Luna Sea discography
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The discography of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live albums, 3 self cover albums, 9 compilations (including 3 box sets), 10 instrumental remix albums, 22 singles, and 48 home videos.
Studio albums10
Live albums3
Compilation albums9
Tribute albums1
The band was founded in 1986 by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. In 1989 they recruited lead guitarist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that remained the same until Shinya's death from cancer in February 2026. Originally called Lunacy, the band changed their name to Luna Sea upon their first album release in 1991.
Due to their early use of make-up and costumes and their widespread popularity, Luna Sea are considered one of the most successful and influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid '90s they used significantly less make-up, and after a one-year break in 1998, came back with a more mainstream alternative rock style and toned down their on-stage attire. When they disbanded in 2000, they left a big mark on the Japanese rock scene. In 2003, HMV ranked Luna Sea at number 90 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.[1] Luna Sea have sold over 10 million certified records in Japan.
Luna Sea achieved their breakthrough success with a sold-out tour in 1991, which helped them get a contract with MCA Victor, and with the release of their second album Image (1992), which peaked at number 9 on the Oricon chart. Following critically acclaimed albums Eden in 1993 (No. 5), Mother in 1994 (No. 2) and Style in 1996 (No. 1), the band switched to Universal in 1998 and released their best-selling studio album, the number one Shine. In late 2000, after their seventh studio album Lunacy (No. 3), Luna Sea disbanded. In 2007 and 2008 they reunited for one-date shows, and in 2010 officially restarted activities. Their first new studio album in thirteen years, A Will (No.3), was released in 2013. Their ninth album, Luv (No. 4), followed four years later in 2017. At the end of 2019, Cross peaked at number 3 on the Oricon, but became their first to top Billboard Japan.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title (information) |
Peak Position |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[2][3] | Billboard Japan | TWN | ||||
| 1991 | Luna Sea
|
－ | － | － | 30,000+[4] |
|
| 1992 | Image
|
9 | － | － | 400,000 |
|
| 1993 | Eden
|
5 | － | － | 400,000 |
|
| 1994 | Mother
|
2 | － | － | 712,000 |
|
| 1996 | Style
|
1 | － | － | 725,000[6] |
|
| 1998 | Shine
|
1 | － | － | 1,125,000 |
|
| 2000 | Lunacy
|
3 | － | － | 284,000 |
|
| 2013 | A Will
|
3 | 3[7] | － | － |
|
| 2017 | Luv
|
4 | 4[8] | － | － |
|
| 2019 | Cross
|
3 | 1[9] | 1[10] | － |
|
Self cover albums
| Year | Title (information) |
Peak Position |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[3] | Billboard Japan | ||||
| 2011 | Luna Sea
|
6 | 7[11] | 35,000 | － |
| 2023 | Mother
|
4 | 5[12] | 15,293 | － |
Style
|
6 | 6[12] | 14,942 | － | |
Live albums
| Year | Title (information) |
Oricon |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly[2][3] | Yearly | ||||
| 1999 | Never Sold Out
|
5 | 80 | 288,000 |
|
| 2011 | Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles
|
15 | － | 6,000 |
|
| 2014 | Never Sold Out 2
|
14 | － | － |
|
Compilation albums
| Year | Title (information) |
Oricon |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly[2][3] | Yearly | ||||
| 1997 | Singles
|
1 | 20 | 1,236,000[6] |
|
| 2000 | Period -the Best Selection-
|
1 | 53 (2001) |
400,000 |
|
| 2002 | Another Side of Singles II
|
30 | － | 17,000 |
|
| 2003 | Complete Single Box
|
－ | － | － |
|
| 2004 | Complete Album Box
|
212 | － | － |
|
| 2005 | Slow
|
63 | － | 8,000 |
|
| 2008 | Complete Best
|
11 | － | 20,000 |
|
| 2013 | Complete Best -Asia Limited Edition-
|
47 | － | － |
|
| 2014 | 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One-
|
17 | － | － |
|
Tribute album
| Year | Title (information) |
Oricon |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Yearly | ||||
| 2007 | Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-
|
33[13] | － | － | － |
Remix albums
| Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Symphonic Luna Sea | June 22, 1994 | Victor |
| Symphonic Luna Sea II | September 21, 1995 | Victor |
| Guitar Solo Instruments 1 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Guitar Solo Instruments 2 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Piano Solo Instruments 1 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Piano Solo Instruments 2 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Piano Solo Instruments 3 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Piano Solo Instruments 4 | December 19, 2001 | Universal |
| Symphonic Luna Sea -Reboot- | November 26, 2014 | Nippon Columbia |
| Piano Anthology ~Melody of Luna Sea~ | August 31, 2016 | Being Inc. |
Singles
| Year | Title (information) |
Oricon |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 |
Sales (Japan) |
RIAJ certification (sales thresholds) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly [14][15] |
Yearly | ||||||
| 1993 | "Believe"
|
11 | — | — | 200,000 | Gold[5] | Eden |
"In My Dream (With Shiver)"
|
9 | — | — | 102,920 | — | ||
| 1994 | "Rosier"
|
3 | 80 | — | 400,000 | Platinum[5] | Mother |
"True Blue"
|
1 | 65 | — | 420,490 | Platinum[5] | ||
| 1995 | "Mother"
|
5 | — | — | 243,290 | — | |
"Desire"
|
1 | — | — | 588,370 | — | Style | |
| 1996 | "End of Sorrow"
|
1 | 70 | — | 419,360 | Platinum[5] | |
"In Silence"
|
2 | — | — | 285,510 | Gold[5] | ||
| 1998 | "Storm"
|
1 | 29 | — | 720,370 | Platinum[5] | Shine |
"Shine"
|
1 | 59 | — | 415,820 | Platinum[5] | ||
"I for You"
|
2 | 49 | — | 481,390 | Platinum[5] | ||
| 2000 | "Gravity"
|
1 | — | — | 282,720 | Gold[5] | Lunacy |
"Tonight"
|
4 | — | — | 211,460 | — | ||
"Love Song"
|
4 | — | — | 178,980 | — | ||
| 2012 | "The One -Crash to Create-"
|
5 | — | 23[16] | 30,000 | — | |
"The End of the Dream/Rouge"
|
6 | — | 7[17] | 22,500 | — | A Will | |
| 2013 | "Thoughts"
|
7 | — | 14[18] | 16,682 | — | |
"Ran" (乱; alternately "Run")
|
17 | — | 24[19] | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Limit"
|
14 | — | 19[20] | — | — | Luv |
| 2019 | "Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~/Hisōbi" (宇宙の詩 ～Higher and Higher～/悲壮美)
|
7 | — | 20[21] | 14,754[22] | — | Cross |
| 2020 | "The Beyond"
|
1[23] | — | — | 6,000[24] | — | |
| 2026 | "Forever"
|
4 | — | 78[25] | 10,317[26] | — | TBA |
Various artists compilations
| Title | Song | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Fusion Tour | "Precious" | March 10, 1991 | Extasy[27] |
| Mulan | "Breathe (Special Version)" | June 2, 1998 | Walt Disney |
| Tribute Spirits | "Scanner" | May 1, 1999 | Pony Canyon |
| The World Is Not Enough | "Sweetest Coma Again" | January 19, 2000 | Radioactive/MCA |
| Another Heaven Complex - Score | "Gravity on the Edge of the World" | April 28, 2000 | Universal[28] |
Videos
| Title | VHS release date | LD release date | DVD release date | Blu-ray release date | Label | Oricon DVD [29][30] |
Oricon Blu-ray [31] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image or Real | July 22, 1992 | July 22, 1992 | May 29, 2002 | May 28, 2025 | MCA Victor, Universal | 46 | － |
| Sin After Sin | December 16, 1993 | December 16, 1993 | May 29, 2002 | May 28, 2025 | MCA Victor, Universal | 50 | － |
| Eclipse I | May 24, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | － | － | MCA Victor | － | － |
| Lunatic Tokyo 1995.12.23 Tokyo Dome | July 15, 1996 | July 15, 1996 | May 29, 2002 | May 28, 2025 | MCA Victor, Universal | 39 | － |
| Rew | May 21, 1997 | May 21, 1997 | May 29, 2002 | May 28, 2025 | MCA Victor, Universal | 44 | － |
| 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Live! | September 29, 1999 | － | － | － | Universal | － | － |
| 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Document! | September 29, 1999 | － | － | － | Universal | － | － |
| Slave Gentei Gig 2000 (SLAVE限定GIG 2000) | August 2000 (fan club-exclusive) | － | October 12, 2005 (fan club-exclusive) | － | Sweet Child | － | － |
| The Final Act Tokyo Dome | April 2001 (fan club-exclusive) | － | May 29, 2001 | － | Universal | 5 | － |
| Eclipse II | November 28, 2001 | － | － | － | Universal | － | － |
| Eclipse I+II | － | － | November 28, 2001 | － | Universal | 11 | － |
| Mafuyu no Yagai (真冬の野外)[a] | － | － | January 16, 2008 | － | Nayutawave | 10 | － |
