Yakudō
song by Maaya Sakamoto
"Yakudō" (躍動, Yakudō; lit. 'Vitality') is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress Maaya Sakamoto, co-written by Sakamoto and Shohei Koga of Yourness. It was first released as a digital single on August 11, 2020, and subsequently as a double A-side single along with "Dokuhaku" on September 25, 2020, by FlyingDog.
Background and release
Since 2015, Sakamoto has been deeply involved with Fate/Grand Order (FGO), contributing theme songs that have become integral to its world, including "Shikisai" (2015), "Gyakkō" (2018). In 2020, coinciding with Sakamoto's 25th anniversary in the music industry, she continued her deep involvement with the Fate/Grand Order franchise.
In May of that year, during a special live broadcast of Fate/Grand Order on YouTube, it was announced that Sakamoto would perform the theme song "Yakudō" for the second part of the Fate/Grand Order game, following "Gyakkō". On July 30, 2020, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Android release of the game, "Yakudō" was unveiled as a surprise within the game, being showcased in a roughly one-and-a-half-minute opening movie for the second part of FGO's storyline. On August 11, 2020, the song was released digitally on streaming platforms.
In September 2020, it was announced that "Yakudō" would be released as part of a double A-side single alongside the track "Dokuhaku," which served as the theme song for the first part of the Fate/Grand Order film Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot. The singles were stylized as "Dokuhaku ⇔ Yakudō" and "Yakudō ⇔ Dokuhaku", with the "⇔" officially represented as a double-headed arrow, symbolizing the complementary relationship between the two tracks. The single was released on December 9, 2020, in three formats: the FGO edition (limited and standard) featuring artwork illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi, and the Maaya edition featuring Sakamoto on the cover.
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