Maisondes

Maisondes
Logo of Maisondes
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2021–present
Labels
SpinoffsNichimezo
Members
  • Manager
Websitemaisondes-6half.com

Maisondes (stylized as MAISONdes; Japanese pronunciation: [med͡zoɴ.de]) is a Japanese musical project formed in 2021. With the Manager as the only permanent member, the project explores the concept of songs created and performed by different songwriters and singers, who act as residents in a fictional 6.5-tatami (10.53 square meters) apartment.

The project is best known for its 2021 single, "Yowanehaki", featuring Asmi and Wanuka, and theme songs for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura. Outside of regular works, Maisondes partnered with Weekly Shōnen Sunday for the spinoff project Nichimezo (日曜日のメゾンデ, Nichiyōbi no Mezonde) to perform songs based on the magazine's manga.

History

Planned in 2020 with an undecided name,[1] on January 25, 2021, a music video for the "Bedroom" version of "Hello/Hello" (101) by an unidentified artist named Maisondes, featuring vocals by Yama, and written by Nakimushi, was uploaded to Yama's YouTube channel.[2] The full version of the song was later released to digital music and streaming platforms on February 3, and also featured on the first episode of 7-Eleven Japan's original net animation Rainbow Finder.[3]

The project's fifth single, "Yowanehaki" (102), featuring vocals from Asmi and composition by Wanuka, was released on May 19.[4] The song gained popularity on short-form video social media TikTok, which topped the Billboard Japan's TikTok Weekly Top 20 for four consecutive weeks,[5] was one of the most popular track on the platform in Japan in 2021,[6] and won the 2021 TikTok Buzzword Awards in Music Category.[7] Commercially, the song reached number 13 and 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] and the Oricon Combined Singles Chart, respectively,[9] and was certified platinum for surpassing 100 million streams by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[10]

From 2022 to 2024, Maisondes produced all opening and ending themes for the second anime adaptation of the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978–1987). The songs consist of "Aiue" (373; featuring Minami and Sakuramoti) and "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous" (239; featuring Kaf and Tsumiki) for the first cour;[11] "Love Trap Muchū" (333; featuring Asmi and Threee)[12] and "Not Enough" (210; featuring Yama and Nito) for the second cour;[13] "Lock-On" (609; featuring Hashimero and Megurimeguru) and "Sakura Blossom" (397; featuring 9Lana and Sakuramoti) for the third cour;[14] and "By My Darling" (039; featuring Miki Maria and Nito) and "You Make Me Feel Spring" (430; featuring Ayuni D and Nito) for the final cour.[15]

Maisondes released their first EP, titled Noisy Room, on March 15, 2023, which features themes from the first two cours of Urusei Yatsura.[16] Later, all the anime's themes featured on the project's compilation album, Noisy Love Room – Maisondes × Uruseiyatsura Complete Collection, issued on June 5, 2024.[17] The project's other tie-ups include "Infinite" (888; featuring Sorane and Meiyo) for Toyota Corolla commercial,[18] "Wannabe" (322; featuring Hoshimachi Suisei and Sukuma) for anime series Trapezium (2024),[19] "Popcorn!!" (1101; featuring Narumiya and Sasuke Haraguchi) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty,[20] and "Bake no Kawa" (800; featuring Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga, and TeddyLoid) for anime series Gnosia (2025).[21]

In 2024, Maisondes was transferred from Mastersix Foundation to the newly established label and management, Echoes.[22] The next year, Echoes and Weekly Shōnen Sunday announced a partnership to launch a project as a sub-unit of Maisondes, Nichimezo (日曜日のメゾンデ, Nichiyōbi no Mezonde; lit. 'Monday's Maisondes'), to contribute songs based on manga published on Weekly Shōnen Sunday and its webcomic platform Sunday Webry,[23] with Rei (former member of Tuyu) as the fixed vocalists for the project.[24] Its debut single, "Modoki Step", was released on March 19, based on the Sunday Webry manga Nisemono Kyōkai and featuring the composition by Masadara.[25]

Artistry

The name Maisondes comes from the French words maison des, meaning "the house of...". Musician and Vocaloid producer WhaleDontSleep advised the project's titling and formatting.[1] The project's concept "six-and-a-half-tatami apartment somewhere" is taken from a lyric of Yama's song "Haru o Tsugeru", "shin'ya Tōkyō no roku-jō han" (深夜東京の6畳半; lit. 'A 6.5-tatami room in late-night Tokyo').[1] The Manager is listed as the only permanent member of the project,[26] who taking a role of recruitment musicians for the project,[27] or "looking for new residents."[28]

Assigned a room number, the project's songs are created and performed by different songwriters and singers, mostly teenagers and young adults, who act as residents of the apartment. The lyrics generally express "loneliness" and "gloominess" of young people in a small room in a city.[28][29][30] The Manager described its genre a "6.5-tatami pop music", an updated version of the 1970s 4.5-tatami folk music.[31][32] Illustrator Nakaki Pantz is in charge of all the project's visuals,[33] which the music vidoes are animation and begin with the door opening.[28] Maisondes also contributed the series "Re:Maisondes" for remix songs[34] and "Dig:Maisondes" for cover songs.[35]

Members

  • Manager (管理人, kanrinin)

Discography

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, showing selected details, chart positions, and sales
Title Details Peaks Sales
JPN
[36] 		JPN
Hot
[37]
Noisy Love Room – Maisondes × Uruseiyatsura Complete Collection 25 26

Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details, chart positions, and sales
Title Details Peak positions Sales
JPN
[36] 		JPN
Cmb.
[39] 		JPN
Hot
[37]
Noisy Room
  • Released: March 15, 2023
  • Label: Mastersix Foundation
  • Formats: CD, DL, streaming
 29 44 30

Singles

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name
No.  Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album
JPN
[41] 		JPN
Cmb.
[42] 		JPN
Hot
[37]
101 "Hello/Hello"
(featuring Yama and Nakimusho) 		2021 — — — Non-album singles
310 "For Ten Minutes, For a Hundred Yen"
(featuring Moka Satō and WhaleDontSleep) 		— — —
000 "Hontō wa Yoru no Hashi made"
(featuring OOO and WhaleDontSleep) 		— — —
301 "Irenai"
(featuring Miu Dōmura, 301, and Geg) 		— — —
102 "Yowanehaki"
(featuring Wanuka and Asmi) 		— 14 13
103 "Dance Dance Dada"
(featuring Ema and Tanaka) 		— — —
308 "Grumpy"
(featuring Haruno and Aqu3ra) 		— — —
107 "Melt in Late Summer"
(featuring Riria and Nagumoyuuki) 		— — —
111 "Rally, Rally"
(featuring Pii and Meiyo) 		— — —
201 "Bed Hair"
(featuring Kohana Lam and Zettakun) 		2022 — — —
302 "Cheers"
(featuring Tani Yuuki and Kei Sugawara) 		— — —
032 "You Don't Understand"
(featuring Atashi and Zumita) 		— — —
Dig:001 "Juice Box"
(featuring Aruma and Kksi) 		— — —
417 "Color of Cardboard Box"
(featuring 4na and Mossa) 		— — —
373 "Aiue"
(featuring Minami and Sakuramoti) 		27 13 63 Noisy Room and
Noisy Love Room
239 "Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous"
(featuring Kaf and Tsumiki) 		21
  • RIAJ: Platinum (st.)[43]
888 "Infinite"
(featuring Sorane and Meiyo) 		— — — Non-album singles
245 "I Like You"
(featuring Aimer and Wanuka) 		2023 — — —
333 "Love Trap Muchū"
(featuring Asmi and Threee) 		— — — Noisy Room and
Noisy Love Room
210 "Not Enough"
(featuring Yama and Nito) 		— — —
128 "That's Enough"
(featuring Kankan and Hynome) 		— — —
610 "Toraenohime"
(featuring Muto and Sohbana) 		— — —
349 "Show Me Your Phone"
(featuring Hashimero and Maeshima Soshi) 		— — — Non-album singles
832 "You Were Wet"
(featuring Aizawa and Shikiura Sōgo) 		— — —
XYZ "A Lonely Night (Lonely Get Wild)"
(featuring Ainy and Red) 		— — —
900 "Bathroom"
(featuring Ren and Maeshima Soshi) 		— — —
404 "Double Push Off"
(featuring Suisoh and A4) 		— — —
609 "Lock-On"
(featuring Hashimero and Megurimeguru) 		2024 36 — — Noisy Love Room
397 "Sakura Blossom"
(featuring 9Lana and Sakuramoti) 		— —
1101 "Popcorn!!"
(featuring Hello Kitty, Narumiya, and Sasuke Haraguchi) 		— — — Non-album single
430 "You Make Me Feel Spring"
(featuring Ayuni D and Nito) 		— — — Noisy Love Room
039 "By My Darling"
(featuring Miki Maria and Nito) 		— — —
322 "Wannabe"
(featuring Hoshimachi Suisei and Sukuma) 		— — — Non-album singles
202 "Pain, Pain, Go Away"
(featuring Yuika and Kafuné) 		— — —
††† "Alibi Game"
(featuring Noa and Kayayu) 		— — —
365 "I Want"
(featuring Yuri and Hashimero) 		— — —
717 "Träumerei"
(featuring Isekaijoucho and Issey) 		2025 — — —
334 "Unspoken Days"
(featuring Kano and Mimi) 		— — —
800 "Bake no Kawa"
(featuring Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga, and TeddyLoid) 		— — —
420 "Ash＆Ember"
(featuring Lisa and Nanahoshi Kangengakudan) 		2026 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Nichimezo

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Modoki Step"
(with Rei and Masadara) 		2025 Non-album singles
"Pretender"
(with Rei and Daibakuhashin)
"Beautiful Ugly World"
(with Rei and Sakuma)
"A Miracle Worthy of You"
(with Rei and WhaleDontSleep)
"Colorful Palette"
(with Rei and Furu_ri)
"You"
(with Rei and Twinfield)
"Bakebake"
(with Rei and Nayutan Seijin)
"Rhapsody of Lies"
(with Rei and Akasaki)
"Enormous Frontier"
(with Rei and Satsuki)
"Love Says So"
(with Rei and Tomoya Tabuchi) 		2026
"Day by Day"
(with Rei and Meiyo)

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other performing artists, and album name
Title Artist Year Album
"Azuki Arai"[44] 2026 Lisa and Kenmochi Hidefumi Lace Up

Concerts

  • Maisondes Live #1 (2023)[32]
  • Maisondes Live #2 (2024)[45]
  • Maisondes Live Room to Room (2025)[46]
  • Maisondes Live #3 (2026)[47]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
Japan Gold Disc Award 2023 Best 5 New Artists (Japan) Maisondes Won [48]
TikTok Buzzword Awards 2021 Music Category "Yowanehaki" Won [49]

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