| Manatsu no Yagai (真夏の野外)[b] | － | － | January 16, 2008 | － | Nayutawave | 13 | － |
| God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ Tokyo Dome 2007.12.24 | － | － | March 26, 2008 | December 24, 2008 | Avex Trax | 3 | － |
| 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞[c] | － | － | May 30, 2010 | － | Nayutawave | 19 | － |
| Mafuyu no Yagai/Manatsu no Yagai (真冬の野外/真夏の野外) | － | － | May 30, 2010 | － | Nayutawave | 90 | － |
| First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong | － | － | December 15, 2010 | － | Sweet Child | 36 | － |
| Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei | － | － | December 15, 2010 | － | Sweet Child | 32 | － |
| A Documentary Film of 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- | － | － | April 13, 2011 | － | Avex Trax | 10 | － |
| 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 24th December, 2010 at Tokyo Dome | － | － | April 13, 2011 | April 13, 2011 | Avex Trax | 8 | － |
| Lunacy Kurofuku Gentei Gig ~the Holy Night~ (LUNACY 黒服限定GIG 〜the Holy Night〜) | － | － | April 13, 2011 | April 13, 2011 | Avex Trax | 9 | － |
| God Bless You Document Ichiya Kagiri no Fukkatsu Live Luna Sea Chinmoku no 7 Nen wo Koete (GOD BLESS YOU DOCUMENT 一夜限りの復活ライブ LUNA SEA沈黙の7年を超えて) | － | － | October 19, 2011 | June 20, 2012 | Avex Trax | 13 | 85 |
| Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles | － | － | February 22, 2012 | February 22, 2012 | Avex Trax | 67 | 48 |
| Luna Sea For Japan A Promise to the Brave | － | － | March 28, 2012 | March 28, 2012 | Avex Trax | 24 | 12 |
| First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong/Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei | － | － | May 30, 2012 | － | Universal | － | － |
| Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos ~20000803 Osaka-jō Hall~ (CONCERT TOUR 2000 BRAND NEW CHAOS 〜20000803 大阪城ホール〜) | － | － | December 19, 2012 | － | Sweet Child | 62 | － |
| The End of the Dream -Prologue- | － | － | March 27, 2013 | March 27, 2013 | Avex Trax | 77 | 51 |
| The End of the Dream Zepp Tour 2012 "Kourin" (The End of the Dream ZEPP TOUR 2012 「降臨」) | － | － | March 27, 2013 | April 24, 2013 | Avex Trax | 26 | 45 |
| Live Tour 2012–2013 The End of the Dream at Nippon Budokan (LIVE TOUR 2012-2013 The End of the Dream at 日本武道館) | － | － | May 29, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | Universal | 10 | 41 |
| Slave Gentei Gig 2013 Ryōgoku Kokugikan (SLAVE限定GIG 2013 両国国技館) | － | － | May 2, 2014 (fan club-exclusive) | － | Luna Sea Inc. | － | － |
| Live on A Will | － | － | June 24, 2015 | July 22, 2015 | Universal | 11 | 64 |
| The Anniversary 2018 The Luv -World Left Behind- Final | － | － | February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive) | February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive) | Luna Sea Inc. | － | － |
| Lunatic X'mas 2018 -Introduction to the 30th Anniversary- | － | － | December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive) | December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive) | Luna Sea Inc. | － | － |
| Reload 2021.3.28 Saitama Super Arena | － | － | － | January 8, 2022 (venue-exclusive) | Luna Sea Inc. | － | － |
| Fukkatsusai -A New Voice- Nippon Budokan 2022.8.26 Day 1 [Silky Voice] (復活祭 -A NEW VOICE- 日本武道館 2022.8.26 Day1 [Silky Voice]) | － | － | － | March 14, 2023 | Universal | － | 16 |
| Fukkatsusai -A New Voice- Nippon Budokan 2022.8.27 Day 2 [Naked Voice] (復活祭 -A NEW VOICE- 日本武道館 2022.8.27 Day2 [Naked Voice]) | － | － | － | March 14, 2023 | Universal | － | 18 |
| Dual Arena Tour 2023 Mother of Love, Mother of Hate | － | － | － | February 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| Dual Arena Tour 2023 Un Ending Style | － | － | － | February 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| Dual Arena Tour 2023 Mother of Love, Mother of Hate Un Ending Style | － | － | － | February 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | 7 |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Image or Real | － | － | － | March 12, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Search for My Eden | － | － | － | March 12, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Image or Real Search for My Eden | － | － | － | March 12, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | 9 |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Shining Brightly | － | － | － | March 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Brand New Chaos | － | － | － | March 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Tour 2024 Era to Era Shining Brightly Brand New Chaos | － | － | － | March 26, 2025 | Avex Trax | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Live Blu-ray 1992–1996 Special Box | － | － | － | May 28, 2025 | Universal | － | － |
