blank paper Release ‘YOAKE’, Opening Theme to Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers
blank paper Release ‘YOAKE’, the Opening Theme to Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers
blank paper usher in a new dawn for a legendary series with 'YOAKE', released on 7 January 2026 via JPU Records. The entity's high-energy new single serves as the official opening theme for the TV anime Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers, the latest instalment in Sunrise's Samurai Troopers lineage and a direct successor to the cultural hit Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers, first broadcast in the late 1980s and later localised internationally as Samurai Troopers and Ronin Warriors.
‘YOAKE’ has already gained strong momentum ahead of its official release. The anime's opening animation premiered on the series' official YouTube channel on 1 January, giving fans an exclusive first look at Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers. Within five days, the video surpassed a quarter of a million views and attracted hundreds of comments from fans around the world.
Drawing on themes of awakening, emotional strength, and unity central to the series, ‘YOAKE’ channels the moment where darkness gives way to resolve and a new day begins, delivering a powerful anime anthem for a new generation. The track follows blank paper's previous single 'All for Love', the ending theme to KAMEN RIDER The Winter Movie: GOTCHARD & GEATS Strongest CHEMY★Great Gotcha Operation.
About blank paper:
blank paper exists as a mysterious, non-human entity born from classified future-prediction research, discovered through simulations of humanity's possible outcomes. Emerging under strict secrecy, blank paper manifests as the source of ‘bpm’ (blank paper medicine), a legal sound-based drug whispered about as a modern urban legend in Japan. Through an anonymous online presence, blank paper absorbs the anxieties and negativity of its listeners and responds with unfinished musical fragments that audiences collectively choose and complete, resulting in co-created sonic prescriptions. Composed of multiple entities including C45P3R and T3R354, with additional humanoid presences known as Hazama appearing in live settings, blank paper presents bpm not as entertainment, but as a functional answer to the emotional fractures of the present. So far reported sightings of Hazama, C45P3R and T3R354 include festivals in the UK, France, Spain and the United States, as well as events in Japan.
About Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers:
Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers is a sequel Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers, a TV anime produced by Sunrise that aired from April 1988 to March 1989, and was released in the West as Samurai Troopers and Ronin Warriors. In addition to the three OVA works – Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers Gaiden (1989), Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers: Legend of the Radiant Emperor (1989–1990), and Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers MESSAGE (1991) - the series was also adapted into a manga by Ryuichi Hoshino, serialized in Comic BomBom (published by Kodansha). The story follows five boys who possess mythical battle armour known as ‘Yoroi Gear’. Guided by fate, they come together to battle the army of the Youja, led by the demonic emperor Arago.
blank paper usher in a new dawn for a legendary series with 'YOAKE', released on 7 January 2026 via JPU Records. The entity's high-energy new single serves as the official opening theme for the TV anime Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers, the latest instalment in Sunrise's Samurai Troopers lineage and a direct successor to the cultural hit Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers, first broadcast in the late 1980s and later localised internationally as Samurai Troopers and Ronin Warriors.
‘YOAKE’ has already gained strong momentum ahead of its official release. The anime's opening animation premiered on the series' official YouTube channel on 1 January, giving fans an exclusive first look at Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers. Within five days, the video surpassed a quarter of a million views and attracted hundreds of comments from fans around the world.
Drawing on themes of awakening, emotional strength, and unity central to the series, ‘YOAKE’ channels the moment where darkness gives way to resolve and a new day begins, delivering a powerful anime anthem for a new generation. The track follows blank paper's previous single 'All for Love', the ending theme to KAMEN RIDER The Winter Movie: GOTCHARD & GEATS Strongest CHEMY★Great Gotcha Operation.
About blank paper:
blank paper exists as a mysterious, non-human entity born from classified future-prediction research, discovered through simulations of humanity's possible outcomes. Emerging under strict secrecy, blank paper manifests as the source of ‘bpm’ (blank paper medicine), a legal sound-based drug whispered about as a modern urban legend in Japan. Through an anonymous online presence, blank paper absorbs the anxieties and negativity of its listeners and responds with unfinished musical fragments that audiences collectively choose and complete, resulting in co-created sonic prescriptions. Composed of multiple entities including C45P3R and T3R354, with additional humanoid presences known as Hazama appearing in live settings, blank paper presents bpm not as entertainment, but as a functional answer to the emotional fractures of the present. So far reported sightings of Hazama, C45P3R and T3R354 include festivals in the UK, France, Spain and the United States, as well as events in Japan.
About Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers:
Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers is a sequel Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers, a TV anime produced by Sunrise that aired from April 1988 to March 1989, and was released in the West as Samurai Troopers and Ronin Warriors. In addition to the three OVA works – Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers Gaiden (1989), Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers: Legend of the Radiant Emperor (1989–1990), and Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers MESSAGE (1991) - the series was also adapted into a manga by Ryuichi Hoshino, serialized in Comic BomBom (published by Kodansha). The story follows five boys who possess mythical battle armour known as ‘Yoroi Gear’. Guided by fate, they come together to battle the army of the Youja, led by the demonic emperor Arago.
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