French Kiss (band)
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French Kiss (フレンチ・キス, Furenchi Kisu) is a sub-unit of all-female Japanese pop group AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto.
History
Debut
It was announced on June 28, 2010 by Kashiwagi that French Kiss would be formed and debuted with a single Zutto mae kara (ずっと前から, Since long time before), at AKB48 Team-B's stage performance.[1] "Zutto mae kara" was used as the ending theme song for anime "Major sixth season", broadcast on NHK Educational TV.
After 4 months from release of the 1st single, they released 2nd single "If" on January 19, 2011, which was ranked 2nd after Tomohisa Yamashita's single "Hadakanbō" (はだかんぼー, "Naked") on Oricon Weekly Chart [2]
Discography
Singles
| Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Singles Charts [3] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [4] |
RIAJ digital tracks* [5] | ||||
| 2010 | "Zutto mae kara" (ずっと前から, "Since long time ago") | 5 | 5 | 91 | TBA | |
| 2011 | "If" | 2 | 73 | 22 | ||
| "Kakko warui I love you" (カッコ悪いI love you, "Uncool I love You") | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
*RIAJ Digital Tracks established April 2009.
References
- ^ Important announcement!!!!!! (重大発表!!!!!!) Yuki Kashiwagi's Official blog dated 2010-06-29
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Charts for January 31st Released". DIGITAL BOUNCE. January 31, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ "アーティスト：フレンチ・キス". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Style.
- ^ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard.
- ^ "有料音楽配信チャート" (in Japanese). RIAJ.