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Artists like YOASOBI (who turn novels into music) and the powerhouse vocalist Ado (with her hit "Usseewa") dominated the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts. These artists gained traction via TikTok and YouTube, bypassing traditional TV-first promotion routes. On the cinematic front, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My