Tuki (stylized as tuki.) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her debut single "Bansanka" released in September 2023 took the top spot on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart on January 24, 2024, making her the youngest artist in the chart's history to surpass a 100 million views on streaming services. Tuki works annonymously, keeping her face hidden in music videos and live performances.
Life and career Tuki started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and soon began uploading videos of performances of her original songs and covers on TikTok. She chooses to remain anonymous, and performs without showing her face. She chose the name Tuki, meaning 'moon' in Japanese, due to her love of the moon and its "mysterious image".
2023 On July 7, 2023, the chorus of an original song "Bansanka" was posted on TikTok without revealing its title. Subsequently, the first verse and bridge of the song were uploaded and on August 16, the chorus was reposted under the official title "Bansanka". The song became popular on TikTok, where it was used in various videos and covered by numerous users. On September 3, her official YouTube channel was opened.
"Bansanka" was released on September 29 to coincide with Otsukimi. On the same day, "Bansanka" became available on the DAM karaoke service. The acoustic version of "Bansanka" was released on September 30 on YouTube, reaching a million views within a few days. "Bansanka" was made available on the Joysound karaoke service on October 8. "Bansanka" took the top spot on Spotify's Daily Viral Songs (Japan) and Viral Top 50 (Japan) charts on October 18 and October 21, respectively.1716408399091638753 – Twitter
On November 28, Tuki released her second single, "Ichirinka" on streaming services together with the music video on YouTube. The video was animated by Urara.1729479417083424810 – Twitter
On December 24, the music video for "Bansanka" was released. Illustrations for the music video were provided by Posuka Demizu, known for having drawn the manga The Promised Neverland.1738926783150633173 – Twitter
2024 On January 10, 2024, Tuki's third single "Sakura Kimi Watashi" was released on streaming services. It was also announced that the song would be used as an insert song for AbemaTV's dating reality series I Fell in Love with You Today – Graduation Edition.1746094736707129365 – Twitter
On January 24, Tuki took the top spot on Oricon's Weekly Digital Ranking chart for the first time with "Bansanka". It was announced on January 25 that Tuki took the top spot on Oricon's Weekly Singles Ranking chart as well with "Bansanka".
"Bansanka" took the first place on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart on January 24. She became the youngest solo artist on the chart to surpass 100 million streams.
On April 20, Tuki made her first television appearance without revealing her face on Nippon TV's music TV show, Buzz Rhythm. On December 31, she performed "Bansanka" on the 75th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
2025
Tuki released her debut studio album 15 on January 8, 2025.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak positions Sales JPN JPNCmb. JPNHot 15 Released: January 8, 2025 Label: The Lunar Landing Plan Formats: CD, DL, streaming 4 4 18 JPN: 19,568
Live albums + List of live albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak positions JPNDig. JPNDL 15 – Live Edition (Nippon Budokan ～承認欲求爆発～) Released: May 27, 2026 Label: The Lunar Landing Plan Formats: DL, streaming 29 36
Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak positions Album JPNCmb. JPNHot WW 2023 1 1 153 15 — — — 2024 — 73 — — 77 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 — 52 — rowspan="10" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 — — — — — — "SOS" — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
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 Music Awards Japan 2025 Best New Artist Tuki Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter Song "Bansanka" Karaoke of the Year: J-Pop
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