| 35th Anniversary Tour Era to Era -The Final Episode- Lunatic Tokyo 2025 -Kurofuku Gentei Gig- (35th ANNIVERSARY TOUR ERA TO ERA -THE FINAL EPISODE- LUNATIC TOKYO 2025 -黒服限定GIG-) | － | － | February 25, 2026 | February 25, 2026 | Avex Trax | 3 | 8 |
| The Millennium Eve 2025 | － | － | May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | Millennium | 3[32] | 3[33] |
Demos
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Lunacy" | August 9, 1989 | Songs: "Kill Me", "Sexual Parvarsion" and "Nightmare". Track 2 was reworked and retitled "Time is Dead" for their debut album, Luna Sea. |
| "Shade" | December 8, 1989, March 16, 2011 |
Songs: "Shade", "Search for Reason" and "Suspicious". Track 1 was re-recorded for their first album, and track 2 for their second, Image. The whole demo was re-released in the premium edition of the self cover of their debut album. |
| "Lastly" | June 10, 1990 | Composed only of the title track, which was re-recorded for their 1993 album Eden. |
Other
- Aionism – Aion (October 8, 1991)
- Luna Sea members provide backing vocals on several songs.
- Unrivaled is Extasy ~ Extasy Summit '91 at Nippon Budokan (February 21, 1992)
- Live recordings of a 1991 Extasy Summit, held by Extasy Records. Also features Tokyo Yankees, Virus, X Japan and several others.
- Minna ga Mumei-Datta, Dakedo... Muteki-Datta ~ Extasy Summit 1992, May 10, 1993, Extasy
- Live recordings of the October 31, 1992 Extasy Summit, held by Extasy Records. Also features Deep, Media Youth, The Zolge, Tokyo Yankees, Screaming Mad George and Psychosis, Gilles de Rais, Zi:Kill and several others.
- Out – Nav Katze (March 24, 1994)
- All Luna Sea members play on "Arabia no Yoru" (アラビアの夜).
- "Rosier (Live Version)" (1994)
- Won through a magazine contest.
- "Promise" (April 9, 2011)
- A digital download song recorded and released specifically for the proceeds to be donated for recovery and relief from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[34] Later included on the 2014 compilation album 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One-.
- "Holy Knight" (December 23, 2016)
- Limited Christmas song CD sold only at The Holy Night -Beyond the Limit- concerts at Saitama Super Arena on December 23 and 24, 2016.[35]
- "Beyond the Time ~Moebius no Sora o Koete~" (BEYOND THE TIME ～メビウスの宇宙を超えて～; "Beyond the Time (Over the Moebius Skies)", September 6, 2019)
- Cover of the TM Network song for use as the third opening theme of the 2019 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet anime.[36] Released digitally on September 6, 2019,[37] it peaked at number 79 on the Japan Hot 100,[38] but reached number 15 on the Hot Animation chart, which tracks anime and video game music.[39] The song was later included in the limited edition B version of their album Cross.[40]
- "Make a Vow" (April 28, 2020)
- A song created remotely within two weeks as an answer to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Released digitally for free alongside a music video also created remotely, although fan club members received the song earlier.[41][42]
- Extasy Visual Shock (March 31, 2022)
- Visual kei-themed rhythm game for iOS and Android. Featured Luna Sea songs and video footage. Also featured X Japan and Glay. Service ended on October 31, 2022, after only seven months.[43][44]
Notes
- Previously released exclusively to fan club members on DVD in February 2004 as Un Ending Style Tour Final Christmas Stadium Mafuyu no Yagai (UN ENDING STYLE TOUR FINAL Christmas STADIUM 真冬の野外).
- Previously released exclusively to fan club members on VHS and DVD in January 2003 as 1998 Revive Manatsu no Yagai (1998 REVIVE 真夏の野外).
- Contains both 1999 releases; Live! and Document!.