“IRIS OUT” has won “Song of the Year” at the MTV VMA Japan Awards.
The opening theme song for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze won “Song of the Year” at the VMA Japan Awards this year. The song was nominated along with HANA’s “Blue Jeans,” Sakanaction “Kaiju,” Aina the End’s “Kakumei Douchu – On The Way,” and M!LK’s “Suki Sugite Metsu.” He also won “Best Collaboration Video -Japan-” with Hikaru Utada for the ending theme song of the film “Jane Doe.”
Released on September 15, 2025, “IRIS OUT” was written and produced by the singer. The music video has amassed 234 million views on YouTube as of this article’s writing. The song has won numerous awards including “Best Anime Song” at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, “Song of the Year by Streaming (Japan)” at the Japan Gold Disc Awards, and won “Best J-Pop Song” and scored nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best Anime Song” at the Music Awards Japan. The song hit the top of the Japan Hot 100 charts, peaked at #2 at the Oricon charts, and peaked at #5 at the Billboard Global 200 charts–the highest a Japanese song has ever gotten.
“IRIS OUT” was submitted for Grammy nominee consideration, making history as the first anime song to do so.
Yonezu is no stranger to Chainsaw Man fans as he performed the opening theme song “KICK BACK” for the first season which also ranked high on the music charts and earned “Best Anime Song Award” at the Reiwa Anisong Awards. He also performed the ending theme song for the movie “Jane Doe” with Hikaru Utada.
Congratulations!
Source: MTV VMAJ 2026
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