Shūji to Akira#"Senaka goshi no Chance"
{{Short description|Band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Shūji to Akira
{{Nihongo2|修二と彰}}
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| background = temporary
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| origin = Japan
| genre = Pop
| years_active = {{Start date|2005}}, {{Start date|2017}}, {{Start date|2020}}
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| past_members = Kazuya Kamenashi
Tomohisa Yamashita
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{{Nihongo|Shūji to Akira|修二と彰||lit. Shūji and Akira}} was a special temporary unit formed by KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi and NEWS member Tomohisa Yamashita for their 2005 drama Nobuta o Produce. {{nihongo|Shūji|修二}} and {{nihongo|Akira|彰}} are the names of the characters Kamenashi and Yamashita play in the drama respectively. Although the drama has long finished on television, the duo have revived their performance of their song {{nihongo|"Seishun Amigo"|青春アミーゴ|Youthful Friends}} numerous times. In 2017, they formed another special temporary unit, {{Nihongo|Kame to Yamapi|亀と山P||lit. Kame and Yamapi}}, for their 2017 drama Boku, Unmei no Hito desu.{{cite web |url= https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/02/kamenashi-kazuya-yamashita-tomohisa-form-special-unit-kame-to-yamapi |title=Kamenashi Kazuya & Yamashita Tomohisa form special unit 'Kame to Yamapi' |date=February 20, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2021|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC.}}
"Seishun Amigo"
{{Infobox song
| name = Seishun Amigo
{{Nihongo2|青春アミーゴ}}
| cover = Seishun Amigo.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Shūji to Akira
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| B-side = {{ubl|"Colorful"|"Kizuna"}}
| released = {{Start date|2005|11|02}}
| recorded = 2005
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| genre = Pop
| length = 26:28 (Regular edition)
13:15 (Limited edition)
| label = Johnny's Entertainment
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=Single information=
The limited edition consists of three songs and a special 12-page photo booklet, and the regular edition consists three songs and their instrumentals. "Seishun Amigo" was used as the theme song for the drama Nobuta wo Produce starring Kamenashi, Yamashita and Maki Horikita. Musically, the song has a resemblance to Japanese kayōkyoku music of the 1980s.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/3608/|script-title=ja:「青春アミーゴ」の真相！なぜ、修二と彰はこんなに売れたのか！？|work=Oricon|date=December 2, 2005|accessdate=February 11, 2010|language=ja}}
=Track list=
{{track listing
| headline = Regular Edition
| title1 = Seishun Amigo
| lyrics1 = Zopp
| music1 = Shusui, Fredrik Hult, Ola Larsson, Jonas Engstrand
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Colorful
| note2 = {{nihongo2|カラフル}} "Karafuru"
| lyrics2 = Tomohisa Yamashita
| music2 = Kosuke Morimoto
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = Kizuna
| note3 = {{nihongo2|絆}} "Bonds"
| lyrics3 = Kazuya Kamenashi
| music3 = Koji Makaino
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Seishun Amigo
| note4 = Instrumental
| lyrics4 = Zopp
| music4 = Shusui, Fredrik Hult, Ola Larsson, Jonas Engstrand
| length4 = 4:36
| title5 = Colorful
| note5 = Instrumental
| lyrics5 = Yamashita
| music5 = Morimoto
| length5 = 4:29
| title6 = Kizuna
| note6 = Instrumental
| lyrics6 = Kamenashi
| music6 = Makaino
| length6 = 4:11
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Limited Edition
| title1 = Seishun Amigo
| lyrics1 = Zopp
| music1 = Shusui, Fredrik Hult, Ola Larsson, Jonas Engstrand
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Colorful
| lyrics2 = Tomohisa Yamashita
| music2 = Kosuke Morimoto
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = Kizuna
| lyrics3 = Kazuya Kamenashi
| music3 = Koji Makaino
| length3 = 4:11
}}
=Chart information=
The unit's sole single "Seishun Amigo" was released on November 2, 2005, and debuted at number one on the Oricon singles weekly chart, selling 520,419 copies. It maintained its number one spot the following week, selling another 250,108 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=2005&month=11&week=3&submit4.x=13&submit4.y=18|script-title=ja:2005年11月第3週のシングルランキング情報|work=Oricon|accessdate=2009-12-20|language=ja}} The single sold more than a million copies in less than four weeks{{cite episode|title=Utawara Hot Top 10|network=NTV|airdate=2005-10-23|language=ja}} and spent a total of sixty-five weeks on the Oricon charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/623941/1/|title=Seishun Amigo Oricon profile|work=Oricon|accessdate=2009-12-20|language=ja}} The single was the best-selling single of 2005 and the third best-selling single of 2006.
