Zankyo Reference

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]

Zankyo Reference
Standard edition cover
Studio album by One Ok Rock
Released	October 5, 2011 (2011-10-05)
Studio	Alive Studio Avaco Creative Studio Prime Sound Studio Victor Studios Amuse Studio Promix Heacon Studio
Genre	Alternative rock 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
Niche Syndrome (2010) Zankyo Reference (2011) Jinsei×Boku= (2013)
Singles from Zankyo Reference
"Answer is Near" Released: February 16, 2011 "Re:make/No Scared" Released: July 20, 2011

Their single "Re:make" was used in Recochoku Co, Ltd. commercial, while "No Scared" was used in the Black Rock Shooter: The Game PSP video game.^[2] The song "Lost and Found" was used for the theme song of Milocrorze: A Love Story movie.^[3]

Track listing

Zankyo Reference – Standard edition^[4]

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)^[5]

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.^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Zankyo Reference.^[7]

One Ok Rock Takahiro "Taka" Moriuchi — lead vocals Toru Yamashita — guitar Ryota Kohama — bass guitar Tomoya Kanki — drums 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)^[8]	2
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)^[9]	2

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
"Answer is Near" (アンサイズニア)	2011	6^[10]	13^[11]
"Re:make/No Scared"		6^[12]	10^[13]

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Billboard
"C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h."	2011	88^[14]

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Zankyo Reference

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[15]	Gold	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "CD Japan listing of Zankyo Reference". CDJapan. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
2. "Black Rock Shooter, Legend of Heroes, Class of Heroes Videos". Anime News Network. 2012-06-09.
3. "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.
4. MusicBrainz. 'Zankyō Reference' by ONE OK ROCK
5. "Zankyo Reference (First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)". yesasia. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
6. "ONE OK ROCK / 残響リファレンス". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved December 3, 2017.
7. Zankyo Reference (booklet). One Ok Rock. Amuse Inc./A-Sketch. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
8. "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.
9. "Top 100 Albums Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
10. "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.
11. "Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
12. "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.
13. "ONE OK ROCK - "Re:make" Chart History". Billboard. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
14. "ONE OK ROCK - "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h." Chart History". Billboard. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
15. "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

• Zankyo Reference at Discogs (list of releases)