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Dear J

Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
Itano Tomomi
Single
Dear J
Released
2011.01.26
Catalog Number
KIZM-75~6 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-77~8 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-79~80 (Regular Edition Type-C)
NMAX-1103 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Regular Edition)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Dear J
  2. TUNNEL
  3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
  4. TUNNEL OFF VOCAL VER.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Dear J MUSIC CLIP
  2. Tomomi Itano Collection -Special Movie-
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Dear J
  2. Stay by my side
  3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
  4. Stay by my side OFF VOCAL VER.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Dear J MUSIC CLIP
  2. Tomomi Itano Interview -Special Movie-
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Dear J
  2. Thank you
  3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
  4. Thank you OFF VOCAL VER.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Dear J MUSIC CLIP
  2. Making of Tomomi Itano -Special Movie-
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Dear J
  2. Tsundere! (ツンデレ!) (Itano Tomomi, Ishida Haruka, Sato Sumire, Nito Moeno, Miyazaki Miho) (AKB48 cover)
  3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
  4. Tsundere! OFF VOCAL VER.


Information

"Dear J" is the debut solo single released by AKB48 member Itano Tomomi. It was released in four versions: three regular CD+DVD editions and a limited theater CD-only edition. First pressings of the regular editions came with a photo and an application card for tickets to a debut commemoration event, while all theater editions came with a handshake event ticket and a photo. The title track was used as a Samantha Thavasa CM song. The second track of the theater edition, "Tsundere!", is from Team A's 5th stage. The original was sung by Itano, Kitahara Rie, and Sato Amina, while the "Dear J" version was sung by Itano and the members of the AKB48 unit Natto Angels Z. Itano was a member of its original unit, Natto Angels. The single reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for 24 weeks.

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Keyz, Carlos K.
Other Information
Arrangement: corin.

Disambiguation

Itano Tomomi promoting the single

There are currently two versions of "Dear J" to be found in Itano Tomomi's discography. These versions are:

Dear J (Original)
Found on the "Dear J" single as track #1.
Dear J (OFF VOCAL VER.)
Found on the "Dear J" single as track #3. This is the standard version without the main vocals.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 162,871
1 7 7 7 6 4 3 6 24,105
4 23 25 16 12 10 7 14 9,111
7 19 20 21 21 18 11 21 5,992
14 41 - 44 38 28 30 38 2,902
21 48 - - - 42 39 49 1,901
49 - - - - 40 43 61 1,052
41 - - - 45 - 50 64 827
40 - - - 45 - - 62 864
49 46 - 44 40 47 36 49 1,022
30 - - - - - - 76 841
- - - - - - - 77 598
- - - - - - - 109 496
- - - - - - - 118 568
- - - - - - - 109 546
- - - - - - - 161 335
- - - - - - - 132 364
- - - - - - - 157 392
- - - - - - - 173 339
- - - - - - - 158 340
- - - - - - - 164 345
- - - - - - - 180 314
- - - - - - - 179 298
- - - - - - - out for one week
- - - - - - - 161 358

Total Reported Sales: 216,781*

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