Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ / Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (英雄～笑って!ショパン先輩～/ハムカツ黙示録; Hero ~Smile! Sir Chopin~ / Hamkatsu Apocalypse) is BEYOOOOONDS' 3rd single. It was released on March 2, 2022 in six editions: 2 regular and 4 limited.[1] The first press of the regular editions includes a random member trading card of 12 kinds depending on the jacket (24 in total), and one random shiny group card. The Limited Edition SP2 includes a download card for one of 12 Free Angle Video, filmed with 70 cameras, of a "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku" solo dance video.
"Furefure Everyday" is a song promoting the KAGOME Yasai Seikatsu 100 (KAGOME野菜生活100) vegetable drink as part of the KAGOME GO! ME Project.
It was certified gold by the RIAJ, recognizing the sale of over 100,000 copies.[2]
Tracklist[]
CD[]
Limited Editions A-B, SP2, Regular Editions[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Instrumental)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Instrumental)
Limited Edition SP1[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- Furefure Everyday 【Additional Track】 (フレフレ・エブリデイ)
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Instrumental)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Instrumental)
- Furefure Everyday (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A Blu-ray[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Music Video)
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Dance Shot Ver.)
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Making Eizou) (メイキング映像; Making Video)
Limited Edition B Blu-ray[]
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Music Video)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Dance Shot Ver.)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Making Eizou)
Limited Edition SP1 Blu-ray[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ (Music Video Guruguru Piano Ver.) (ぐるぐるピアノ Ver.; Piano Playing On and On Ver.)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku (Music Video Atsukiri Hamkatsu Ver.) (厚切りハムカツ Ver.; Thick Hamkatsu Slice Ver.)
- Furefure Everyday (Music Video)
Featured Members[]
BEYOOOONDS promoting "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~"
BEYOOOONDS promoting "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku"
- CHICA#TETSU
- Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
- SeasoningS
Single Information[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- Lyrics: Hoshibe Sho[3]
- Composition: FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN
- Arrangement: Kato Yusuke, Hoshibe Sho
- Programming: Kato Yusuke
- Basic Programming, Chorus: Hoshibe Sho
- Guitars: Asai Yasuo
- Human Beat Box: Kiyono Momohime (BEYOOOOONDS)
- Piano: Kobayashi Honoka (BEYOOOOONDS)
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- Lyrics: Kodama Ameko
- Composition, Arrangement, Programming, Chorus: Hoshibe Sho[3]
- Lyrics: Kodama Ameko
- Composition and Arrangement: Hoshibe Sho
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- [2022.03.22] Premium MelodiX![4]
Concert Performances[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
- BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR ~Donto Koi! BE HAPPY!~
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2022
- BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR Donto Koi! BE HAPPY! at BUDOOOOOKAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
- BEYOOOOO2NDS CONCERT TOUR ~Ten Takaku, Biyo Moyuru Aki~
- Hello! Project Year-End Party 2022 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Hello! Project 2023 Winter ~TWO OF US~
- BEYOOOOOPHONIC
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
- BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR ~Donto Koi! BE HAPPY!~
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2022
- BEYOOOOOND1St CONCERT TOUR Donto Koi! BE HAPPY! at BUDOOOOOKAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
- BEYOOOOO2NDS CONCERT TOUR ~Ten Takaku, Biyo Moyuru Aki~
- Hello! Project Year-End Party 2022 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2023 "Juice Juice & BEYOOOOONDS Premium"
- BEYOOOOOPHONIC
Event Performances[]
- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- [2022.07.02] Chou NATSUZOME[5]
- [2022.07.17] SPARK in YAMANAKAKO[6]
- [2024.12.20] BEYOOOOONDS FC Event 2024 ~Christmas no Jin ZIN~
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- [2022.07.02] Chou NATSUZOME[5]
- [2024.08.14] BEYOOOOONDS / SeasoningS Kobayashi Honoka Birthday Event 2024 - Kobayashi Honoka, Yagi Shiori
Chart Positions[]
Oricon Chart Positions[]
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2 67,178 |
2 3,449 |
2 2,897 |
3 1,769 |
3 998 |
2 716 |
2 | 77,007 |
| 8 | 30 | - | - | - | 23 | - | 29 | 931 |
| - | 22 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 20 | 1,636 |
| - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 33 | 781 |
| - | - | - | 6 | - | 24 | 21 | 24 | 1,365 |
| - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 43 | 634 |
| - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 35 | 655 |
| - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | 73 | 310 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 112 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Out for 2 weeks. | |
| - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 59 | 383 |
- Monthly Ranking
| Year | Month | Month Rank | Sales | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | March | 6 | 81,720 | [7] |
- Yearly Ranking
| Year | Year Rank | Sales | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61 | 83,814 |
Total Reported Sales: 83,814*
- Weekly Combined Ranking
| Week Rank | Points |
|---|---|
| 2 | 79,246 |
Total Reported Points: 79,246*
Billboard Japan Top Single Sales[]
