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Himawari (Yusuke)
- Artist
- Yusuke
- Single
- Himawari (ひまわり)
- Released
- 2009.03.11
- Catalog Number
- SRCL-6980/1 (Limited Edition)
- SRCL-6982 (Regular Edition)
- Price
- ¥1,785 (Limited Edition)
- ¥1,223 (Regular Edition)
- CD Tracklist
- Himawari (ひまわり; Sunflower)
- Sakura Monogatari (さくら物語; Cherry Blossom Story)
- Soyokaze (そよ風; Breeze)
- Himawari -Instrumental- (ひまわり)
- DVD Tracklist
- Prologue
- Himawari (ひまわり) (Music Video)
- Epilogue
- Information
"Himawari" is the debut single released by Yusuke. The title track was used as the theme song for the dorama Kamiji Yusuke Monogatari. It was released in two versions; a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition. The first press included stickers and super picture CD label. The single reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold 359,556 copies in 2009, making the #8 single of the year. The RIAJ certified the single as Platinum for shipment of over 250.000 copies. The title track has also been certified as Million for ringtone downloads of over 1.000.000 and Double Platinum for full song downloads of over 500.000.
Song Information
Oricon Chart Positions

Yusuke promoting the single
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 219,230 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55,403 |
2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 27,155 |
2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16,958 |
2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8,434 |
7 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5,747 |
9 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 4,907 |
13 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 3,996 |
18 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 3,481 |
24 | - | - | 50 | 45 | 37 | 29 | 47 | 1,783 |
40 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 68 | 1,302 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 1,043 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | 859 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 859 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 97 | 829 |
- | - | - | 48 | 48 | 37 | 35 | 51 | 1,777 |
49 | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 87 | 951 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | 732 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 619 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 473 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 154 | 484 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 146 | 453 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 197 | 305 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for 10 weeks | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 189 | 290 |
Total Reported Sales: 361,205
External Links
- Oricon Profile: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
- Sony Music Profile: Limited Edition | Regular Edition