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
Ai no Dangan (MV)
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
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
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~ - Takeuchi Akari
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~ - Kanazawa Tomoko
- Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 Aki ~Professional~
- Omoide
Single Information
- Ai no Dangan
- Lyrics and Music: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Itagaki Yusuke
- Vocals:
- Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina, and Sugaya Risako (main vocals)
- Shimizu Saki, Tokunaga Chinami, and Sudo Maasa (minor vocals)
- Omoide
- Lyrics and Music: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
- Vocals:
- Natsuyaki Miyabi (main vocal)
- Shimizu Saki, Tsugunaga Momoko, and Sugaya Risako (minor vocals)
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
| 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
Video
Dance Shot
Another Dance-Shot Ver.
External Links
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS (archived), Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS (archived)
- Wikipedia: Japanese
- Lyrics: Ai no Dangan, Omoide