diff --git a/core/text/title_match.py b/core/text/title_match.py
index 36818fcd..8d1d1080 100644
--- a/core/text/title_match.py
+++ b/core/text/title_match.py
@@ -193,9 +193,18 @@ def numeric_tokens_differ(title_a: str, title_b: str) -> bool:
     string similarity ('Vol.4' vs 'Vol.4.5' = 0.97) and token-subset checks
     both wave these through, which hung volume 4.5's cover art on volume 4
     (Sokhi). Shared digits on both sides ('1989' vs '1989 (Deluxe)') are
-    fine."""
+    fine.
+
+    Tokenises on non-word runs but KEEPS word characters of every script, so a
+    digit glued to a non-latin word stays its own digit-bearing token. Stripping
+    to [a-z0-9] turned CJK into spaces, collapsing 'サウンドトラック2' to a bare
+    '2' that a shared number elsewhere ('第2期' = season 2) already covered — so
+    'Soundtrack' and 'Soundtrack2' both reduced to {'2'} and matched, hanging the
+    wrong cover (Sokhi again)."""
     def _digit_tokens(text: str) -> frozenset:
-        tokens = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", " ", (text or "").casefold()).split()
+        # \W is Unicode-aware for str: CJK/kana count as word chars, so a digit
+        # stays attached to its word instead of collapsing to a bare '2'.
+        tokens = re.sub(r"\W+", " ", (text or "").casefold()).split()
         return frozenset(t for t in tokens if any(c.isdigit() for c in t))
 
     return _digit_tokens(title_a) != _digit_tokens(title_b)
diff --git a/tests/matching/test_numeric_release_guard.py b/tests/matching/test_numeric_release_guard.py
index b2ba79c8..23639b29 100644
--- a/tests/matching/test_numeric_release_guard.py
+++ b/tests/matching/test_numeric_release_guard.py
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ from core.musicbrainz_service import MusicBrainzService
 VOL4 = "B小町 - TVアニメ「【推しの子】」キャラクターソングCD Vol.4"
 VOL45 = "B小町 - TVアニメ「【推しの子】」キャラクターソングCD Vol.4.5"
 
+# Sokhi #2: the sequel number is glued straight onto a CJK word ('…トラック2'),
+# with the SAME digit already present elsewhere ('第2期' = season 2). Stripping
+# to [a-z0-9] collapsed both titles to {'2'} and the wrong (cour-2) cover won.
+OST = "『無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜』 第2期 オリジナル・サウンドトラック"
+OST2 = "『無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜』 第2期 オリジナル・サウンドトラック2"
+
 
 def test_helper_volume_and_sequel_differ():
     assert numeric_tokens_differ(VOL4, VOL45)
@@ -26,11 +32,20 @@ def test_helper_volume_and_sequel_differ():
     assert numeric_tokens_differ("Now 99", "Now 100")
 
 
+def test_helper_cjk_trailing_sequel_digit_differs():
+    # The trailing '2' must register as a difference even though '第2期' already
+    # puts a '2' on both sides.
+    assert numeric_tokens_differ(OST, OST2)
+    assert numeric_tokens_differ(OST2, OST)
+
+
 def test_helper_shared_or_no_digits_match():
     assert not numeric_tokens_differ("1989", "1989 (Deluxe)")
     assert not numeric_tokens_differ(VOL4, VOL4)
     assert not numeric_tokens_differ("IGOR", "IGOR (Deluxe)")
     assert not numeric_tokens_differ("", "")
+    # Same CJK album on both sides (incl. the shared 第2期) still matches.
+    assert not numeric_tokens_differ(OST, OST)
 
 
 def _service_with_results(results):
diff --git a/tests/metadata/test_art_lookup.py b/tests/metadata/test_art_lookup.py
index 92a77a82..335974ee 100644
--- a/tests/metadata/test_art_lookup.py
+++ b/tests/metadata/test_art_lookup.py
@@ -202,6 +202,19 @@ def test_album_matches_rejects_numeric_difference():
     assert art_lookup._album_matches("Taylor Swift", "1989", "Taylor Swift", "1989 (Deluxe)")
 
 
+def test_album_matches_rejects_cjk_trailing_sequel_digit():
+    """Sokhi #2: the sequel '2' is glued straight onto a CJK word
+    ('…サウンドトラック2'), and '第2期' (season 2) already puts a '2' on both
+    sides — so the digit-strip collapsed both to {'2'} and the cour-2
+    soundtrack's cover hung on the base soundtrack."""
+    ART = "藤澤慶昌"
+    OST = "『無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜』 第2期 オリジナル・サウンドトラック"
+    assert not art_lookup._album_matches(ART, OST, ART, OST + "2")
+    assert not art_lookup._album_matches(ART, OST + "2", ART, OST)
+    # The genuine base-album hit still matches (incl. its shared 第2期).
+    assert art_lookup._album_matches(ART, OST, ART, OST)
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # build_art_lookup — caching + guarding
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------