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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Egoist | image = http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LgfM_RS3Ihg/VFhPIyyGg8I/AAAAAAAAw2s/jUUFJpwfgNc/s1600/EGOIST%2BFallen%2B%E6%AD%8C%E8%A9%9E%2Blyrics%2Bcover.JPG | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = [[Japan]] | instrument = | genre = [[J-pop]] | years_active = 2011–present | label = [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music]] | associated_acts = [[Supercell (band)|Supercell]] | website = {{URL|http://www.egoist-inori.jp/}} | current_members = {{Unbulleted list|Ryo|Chelly}} | past_members = | notable_instruments = }} '''Egoist''' (stylized as '''EGOIST''') is a Japanese [[J-pop|pop music]] duo consisting of [[songwriter]] Ryo of [[Supercell (band)|Supercell]] and vocalist Chelly. Originally formed to produce theme music for the 2011 [[anime]] television series ''[[Guilty Crown]]'', the group continued to produce music after the end of the series. Egoist's debut album ''[[Extra terrestrial Biological Entities]]'' was released in September 2012. ==History== In 2011, Ryo of [[Supercell (band)|Supercell]] was tasked with composing theme music for the anime television series ''[[Guilty Crown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-08/guilty-crown-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed|title=Guilty Crown Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 8, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref> That year, Supercell held auditions from May 25 to June 19 for the vocalist on the band's third studio album ''[[Zigaexperientia]]'' (2013),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-05-25/music-group-supercell-holds-auditions-for-next-album|title=Music Group supercell Holds Auditions for Next Album|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 25, 2011|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref> and Ryo was also searching for the vocalist of Egoist, a fictional band featured in ''Guilty Crown''.<ref name="mFound1">{{cite web|url=http://mfound.jp/interview/egoist.html|title=EGOIST『Extra terrestrial Biological Entities』インタビュー Page1|trans_title=Egoist ''Extra terrestrial Biological Entities'' Interview Page 1|publisher=mFound|accessdate=December 4, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> Out of about 2,000 candidates, then 17-year-old female singer Chelly was chosen to sing under the persona of the band's vocalist [[List of Guilty Crown characters#Main|Inori Yuzuriha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-08/17-year-old-wins-supercell-audition-to-sing-guilty-crown-songs|title=17-Year-Old Wins Supercell Audition to Sing Guilty Crown Songs|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> Egoist's debut single {{Nihongo|"Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)"|Departures －あなたにおくるアイの歌－|Departures －Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta－}} was released on November 30, 2011; the song was used as ''Guilty Crown''{{'s}} first ending theme.<ref name="Departures-Oricon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/550458/products/music/937994/1/|title=Departures －あなたにおくるアイの歌－|trans_title=Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)|publisher=[[Oricon]]|accessdate=December 23, 2011|language=Japanese}}</ref> Egoist's second single is "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" released on March 7, 2012; the song was used as ''Guilty Crown''{{'s}} second opening theme.<ref name="TEGC-Oricon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/550458/products/music/949996/1/|title=The Everlasting Guilty Crown|publisher=[[Oricon]]|accessdate=March 6, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> Included on Egoist's first two singles are remixes of the title songs by [[Boom Boom Satellites]].<ref name="Departures-Oricon"/><ref name="TEGC-Oricon"/> Egoist's debut album ''[[Extra terrestrial Biological Entities]]'' was released on September 19, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?associate=SMO&cd=SRCL000008093|title=Extra terrestrial Biological Entities|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|accessdate=July 16, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> Egoist's third single {{Nihongo|"Namae no Nai Kaibutsu"|名前のない怪物}} was released on December 5, 2012; the song is used as the first ending theme to the 2012 anime series ''[[Psycho-Pass]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&cd=SRCL000008149|script-title=ja:名前のない怪物 (通常盤)|trans_title=Namae no Nai Kaibutsu (regular edition)|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|accessdate=September 21, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> Egoist's fourth single "All Alone With You" was released on March 6, 2013; the song is used as the second ending theme to ''Psycho-Pass''. Egoist released the [[digital single]] {{Nihongo|"Suki to Iwareta Hi"|好きと言われた日}} on November 6, 2013. Egoist's fifth single "Fallen" was released on November 19, 2014; the song is used as the ending theme to the 2014 anime series ''Psycho-Pass 2''.<ref name="Fallen-Oricon">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/550458/products/music/1097848/1/|title=Fallen|publisher=[[Oricon]]|accessdate=October 9, 2014|language=Japanese}}</ref> ==Discography== === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications |- ! style="width:12em;" rowspan="2"| Title ! style="width:16em;" rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="4"| Peak positions ! style="width:12em;" rowspan="2"| Sales (JPN)<ref name="sales">{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | trans_title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=Japanese | work=[[Oricon]] |subscription=yes | accessdate=October 14, 2014}}</ref>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.}} |- ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>[[Oricon|JPN]]</small><br/><ref name="oricon-positions">{{cite web | title=EGOISTのリリース一覧 | trans_title=List of Egoist's Releases | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/550458/products/release/ |language=Japanese | work=[[Oricon]] | accessdate=October 14, 2014}}</ref> ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>[[Gaon Albums Chart|KOR]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web | title=2013년 02주차 Album Chart 종합 | url=http://www-new.