Zankyo Reference

Zankyo Reference
Zankyo Reference
	Standard edition cover
Studio album by One Ok Rock
Released	October 5, 2011
Studio	Alive Studio ; Avaco Creative Studio ; Prime Sound Studio ; Victor Studios; Amuse Studio; Promix Heacon Studio
Genre	Alternative rock; pop punk; post-hardcore; emo;
Length	39:41
Language	Japanese; English;
Label	A-Sketch
Producer	One Ok Rock; Akkin; Koichi Korenaga; Daisuke Fujimoto;
One Ok Rock chronology
Singles from Zankyo Reference
	"Answer is Near"; Released: February 16, 2011; "Re:make/No Scared"; Released: July 20, 2011;

Zankyo Reference (残響リファレンス, Zankyō Rifarensu, lit. Echo Reference) is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. It was released on October 5, 2011.^[1]^[2]

Their single "Re:make" was used in Recochoku Co, Ltd. commercial,^[3] while "No Scared" was used in the Black Rock Shooter: The Game PSP video game.^[4] The song "Lost and Found" was used for the theme song of Milocrorze: A Love Story movie.^[5] A concert film of the band's performance in Yokohama Arena was released in 2012, titled "Zankyo Reference" TOUR in YOKOHAMA ARENA.^[6]

Track listing

*Zankyo Reference* – Standard edition^[7]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Coda^[A]"	-	Toru Yamashita	Yamashita Akkin	0:50
2.	"Lost and Found"	Takahiro Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Ryota Kohama Tomoya Kanki Akkin	3:03
3.	"Answer is Near" (アンサイズニア)	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:40
4.	"No Scared"	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:39
5.	"C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.^[B]"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	5:18
6.	"Mr. Gendai Speaker" (Mr.現代Speaker)	Moriuchi	Yamashita Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:54
7.	"Seken Shirazu no Uchū Hikōshi" (世間知らずの宇宙飛行士)	Kanki Kohama	Kanki Kohama	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:32
8.	"Re:make"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Koichi Korenaga	3:25
9.	"Pierce"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	4:25
10.	"Let's Take It Someday"	Moriuchi	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Akkin	3:41
11.	"Kimishidai Ressha" (キミシダイ列車)	Moriuchi	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki	Moriuchi Yamashita Kohama Kanki Daisuke Fujimoto Akkin	4:14
Total length:					39:41

*Zankyo Reference* – First press limited edition (bonus track)^[8]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Kimishidai Ressha" (キミシダイ列車) (With "Tateyama" hidden track)	8:13
Total length:		43:41

Notes

:^A "Coda" is an instrumental song.
:^B The song title, "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", came from their friends' initial name.^[9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Zankyo Reference.^[10]

One Ok Rock

Additional musicians

Yasuko Murata — viola (9)
Yoshie Furukawa — cello (9)
Kazoo — piano (9)

Design

Kazuaki Seki — art direction
Daichi Shiono — design
Rui Hashimoto — photography

Production

Kenichi Arai — recording
Hideki Kodera — recording
Mitsuru Fukuhara — recording
Ted Jensen — mastering
Satoru Hiraide — mixing
Kazutaka Minemori — instrument technician
Yoshiro "Masuo" Arimatsu — instrument technician
Masato — instrument technician
Naoki Iwata — assistant engineer
Yuji Tanaka — assistant engineer
Shinya Kondo — assistant engineer
Yusuke Watanabe — assistant engineer
Ryota Hattanda — assistant engineer
Ryosuke Asakawa — assistant engineer
Akkin — strings arrangement (9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Zankyo Reference*
Chart (2011)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[11]	2
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)^[12]	2

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions
Title	Year	JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
"Answer is Near" (アンサイズニア)	2011	6^[13]	13^[14]
"Re:make/No Scared"	2011	6^[15]	10^[16]

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak positions
Title	Year	JPN Billboard
"C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h."	2011	88^[17]

