Epitaph (EP)
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| Released | March 16, 2022 (release history) | |||
| Recorded | 2020–22 | |||
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| Length | 21:41 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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Epitaph is the first Japanese extended play by South Korean duo Tohoshinki. It was released on March 16, 2022, by Avex Trax. Epitaph is a pop album with elements of pop rock, dance pop, and synthesizers. It was released as a follow-up to Tohoshinki's solo EPs Human (2021) by Changmin and Kimi wa Saki e Iku (2022) by Yunho, and is also the duo's first original release in Japan since XV (2019). The EP's first track, "Epitaph (For the Future)" is the lead single.
Epitaph debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, breaking Tohoshinki's streak of number one debuts. Epitaph also debuted at number three on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums, but topped the Billboard Japan Download Albums, with 2,402 downloads on the first week.
Epitaph accompanied Tohoshinki's nation-wide Classyc Tour in 2023, which started at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on February 11, 2023, and concluded at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on June 25, 2023.