[2012.12.26] Kasai Tomomi - 1st Single "Masaka"

[YKT]

Watashi no Hikari - Full ver

NINKI ratings for the week of 24/12~30/12/2012

01 77.30 UVERworld - REVERSI
02 75.90 Kasai Tomomi - Masaka
03 74.10 V6 - ROCK YOUR SOUL
04 52.50 Koda Kumi - Koishikute
05 21.50 Ono Erena - Say!! Ippai
06 19.70 Rita - Prism Time / Cross My Heart
07 17.90 Ishida Yoko - Online Game 『Emil Chronicle Online』 7th Anniversary Song
08 17.10 Allen Kibum - Dream
09 14.60 GLORY HILL - Treasure
10 14.00 Star Flower - White Love

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4525541.html

[stv_wong]

^Me like... Actually, I like it more than Masaka 

[SomethingWild]

Agreed. I love the song. The whispers at the end are a nice touch. The ending part sounds like an Xmas song.

Super close race for the top #3 

Kasai beating Koda would be cool since she is/was a big name.

[stv_wong]

Agreed. I love the song. The whispers at the end are a nice touch. The ending part sounds like an Xmas song.

Super close race for the top #3 

Kasai beating Koda would be cool since she is/was a big name.

It's the kind of song that, I think, suits her voice the most. Just like Kimi Ni Tsuite, the song that boosted her in my oshi list 

[songbac]

Tomomi Kasai event schedule decision.

 ■26th December(Wed)
 "Give you CD" event.
 ■ 19th January (Sat)
 Handshake event in Tokyo(Nagoya, Osaka TBD)
 ■16 February (Sat)
 Special live & high touch event (venue TBA) (lottery)
 ■March certain day
 premium "bus tour" to be held (lottery)

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[upsidown]

Tomomi Kasai event schedule decision.

 ■26th December(Wed)
 "Give you CD" event.
 ■ 19th January (Sat)
 Handshake event in Tokyo(Nagoya, Osaka TBD)
 ■16 February (Sat)
 Special live & high touch event (venue TBA) (lottery)
 ■March certain day
 premium "bus tour" to be held (lottery)

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Does this mean the earliest she will graduate is sometime in March after the bus tour?  Maybe that means she'll still be around when the group films the 31st single.  And perhaps one more bigger AKB48 concert (Tokyo Dome City Hall?) as her farewell.

[stv_wong]

^ let's just hope so... She needs all the push she can get now. I know she'll do well, perhaps she won't be as big as Hamasaki Ayumi, but she'll do well. Just need the push and the ground base. 'She knows what she want, so I believe she can do well.' (me quoting Tomochin here.  )

[YKT]

CD:
1. まさか Masaka
2. 私のヒカリ Watashi no Hikari
3. 抱きしめられたら Dakishimeraretara

3. 抱きしめられたら Dakishimeraretara




candy

[YKT]

Day 1 - 4th place with 12,240 copies sold

ORICON STYLE編集長 ‏@hisaka2u
12/25付デイリーSGランキング確定。 1位V6 29,033枚、2位NMB48 28,756枚（累積29,039枚）、3位UVERworld 14,882枚、4位河西智美12,240枚｡

https://twitter.com/hisaka2u/status/283891551350947841

[SomethingWild]

That is pretty damn low tbh. 

Ono Erena's solo debut single opened with 9,989 and that's after a long absence. She got a 25,740 weekly.
Kasai had a solo live, various (upcoming) events, TV show appearances, not to mention she's a semi-popular AKB48 member...

edit:

Wasamin opened with 7,352 at the time, ending up with 23,773 for the weekly.

First week targets
Queen & Elizabeth - Love Wars: 21,179
Iwasa Misaki – Mujin Eki: 23,773
Ono Erena – Erepyon: 25,740

The only other singles that sold in this area are hella old unit and akb singles, which aren't really worth comparing...

[stv_wong]

Um... isn't that... a bit too low?   

Or is it because we're used to seeing akb single sold for million of copies? And at least akb soloist usually sell at 40 - 50k in first week right?



Edit: I hope that it was because of shipping problem. I'm still waiting for my type A to be shipped from CDJapan, and my type B to arrive in a few days.

[WindCaliber]

Disappointed but not surprised :\

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[SomethingWild]

Day 2: #3 - 7084
Total: 19,324

She is on course for a weekly #3 and to beat Koda Kumi in the process.

[stv_wong]

I'm not expected a big sell here, but, still... isn't it a bit too low?? I'm worried for her now. Hope she won't feeling down because of it. And it'll be bad for her future career if her first solo single can't sell much.

[SomethingWild]

If we look at the AKB related recent solo releases we have the following sales:

Iwasa Misaki – Mujin Eki: 23,773
Ono Erena – Erepyon: 25,740

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Sashihara Rino - Ikuji Nashi Masquerade: 68,403
Itano Tomomi - 10nen go no Kimi e: 72,911
Watanabe Mayu – Hikarumonotachi: 91,907

Based on Kasai's senbatsu ranking it makes sense she's in the gap between Erena and Sasshi. But yeah, I would have figured she'd end up in the 50K area at least. 

Can't complain too much though. Looking at other solo idol artists, a lot of them struggle to break 5K even with daily events.

I do wonder what the effect of the graduation announcement is. Did it help or hurt the sales...

[stv_wong]

I was kinda hoping for about 25k in the first day, but it was only half of it. 

[YKT]

Performance on Happy Music

[songbac]

Hi everybody, this is kanji lyric of Watashi no hikari (this song's lyric by Kasai Tomomi  ), you guys know Japanese, may you translate this lyric to english please, thank you very much 

Single: Masaka (まさか)

作詞：河西智美
作曲：Sungho
Lyrics: Kasai Tomomi
Composer: Sungho

Japanese / Kanji Lyrics 歌詞

 白い雪が降りつもって
 町並みはいつもよりすこしきれいで


 ありのままでいられたなら
 今すぐ伝えたい本当のキモチ

 涙をこらえたせつない夜も
 わたしを守って　包みこむヒカリ

 今なら言えるよ　本当の言葉で今すぐ伝えたい
 すこし照れくさいけど　いつもありがとう

 ねぇ　1人じゃないこと　みんなが教えてくれたよ
 いつでも側で笑ってくれた
 みんなありがとう

 冬のにおい　きらめく星
 すべてが輝いて見えるキセキ

 怯えて目を閉じた不安な夜も
 私の未来を　照らしてるヒカリ

 今なら言えるよ　素直な言葉で今すぐ伝えたい
 あたたかい手のひらで　抱きしめるように

 ねぇ　みんながいるから　私がここにいるんだよ
 これからも離れたりしないでね
 今日もありがとう
 ずっとありがとう


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[Jul3]

After Yuki's debut solo...

[stv_wong]

Her voice were quivering slightly in the ending of the first chorus, but maybe it was because she was walking and singing at the same time. 

All in all, it was a good performance. She's improving in her every performance.