Certifications

Certifications and sales for *Zankyo Reference*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[18]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "CD Japan listing of Zankyo Reference". CDJapan. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
^ "残響リファレンス" (in Japanese). ONE OK ROCK official website. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ "Re:Make" (in Japanese). RecoChoku. Retrieved 2024-06-16. (the link is accessible only from a Japanese IP address)
^ "Black Rock Shooter, Legend of Heroes, Class of Heroes Videos". Anime News Network. 2012-06-09.
^ "ONE OK ROCK、『残響リファレンス』収録曲が山田孝之主演の映画「ミロクローゼ」の主題歌に". Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). November 8, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ Department, Gekirock Editorial. "ONE OK ROCK、横浜アリーナ公演と"残響リファレンス"TOURの全公演に完全密着したドキュメンタリーをDVD & Blu-ray化！5/30リリース！". 激ロックニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-19.
^ MusicBrainz. 'Zankyō Reference' by ONE OK ROCK
^ "Zankyo Reference (First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)". yesasia. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ "Taka de ONE OK ROCK se despide de Haruma Miura con emotiva canción "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h"" (in Spanish). La República. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ Zankyo Reference (booklet). One Ok Rock. Amuse Inc./A-Sketch. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "ONE OK ROCKの残響リファレンス·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - 'Zankyo Reference' Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
^ "Top 100 Albums Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
^ "ONE OK ROCKのアンサイズニア·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Answer is Near" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
^ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
^ "ONE OK ROCKのRe:make/NO SCARED·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Re:make/NO SCARED" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
^ "ONE OK ROCK - "Re:make" Chart History". Billboard. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
^ "ONE OK ROCK - "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h." Chart History". Billboard. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
^ "Japanese album certifications – One Ok Rock – Zankyo Reference" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2011年10月 on the drop-down menu

External links

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[disco-1] "CD Japan listing of Zankyo Reference". CDJapan. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

[off-disco-2] "残響リファレンス" (in Japanese). ONE OK ROCK official website. Retrieved 2024-06-16.

[3] "Re:Make" (in Japanese). RecoChoku. Retrieved 2024-06-16. (the link is accessible only from a Japanese IP address)

[4] "Black Rock Shooter, Legend of Heroes, Class of Heroes Videos". Anime News Network. 2012-06-09.

[5] "ONE OK ROCK、『残響リファレンス』収録曲が山田孝之主演の映画「ミロクローゼ」の主題歌に". Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). November 8, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2017.

[6] Department, Gekirock Editorial. "ONE OK ROCK、横浜アリーナ公演と"残響リファレンス"TOURの全公演に完全密着したドキュメンタリーをDVD & Blu-ray化！5/30リリース！". 激ロックニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-19.

[7] MusicBrainz. 'Zankyō Reference' by ONE OK ROCK

[8] "Zankyo Reference (First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)". yesasia. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[9] "Taka de ONE OK ROCK se despide de Haruma Miura con emotiva canción "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h"" (in Spanish). La República. Retrieved 2024-06-16.

[booklet-10] Zankyo Reference (booklet). One Ok Rock. Amuse Inc./A-Sketch. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[oricon_albums-11] "ONE OK ROCKの残響リファレンス·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - 'Zankyo Reference' Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

[Billboard_Japan_albums-12] "Top 100 Albums Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

[13] "ONE OK ROCKのアンサイズニア·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Answer is Near" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

[14] "Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-12-02.

[15] "ONE OK ROCKのRe:make/NO SCARED·ランキング" [ONE OK ROCK - "Re:make/NO SCARED" Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

[16] "ONE OK ROCK - "Re:make" Chart History". Billboard. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2017-03-02.

[17] "ONE OK ROCK - "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h." Chart History". Billboard. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

[JapanOne_Ok_RockZankyo_ReferencealbumCertRef-18] "Japanese album certifications – One Ok Rock – Zankyo Reference" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2011年10月 on the drop-down menu

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