Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Ａｍｂｉｔｉｏｕｓ！野心的でいいじゃん; Ambitious! Ambition is Good) is the 30th single of Hello! Project group Morning Musume. It was released on June 21, 2006. "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan" ranked as the #195 single for 2006.
The regular version comes with a photocard in a poker card design. The limited edition comes with a DVD containing comments from the members and two performances from their Rainbow 7 concert tour, Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are!, and SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~. It also comes with 10 interchangeable covers, one featuring each member. The Single V was released on June 28, 2006.
This is also the last single to feature Konno Asami and Ogawa Makoto.
Contents
Tracklist[edit | edit source]
Morning Musume - Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan (MV)
Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (MV)
CD[edit | edit source]
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan
- Watashi ga Tsuiteru. (わたしがついてる。; I'll Follow You)
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Instrumental)
Limited Edition DVD[edit | edit source]
Performances from Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Haru ~Rainbow Seven~:
- Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are! (青空がいつまでも続くような未来であれ!; Let the Future Be One Where the Blue Sky Extends Forever!)
- SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~ (ＳＥＸＹ ＢＯＹ ～そよ風に寄り添って～)
- Member Comments (メンバーコメント)
Single V[edit | edit source]
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Dance Shot Ver.)
- Making Of (メイキング映像)
Limited Edition Interchangeable Covers[edit | edit source]
Featured Members[edit | edit source]
Morning Musume Promoting Single
- 4th generation: Yoshizawa Hitomi
- 5th generation: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami (last single), Ogawa Makoto (last single), Niigaki Risa
- 6th generation: Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina
- 7th generation: Kusumi Koharu
Single Information[edit | edit source]
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement and Programming: Yuasa Koichi
- Guitar: Koji
- Chorus: Takeuchi Hiroaki
- Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
- Music Video: Takeishi Wataru
- Watashi ga Tsuiteru.
- Lyrics: Kimura Shinji
- Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Suzuki Shunsuke
Concert Performances[edit | edit source]
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki ~Odore! Morning Curry~
- Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello☆Pro Natsu Matsuri~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Aki ~Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! BOMB~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Aki ~Resonant LIVE~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~ (part of a medley)
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2017 Aki ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 12gatsu ~Conti→New!~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Ichioka Reina, Takase Kurumi, Kiyono Momohime, Tsubaki Factory
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~ FINAL
TV Performances[edit | edit source]
- [2006.06.15] Utaban
- [2006.06.18] Hello! Morning
- [2006.06.23] Music Station
- [2006.06.25] Hello! Morning
- [2006.07.03] Pop Jam
- [2006.07.07] Music Fighter
Oricon Chart Positions[edit | edit source]
- Daily & Weekly Ranking
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 37,065 |
| 13 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 6,324 |
| 38 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | 1,955 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | 864 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 158 | 533 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 199 | 418 |
- Yearly Ranking
| Year | Year Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 195 | 47,159 |
Total Reported Sales: 47,159
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 5th generation member Ogawa Makoto gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
- This was Morning Musume's lowest selling single until Mikan.
- With this single, this line-up was the first to reach 4 singles together.
External Links[edit | edit source]
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS (archived)
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan, Watashi ga Tsuiteru.
