Rie Takahashi announces first full album Amplifier
Rie Takahashi will release her first full album, Amplifier, in February 2027, led by the newly released song Hajimari no Hi.
Rie Takahashi, the voice actor behind Ai Hoshino in Oshi no Ko and Emilia in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, has announced her first full-length album. Amplifier arrives in Japan on 24 February 2027 through Pandora Pops, a new label within Sony Music, according to the announcement covered by Anime Mojo.2
A new album and a new chapter
The album follows three EPs and marks Takahashi's first full album. Its lead track, Hajimari no Hi — translated as “The Day It Begins” — began streaming on 18 October. The song was written by Keita Tanaka, co-composed by Tanaka and Goro Miyazaki, and arranged by Miyazaki.2
Takahashi's official YouTube channel has also published the song's music video.1 The video gives the new release a clear visual identity, with Takahashi appearing in a bold red look that matches the colour associated with this next phase of her music career.
What the album includes
Amplifier will be released in regular and first-press limited editions. The regular edition is a single CD priced at 3,850 yen. The limited edition costs 12,000 yen and adds a slipcase, two-disc digipak, booklet and Blu-ray containing Takahashi's second solo concert, A Rie in Wonderland.2
The full tracklist has not been announced yet. The confirmed song is Hajimari no Hi, with Tanaka credited for lyrics and co-composition, and Miyazaki handling the arrangement. That gives the album a clear starting point, but leaves the rest of Takahashi's first full-length record open for later reveals.
Why anime fans will know her
Takahashi's music announcement lands alongside a busy voice-acting schedule. She is best known internationally for playing Ai Hoshino in Oshi no Ko, Emilia in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Megumin in KonoSuba and Takagi in Teasing Master Takagi-san.2 Her anime work gives Amplifier an obvious audience, but the album is being presented as a standalone step in her music career rather than a character-song collection.
Our opinion
A first full album is a more meaningful milestone than another isolated tie-in single. Amplifier has a strong launch point in Hajimari no Hi, a clearly defined visual era and a release plan that gives collectors a substantial limited edition. The missing tracklist means it is too early to judge the record as a whole, but Takahashi's move into a new musical chapter is already a story worth following.