Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE?


 * "What is LOVE?" redirects here. For the song "What is LOVE" by Goto Maki, see Ai Kotoba (VOICE).

Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? (笑顔の君は太陽さ / 君の代わりは居やしない / What is LOVE?; You with a Smile Are My Sun / No One Can Take Your Place / What is LOVE?), official English title being You bright smile is like the sunshine / No One Can Replace You / What is LOVE?, is Morning Musume '14's 55th single and their first single with their new name. It was released on January 29, 2014 in 6 editions: 2 regular and 4 limited editions. The first press for both regular editions includes 10 trading cards and a random enclosure. The first press for all editions came with a 2-month calendar poster of 6 kinds.

"Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" will be the official cheer song for the 2014 Winter Olympics Japanese Team, while "What is LOVE?" was the ending theme for the NHK World show J-Melo from October through December 2013.

The single debuted at #1 in the weekly Oricon charts, making it the first time in Morning Musume history that the group have ranked #1 in the weekly charts for 4 consecutive singles. The single is continously charting with 158,962 copies sold.

The Event V for Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa and Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai will be sold at their release event on March 1 and March 9.

CD

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
 * 2) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
 * 3) What is LOVE?
 * 4) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa 
 * 5) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai 
 * 6) What is LOVE? 

Limited Edition A DVD

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Music Video)
 * 2) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Close-up Ver.)

Limited Edition B DVD

 * 1) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Music Video)
 * 2) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition C DVD

 * 1) What is LOVE? (Music Video)
 * 2) What is LOVE? (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition D DVD

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Lecture Video)
 * 2) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Shot Ver.)
 * 3) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Making Of & Offshot Video)

Event V "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa"

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (道重さゆみ Solo Ver.)
 * 2) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (譜久村聖 Solo Ver.)
 * 3) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (生田衣梨奈 Solo Ver.)
 * 4) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (鞘師里保 Solo Ver.)
 * 5) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (鈴木香音 Solo Ver.)
 * 6) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (飯窪春菜 Solo Ver.)
 * 7) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (石田亜佑美 Solo Ver.)
 * 8) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (佐藤優樹 Solo Ver.)
 * 9) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (工藤 遥 Solo Ver.)
 * 10) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (小田さくら Solo Ver.)

Event V "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai"

 * 1) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Michishige Sayumi Solo Ver.)
 * 2) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Fukumura Mizuki Solo Ver.)
 * 3) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Ikuta Erina Solo Ver.)
 * 4) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Sayahi Riho Solo Ver.)
 * 5) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Suzuki Kanon Solo Ver.)
 * 6) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Iikubo Haruna Solo Ver.)
 * 7) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Ishida Ayumi Solo Ver.)
 * 8) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Sato Masaki Solo Ver.)
 * 9) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Kudo Haruka Solo Ver.)
 * 10) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai （Oda Sakura Solo Ver.)

Featured Members

 * 6th Gen: Michishige Sayumi
 * 9th Gen: Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon
 * 10th Gen: Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka
 * 11th Gen: Oda Sakura

Concert Performances
Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
 * Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~
 * Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~
 * What is LOVE?
 * Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~
 * Naruchika 2013 Fuyu Morning Musume
 * Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
 * Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~

Single Information
For more informations please visit Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa, Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai, and What is LOVE?.
 * All lyrics and composition: Tsunku
 * All arrangement: Okubo Kaoru

Promotion
Release Events=
 * January 12, 2014: Hiroshima - Michishige Sayumi, Sayashi Riho, Iikubo Haruna, Oda Sakura
 * January 13, 2014:
 * Aichi - Ikuta Erina (Inazawa), Ishida Ayumi (Ichinomiya)
 * Chiba - Iikubo Haruna (Chiba), Kudo Haruka (Kashiwa)
 * Fukuoka - Suzuki Kanon
 * Fukushima - Sato Masaki
 * Hiroshima - Sayashi Riho
 * Hyogo - Fukumura Mizuki
 * Ibaraki - Sato Masaki
 * Kumamoto - Suzuki Kanon
 * Kyoto - Ikuta Erina
 * Miyagi - Kudo Haruka
 * Niigata - Michishige Sayumi
 * Osaka - Sayashi Riho (Abeno Ward), Oda Sakura (Tsurumi Ward)
 * Saitama - Ishida Ayumi
 * Shizuoka - Oda Sakura
 * Tochigi - Iikubo Haruna
 * Tokyo - Michishige Sayumi
 * Yamaguchi - Fukumura Mizuki
 * -|Television Appearance=
 * [2013.11.03] J-MELO (performing "What is LOVE?")
 * [2014.01.13] HEY HEY HEY SP (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")
 * [2014.01.17] Music Dragon (performing "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa")
 * [2014.01.23] Music Japan (performing "What is LOVE?")
 * [2014.01.23] The Girls Live (performing "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa")
 * [2014.01.30] The Girls Live (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" and "What is LOVE?")
 * [2014.01.31] Music Station (performing "What is LOVE?")
 * [2014.02.03] Sound Room (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")
 * [2014.02.11] Sukkiri (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")

Trivia

 * This is Morning Musume's first triple A-side single.
 * This is Morning Musume's first major single not to feature a coupling track (B-side).
 * This is Michishige Sayumi's sixth single as the leader of Morning Musume.
 * With the release of this single, Michishige Sayumi and Niigaki Risa are now tied with the record of most singles featured in.
 * Tsunku wrote "What is LOVE?" to commemorate J-Melo's 400th episode.
 * Various billboards were put up to promote "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai".
 * This is the 3rd single where they used engilsh translations in their YouTube videos.
 * This is the second time that concert performance footage is used in the MV.
 * On the January 5, 2014 episode of J-Melo, Sayashi Riho and Ishida Ayumi asked for viewers to send in videos of them dancing to "What is LOVE?".
 * During the performance of "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" on "Hey Hey Hey Special" they made a different ending pose than in the MV. (Michishige, Fukumura, Sayashi, Iikubo and Ishida formed the 5 olympic rings with their arms at the performance).
 * This single was certified Gold by the RIAJ.

Oricon Chart Positions
Total Reported Sales: 159,800*

Achievements

 * Group: 4th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings (Group Record)
 * Group: 1st single to rank #1 on the Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales & Billboard Japan Hot 100.
 * Group: What is LOVE? - 22nd Music Video to reach 1,000,000 views on YouTube
 * Group: Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai - 23rd Music Video to reach 1,000,000 views on YouTube
 * National: First female group to release 55 singles.
 * National: First female group to have 55 singles debut in the Oricon Weekly Top 10.