Nijisanji's Toko Inui Takes Jotei Opening Theme
A VTuber's song is carrying a live-action drama adaptation of a manga that has passed 2.5 million copies, which puts Inui's music in front of a television audience beyond her 1.03 million YouTube subscribers.
Reporting from 1 source: KAI-YOU.
Toko Inui, the Nijisanji VTuber, will sing the opening theme for the Yomiuri TV drama Jotei, which starts late night on October 22. The song is "Tokyo City Night," from her second mini album One day, released October 7. Jotei adapts the manga by Ryo Kurashina and Issaku Wake and stars Nagisa Saito. Inui said she is happy to accompany a work loved by many.
The drama adapts the manga that ran in Weekly Manga TIMES from 1996 to 2001 and has passed 2.5 million copies in print. Nagisa Saito stars as Ayaka Tachibana, who aims for the top of the night world after her mother's death and her first love's betrayal. Kaito Nakamura of Travis Japan and Atsuki Mashiko of GENIC are also in the cast, and Travis Japan performs the ending theme, "Checkmate."
"Tokyo City Night" was written by YU of I Don't Like Mondays. with Takahiro Yamaguchi, and the band handled composition and arrangement. Inui debuted in March 2019 alongside Ange Katrina and Lize Helesta and was a member of the vocal unit Nornis from June 2022 to June 2026.
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