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

Artist

°C-ute

Single

Edo no Temari Uta II (江戸の手毬唄II)

Release date

2008.07.30 (CD)

2008.08.27 (Single V)

Catalog number

EPCE-5566 (Limited)

EPCE-5568 (Regular)

EPBE-5301 (Single V)

Price

¥1,260 (Limited)

¥1,050 (Regular)

¥1,575 (Single V)

CD track listing

1. Edo no Temari Uta II (江戸の手毬唄II; The Edo Handball Song II)
2. "Wasuretakunai Natsu" (「忘れたくない夏」; "A Summer I Don't Want to Forget")
3. Edo no Temari Uta II (Instrumental) (江戸の手毬唄II (Instrumental))

Single V track listing

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

Event V 1 track listing

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

Event V 2 track listing

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

Information

"Edo no Temari Uta II" is the 6th major single by °C-ute. The single was released in both limited and regular editions; the limited coming 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 reached #5 on the Oricon charts, charted for four weeks, and sold a total of 35,789 copies.

The title track appears on the album 4 Akogare My STAR as track #11.

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

Members featured in this release

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

Song Information

Lyrics

Yoshioka Osamu

Composition

Uzaki Ryudou

Other Information

Arrangement: Kawabata Yoshimasa

Album appearances

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

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

Edo no Temari Uta II Kurofune Version

Kurofune Version DVD Cover

On September 19, 2008, only 100 copies of a fan club DVD were released of the "Kurofune Version" (黒船バージョン) of the PV. The PV featuring one of the back dancers from the original PV dancing to a jazz instrumental of the song. The DVD cover portrayed Commodore Matthew Perry, as designed by Yajima Maimi.

External links

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