RIIZE’s second mini-album II just turned its Japan run into a major flex, grabbing No. 1 on both the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking and Billboard Japan Top Album Sales for the week of July 6 to 12, 2026. The win shows this era is not only big in Korea but strong enough to rule Japan’s two most watched album charts at the same time.
That double crown comes after II quietly entered Oricon around No. 31, then climbed to the top in its fourth week, mirroring how word of mouth has pushed the project deeper into the Japanese market. With RIIZE II Oricon and Billboard Japan now on many K-pop fans’ radar, the story behind those chart lines shows how far the group’s second mini has traveled in just a month.
RIIZE’s ‘II’ Hits No. 1 on Oricon and Billboard Japan
On Oricon, Japan’s main album chart, II first appeared around No. 31 then climbed to No. 1 on the Weekly Album Ranking in its fourth week, giving RIIZE a second career No. 1 there after 2024 mini-album RIIZING. For a Korean boy group, that kind of gradual rise signals real staying power rather than a one week spike.
Billboard Japan’s Top Album Sales chart matched that result for July 6 to 12, putting II at No. 1 with around seventy thousand physical copies sold in Japan, after the album had already led Billboard Japan’s digital download album update in mid June. Together, the two charts confirm that RIIZE’s Japan audience is buying the album both online and in stores.
Inside the ‘II’ Era: Million Seller and Global Reach
Released digitally on June 15 at 6 p.m. KST with title track Do your dance, II passed one million sales in less than four days according to Hanteo Chart, becoming RIIZE’s fourth album to reach million seller status in its first week. That streak places the group in rare company among newer K-pop acts and set up serious momentum before the Japan rollout even began.
At home, the mini-album topped the Circle Monthly Album Chart for June, picked up multiple weekly crowns across Circle and Hanteo, and saw Do your dance hit No. 1 on the Melon Global K-Chart Daily and Melon HOT100, helping the era earn three music show wins before it pushed deeper into Japan. Globally, II hit No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums in six regions, and on Tencent Music’s platforms in China it earned QQ Music platinum status and No. 1 on the weekly digital album sales chart.
Japan Fanmeetings and U.S. Releases Keep ‘II’ Growing
The chart surge is synced with RIIZE JAPAN FANMEETING 2026 RPG – RIIZE PLAYING GAME –, a three city tour that started in Fukuoka before moving to Tokyo and the Kobe area, where the six members are meeting Japanese fans face to face. The fanmeeting branding keeps the II era front and center at every stop.
Official notices tie II preorders and venue purchases to perks like member send off events and on site lotteries, turning fanmeetings into real time sales boosts. Japan received its physical release on July 8, while a photobook CD is slated for July 31 at major U.S. retailers and a Special Version ships through RIIZE’s U.S. shop, as SM Entertainment’s 2026 roadmap already flags a future Japanese single CD that could carry this II era even further.