Tomonari Sora ‘Demons Banquet’ Tops Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs

Tomonari Sora’s “Demons Banquet” holds at No. 1 for the second week in a row on Billboard Japan’s Heatseekers Songs chart, dated Feb. 28, tallying the week ending Feb. 25.

This chart extracts artists rapidly on the rise based on radio airplay, downloads, streaming and video views among the metrics that make up the Billboard Japan Hot 100 weekly song chart.

The demo version of the track by the singer-songwriter born in 2002 went viral after being posted on TikTok in November, and was officially released in digital form on Jan. 10.

“Demons Banquet” comes in at No. 10 for video views, No. 59 for downloads, and No. 66 for streaming, gaining 40% in total points from the previous week.

At No. 2 on Heatseekers Songs is swetty’s “junkie.” This track was released Dec. 4 by the artist who is active mainly on SoundCloud, and grabbed the spotlight after ONE OK ROCK frontman Taka shouted it out on Instagram Live in late January.

Meanwhile, TOMOO’s “Present” debuts on the chart at No. 7. The 28-year-old artist sings about love over a pop and upbeat, euphoric track in her latest release, which gained points mainly in radio this week.

Other first-time entries on this chart this week include Humbreaders’ (hum-bread-ers) “DANCING IN THE ROOM,” Risky Melody’s “Itai Itai Ai,” E.scene’s “Watashi to Watashi,” and WHITE SCORPION’s “Hijoshudan.” asobi’s “All In My Head,” also climbs the chart to enter the top 20 at No. 18.

Some rules regarding the Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs chart include: songs that have entered the top 300 in at least one metric of the Japan Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks including the tallying week are eligible; the list excludes artists who have charted in the top 20 of the Japan Hot 100 or in the top 10 of the Japan Hot Albums charts after appearing on the Heatseekers list; artists / acts that have charted in the top 20 for at least 4 months (17 weeks) out of the last 6 months (26 weeks) are excluded; and if any excluded artists are clearly listed in the credited artist’s name as “Feat.” etc., their songs are also excluded.

◎Billboard JAPAN Heatseekers Songs Top 20

(Data Collected: Feb. 19-25, 2024)

1. “Demons Banquet” / Tomonari Sora

2. “junkie” / swetty

3. “Zenhoukou Bishoujo” / noa

4. “request”  / krage

5. “Obsessed” / Ayumu Imazu

6. “Planet” / ako

7. “Present” / TOMOO

8. “AtoZ” / Tokimekkii

9. “SARIGIWA NO ROMANTICS” / See-Saw

10. “Konton Boogie” / Jon-YAKITORY

11. “DANCING IN THE ROOM” / Humbreaders

12. ““Itai Itai Ai” / Risky Melody

13. “LoveJetaime” / Mahiru Coda

14. “My dream girls” / NACHERRY

15. “Watashi to Watashi” / E.scene

16. “Futsunanteiranaiyo” / TENSONG

17. “ANPANMAN TAISOU” / Dreaming

18. “All In My Head” / asobi

19. “Hijoshudan” / WHITE SCORPION

20. “Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern” / Bravern (Kenichi Suzumura)