Hello Sleepwalkers

Hello Sleepwalkers
Also known asDonguri Buster (どんぐりバスター)
OriginOkinawa, Japan
Genres
Years active2008–2018; 2021–present
LabelsA-Sketch (2011–present)
Members
  • Shuntaro
  • Narumi
  • Tasoko
  • Makoto
  • Yuki
Websitehellosleepwalkers.com

Hello Sleepwalkers (ハロー・スリープウォーカーズ) is a five-member Japanese alternative rock band from Okinawa formed in 2008. The band is signed to A-Sketch Music Label and have currently released five studio albums, two extended plays, four single albums, and ten singles. They are best known for performing the opening theme song of the anime Noragami, "Goya no Machiawase" (午夜の待ち合わせ, Midnight's Appointment). In November 2018, the band announced their hiatus. The band resumed activity in September of 2021.

Members

Hello Sleepwalkers consists of:[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
JPN
[2]
Majiru Yoru: Nemuranai Wakusei (マジルヨル：ネムラナイワクセイ)
Track listing
  1. Goodnight At Midnight (ミッドナイトにグッドナイト)
  2. Moon Gait (月面歩行)
  3. Landmark Of Planet Q (惑星Qのランドマーク)
  4. Sentimental Syndrome (センチメンタル症候群)
  5. Cyclic Swimming (環状遊泳)
  6. Five-Dimensional Girls Rear (五次元少女リア)
  7. Are Sleeping (寝てる)
 50
Masked Monkey Awakening
  • Released: February 19, 2014
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Where The Monkey Falls From The Trees (猿は木から何処へ落ちる)
  2. Midnight's Appointment (午夜の待ち合わせ)
  3. Bloody Mary
  4. Comic Relief
  5. Desert (砂漠)
  6. Creation (天地創造)
  7. 23
  8. Transboundary (越境)
  9. Countdown
  10. Disk Flying (円盤飛来)
 25
Liquid Soul and Solid Blood
  • Released: October 22, 2014
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Scandalous Prayer (百鬼夜行)
  2. Worker Ant
  3. Achilles And Tortoise (アキレスと亀)
  4. In The Morning The Two Of Us (朝に二人は)
  5. Digi Bowie (デジボウイ)
  6. Ray Of Sunlight
 50
Planless Perfection
  • Released: March 23, 2016
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Rhetoric (レトリック)
  2. Water Surface (水面)
  3. Eyes To The Skies
  4. Mythology Collapse (神話崩壊)
  5. Life Is A Game??
  6. How Does Hameln Blow A Whistle? (ハーメルンはどのようにして笛を吹くのか)
  7. Breaking Dawn (夜明け)
  8. Stand-Alone
  9. Jamming
  10. 2XXX
  11. Perfect Planner
 38
Yumeyuu no Hate Yori (夢遊ノ果テヨリ)
  • Released: December 8, 2021
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. SCAPEGOAT
  2. 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年)
  3. Lies (虚言症)
  4. Love Trouble (恋煩い)
  5. Cyber Sea (電脳の海)
  6. Past Pigments (過去の色素)
  7. Fire (HSW Version)
 63
PROJECT
  • Released: November 2, 2022
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Rurou Kitan (流浪奇譚)
  2. Project (プロジェクト)
  3. Twilight (トワイライト)
  4. Seikatsu RHYTHM (生活RHYTHM)
  5. Saishuu Heiki (最終兵器)
  6. Aru Hoshi to Monologue (或る星とモノローグ)
  7. Shuushi Kigou no Saki e (終止記号の先へ)

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[2]
Shinsekai (シンセカイ)
  • Released: February 15, 2017
  • Label: A-Sketch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. New World (新世界)
  2. Sleep Tight
  3. Rollin'
  4. Yah Yah Yah
  5. Sundown
  6. DNA Staircase (DNAの階段)
  7. Solar Eclipse (日食)
 27

Singles

Title Year Peak
chart
positions 		Album
JPN
Oricon
[2] 		JPN
Billboard
[3]
"Disk Flying" (円盤飛来) 2012 96 — Masked Monkey Awakening
"Midnight's Appointment" (午夜の待ち合わせ) 2014 27 30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Filmography

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Appearance
"Disk Flying" (円盤飛来) 2012 Space Shower TV Power Push!, June degree
"Midnight's Appointment" (午夜の待ち合わせ) 2014 UHF anime Noragami, opening theme
"Where The Monkey Falls From The Trees" (猿は木から何処へ落ちる) TBS Count Down TV, February's ending theme
"Ray Of Sunlight" Under Armour CM Song
"Scandalous Prayer" (百鬼夜行) Bleach: Brave Souls, smartphone application opening theme

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2011 "Sentimental Syndrome" (センチメンタル症候群) Fukatsu Masakazu
"Moon Gait" (月面歩行)
2012 "Disk Flying" (円盤飛来)
2014 "Midnight's Appointment" (午夜の待ち合わせ) Kurōdo Furuya
"Where The Monkey Falls From The Trees" (猿は木から何処へ落ちる) Hideaki Fukui
"Ray Of Sunlight" Masatoshi Takizawa
"Scandalous Prayer" (百鬼夜行)
"Achilles And Tortoise" (アキレスと亀) Watanabe Division
2016 "Mythology Collapse" (神話崩壊) Yōhei Saitō
"Breaking Dawn" (夜明け)
"How Does Hameln Blow A Whistle?" (ハーメルンはどのようにして笛を吹くのか) Watanabe Division
2017 "New World" (新世界) Yōhei Saitō
"Solar Eclipse" (日食) Kazuaki Kimura
2021 "SCAPEGOAT" Yōhei Saitō

References

  1. ^ "Hello Sleepwalkers Official Profile". hellosleepwalkers.com. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Hello Sleepwalkers | ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. Retrieved November 2, 2019.