TKY Project Album 'Wakarimasen' Hits Oricon Top 10
The album's chart placement validates a non-music-industry project built around a social message, with the group now aiming to spread its 'Wakarimasen Taiso' exercise as a modern-day radio calisthenics routine across schools, companies, and communities.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
TKY project, the music initiative from Keiko Tojimbara (Kerrin), a mother of three and CEO of Life Career Circle, and artist Hayato Yamaoka, placed its debut album 'Wakarimasen' at number 10 on the Oricon Daily Album Ranking for August 10, 2026. The album, released August 11, includes the track 'Wakarimasen Taiso' and aims to promote a society where people feel comfortable saying 'I don't understand.'
The debut album from TKY project, the collaboration between Keiko Tojimbara, known as Kerrin, and artist Hayato Yamaoka, entered the Oricon Daily Album Ranking at number 10 for August 10, 2026. The album went on sale August 11 under the TKY Records label.
Tojimbara, who runs the Life Career Circle company and community, said she never expected to release a CD or appear on a chart. The project grew from her experience founding a business during the pandemic while raising three children, and it carries the message that not knowing something is not shameful and that it is fine to move forward without full understanding.
The group now plans to bring its 'Wakarimasen Taiso' exercise to schools, companies, local governments, and regional events, aiming to make it a shared daily habit like radio calisthenics.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.