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 a trading cards of 11 kinds depending on the jackets (22 in total). The first press for all editions came with a 2-month calendar poster of 6 kinds.

"Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" was 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 has ranked #1 in the weekly charts for 4 consecutive singles. The single sold 160,265 copies.

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

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
 * 2) *Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~
 * 3) *Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~
 * 4) *Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * 5) *Naruchika Morning Musume '14


 * 1) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
 * 2) *Hello! Project Hina Fest 2014 ~Full Course~
 * 3) *Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * 4) *Naruchika Morning Musume '14


 * 1) What is LOVE?
 * 2) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~
 * 3) *Naruchika 2013 Fuyu Morning Musume
 * 4) *Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
 * 5) *Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~
 * 6) *Hello! Project Hina Fest 2014 ~Full Course~
 * 7) *Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * 8) *Naruchika Morning Musume '14

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
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")
 * -|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

Trivia

 * This is Morning Musume's first and only triple A-side single.
 * Tsunku wrote "What is LOVE?" to commemorate J-Melo's 400th episode.
 * Various billboards were put up to promote "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai".
 * "What is LOVE?" is the first Morning Musume music video entirely made of concert footage.
 * 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.
 * This is their first Major single to not have any B-sides.
 * "What is LOVE?" is Sato Masaki's first single as a Main Vocalist.

Oricon Chart Positions
Total Reported Sales: 160,768*

Achievements

 * Group: 4th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings
 * Group: 1st single to rank #1 on the Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales.
 * 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
 * Group: Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa - 24th 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.