Ninja Tenrai no Jin

Single2026.08.16

A mountain castle wrapped in a storm. Threading through the deep darkness of night, a lone shinobi races toward the keep. “Ninja Tenrai no Jin” is a Japanese-inspired fantasy piece portraying the shinobi’s quiet tension and the instant fate lurches into motion. It layers elements of modern J-pop over distinctly Japanese timbres—shamisen, shakuhachi, shinobue, koto, and wadaiko—telling in music a story that grows from silence into a sweeping climax. Evading pursuers and crossing the darkness, the shinobi finally sends up a single plume of signal smoke. At that small light’s signal, the sleeping mountains awaken, and at last the “Tenrai no Jin” begins to move. We hope you enjoy the taut tension within the stillness, the headlong rush of the running shinobi, and a Japanese world that opens ever wider toward dawn. Toward a new morning waiting beyond the darkness. Let the sounds of Japan carry you through this story of one night and a shinobi’s flight.

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Lyrics (Japanese)

宵のしじまに　月が差す霞に沈む　山の城瓦を渡る　影ひとつ忍びは一人　天を目指す杉の小道を風が抜け遠くで響く笛の声ほらがいひとつ山に響くまだ　動くなその時を待て天雷の陣今　開け月のしじまに光を放て天雷の陣今　開け篠笛　響け風を呼べ闇を渡り雲を抜け暁よりも先へ行け天雷の陣障子に揺れる　追手の影つづみの響き　夜を打つ白き煙に　身を隠し最後の鳥居を　飛び越える苔むす岩に古き紋忍びの札が淡く光る静まれ風よ静まれひとつの札を天へかざす今天雷の陣今　開け白きいかずち峰を渡れ天雷の陣今　開け大太鼓　響け山よ　応えろ三味線　鳴れ篠笛　響け千の灯火夜を照らす一人の忍びが開いた空に新しい朝が生まれてゆく天雷の陣今開け朝霧の中月は消え忍びの影も風に溶ける

Translation

In the hush of evening, the moon shines A mountain castle sinks into the haze One shadow crosses the roof tiles A lone shinobi aims for the heavens Along the cedar path The wind passes through Echoing in the distance A flute's voice One conch shell blast Echoes through the mountains Not yet—do not move For that moment Wait Tenrai no Jin Open now In the moonlit hush Release your light Tenrai no Jin Open now Shinobue, resound Call the wind Cross the darkness Pierce the clouds Even before dawn Press onward Tenrai no Jin Pursuers' shadows flicker on the shoji The tsuzumi's beat strikes the night Hide within the white smoke Leap over the final torii Upon a mossy rock An ancient crest A shinobi talisman Glows faintly Be still O wind Be still Hold a single talisman Up to the heavens Now Tenrai no Jin Open now White lightning Cross the peaks Tenrai no Jin Open now Great drum, resound O mountains, answer Shamisen, ring Shinobue, resound A thousand lights Illuminate the night A lone shinobi has Opened up the sky And a new morning Is coming to life Tenrai no Jin Now Open In the morning mist The moon fades The shinobi's shadow too Dissolves into the wind