Dot Bikini (ドットビキニ) is the 10th major label single of S/mileage. It was released on May 2, 2012. The single was released in 5 editions, Regular, Limited A, Limited B, Limited C and Limited D.
Tracklist[]
Regular Edition[]
- Dot Bikini
- Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan (恋人は心の応援団; A Lover Is the Heart's Cheerleader) (Country Musume cover)
- Dot Bikini (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A[]
CD
- Dot Bikini
- Smile Blues (すまいるブルース; Smiling Blues) - Smile Shimai (須磨入姉妹; Smile Sisters) (Fukuda Kanon, Tamura Meimi)
- Dot Bikini (Instrumental)
DVD
- Dot Bikini (Dance Shot Ver.)
Limited Edition B[]
CD
- Dot Bikini
- Smile Blues - Smile Shimai
- Dot Bikini (Instrumental)
DVD
- Dot Bikini (Minna Shugo Ver.)
Limited Edition C[]
CD
- Dot Bikini
- Smile Blues - Smile Shimai
- Dot Bikini (Instrumental)
DVD
- Dot Bikini (Dance Shot Ver.II)
Limited Edition D[]
- Dot Bikini
- Smile Blues - Smile Shimai
- Dot Bikini (Instrumental)
Event V[]
- Dot Bikini Minna Shugo Ver.II (Yokoichi)
- Dot Bikini (Wada Ayaka Close-up Ver.)
- Dot Bikini (Fukuda Kanon Close-up Ver.)
- Dot Bikini (Nakanishi Kana Close-up Ver.)
- Dot Bikini (Takeuchi Akari Close-up Ver.)
- Dot Bikini (Katsuta Rina Close-up Ver.)
- Dot Bikini (Tamura Meimi Close-up Ver.)
Featured Members[]
S/mileage promoting the single
- 1st Gen: Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon
- 2nd Gen: Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Tamura Meimi
Single Information[]
- Dot Bikini
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Okubo Kaoru
- Dance Choreographer: Yamashiro Yoko
- Chorus: Fukuda Kanon, Takeuchi Akari, CHINO
- Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement, Programming, Guitar: Itagaki Yusuke
- Chorus: Tsunku
- Smile Blues
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Takahashi Yuichi
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- [2012.04.27] Happy Music
- [2012.12.24] M-on! Special Live Girlpop
- [2014.08.02] Tokyo Idol Festival 2014
- [2020.09.26] ANGERME no Kekkyoku wa LOVE desho!! (Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan)
Concert Performances[]
- Dot Bikini
- "S/mileage Best Album Kanzenban ①" Hatsubai Kinen Special Concert
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu ~Ktkr Natsu no FAN Matsuri!~
- S/mileage Live Tour 2012 Aki ~Choi Kawa Banchou~
- Hello! Project 2013 SUMMER COOL HELLO! ~Mazekooze!~
- S/mileage LIVE 2014 Natsu FULL CHARGE ~715 Nippon Budokan~
- ANGERME STARTING LIVE TOUR SPECIAL @ Nippon Budokan "Taiki Bansei" (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project 2016 SUMMER ~Rainbow Carnival~ - Ikuta Erina, Haga Akane, Nakanishi Kana, Miyazaki Yuka, Murota Mizuki, Hamaura Ayano, Funaki Musubu, Ogata Risa / Hagiwara Mai, Fukumura Mizuki, Kanazawa Tomoko, Uemura Akari, Katsuta Rina, Iikubo Haruna, Yanagawa Nanami, Ozeki Mai
- OTODAMA SEA STUDIO 2017 Natsu da! Umi da! ANGERME da!!
- Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~ - Kanatsu Mizuki, Hashisako Rin, Okamura Minami, Nakayama Natsume, Tamenaga Shion, Ishiguri Kanami
- OTODAMA SEA STUDIO 2018 ~Kobushi Natsu Tamashii!!~ - Nomura Minami
- Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER "beautiful" - Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki, Kawamura Ayano, Miyamoto Karin, Inoue Rei, Tanimoto Ami, Shimakura Rika, Hirai Miyo (part of a medley)
- Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan
Note: After 2012, performances of this song would use both this remix and the Country Musume original. Official tracklists do not differentiate between the two versions and there may be redundancies between the two Performance lists.
- S/mileage Live Tour 2012 Aki ~Choi Kawa Banchou~ (part of a medley)
- ANGERME First Concert Tour 2015 Aki "Hyakka Ryouran" - Fukuda Kanon, Katsuta Rina
- Hello! Project Hina Fest 2016 - ANGERME
- Hello! Project New Fes! 2015 - Country Girls
- Country Girls Live Tour 2015 - Country Girls
- Country Girls Live Tour 2015 Aki Fuyu - Country Girls
- Country Girls Live Tour 2016 Haru Natsu - Country Girls
- Country Girls Live Tour 2016 Fuyu - Country Girls
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2016 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Ishikawa Rika, Tsugunaga Momoko, Yamaki Risa
- Country Girls Concert Tour 2017 Haru ~Momochi-ism~ - Country Girls
- Country Girls Live Tour 2017 Haru - Country Girls
- Smile Blues
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2012 Natsu ~Ktkr Natsu no FAN Matsuri!~
- ANGERME First Concert Tour 2015 Aki "Hyakka Ryouran" - Fukuda Kanon, Tamura Meimi
Event Performances[]
- Dot Bikini
- [2016.08.14] ANGERME Shin Member Kasahara Momona Ohirome Event
Oricon Chart Positions[]
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20,043 |
| 20 | 37 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 1,683 |
| 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 407 |
Total Reported Sales: 22,133
Trivia[]
- This is third S/mileage single with an English name. The first being Short Cut and the second being Please Miniskirt Postwoman!.
- Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan was originally a Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume) cover.
- This is the 8th consecutive time S/mileage recorded a cover for a single.
- This is the first S/mileage single in which not all members received at least one solo line.
- it is one of 8 music videos for a single that has over 1,000,000 views on S/mileage's official YouTube channel.
- There was no Single V for this single, the MV and the close up ver. are featured in S/mileage no Music V Collection ②.
Videos[]
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Discography: S/mileage (archived), Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Event V Announcement (archived)
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Tsunku's official comments
- Lyrics: Dot Bikini, Koibito wa Kokoro no Ouendan, Smile Blues