nano.RIPE to Release Hikari wo Hakobumono, First Full Album in Over Two Years, on March 12!

• The 2-member band nano.RIPE, recognized for performing quite a few anime theme songs, introduced at their idea one-man reside “Hoshinomonshou” held at Shibuya DIVE that they are going to launch their subsequent full album, Hikari wo Hakobumono (Lit. “Those Who Carry Light”), on March 12, 2025.
• Themed round “initial impulses,” the album will embrace 13 tracks, that includes 10 brand-new songs. The present tracks will embrace “Hikari no Nai Machi,” the OP theme of The Satan Is a Half-Timer! season 2, “Magic Hour,” the picture music for the manga Tensei Shite Inaka de Gradual Life wo Okuritai, and “Climax,” the highschool baseball theme and cheering music for Saitama, Chiba, and Ishikawa prefectures.
• To advertise the album, the band will embark on a nationwide tour, visiting 9 cities throughout Japan beginning in April. Pre-sale tickets can be found now.

Remark From Kimiko (Guitar, Vocals)

With the theme of preliminary impulses, we fastidiously crafted this album whereas staying true to our distinctive band sound. We poured into it the hope that we are able to now share the sunshine music as soon as gave us. Could this album comprise one thing that lights your method.

Product Info

nano.RIPE eighth album Hikari wo Hakobumono
Launch Date: March 12, 2025
Product No.: LACA-25147
Value: ¥3,300 (incl. tax)

Tracklist
1. Toroimerai
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Kimiko / Association: Jun Sasaki
2. Hoshi ni Todoku yo
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
3. Climax (Saitama-Chiba-Ishikawa Excessive Faculty Baseball Theme and Cheering Music)
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
4. Hikari no Nai Machi (The Satan Is a Half-Timer! 2nd Season OP Theme)
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
5. Boku to Otona no Chocolate
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Kimiko / Association: Jun Sasaki
6. Tsuki no Deru Oka
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
7. Zirconia
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
8. Shoki Shoudou
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
9. Sakugetsu
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
10. Restrict
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
11. Magic Hour (Tensei Shite Inaka de Gradual Life wo Okuritai Picture Music)
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
12. Hatenaki Blue
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki
13. Hoshi to Boku no Zahyou
Lyrics: Kimiko / Composition: Jun Sasaki / Association: Jun Sasaki

eighth Album Hikari wo Hakobumono Launch Tour

Schedule
April 12, 2025 (Sat) Joetsu EARTH, Niigata – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
April 19, 2025 (Sat) Kanazawa AZ, Ishikawa – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
April 20, 2025 (Solar) Kanazawa AZ, Ishikawa – OPEN 16:00 / START 16:30
Could 3, 2025 (Sat) Nagoya ell.SIZE, Aichi – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
Could 10, 2025 (Sat) Sendai ROCKATERIA, Miyagi – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
Could 17, 2025 (Sat) Queblick, Fukuoka – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
Could 24, 2025 (Sat) CRAZYMAMA 2ndRoom, Okayama – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
Could 25, 2025 (Solar) Fukushima LIVE SQUARE 2nd LINE, Osaka – OPEN 16:00 / START 16:30
Could 31, 2025 (Sat) Sapporo Loopy Monkey, Hokkaido – OPEN 17:00 / START 17:30
June 7, 2025 (Sat) Shimokitazawa CLUB Que, Tokyo – OPEN 16:45 / START 17:30

Tickets

FC Pre-sale
Sale Interval: 20:00 on December 7 – 23:59 on December 22 (JST)
Ticket Value: ¥5,000 (incl. tax)
*FC low cost value
*Buy restrict: 2 tickets per individual
*Drink price not included
*Required for ages 3 and up
*Fan membership membership required to use for tickets

Fan Membership “Noctiluca”
fanicon.net/fancommunities/3607

Common Sale
Sale Interval: From 10:00 on January 1, 2025 (JST)
Ticket Value: ¥5,500 (incl. tax) / ¥6,000 (incl. tax) on the door
*Drink price not included
*Required for ages 3 and up

Inquiries in regards to the efficiency
nano.RIPE information: [email protected]

nano.RIPE’s Profile

A two-member band consisting of Kimiko (Guitar, Vocals) and Jun Sasaki (Guitar), shaped in 2004. They made their main debut in 2010 and gained widespread consideration in 2011 with the opening theme music “Hana no Iro” for the TV anime Hanasaku Iroha. They’ve since offered theme songs for quite a few anime, together with Hanasaku Iroha, The Satan Is a Half-Timer!, Non Non Biyori, and Meals Wars! In 2015, they efficiently accomplished a tour throughout all 47 prefectures in Japan, and in 2019, they carried out at “COUNTDOWN JAPAN 19/20.” They continue to be energetic with reside performances each domestically and internationally and can rejoice their fifteenth anniversary in 2025.

Supply: Official Press Launch