ReoNa, known as a "despair-themed anime song singer," began early streaming of her 13th single, "Lv.1 Class: Human," on all major music distribution services on July 3, 2026 (Friday). The single is scheduled for physical release on August 26, 2026 (Wednesday).
"Lv.1 Class: Human" serves as the ending theme for the TV anime "The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System," which began airing nationwide every Thursday at 12:26 AM starting July 2, 2026, on the "Super Animeism TURBO" block across 28 MBS/TBS affiliate stations.
On July 3, 2026 (Friday), a special program looking back at ReoNa's past performances at Animelo Summer Live streamed live at 8:10 PM, followed by the premiere of the "Lv.1 Class: Human" music video on YouTube at 9:00 PM.
"ReoNa Special Live Selection" from Animelo Summer Live 2019-2025 Part.1
https://youtube.com/live/1amtJnnccXc
Streamed live on July 3, 2026 (Friday) at 8:10 PM.
ReoNa "Lv.1 Class: Human" Official Music Video
Premiered on YouTube on July 3, 2026 (Friday) at 9:00 PM.
To mark the early streaming of "Lv.1 Class: Human," a Spotify Canvas share campaign is underway, giving every participant a hand-drawn lyric anime-style jacket image, alongside a download campaign offering an original ReoNa lock-screen image to everyone who purchases the song and applies. Details and entry: https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/ReoNa/info/584732
"Lv.1 Class: Human" Release Information
ReoNa 13th Single
- Title: Lv.1 Class: Human
- Release Date: August 26, 2026 (Wednesday)
- CD reservations: https://reona.lnk.to/Lv.1_SG
First Press Limited Edition (VVCL-2955–2956)
Regular Edition (VVCL-2957)
Limited Production Edition (VVCL-2958–2959)
- First Press Limited Edition [CD+BD] (VVCL-2955–2956): ¥2,640 (tax included)
- Regular Edition [CD] (VVCL-2957): ¥1,650 (tax included)
- Limited Production Edition [CD+BD] (VVCL-2958–2959): ¥2,200 (tax included)
Release Events
- September 22, 2026 (Tuesday), 5:00 PM start — Osaka Prefecture (undisclosed venue)
- October 10, 2026 (Saturday), 4:00 PM start — Tokyo (undisclosed venue)
- October 11, 2026 (Sunday), 2:00 PM start — Tokyo (undisclosed venue)
Details on the CD, purchase bonuses, and release events: https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/ReoNa/info/584735
Early Streaming Information
"Lv.1 Class: Human" has been available on all major streaming platforms since 12:00 AM on July 3, 2026 (Friday).
Streaming link: https://reona.lnk.to/Lv.1
TV Anime "The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System"
The anime has been airing nationwide every Thursday at 12:26 AM since July 2, 2026, on the "Super Animeism TURBO" block across 28 MBS/TBS affiliate stations, running for two consecutive cours.
Broadcast Schedule
- AT-X: Starting July 4, 2026 (Saturday) — every Saturday at 11:30 PM (reruns every Saturday at 8:30 AM and every Wednesday at 5:30 AM — the latter shown in Japanese TV listings as the Tuesday 29:30 late-night slot)
- BS Nippon TV: Starting July 3, 2026 (Friday) — every Saturday at 2:00 AM (shown in Japanese TV listings as the Friday 26:00 late-night slot)
Streaming
- Advance streaming (U-NEXT, ABEMA, Anime Times, Anime Hodai): from July 2, 2026 (Thursday) at 12:56 AM
- General streaming: from July 5, 2026 (Sunday) at 12:56 AM
Staff
- Original work: Neko-ko, Takuro Mutsurokkou, Jaiian, "The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System" (serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine)
- General Director: Shingo Suzuki
- Director: Katsumasa Yokomine
- Character Design: Keiji Tani, Takayuki Uchida
- Chief Animation Supervisors: Keiji Tani, Makoto Furuta
- Chief Director: Tetsukazu Yamagishi
- Main Animator: Hiroshi Okubo
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Sound Directors: Enji Nakajima, Tetsuya Gunji
- Music: Ludvig Forssell
- Animation Production: GoHands
- Production Committee Chair: SHOCHIKU anime
Cast
- Elma Edvan: Takeo Otsuka
- Luce Rubis: Shion Wakayama
- Maris Edvan: Natsuko Abe
Introduction
The Heavy Knight — a class built purely for defense, drawing enemy attacks to protect allies. Yet compared with other defensive classes it lacks versatility, and its attack power is so low that leveling up is nearly impossible. For this reason it is regarded as not merely "unlucky" but outright "defective."
Elma was born into the Edvan earldom, a family descended from generations of Sword Saints. During the Rite of Blessing — a ceremony crucial to determining an heir — he manifested the "defective" Heavy Knight class, lost his position as the next head of the household, and was unjustly exiled.
At that moment, Elma regained memories of a past life and realized that this world was identical to a VR-compatible online game he had once played obsessively. And he knew something crucial: the Heavy Knight was, in fact, the strongest class of all.
Exiled from the earldom and now a lone adventurer, Elma sets out to make full use of his past-life knowledge to efficiently conquer this world.
