Format CD, CD+DVD Genre J-Pop | Recorded 2006 Writer(s) Ai Otsuka | |
Released April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) Label avex trax
AVCD-30915/B (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVCD-30916 (Japan, CD) | ||
"Frienger" (フレンジャー; Furenjā) is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006.
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"Frienger" is a catchy, upbeat song. The title is actually a portmanteau of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the CM for au mobile service and was the theme song for the television program "Sports Uruguzu". The B-side track, "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri", was used in a Music.jp CM. The music video for the song was filmed in Taiwan.
"Frienger" debuted at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 70,414 copies sold. It maintained high sales for the following two weeks and sold a total of 173,115 copies in 2006. "Frienger" was Otsuka's best-selling single of 2006 and the 60th best-selling single of 2006 overall. It is currently her fourth best-selling single.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ai Otsuka.
Live performances
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)