{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6838361446143c593c79081d","clusterId":"c_6fec95a7bf746ad8404fe96f","slug":"inui-toko-s-tokyo-city-night-picked-as-opening-theme-for-drama-jotei","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Inui Toko's \"Tokyo City Night\" Picked as Opening Theme for Drama \"Jotei\"","summary":"Inui Toko's song \"Tokyo City Night\" is the opening theme for the Yomiuri TV drama \"Jotei,\" which starts late night on October 22 in the Drama DiVE slot, every Thursday at 0:59 a.m. The song, written by YU and Takahiro Yamaguchi with music and arrangement by I Don't Like Mondays, is on her second mini album \"One day,\" released October 7, 2026. Travis Japan's \"Checkmate\" is the ending theme.","whyItMatters":"A Nijisanji virtual liver's track opening a Yomiuri TV late-night drama, alongside a Travis Japan ending theme and a TVer catch-up stream, puts the act on the same broadcast footing as the talent already working that slot.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe drama adapts the manga written by Kurashina Ryo and illustrated by Wake Issaku. Its cast includes Saito Nagisa and Nakamura Kaito, the latter also a member of Travis Japan, whose \u0026#34;Checkmate\u0026#34; handles the ending theme.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#34;Tokyo City Night\u0026#34; is described as a pop tune with an 80s city pop nuance. Broadcast outside the Kansai area follows on FCT Fukushima Central Television from November 4 and RAB Aomori Broadcasting from December 2, with TVer carrying catch-up streaming.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Inui Toko's \"Tokyo City Night\" shares its single with Travis Japan's \"Checkmate\" as the two theme songs for \"Jotei,\" pairing a VTuber track with a major label act on the same drama broadcast.","twitterPost":"Inui Toko's theme song shares its single with Travis Japan's \"Checkmate,\" the other half of \"Jotei\"'s theme lineup.","threadsPost":"\"Tokyo City Night\" is written by YU and Takahiro Yamaguchi with music and arrangement by I Don't Like Mondays, a producer credit that sits outside the usual VTuber in-house team. That pair fronts both ends of \"Jotei\"'s theme songs alongside Travis Japan.","newsletterBlurb":"Inui Toko's \"Tokyo City Night\" will open Yomiuri TV's drama \"Jotei,\" which begins late night on October 22 in the Drama DiVE slot. The song appears on her second mini album \"One day,\" released October 7, 2026. Travis Japan's \"Checkmate\" is the ending theme.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"PANORA\",\"url\":\"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160294\",\"title\":\"Inui Toko's \\\"Tokyo City Night\\\" Chosen as Opening Theme for YTV Drama \\\"Jotei\\\" - Track from 2nd Mini Album \\\"One day\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4904,"outputTokens":646,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792228934,"createdAt":"2026-10-17T09:18:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-17T09:21:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T09:21:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6fec95a7bf746ad8404fe96f","canonicalTitle":"戌亥とこ「トウキョー・シティ・ナイト」が読売テレビ『女帝』OP主題歌に起用決定 2nd Mini Album『One day』収録曲","representativeArticleId":"a_95cfaf63837cdb71d70175b6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Onna Tei\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Inui Toko\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-17T08:07:44.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-17T08:07:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T09:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"PANORA","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160294","title":"戌亥とこ「トウキョー・シティ・ナイト」が読売テレビ『女帝』OP主題歌に起用決定 2nd Mini Album『One day』収録曲"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Onna Tei"],"studios":[],"people":["Inui Toko"],"type":"news","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}