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"Akai Ito" (Шаблон:Nihongo2 "Red Thread") is a pop song by Japanese recording artist Yui Aragaki. It was released as her second single on October 15, 2008.[1]

Background

"Akai Ito" is a cover of one of Kobukuro's lesser known songs from their independent releases.[2] Kobukuro's team wanted to bring focus to the song once again and suggested to the band they have a female vocalist cover it.[2] Upon hearing Kobukuro perform the song at a Warner Music Japan Convention concert, Aragaki fell in love with the song and agreed to cover it.[2] Aragaki's version was subsequently produced by Tokyo Jihen member Seiji Kameda.[2]

The single was released in two formats: a limited edition, which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and a standard edition, which comes with a bonus DVD that includes the music video for "Akai Ito" as well as its making of.[3]

Chart performance

"Akai Ito" peaked at #1 on the daily Oricon singles chart and #3 on the weekly chart, selling 34,236 copies in its first week.[4][5] The song debuted at #1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, making it her second consecutive number-one debut on this chart[6] "Akai Ito" was the 15th best selling single for the month of October and ranked #120 on the yearly Oricon singles chart.[7][8]

Track listing

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Charts and sales

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Chart (2008) Peak
positions
Sales
64,461[5]
Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart[4] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[5] 3
Japan Oricon Monthly Singles Chart[7] 15
Japan Oricon Yearly Singles Chart[8] 120
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (CD+DVD)[9] 5
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (CD)[9] 6

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Japan October 15, 2008[2] Warner Music Japan CD (Limited Edition)
CD+DVD (Standard Edition)

References

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External links

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