Frienger

"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)

"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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ai Otsuka. 

CD
No. TitleArranger(s) Length
1. "Frienger (フレンジャー)"  Ai×Ikoman 3:48
2. "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri (甘い気持ちまるかじり; A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings)"  Ai×Ikoman 4:17
3. "Frienger (フレンジャー)" (Instrumental)Ai×Ikoman 3:48
4. "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri (甘い気持ちまるかじり; A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings)" (Instrumental)Ai×Ikoman 4:14
Total length:
16: 07
DVD
No. TitleDirector(s) Length
1. "Frienger (フレンジャー)" (Music video)   

Live performances

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

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