Kizuna (album)

Kizuna (Japanese: 絆, lit. 'bond', stylized as KIZUИA or in all caps) is the second studio album by the Japanese boy band JO1. It includes selected songs from their past EP singles, Challenger, Stranger, and Wandering. Lapone Entertainment released the album in five physical editions on May 25, 2022, while the digital version was available two days earlier, with the Japan Hot 100 number-one song "With Us" serving as the main promotional single. The album features frequent collaborators like Full8loom, Alive Knob, Teito, Score, and Megatone, as well as new contributors like Lee Woo-min (Collapsedone), Justin Reinstein, Purple Night, UTA, among others.

Kizuna was preceded by two promotional digital singles, "Dreamer" and "Move the Soul", as well as a six-day long out-of-home advertising campaign at Shinjuku Station, the world's busiest station. JO1 held two live events and promoted the album on M Countdown and Idol Radio in South Korea. They also embarked on a 13-show eponymous arena tour in five cities from September to October 2022.

The album was the group's first to debut at number one on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for over 250,000 units in shipments.