Yumekui

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"Yumekui" "ユメクイ"

Single by Ai Otsuka
Released	August 2, 2006
Format	CD, CD+DVD
Recorded	2006
Genre	J-Pop
Label	avex trax
Writer(s)	Ai Otsuka
Chart positions
#5 (JP)
Ai Otsuka singles chronology
Frienger (2006)	Yumekui (2006)	Renai Shashin (2006)

"Yumekui" is Ai Otsuka's 12th single under the avex trax label. "Yumekui" was used as the theme song to the movie "Tokyo Friends the Movie", in which Ai also starred in. The b-side, which is a ballad named "tears", was also used in the movie.

For its first week, the single debuted at #5 with Ai's lowest debut sales of the year, 63,428 copies sold. Even though it debuted with fairly low numbers, the following weeks it was able to bring in more sales. In 2006, it sold a total of 145,281 copies making it the 66th best-selling single of the year.

Unlike most of her previous singles, "Yumekui" only had one cover whereas usually there are two different ones; one for the CD-only version and one for the CD+DVD version.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 CD Version
- 1.2 DVD Version
2 Live Performances
3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD Version

Yume kui (Dream Eater, ﾕﾒｸｲ, Yume kui^?)
tears
Yume kui (instrumental)
tears (Instrumental)

[edit] DVD Version

Yumekui (PV)

[edit] Live Performances

July 31, 2006 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
August 4, 2006 – Music Station
August 4, 2006 – Music Fighter
August 5, 2006 – PopJam DX
August 13, 2006 – CDTV

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
August 2, 2006	Oricon Daily Charts	#3
August 2, 2006	Oricon Weekly Charts	#5	63,428	145,281	14 weeks
August 2, 2006	Oricon Monthly Charts	#7
August 2, 2006	Oricon Yearly Charts	#66