Edo no Temari Uta II

Limited Edition CD Cover

Regular Edition CD Cover

Single V DVD Cover

Event V 1 DVD Cover

Event V 2 DVD Cover

Black Ships version DVD Cover

Edo no Temari Uta II (江戸の手毬唄II, The Edo Handball Song II) is the 6th major single by °C-ute. It was released on July 30, 2008 on the zetima label in both limited (EPCE-5566) and regular (EPCE-5568) editions. The limited edition came with eight interchangeable covers - one of each member and one of the group. The limited edition and the first press of the regular edition came with a serial number card used to enter a lottery where tickets could be won to an event. The Single V (EPBE-5301) was released on August 27, 2008.

On September 19, 2008, a "Edo no Temari Uta II Black ships version" (黒船バージョン) fan club DVD was released (only 100 copies were made), it contains a Jazz dance version featuring one of the background dancers from the Edo no Temari Uta II PV. The cover of the Black ships version was designed by Yajima Maimi, portraying Commodore Perry

Credits

• Lyrics: Yoshioka Osamu
• Composition: Uzaki Ryudou
• Arrangement: Kawabata Ryousei

Members featured in this release

• Umeda Erika
• Yajima Maimi
• Nakajima Saki
• Suzuki Airi
• Okai Chisato
• Hagiwara Mai
• Arihara Kanna

CD track listing

1. 江戸の手毬唄II (Edo no Temari Uta II)
2. 「忘れたくない夏」 ("Wasuretakunai Natsu")
3. 江戸の手毬唄II (Instrumental) (Edo no Temari Uta II (Instrumental))

Single V track listing

1. 江戸の手毬唄II (Edo no Temari Uta II)
2. 江戸の手毬唄II (Dance Shot Ver.) (Edo no Temari Uta II (Dance Shot Ver.))
3. ジャケット撮影メイキング (Jacket Photography Making of)

Event V 1 track listing

1. 江戸の手毬唄II (Close-up Ver.) ((Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Ver.))
2. 江戸の手毬唄II TV-SPOT (Solo Ver.) ((Edo no Temari Uta II TV-SPOT (Solo Ver.))
3. PVメイキング (PV Making)

Event V 2 track listing

1. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 梅田えりか Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Umeda Erika Ver.))
2. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 矢島舞美 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Yajima Maimi Ver.))
3. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 中島早貴 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Nakajima Saki Ver.))
4. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 鈴木愛理 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Suzuki Airi Ver.))
5. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 岡井千聖 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Okai Chisato Ver.))
6. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 萩原舞 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Hagiwara Mai Ver.))
7. 江戸の手毬唄II Close-up Solo 有原栞菜 Ver. (Edo no Temari Uta II (Close-up Solo Arihara Kanna Ver.))

Album appearances

• Track #3 on Petit Best 9 (2008)
• Track #11 on 4 Akogare My STAR (2009)

TV performances

• 2008.08.06 MUSIC JAPAN
• 2008.08.08 Music Fighter
• 2008.08.26 Oha Star
• 2008.11.30 Lyricist Award Show 2008
• 2008.12.30 50th Japan Record Awards

Concert performances

• Hello! Project 2008 Summer Wonderful Hearts Kouen ~Hishochi de Date Itashima SHOW~
• °C-ute Concert Tour 2008 Natsu ~Wasuretakunai Natsu~
• °C-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~September 10 is °C-ute's Day~
• °C-ute Concert Tour 2009 Natsu Aki ~Cutie JUMP!~ (as part of a medley)

Oricon Ranking and Sales

Single

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	3	8	9	10	11	4	5	27,805
4	18	31	33	32	36	35	36	6,524
26	-	-	-	-	-	-	110	1,013
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	148	447

• Total sales: 35,789

Single V

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	6	8	8	9	8	10	9	4,030
12	13	-	-	-	-	-	20	819
-	16	-	-	-	-	-	37	434

• Total sales: 5,283

External links

• Hello! Project Official Website Discography entries: CD, DVD
• Dohhh UP!: "Edo no Temari Uta II" PV
• projecthello.com lyrics: Edo no Temari Uta II, "Wasuretakunai Natsu"