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. Those that bought all three versions of the single were able to enter a lottery for one of 500 copies of Morning Musume Mega Mix 30, a mega mix of Morning Musume's first 30 singles.
This is also the last single to feature Konno Asami and Ogawa Makoto.
Tracklist[]
CD[]
- 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[]
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[]
- 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[]
Featured Members[]

Morning Musume Promoting Single
- 4th Gen: Yoshizawa Hitomi
- 5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami (last), Ogawa Makoto (last), Niigaki Risa
- 6th Gen: Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina
- 7th Gen: Kusumi Koharu
Single Information[]
- 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
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- [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
Concert Performances[]
- 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
- Morning Musume '22 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~SINGIN' TO THE BEAT~ Kaga Kaede Sotsugyou Special
- Morning Musume '23 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~glad quarter-century~ (part of a medley)
- Morning Musume '23 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~glad quarter-century~ encore (part of a medley)
Event Performances[]
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan
- [2021.07.23] Morning Musume '21 Ikuta Erina・Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event - Ikuta Erina
- [2023.04.30] JAPAN JAM 2023
- [2023.07.25] ANGERME Hirayama Yuki Birthday Event 2023 - Hirayama Yuki
- [2024.07.17] Morning Musume '24 Yumigeta Ako Birthday Event - Yumigeta Ako
Oricon Chart Positions[]
- 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[]
- 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.
- The center for this single is Tanaka Reina.
- Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan was used during the dance lesson component of Morning Musume Happy 8ki Audition, which determined the members of Morning Musume's eighth generation.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
External Links[]
- 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.