Epitaph (EP)

Epitaph
Digital cover
EP by
ReleasedMarch 16, 2022 (2022-03-16) (release history)
Recorded202022
Genre
Length21:41
LanguageJapanese
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
  • Hi-yunk
  • Ryan Jhun
  • Cimo Fränkel
  • Rik Annema
  • Micah Ross Gordon
  • Jarin Lourens
  • Niclas Kings
  • DNA
  • Katsuhiko Yamamoto
  • URU
Tohoshinki chronology
XV
(2019)
Epitaph
(2022)
20&2
(2023)
Singles from Epitaph
  1. "Small Talk"
    Released: November 27, 2020
  2. "Epitaph (For the Future)"
    Released: March 16, 2022

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.