In 2010, Seishun Amigo was reported by the Oricon's magazine, OriStar, for having sold over 1,627,000 copies and was later certified Million by RIAJ denoting over 1,000,000 shipments.{{cite journal|date=September 9, 2010|title=Million hit singles in 10 years (2000-2010)|journal=OriStar|pages=14–15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200511.html|script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2005年11月|work=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=2009-12-20|language=ja}}
=Charts and certifications=
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Charts
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Sales and certifications
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| Country
! Provider ! Sales ! Certification |
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| Japan
| RIAJ | 1,627,000+ | Million |
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Performances
- 2005.10.23 Utawara Hot Hit 10
- 2005.10.27 Utaban
- 2005.10.28 Music Station
- 2005.10.31 Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
- 2005.11.04 Music Fighter
- 2005.11.04 Music Station
- 2005.11.11 Music Station
- 2005.11.20 Utawara Hot Top 10
- 2005.11.30 {{nihongo|Best Artist|ベストアーティスト|Besuto Ateisuto}}
- 2005.12.23 Music Station Super Live 2005
- 2005.12.31 Johnny's Countdown Live
- 2006.03.18 {{nihongo|Song of Japan Voted by Families|家族で選ぶにっぽんの歌}}
- 2006.08.26 {{nihongo|24-Hour Television|24時間テレビ|24 Jikan Terebi}}
- 2007.12.31 Johnny's Countdown Live
- 2008.12.31 Johnny's Countdown Live
- 2009.08.31 24-Hour Television
- 2009.12.15 Best Artist
- 2009.12.31 Johnny's Countdown Live
- 2015.12.31 Johnny's Countdown Live
- 2017.07.01 The Music Day
- 2017.12.06 2017 FNS Music Festival
"Senaka goshi no Chance"
{{Infobox song
| name = Senaka goshi no Chance
{{Nihongo2|背中越しのチャンス}}
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| type = single
| artist = Kame to Yamapi
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| B-side = {{ubl|"Follow Me"|"Bird"|"Super Funker!!"|"Forever Summer"|"Gyakuten Revolution"}}
| released = {{Start date|2017|05|17}}
| recorded = 2017
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| genre = Pop
| length = 27:46 (Regular edition)
4:33 (Limited edition 1)
27:19 (Limited edition 2)
| label = J-Storm
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=Single information=
Limited edition 1 consists of one song and its music video and making-of and a special 8-panel lyrics card, limited edition 2 consists of four songs and three instrumentals and a 24-page lyrics booklet, and the regular edition consists of three songs and their instrumentals. "Senaka goshi no Chance" was used as the theme song for the drama Boku, Unmei no Hito desu starring Kamenashi, Yamashita, and Fumino Kimura.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2089170/full/|script-title=ja:亀梨&山P&文乃、ドラマEDで“ボク運ダンス”披露 |work=Oricon|date=2017-04-14|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}}
=Track list=
{{track listing
| headline = Regular Edition
| title1 = Senaka goshi no Chance
| lyrics1 = Koudai Iwatsubo
| music1 = Iwatsubo
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| title2 = Forever Summer
| lyrics2 = Tomohisa Yamashita, Kazuya Kamenashi
| music2 = Yamashita, Kamenashi, Zen Nishizawa
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| title3 = Gyakuten Revolution
| note3 = {{nihongo2|逆転レボルシオン}} "Reverse Revolution"
| lyrics3 = Zopp
| music3 = Jonas Mengler, Pink Pierrot
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| title4 = Senaka goshi no Chance
| note4 = Instrumental
| lyrics4 = Iwatsubo
| music4 = Iwatsubo
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| title5 = Forever Summer
| note5 = Instrumental
| lyrics5 = Yamashita, Kamenashi
| music5 = Yamashita, Kamenashi, Nishizawa
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| title6 = Gyakuten Revolution
| note6 = Instrumental
| lyrics6 = Zopp
| music6 = Mengler, Pink Pierrot
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{{track listing
| headline = Limited Edition 1
| title1 = Senaka goshi no Chance
| lyrics1 = Iwatsubo
| music1 = Iwatsubo
| length1 =
| title2 = Senaka goshi no Chance
| note2 = Music video + making-of
| lyrics2 = Iwatsubo
| music2 = Iwatsubo
| length2 = }}
{{track listing
| headline = Limited Edition 2
| title1 = Senaka goshi no Chance
| lyrics1 = Iwatsubo
| music1 = Iwatsubo
| length1 =
| title2 = Follow Me
| note2 = Kamenashi solo
| lyrics2 = Kamenashi
| music2 = Chris Wahle, CR
| length2 =
| title3 = Bird
| note3 = Yamashita solo
| lyrics3 = Yamashita
| music3 = Greg Bonnick, Hayden Chapman, Adrian Mckinnon, Takuya Harada
| length3 =
| title4 = Super Funker!!
