Pop Star
- Artist
- Hirai Ken
- Single
- POP STAR
- Released
- 2005.10.26
- Catalog Number
- DFCL-1220
- Price
- ¥1,223
- CD Tracklist
- POP STAR
- Tameiki Kippu (ため息キップ)
- POP STAR ~less vocal~
- Information
"POP STAR" is Hirai Ken's 23rd single. The single went on to top the 2005 Oricon Charts and is known for its remarkable music video, featuring Ken in seven different personas, including a raccoon and his own manager. The music video also helped Ken break into the US and Canadian Markets where stations would play the video despite the fact that it was in Japanese.
The title track was featured in the Nintendo DS game, Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, as well as onTaiko No Tatsujin 8 and Taiko No Tatsujin Portable 2 for the PSP. It is also a track in the Konami's Jubeat Ripples series. Its latest appearance is in the Namco game Happy Dance Collection for the Nintendo Wii. The song was also featured in the Japanese drama Kiken na Aneki starring Ito Misaki.
The single peaked at #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for 17 weeks. It sold 244,012 copies.
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