| Week Rank | Sales | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 98,802 | [8] |
| 29 | 953 | [9] |
| 19 | 2,162 | [10] |
| 24 | 1,026 | [11] |
| 16 | 1,983 | [12] |
| 27 | 941 | [13] |
| 20 | 2,133 | [14] |
| 52 | - | [15] |
| Out for 2 weeks. | ||
| 40 | 627 | [16] |
Total Reported Sales: 108,627*
Recochoku Music Video Rankings[]
| Song | Daily Rank | Weekly Rank | Monthly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Hamkatsu Mokushiroku | 2 | 6 | 20 |
Other Chart Rankings[]
| Country | Chart | Highest Position |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
 Japan
|
Billboard Japan Single Sales (First Three Days) | 2 (91,605) |
[17] |
| Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End | 59 | [18] | |
| "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~" only | |||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 4 | [19] | |
| Billboard Japan Top Download Songs | 12 | [20] | |
| "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku" only | |||
| Billboard Japan Top Download Songs | 19 | [20] | |
Trivia[]
- The single was announced on December 25, 2021 on their YouTube subchannel BEYOOOOONDS no Nobishiro.[21] The release date was announced on January 2, 2022 at the Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~ tour during the first performance of the song "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku".
- This is the group's first double A-side single. It was also their first release to not include songs for each sub-unit.
- "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~" is a rearrangement of Chopin's Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53, more commonly known as the "Heroic" Polonaise.
- Songwriter Hoshibe Sho ended up writing "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~" after hearing Kobayashi Honoka had performed a piano cover of Chopin's Heroic Polonaise at her 2021 birthday event. Before then, production had already had an idea to cover a classical piece to contrast with BEYOOOOONDS' last two cover songs. "Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~" mainly consists of Chopin's Heroic Polonaise and Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, with a touch of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu at the end.[22] Kobayashi had also played the role of Chopin in the 2019 musical Reborn ~13nin no Tamashii wa Kami-sama no Yume wo Miru~, due to her skills as a pianist.
- "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku" contains wordplay in the lyrics with the similar-sounding phrases "HAMKATSU kuu" (ハムカツ食う; eating hamkatsu) and "Haa... MUKAtsuku" (はぁ…ムカつく; ugh... that's annoying). The music video provides a scenario where angry people can be sated by eating Hamkatsu.[23]
- There are four different dialogues in "Hamkatsu Mokushiroku": one in the music video of the song featuring Ichioka Reina, Kiyono Momohime, and Satoyoshi Utano, one in the single version of the song featuring Takase Kurumi, Yamazaki Yuhane, and Hirai Miyo, and another two included in the "Atsukiri Hamkatsu Ver." of the music video; one featuring Shimakura Rika, Eguchi Saya and Maeda Kokoro, and another featuring Nishida Shiori, Okamura Minami and Kobayashi Honoka. Additionally, the "Atsukiri Hamkatsu Ver." of the music video included in the Limited Edition SP1 Blu-ray features all four dialogues parts. All four dialogue parts were written by Nozawa Toru.[24]
- The version featuring Shimakura, Eguchi and Maeda was later released in the group's second album BEYOOOOO2NDS.
- The single's release date is almost exactly a year from their last single's by only one day.
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ "ハロー！プロジェクト、新春コンサートツアーがスタート。書き初めも披露" (in Japanese). BARKS. 2022-01-02.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/upfrontworks/status/1512366987439005696
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/hoshibesho/status/1477619554448986112
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tver_official/status/1506108332788318212
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "BEYOOOOONDS［超NATSUZOME2022ライブレポート］12人のめくるめくパフォーマンスが描いた圧巻の情景" (in Japanese). Pop'n'Roll. 2022-07-09.
- ↑ "#SPARK2022 ʚ♡ɞ" (in Japanese). BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Official Blog. 2022-07-17.
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2022-03/
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/109633/2
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=03&day=21
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=03&day=28
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=04&day=04
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=04&day=11
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=04&day=18
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=04&day=25
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=05&day=02
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2022&month=05&day=23
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/109506/2
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2022
- ↑ https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2022&month=03&day=14
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2022&month=03&day=14
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G1hUVERU1A
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQ-itYgV54
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kitanoatsu/status/1490536463213408268
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROmzs7_yhLM
External Links[]
- Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
- Store Listings: TOWER RECORDS (Regular Edition A, Limited Edition A, Limited Edition SP1)
- Wikipedia: Japanese
- Lyrics: Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~, Hamkatsu Mokushiroku, Furefure Everyday
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