| lyrics4 = Yuuki Fujii
| music4 = Dailydose
| length4 =
| title5 = Follow Me
| note5 = Instrumental
| lyrics5 = Kamenashi
| music5 = Wahle, CR
| length5 =
| title6 = Bird
| note6 = Instrumental
| lyrics6 = Yamashita
| music6 = Bonnick, Chapman, Mckinnon, Harada
| length6 =
| title7 = Super Funker!!
| note7 = Instrumental
| lyrics7 = Fujii
| music7 = Dailydose
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=Chart information=
The single debuted at number one on the Oricon singles weekly chart, selling 175,269 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2091121/full/|script-title=ja:【オリコン】亀と山P、『ボク運』主題歌1位 12年ぶり黄金タッグ復活|work=Oricon|date=2017-05-23|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}} The single spent a total of twenty-three weeks on the Oricon charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/697094/products/1230098/1/ |script-title=ja:背中越しのチャンス(初回限定盤1)|work=Oricon|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}} "Senaka goshi no Chance" debuted at number sixty on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart on May 8, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2017&month=05&day=8|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 May 8, 2017|work=Billboard Japan|date=2017-05-08|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}} It rose to number forty-one on May 22 and peaked at number one the following week.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2017&month=05&day=22|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 May 22, 2017|work=Billboard Japan|date=2017-05-22|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2017&month=05&day=29|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 May 29, 2017|work=Billboard Japan|date=2017-05-29|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}} The song charted for eleven weeks on the Hot 100 chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/chart_insight/detail?kind=h100&date=2017-06-12&main=114360#graph_sort=chartin&rank_or_point=rank&show_week=30|script-title=ja:背中越しのチャンス / 亀と山P CHART insight |work=Billboard Japan|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}} The single also topped the Billboard Japan top singles sales chart, selling 188,231 copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/51254/2|script-title=ja:【ビルボード】亀と山P『背中越しのチャンス』188,231枚売り上げでシングル・セールス・チャート首位獲得|work=Billboard Japan|date=2017-05-22|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}}
The single was certified Gold by RIAJ in May 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|script-title=ja:一般社団法人 日本レコード協会|work=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}}
=Charts and certifications=
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==Charts==
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!Chart (2017) !Peak |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
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| Japan Billboard Hot 100 Chart
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| Japan ''Billboard Top Single Sales Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2017&month=05&day=29|title=Billboard Japan Top Single Sales May 29, 2017|work=Billboard Japan|date=2017-05-29|accessdate=2017-12-02|language=ja}}
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==Sales and certifications==
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! Provider ! Sales ! Certification |
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| Japan
| RIAJ | 220,589+ | Gold |
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==Performances==
- 2017.05.13 Count Down TV
- 2017.05.16 Utacon
- 2017.05.19 Music Station
- 2017.05.19 Buzz Rhythm
- 2017.05.26 Music Station
- 2017.07.01 The Music Day
- 2017.11.28 Best Artist 2017
- 2017.12.06 2017 FNS Music Festival
References
External links
- [http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/special/disco/_popup/pop_seishunamigo.html "Seishun Amigo" product information] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.j-storm.co.jp/others_discography/%E8%83%8C%E4%B8%AD%E8%B6%8A%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9 "Senaka goshi no Chance" product information] {{in lang|ja}}
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