s action comedy manga SPY x FAMILY premiered in Japan on April 9 and its first episode “OPERATION STRIX” is now available to the Crunchyroll Premium members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.

Learn more on: SPY x FAMILY – Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Spotlight 

Sources: Oricon News, Billboard Japan

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