Ryukku to Soine Gohan (リュックと添い寝ごはん)

Overview

Ryukku to Soine Gohan (nicknamed "Ryukuso") is a Japanese mixed-gender four-piece band formed in 2017. Based in Tokyo, they are signed to Victor Entertainment under the SPEEDSTAR RECORDS label. The band was formed when its members were first-year high school students.

Career

• November 10, 2017: The band formed while the members were in their first year of high school.
• 2019: Their song "Normal" (ノーマル) took first place in the annual song ranking on the music platform Eggs. The same year, they won Rockin'on's "RO JACK for ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2019" audition and performed at ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2019.
• March 4, 2020: While still in high school, they released their first nationally distributed work, the mini album Seishun Nikki (青春日記), exclusively through Tower Records.
• August 26, 2020: They held their first one-man show, "Ryukku to Soine Gohan One-Man Show in Ochanoma," as an audience-free livestream, and announced their major debut on SPEEDSTAR RECORDS.
• October 5, 2020: They were featured as an "artist with an intriguing name" in the "BUZZ-P" segment of Nippon TV's Sukkiri.
• December 2020: They were chosen for "Coming Up Artist 2021" by the music site Fanplus Music.
• February 2021: A year-long collaboration with the apparel brand koé was announced.
• October 5, 2022: They released the digital single "Thank you for the Music" and announced that support guitarist Nun officially joined the band.
• November 9, 2022: Released the album Shiki (四季).
• 2023: Released the singles "Hangekiteki Sanka" (June 14), "Be My Baby" (July 5) and "Koi wo Shite" (November 15).
• 2024: Released "Tengoku Kaido" (January 10) and "Mirai Yosozu" (March 6), followed by the album Terminal on March 20. Later singles included "Net Loser" (August 28) and "Time Machine" (November 27).
• 2025: Continued with "Tomoshibi" (January 15), "Mankan Zenseki" (March 5), "Koiwazurai" (July 9), "Kanaimasen ka ne" (September 17) and "Kawaki" (December 10).

Musical style

The band is categorized under Japanese indie and J-pop. Emerging from the indie scene and now active on a major label, they have focused since 2022 on a steady stream of digital singles, releasing new material every few months.