Equinox (JO1 album)

Equinox
Normal edition cover
Studio album by JO1
Released	September 20, 2023
Recorded	2022–2023
Genre	J-pop
Length	39:33 (Limited edition A) 39:21 (Limited edition B) 49:14 (Normal edition) 48:59 (Fan Club edition) 52:16 (Special edition)
Language	Japanese
Label	Lapone Entertainment
JO1 chronology
Kizuna (2022) Equinox (2023)
Singles from Kizuna
"Midnight Sun" Released: October 12, 2022 "Tropical Night" Released: April 5, 2023

Equinox (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by Japanese boy band JO1. It includes songs from their previous EP releases, Midnight Sun and Tropical Night. Lapone Entertainment released the album in five editions on September 20, 2023, with "Venus" and "Radiovision" serving as the main promotional singles. It is the group's first release with unit songs and digipack packaging. Notable contributors include Sunwoo of The Boyz, Masami Kakinuma, and members of JO1.

Equinox was preceded by two promotional digital singles: "NEWSmile", the theme of the Japanese morning news show Mezamashi 8, and "Gradation", from the film When the Dawn Breaks, I’ll Be the First to See You  [ja], which starred member Ruki Shiroiwa. The album is also backed by an arena tour titled Beyond the Dark from August to October 2023, with an encore performance in Kyocera Dome Osaka in November. The group's first Asian tour is set to begin in four cities in the same month.

The album is JO1's second consecutive number-one album on both the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts. The album marked the first time JO1 to rank atop combined sales, physical sales and download component charts on both publications.