Otome no Inori (乙女の祈り; A Maiden's Prayer) is Mano Erina's major debut single. It was released on March 18, 2009 in four editions: one regular and 3 limited. Limited Edition A came with a bonus DVD, Limited Edition B came with a booklet, and Limited Edition C included an event lottery serial number card. A Single V was released on on March 25, 2009.
The single reached #5 on the Oricon charts, charted for five weeks, and sold a total of 25,228 copies. It is currently her highest selling single.
Tracklist[]

Mano Erina promoting the single
CD[]
- Otome no Inori
- Mizuiro Omoi (水色想い; Light Blue Thoughts)
- Otome no Inori (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A DVD[]
- Otome no Inori (Close-up Ver.)
Single V[]
- Otome no Inori
- Otome no Inori (Piano Ver.)
- Making Eizou (メイキング映像; Making Footage)
Event V 1[]
- Otome no Inori (Another Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (Recochoku Ver.)
- Making Eizou
Event V 2[]
- Otome no Inori (Stripe Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (White Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (Yellow Ver.)
Single Information[]
- Otome no Inori
- Lyrics: Miura Yoshiko
- Composition: KAN
- Arrangement: Taisei
- Music Video: Inoue Tsuyoshi
- Mizuiro Omoi
- Lyrics: Miura Yoshiko
- Composition: KAN
- Arrangement: Taisei
TV Performances[]
- [2009.03.20] Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER
Concert Performances[]
- Otome no Inori
- Mano Erina Debut Concert "Prologue ~Otome no Inori~"
- Mano Erina First Concert Tour "Introduction ~Hajimete no Kandou~"
- Special Joint 2010 Haru ~Kansha Mankai! Mano Erina 2 Shuunen Totsunyuu & S/mileage Major Debut e Sakura Sake! Live~
- Hello! Project 2010 SUMMER ~Fankora!~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2011 ~Hatachi no Otome 801 DAYS~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2012 ~DATE~
- Mano Erina Memorial Concert 2013 in Nakano "OTOME LEGEND~For the Best Friends"
- Mano Erina Casual Dinner Show ~Manocasu 2014 Happy New Year!~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2016 Shoshun ~GRAND Escalation~
- Mano Erina Debut 10 Shuunen Kinen Live ~my precious treasure box~
- Mizuiro Omoi
- Mano Erina Debut Concert "Prologue ~Otome no Inori~"
- Mano Erina First Concert Tour "Introduction ~Hajimete no Kandou~"
- Mano Erina Casual Dinner Show 2015 ~premium ZERO~
Oricon Chart Positions[]
Single[]
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 3 8,075 |
7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20,812 |
5 | 33 | 46 | 38 | - | - | - | 30 | 2,712 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 894 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 115 | 447 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 129 | 363 |
Total Reported Sales: 25,228
Single V[]
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 2,276 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 576 |
Total Reported Sales: 2,872
Trivia[]
- The lyrics of the song talks about the romance between Genji and Murasaki in the novel The Tales of Genji. Murasaki met an older Genji when she was a child and after they got together, spent years apart faithfully waiting for him to return. Heike Michiyo's song Murasaki Shikibu also refers to The Tales of Genji and Murasaki.
Videos[]
Audio[]
External Links[]
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Single V: Hello Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese
- Lyrics: Otome no Inori, Mizuiro Omoi
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