Credits
© Neko-ko, Takuro Mutsurokkou, Jaiian, Kodansha / "The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System" Production Committee
- Opening theme: "Awake" by SPYAIR
- Ending theme: "Lv.1 Class: Human" by ReoNa
Official anime website: https://sh-anime.shochiku.co.jp/jukishi-anime/
Official anime X (Twitter): @jukishi_anime
ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2027 "Hello,UnHappy" at Pia Arena MM
- March 6, 2027 (Saturday): ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2027 "Hello,UnHappy — Let's Run Away and Meet —" at Pia Arena MM
- March 7, 2027 (Sunday): ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2027 "Hello,UnHappy — I Still Like People After All —" at Pia Arena MM
Venue: Pia Arena MM, 3-2-2-2 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-0012
Official second-round advance ticket applications are open now, from June 25, 2026 (Thursday) at 10:00 AM through July 20, 2026 (Monday, national holiday) at 11:59 PM.
Applications: https://eplus.jp/reona/
ReoNa Artery / Vein Project
ReoNa Live Tour 2026 "De:TOUR -Artery-"
Schedule
- July 19, 2026 (Sunday) — Osaka, Zepp Namba, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- July 20, 2026 (Monday, national holiday) — Fukuoka, DRUM LOGOS, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- July 25, 2026 (Saturday) — Tokyo, Zepp Haneda, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- August 8, 2026 (Saturday) — Aichi, Zepp Nagoya, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- August 10, 2026 (Monday) — Miyagi, Sendai Rensa, doors 6:15 PM / start 7:00 PM
- August 21, 2026 (Friday) — Hokkaido, PENNY LANE, doors 6:15 PM / start 7:00 PM
Lottery-based ticket applications are open now at each ticketing agency.
- e+: http://eplus.jp/reona/
- Lawson Ticket: http://l-tike.com/reona/
- Ticket Pia: http://w.pia.jp/t/reona/
ReoNa Concert Tour 2026 "De:TOUR -Vein-"
Schedule
- October 3, 2026 (Saturday) — Chiba, Urayasu Culture Hall, Main Hall, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- October 4, 2026 (Sunday) — Chiba, Urayasu Culture Hall, Main Hall, doors 4:00 PM / start 5:00 PM
- October 20, 2026 (Tuesday) — Fukuoka, Fukuoka International Congress Center, doors 6:00 PM / start 7:00 PM
- October 24, 2026 (Saturday) — Hyogo, Kobe International House, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- October 29, 2026 (Thursday) — Tokyo, LINE CUBE SHIBUYA, doors 5:30 PM / start 6:30 PM
- November 23, 2026 (Monday, national holiday) — Miyagi, TOHKnet Hall Sendai (Sendai Civic Auditorium), Main Hall, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- December 5, 2026 (Saturday) — Aichi, Niterra Nippon Tokushu Togyo Civic Hall Forest Hall, doors 5:00 PM / start 6:00 PM
- December 10, 2026 (Thursday) — Hokkaido, Sapporo Education and Culture Hall, Main Hall, doors 6:00 PM / start 7:00 PM
Official second-round advance ticket applications are open now, from June 25, 2026 (Thursday) at 10:00 AM through July 5, 2026 (Sunday) at 11:59 PM.
Applications: https://eplus.jp/reona/
About ReoNa
ReoNa made her pre-debut in April 2018, voicing the singing role of Elsa Kanzaki in the anime "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online." That August, she made her solo debut under the name ReoNa with "SWEET HURT," the ending theme for the anime "Happy Sugar Life."
Since then she has released numerous anime and game theme songs for the "Sword Art Online" series, "Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-," "Shadows House," "Shangri-La Frontier," and more. In March 2023 she sold out her first solo concert at Nippon Budokan, "ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2023 Pilgrim at Nippon Budokan — 3.6 day, Let's Run Away and Meet." In 2024 she held her 5th anniversary tour, "ReoNa 5th Anniversary Concert Tour Hello,UnHappy," across 9 cities and 11 shows in Japan plus 3 cities and 4 shows in Asia, followed by a two-day run at Tokyo Garden Theater that October.
In March 2026 she held her first hometown homecoming free live, "ReoNa Free Live 2026 in Amami Oshima Shimayui Amami," drawing about 1,000 attendees from on and off the island, with roughly 10,000 concurrent viewers on the YouTube livestream. At that same concert she announced her first two-day run at Pia Arena in March 2027: "ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2027 Hello,UnHappy — Let's Run Away and Meet — at Pia Arena MM" and "ReoNa ONE-MAN Concert 2027 Hello,UnHappy — I Still Like People After All — at Pia Arena MM."
As a lead-up to the Pia Arena shows, she has also announced the ReoNa Artery / Vein Project: the all-standing live house tour "ReoNa Live Tour 2026 De:TOUR -Artery-" starting July 2026, and the all-seated hall tour "ReoNa Concert Tour 2026 De:TOUR -Vein-" starting October 2026.
In July 2026, she announced two new releases: "Amore," the opening theme for the TV anime "I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day," and "Lv.1 Class: Human," the ending theme for the TV anime "The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System."
Known as a despair-themed anime song singer, ReoNa writes and performs songs that stay close to her listeners' despair.
ReoNa Official Site: https://www.reona-reona.com/
ReoNa Linkfire: https://ReoNa.lnk.to/artistpage
