Frienger

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“フレンジャー"
Furenjā / "Frienger”
Single by Ai Otsuka
from the album Love Piece
Released April 12, 2006
Format CD, CD+DVD
Recorded 2006
Genre J-Pop
Label avex trax
AVCD-30915/B (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVCD-30916 (Japan, CD)
Writer(s) Ai Otsuka
Ai Otsuka singles chronology
"Planetarium"
(2005)		 "Frienger"
(2006)		 "Yumekui"
(2006)
Alternate cover
[[Image:|The CD + DVD Cover|200px]]
The CD + DVD Cover

[edit] Information

"Frienger" (フレンジャー; Furenjā) is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006.

"Frienger" is a catchy, upbeat song. The title is actually a portmanteau of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the CM for au mobile service and was the theme song for the television program "Sports Uruguzu". The B-side track, "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri", was used in a Music.jp CM. The music video for the song was filmed in Taiwan.

"Frienger" debuted at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 70,414 copies sold. It maintained high sales for the following two weeks and sold a total of 173,115 copies in 2006. "Frienger" was Otsuka's best-selling single of 2006 and the 60th best-selling single of 2006 overall. It is currently her fourth best-selling single.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD Version

  1. Frienger (フレンジャー? Furenjā)
  2. Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri (A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings, 甘い気持ちまるかじり?)
  3. Frienger (instrumental)
  4. Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri (Instrumental)

[edit] DVD Version

  1. Frienger (PV)

[edit] Live Performances

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
April 12, 2006 Oricon Daily Charts #2
April 12, 2006 Oricon Weekly Charts #2 70,414 173,115 18 weeks
April 12, 2006 Oricon Monthly Charts
April 12, 2006 Oricon Yearly Charts #60
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