Four months into her 12-month consecutive release project and 癒月ちょこ (Yuzuki Choco) just dropped her most emotionally direct song yet. お陰様で (Okagesama de) is quiet, warm, and the kind of track that sneaks up on you. It’s exactly the right song for where this project is going.

お陰様で: The Sound and Who Made It

Written and composed by 和ぬか (Wanuka) — a Japanese singer-songwriter who broke through on TikTok in 2020 and has since built a reputation for emotionally precise indie-pop with a distinctly Japanese lyrical sensibility — and arranged by 和ぬか (Wanuka) and 100回嘔吐 (100-kai Outo). Mix by はるっと (Harutto). The production is delicate and unhurried — soft instrumentation, space left deliberately open, nothing fighting for attention. It lets the lyrics breathe, and the lyrics deserve that space.

The title お陰様で (Okagesama de) is a Japanese expression that roughly translates to “thanks to you” or “it’s all because of you” — a phrase used to express gratitude for someone else’s support in allowing you to do or become something. The song uses that expression as its centre: it’s about someone who helped you learn to love yourself, and now you want to do the same for them. The chorus — 「お陰様で / 無事に私を愛せております」(“Thanks to you / I’ve managed to love myself just fine”) — is simple and devastating in the best way. It doesn’t reach for drama. It just says what it means.

Yuzuki Choco’s Vocal Performance on お陰様で

癒月ちょこ (Yuzuki Choco) has a warm, gentle voice that suits this kind of material naturally — but what she does here goes beyond just being a good fit for the song. There’s a real intimacy in how she delivers the quieter lines, and when the song opens up in the bridge — 「一人で抱え込む理由なんて何も無い / 一人じゃないんだよ」(“There’s no reason to carry it all alone / you’re not alone”) — she handles it with exactly the right amount of feeling. Not oversold. Not underplayed. Just right.

The Beginning Project and Why This Release Matters

お陰様で (Okagesama de) is the 4th single in Choco’s 「The Beginning」 project — 12 songs released on the 14th of every month, each accompanied by a chapter of an ongoing voice drama also titled The Beginning. It’s an ambitious format that asks a lot of both the artist and the listener, and so far she’s delivered something meaningfully different with each release. お陰様で feels like a pivot point — the project started with songs that were more outward-facing, and this one turns inward in a way that suggests the story the voice drama is telling is getting more personal.

癒月ちょこ (Yuzuki Choco) is a member of hololive’s 2nd generation, one of the longest-active members of the group, and has been steadily building a serious music catalogue for years. The Beginning project is the most structured musical commitment she’s made yet. お陰様で is proof the project has real depth behind it.

Illustration by ちりとまと (Chiritomato), MV by SHIG, logo by 柊椋 (Hiiragi Ryo). The visuals are soft and warm — exactly what the song calls for.

Track Credits

• Title: お陰様で (Okagesama de)
• Vocals: 癒月ちょこ (Yuzuki Choco)
• Lyrics & Music: 和ぬか (Wanuka)
• Arrangement: 100回嘔吐 (100-kai Outo), 和ぬか (Wanuka)
• Mix: はるっと (Harutto)
• Illustration: ちりとまと (Chiritomato)
• MV: SHIG
• Logo: 柊椋 (Hiiragi Ryo)
• Label: hololive / Cover Corp
• Released: June 14, 2026

▶ Watch: 癒月ちょこ (Yuzuki Choco) — お陰様で (Okagesama de) (Official MV) on YouTube