Shuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo

[2005.11.02] Shuuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo

Composed by: , SHUSUI, FREDRIK HULT, JONAS ENGSTRAND, OLA LARSSON (Seishun Amigo); KOSUKE MORIMOTO (Colorful); KOJI MAKINO (Kizuna)
Lyrics by: ZOPP (Seishun Amigo), TOMOHISA YAMASHITA (Colorful), KAZUYA KAMENASHI (Kizuna)
Arranged by: TOMOJI SOGAW

HIGHEST RANKING:

Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: # 1 (1,610,711 copies sold)

The single was also released as a single in Sweden on 21 June 2006 and entered the Swedish singles chart at #41 the following week.

AWARDS:
~ "Best of 2005" single (Oricon 2005), while it had been in the charts for only 2 months!
~ #1 at the Annual Oricon top 999 singles
~ #3 single of 2006
~ Shuuji to Akira was voted as Best Artist of 2005 on November 30, 2005 by 130 million (!) people.
~ On March 18, 2006 the song was voted as Song of Japan by Japanese families.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
~ The limited edition has 3 songs and a special 12-page photo booklet, while the regular edition only has their instrumentals as extras.
~ 34 weeks on the chart, which is really really unusual in Japanese music business

MORE INFORMATION:
- Kamenashi Kazuya's debut single
- It became the "Best of 2005" single (Oricon 2005), while it had been in the charts for only 2 months + #3 single of 2006

Shuji to Akira is a special temporary unit formed by Kazuya Kamenashi and Tomohisa Yamashita, under Johnny's Entertainment from fall 2005 to winter 2006. This unit was created to promote the duo's Japanese TV series, Nobuta wo Produce. Shuji and Akira are the names of the characters of Kamenashi and Yamashita respectively. Although the TV show has long finished on television, the duo are still asked from time to time to perform on TV specials.

The unit's sole single, "Seishun Amigo", was released on 2 November 2005 and debuted at #1 in the Oricon singles top 200 the following week. The single sold more than a million copies in less than 4 weeks and has so far spent 34 weeks on the chart. The single also topped the annual Oricon top 999 singles chart of 2005, making it the best selling single in Japan in 2005. The single remained on the charts until early 2006, and was also the third best-selling single of 2006. The song was also released as a single in Sweden on 21 June 2006 and entered the Swedish singles chart at #41 the following week.

The limited edition includes 3 songs and a special 12-page photo booklet, and the regular edition includes 3 songs and their instrumentals.

Television Performances:

* 2005.10.23 UTAWARA HOT TOP 10 (First performance)
* 2005.10.27 UTABAN
* 2005.10.28 MUSIC STATION
* 2005.10.31 HEY!HEY!HEY!MUSIC CHAMP
* 2005.11.04 MUSIC FIGHTERS
* 2005.11.04 MUSIC STATION (On a round performance stage surrounded by 200 fans)
* 2005.11.11 MUSIC STATION (3rd performance due to requests by fans)
* 2005.11.20 UTAWARA HOT TOP 10
* 2005.11.30 BEST ARTIST VOTED BY 130M PEOPLE
* 2005.12.23 MUSIC STATION (Music Station Super Live 2005)
* 2005.12.31 JOHNNY'S COUNTDOWN LIVE
* 2006.03.18 SONG OF JAPAN VOTED BY FAMILIES
* 2006.08.26 24 JIKAN TEREBI

[Info from Wiki]

TRACK LIST:

1. Shuuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo
2. Yamashita Tomohisa - Colorful
3. Kamenashi Kazuya - Kizuna
4. Shuuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo (Original Karaoke)
5. Yamashita Tomohisa - Colorful (Original Karaoke)
6. Kamenashi Kazuya - Kizuna (Original Karaoke)