Love Wars (song)

"Love♡Wars"
The cover for the standard edition of "Love♡Wars" featuring (left to right) Tomomi Kasai as Elizabeth, Tomomi Itano (seated) as Queen, and Kamen Rider Double
Single by Queen & Elizabeth
Released	March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
Genre	J-Pop
Length	4:17
Label	Avex Trax
Writer(s)	Shoko Fujibayashi, Shuhei Naruse

"Love Wars" (stylized as "Love♡Wars") is a song by Queen & Elizabeth, fictional characters portrayed by AKB48 members Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai, respectively, for the soundtrack of the 2009-2010 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider W.

Overview

Itano and Kasai had been cast members of Kamen Rider W since September 2009 when "Love Wars" was first announced on January 22, 2010,^[1] with the music video filmed shortly after this announcement.^[2] Within the fiction of the show in episode 23, Itano and Kasai's characters Queen and Elizabeth compete in a Pop Idol-inspired contest called Fuuuuuutic Idol to win a record deal. When they are eliminated from the competition in favor of a much worse musician, they call upon the television show's protagonists Shotaro Hidari (Renn Kiriyama) and Philip (Masaki Suda) to investigate why they have lost, discovering that the rumored Radio Tower Clown is to blame. Soon after the case is closed, Queen and Elizabeth manage get their record deal after making another appearance on Fuuuuuutic Idol. At the same time, Kasai and Itano (in character) began hosting an Internet radio show connected with Double on the fictional Wind Wave radio station titled Queen & Elizabeth's White Heart Mark (QueenとElizabethの白抜きハートマーク！, Kuīn to Erisabesu no Shironuki Hāto Māku).^[3]

Their single "Love♡Wars" was released on March 31, 2010,^[4] as four different variants: a standard CD single with no bonus tracks (Type-C), a CD+DVD single featuring a solo rendition of the title track by Itano as a bonus track (Type-A), a CD+DVD single featuring a solo rendition by Kasai as a bonus track (Type-B), and a CD+DVD single containing the fictional song Queen & Elizabeth "lost" to from the television series (Type-D). While each different version of the CD has its own cover, a fifth variant cover exists for the standard CD+DVD release. The DVDs featured in each release include the music video, while the Type-A and Type-B releases also include a making-of documentary for the music video.

"Love♡Wars" reached the #4 spot on the Oricon Weekly Single Rankings chart, and remained in the charts for a total of 9 weeks.^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Shoko Fujibayashi, all music composed by Shuhei Naruse.

Standard edition CD (Type C)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love♡Wars"	4:20
2.	"Love♡Wars" (ACO Edit.)	4:27
3.	"Love♡Wars" (instrumental)	4:19
4.	"Love♡Wars" (ACO Edit.) (Instrumental)	4:28
Total length:		17:34

Standard edition DVD (Type C)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love♡Wars" (Music Film)

Type A bonus track
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Love♡Wars" (Tomomi Itano solo Edit.)	4:17
Total length:		21:50

Type B bonus track
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Love♡Wars" (Tomomi Kasai solo Edit.)	4:17
Total length:		21:50

Limited edition DVD bonus track (Type A & B)
No.	Title	Length
2.	"Making of Love♡Wars"

Standard edition bonus track (Type D)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
5.	"Futo Tower" (風都タワー Fūto Tawā)	Jimmy Nakata (Keisuke Tomita)

References

↑ "ナタリー - AKB48板野友美&河西智美、仮面ライダーWと超高次元コラボ". January 22, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
↑ "ナタリー - 板野友美＆河西智美"晴れ女"コンビが晴海でPV撮影". January 26, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
↑ "ナタリー - クイーン＆エリザベス、架空のラジオ番組で話題曲披露". February 4, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
↑ "AKB48板野友美＆河西智美仮面ライダーWの役でシングルリリース！(hotexpress) - livedoor ニュース". January 27, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
↑ "Ｌｏｖｅ■ＷａｒｓＱｕｅｅｎ＆Ｅｌｉｚａｂｅｔｈのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Karen Iwata Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Minami Takahashi (former general director) Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Rena Nishiyama Rina Hirata Ami Maeda Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Haruka Ishida Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Aki Takajō Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Mariya Nagao Nana Fujita Jurina Matsui Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Sayaka Yamamoto Ami Yumoto

Team B	Misaki Iwasa Natsuki Uchiyama Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Kana Kobayashi Moe Gotō Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe Miyuki Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Wakana Natori Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Natsuki Fujimura Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Ai Yamamoto Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Moeka Iwasaki Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Ōshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

Kamen Rider W

Kamen Riders	Double Cyclone Joker Skull Accel Eternal

Other characters	List of characters Dopants Queen & Elizabeth Ultimate D Kamen Rider Core

Films	(DCD) Movie War 2010 Forever Core (Let's Go Kamen Riders) Returns (Mega Max) (Ultimatum) Super Hero Taisen Z Kamen Rider Taisen

Other media	List of episodes “W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)” “Love Wars”

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