Ai no Dangan (愛の弾丸; Bullet of Love) is Berryz Koubou's 26th single. It was released on June 8, 2011 in 4 editions: regular and 3 limited editions. The limited editions came with an event lottery ticket. The Single V for the single was released on June 22, 2011.
Tracklist[]
CD[]
- Ai no Dangan
- Omoide (思い出; Memories)
- Ai no Dangan (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A DVD[]
- Ai no Dangan (Dance Shot Ver.)
Limited Edition B DVD[]
- Ai no Dangan (Close-up Ver.)
Single V[]
- Ai no Dangan
- Ai no Dangan (Another Dance Shot Ver.)
- Making of (メイキング映像)
Event V[]
- Ai no Dangan (Shimizu Saki Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Tsugunaga Momoko Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Tokunaga Chinami Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Sudo Maasa Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Natsuyaki Miyabi Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Kumai Yurina Close-up Ver.)
- Ai no Dangan (Sugaya Risako Close-up Ver.)
Featured Members[]
Berryz Koubou promoting single
- Shimizu Saki
- Tsugunaga Momoko
- Tokunaga Chinami
- Sudo Maasa
- Natsuyaki Miyabi
- Kumai Yurina
- Sugaya Risako
Single Information[]
- Ai no Dangan
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Itagaki Yusuke
- Music Video: Takehisa Masaki
- Omoide
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
Performances[]
Concert Performances[]
- Ai no Dangan
- Hello! Project 2011 SUMMER ~Nippon no Mirai wa YEAH YEAH Live~
- Hello! Project 2012 WINTER Hello☆Pro Tengoku ~Funky-chan~ (part of a medley)
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2013 Haru ~Berryz Mansion Nyuukyosha Boshuuchuu!~ (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~ - Ishida Ayumi / Takeuchi Akari / Kanazawa Tomoko
- Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 Aki ~Professional~
- Berryz Koubou Matsuri
- Hello! Project 2015 SUMMER ~CHALLENGER~ - Kobushi Factory
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2015 ~ The First Ring! ~ - Kobushi Factory
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2016 - Kobushi Factory
- Kumai Yurina Casual Dinner Show ~Enjoy! Happy Summer!!~ - Kumai Yurina
- ANGERME Live Tour 2020 Fuyu Haru ROCK ON! LOCK ON! - Murota Mizuki, Kawamura Ayano, Oota Haruka
- Omoide
Event Performances[]
- Ai no Dangan
- [2020.09.08] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2020 - Dambara Ruru
Promotions[]
- [2011.05.03] PON! (Nippon TV) Dance-shot ver. preview
- [2011.05.03] Sukkiri (NTV) Dance-shot ver. preview
- [2011.05.13] Hirunandesu! (NTV) Dance-shot ver. preview
- [2011.05.27] Happy Music (NTV) Trip, Talk & Performance
- [2011.06.01] Sakigake! Banzuke Eight (Fuji TV)
- [2011.06.08] PON! (Nippon TV) Talk & Performance
- [2011.06.09] THE HUNTER (Nippon TV) only Kanto area
- [2011.06.10] Sukkiri (NTV) comment
- [2011.06.10] THE HUNTER (Nippon TV) only Kansai area
- [2011.06.10] Oto Ryuu~On Ryu~ (Tv Tokyo) PV
- [2011.06.10] Music on Saturday (Fuji TV) Talk
- [2011.06.11] Hanasaka Times (Chubu Nippon) Tsugunaga Momoko
- [2011.06.11] Dou desuka (Nagoya TV) Shimizu Saki, Tsugunaga Momoko & Tokunaga Chinami
- [2011.06.17] Music on Saturday (Fuji TV) Talk
- [2011.06.17] Kuru Kuru Mirakuru (CBC) Shimizu Saki, Tsugunaga Momoko & Tokunaga Chinami
Oricon Chart Positions[]
- Single
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 6 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 18,526 |
| 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 1,243 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 331 |
Total Reported Sales: 20,100
- Single V
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1,511 |
Total Reported Sales: 1,511
Trivia[]
- The music video for Ai no Dangan is one of 14 music videos for an A-side that has over 1,000,000 views on Berryz Koubou's official YouTube channel.
- Outfits and Cycle shots of the single are inspired by the 1988 anime film "Akira".
Videos[]
Audio[]
External Links[]
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Ai no Dangan, Omoide