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).

 (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?), the 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. "What is LOVE?" was the ending theme for the NHK World show J-MELO from October 2013 to January 2014 and the opening theme from April 2014 to March 2015.

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, 2014.

CD

 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa 
 * 2) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai 
 * 3) What is LOVE? 
 * 1) Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa 
 * 2) Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai 
 * 3) 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 (Sayashi 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 (Sayashi 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~
 * Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * Naruchika Morning Musume '14
 * Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~YAPPARI!~ (as part of a medley)
 * Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2014 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
 * Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Aki GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~


 * Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
 * Hello! Project Hina Fest 2014 ~Full Course~
 * Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * Naruchika Morning Musume '14
 * Morning Musume '14 Live Concert in New York
 * Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~
 * Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~
 * Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~


 * 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~
 * Hello! Project Hina Fest 2014 ~Full Course~
 * Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
 * Naruchika Morning Musume '14
 * Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~KOREZO!~ (as part of a medley)
 * Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Aki GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
 * Morning Musume '14 Live Concert in New York
 * Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~
 * Hello! Project 2015 SUMMER ~DISCOVERY~
 * Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~
 * Morning Musume '16 Live Concert in Houston
 * Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~
 * Hello! Project Hina Fest 2016

Single Information
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 * All lyrics and composition: Tsunku
 * All arrangement, programing and keyboards: Okubo Kaoru
 * All Dance Choreographer: YOSHIKO
 * All chorus: Michishige Sayumi, Sayashi Riho, Tsunku
 * Electric Guitar: Kamada Koji ("What is LOVE?" only)

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 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 is their first major single to not have any B-sides.
 * As of February 2016, this is the highest selling single for all of the featured members.
 * It was the highest selling Hello! Project single of 2014.
 * As of February 2016, the official music videos for this single have over 1 million, 2 million, and 3 million views respectively; thus, they are 3 of 46 music videos for a single that have reached over 1,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.

Oricon Chart Positions

 * Daily & Weekly Ranking

Total Reported Sales: 160,768
 * Monthly Rankings

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: 6th single in a row to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
 * 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.