TAKU INOUE remains a working composer and producer across MIDNIGHT GRAND ORCHESTRA, Hoshimachi Suisei's solo releases, and the GROTESQQQUE soundtrack. His most recent confirmed booking is 'TAKU INOUE × Cho Kaguya-hime!' at COUNTDOWN JAPAN 26/27 on December 29.
TAKU INOUE's 2026 runs through Hoshimachi Suisei. In May, MIDNIGHT GRAND ORCHESTRA, the unit they lead together, announced its first EP Travelogue I for August 19. A new artist photo and a special website went up May 27, and the EP was positioned as a full-scale restart ahead of the February 2027 live concert Project: Allegro. Track details were withheld at that point.
The release then changed shape. On August 9 the EP's August 19 launch, together with related products, was canceled because of an unexpected production issue on an original anime at an external company. The audio itself was never in question. By August 19 Travelogue I arrived digitally, four tracks (Hyper Vip, Nonsense, Flash, 404) with added violin, viola, and cello over the unit's club sound. The planned limited first-edition CD, which would have carried soundtrack music for the anime, did not happen because of the same external production delays. The anime's delivery is left open.
Inoue's separate work with Hoshimachi stayed on schedule. On August 30 she announced GUM & DROP, released August 31, with Inoue as co-producer alongside a credited writing and composition team that includes Sabrina Claudio, Paris Alexa, Mikhail Beltran, and Xansei. The single is the first under her Studio STELLAR setup.
Two other bookings sit outside the Suisei orbit. Inoue is one of 35 music contributors to Atsushi Nishigori's CloverWorks film GROTESQQQUE, due in 2026, with participation details to follow from July. The most recent is COUNTDOWN JAPAN 26/27, which lists 'TAKU INOUE × Cho Kaguya-hime!' among its first 97 artists for December 29 at Makuhari Messe.
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COUNTDOWN JAPAN 26/27 announced its first batch of 97 artists on Wednesday, October 14. Netflix film 'Cho Kaguya-hime!' will appear with sound producer TAKU INOUE as 'TAKU INOUE × Cho Kaguya-hime!' on December 29 at Makuhari Messe. The five-day festival runs December 26, 27, and 29 through 31, spread across 4 stages with 179 acts scheduled.
Hoshimachi Suisei, the VTuber affiliated with hololive and Studio STELLAR, will digitally release her new song "GUM & DROP" on Monday, August 31. The music video arrives the same day at 8:00 p.m. The announcement came during her August 30 stream, where she debuted a new default costume and room while performing the song for the first time. Suisei wrote the lyrics herself, alongside R&B singer-songwriters Sabrina Claudio and Paris Alexa. Mikhail Beltran, known for work with Chloe x Halle and Tinashe, co-composed with Xansei, Claudio, and Alexa. TAKU INOUE, who develops the Midnight Grand Orchestra project with Suisei, joined as co-producer. The track fuses J-POP catchiness with US dance music, born from a co-writing session in Los Angeles. The release is the first under Suisei's new system, and she described the song and choreography as cute, inviting fans to copy the dance. Related announcements from the stream include a joint live with tuki. on December 20, 2026 at K Arena Yokohama, and a second Hoshizumi Pajama Party event in 2027.
Midnight Grand Orchestra, the unit formed by Hoshimachi Suisei and TAKU INOUE, released its first EP Travelogue I on August 19. The four-track release includes Hyper Vip, Nonsense, Flash, and 404, and adds strings such as violin, viola, and cello to the unit's club sound. The EP was originally planned as a limited first edition CD bundled with soundtrack music for an original anime project, but production problems at the external production company made the release timing uncertain, so the CD sales were canceled. Streaming and download distribution proceed as planned.
Midnight Grand Orchestra, the unit of Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei and composer TAKU INOUE, canceled the August 19 release of the EP Travelogue I and related products. An unexpected issue in the production of an original anime at an external company made the release date untenable. The EP's audio will still stream and download as planned.
The original animated film GROTESQQQUE, directed by Atsushi Nishigori and produced by CloverWorks, has announced that 35 artists will contribute music to the project. The lineup includes ASCA, Reol, Otoha-otoha-, Iori Noguchi (=LOVE), TAKU INOUE, Junna, and 29 others, spanning singer-songwriters, Vocaloid producers, idols, bands, and composers. The film is scheduled for release in 2026 and consists of three distinct stories: Ellians, about an alien girl and a civil servant searching for friends; Yoroshiku Shojo, a battle royale among girls called Gyaru P; and Nocturne ~Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni~, following a pure-blood vampire and three infected survivors traveling through a devastated world. The cast includes Tomoka Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Miku Ichinose (Nogizaka46), Nao Inoue (Nogizaka46), Maaya Uchida, Rumi Okubo, Rie Kugimiya, Nao Tomita, Aruno Nakanishi (Nogizaka46), Ikumi Hasegawa, Saori Hayami, Gen Hoshino, and Sara Minami. Details on how the 35 artists will participate will be announced from July onward.
The music project Midnight Grand Orchestra, led by VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi and sound producer TAKU INOUE, will release its first EP Travelogue I on August 19. A new artist photo and a special website were unveiled May 27. Track details remain unrevealed as production continues. The EP marks a full-scale restart ahead of the February 2027 live concert Project: Allegro.