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][2]

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 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
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,^[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 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)[11]	2
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[12]	2

Singles

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

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak positions
		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.