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_type=week&f_year=2013&f_month=&f_week=02&f_chart_kind_cd=T |language=Korean | work=[[Gaon Music Chart]] | publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association | accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref> ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>[[Gaon Albums Chart|KOR]]<br/>Overseas</small><br/><ref>{{cite web | title=2013년 02주차 Album Chart 국외 | url=http://www-new.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=E&f_week=02&f_year=2013&f_type=week |language=Korean | work=[[Gaon Music Chart]] | publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association | accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref> ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>[[G-Music|TWN]] East Asian</small><br/><ref name="g-musicjpnkor">{{cite web | url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx | language=Chinese | title=G-Music J-Pop Chart | publisher=G-Music | accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=GMusic|Positions were sourced as follows: ''Extra Terrestrial Biological Entities'' 2012 week 38, "Fallen" 2014 week 48 and 2015 week 1.}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Extra Terrestrial Biological Entities]]'' | *Released: May 23, 2012 {{small|(JPN)}} *Label: Sony *Formats: [[Compact Disc|CD]], CD/[[DVD]], [[Digital distribution|digital download]] | 9 || 58 || 6 || 4 | 50,000<!--50,380 as of 2013/04/01--> |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:4em;" | Sales (JPN)<ref name="sales"/> ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;" | Album |- !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN ''Oricon''<br /><ref name="oricon-positions"/> !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Japan Hot 100|JPN Hot 100]]<br /><ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail/?a=hot100 | title= Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN| publisher=Billboard | language=Japanese}}</ref>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=BillboardSingles|Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)",<ref>{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2011&month=12&day=12 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=Japanese | date=December 7, 2011 | accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> "The Everlasting Guilty Crown",<ref>{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=03&day=19 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=Japanese | date=March 14, 2012 | accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> "Namae no Nai Kaibutsu",<ref>{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=12&day=17 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=Japanese | date=December 12, 2012 | accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> "All Alone with You",<ref>{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2013&month=03&day=18 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=Japanese | date=March 13, 2013 | accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> "Fallen".<ref>{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=12&day=01 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=Japanese | date=December 1, 2014 | accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>}} ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>[[G-Music|TWN]]</small><br/><ref name="g-music">{{cite web | url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx | language=Chinese | title=G-Music Combo Chart | publisher=G-Music | accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> ! style="width:2.5em;"|<small>TWN East Asian</small><br/><ref name="g-musicjpnkor"/>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=GMusic}} |- ! scope="row" | "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)"<ref group="Jp">{{nihongo||あなたにおくるアイの歌||"A Love Song I'm Sending to You"}}</ref> | 2011 | 8 || 20 || — || — | 46,000<!--46,275 as of 2012/04/30--> | |rowspan="2"|''Extra Terrestrial Biological Entities'' |- ! scope="row" | "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" |rowspan="2"| 2012 | 7 || 15 || — || — | 51,000<!--50,781 as of 2012/06/04--> | *[[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]] <span style="font-size:85%;">(digital)</span>: Gold<ref name="RIAJ-jan2014digi">{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ　1月度有料音楽配信認定 | trans_title=Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140228.html | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |language=Japanese | date=February 28, 2014 | accessdate=March 4, 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Namae no Nai Kaibutsu"<ref group="Jp">{{nihongo||名前のない怪物||"Nameless Monster"}}</ref> | 6 || 9 || — || — | 41,000<!--40,891 as of 2015/01/26--> | *RIAJ <span style="font-size:85%;">(digital)</span>: Gold<ref name="RIAJ-jan2014digi"/> |rowspan="4"|Non-album singles |- ! scope="row" | "All Alone with You" |rowspan="2"| 2013 | 6 || 9 || — || — | 33,000<!--33,166 as of 2013/05/20--> | |- ! scope="row" | "Suki to Iwareta Hi"<ref group="Jp">{{nihongo||好きと言われた日||"The Day You Said You Loved Me"}}</ref>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released exclusively as a digital single.<ref name="RIAJ-jan2014digi">{{cite web | title=Anime Festival Asia 2013 in Singaporeにて解禁 配信限定Single EGOIST、新曲「好きと言われた日」配信開始！ | url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/supercell/info/432891 | publisher=Sony |language=Japanese | date=November 6, 2013 | accessdate=October 14, 2014}}</ref>}} | — || — || — || — | | |- ! scope="row" | "Fallen" |rowspan="1"| 2014 | 9 || 8 || 19 || 1 | 27,000<!--27,315 as of 2015/01/19--> | |- |colspan="15" style="font-size:90%;"|"—" denotes items which failed to chart, or were ineligible to chart due to a physical edition not being released. |} ===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !width="260"|Song !Director(s) |- | 2011 | "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)" | |- | rowspan="3"| 2012 | "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" | |- | "Planetes" | |- | "Namae no Nai Kaibutsu" | Masakazu Fukatsu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0092924&ch=0|script-title=ja:名前のない怪物|trans_title=Namae no Nai Kaibutsu|publisher=Space Shower Networks|accessdate=December 27, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> |- | 2013 | "All Alone with You" | |- | 2014 | "Fallen" | |} ==Notes== {{notelist-ua}} {{reflist|group=Jp}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{official website|http://www.egoist-inori.jp/}} {{ja icon}} [[Category:Japanese pop music groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2011]] [[Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists]] [[Category:Anime musical groups]]'