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's first single as a solo artist in five years. It was released on May 27, 2009, the same day her debut single was released eleven years earlier. The distributor is

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The single was her first in two and a half years as Shiina Ringo, and her first single in five years as a solo artist. "Ariamaru Tomi" is the

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'' of TBS. Shiina wrote this song at the request of the drama director. It was the first time that she had performed for a TV drama as a solo singer. "Ariamaru Tomi" is not contained in Shiina's 4th studio album ''

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'' released on June 24, 2009. However, "SG～Superficial Gossip～" is contained in the vinyl record ''Saturday Night Gossip'' (released on August 26, 2009) and "Ariamaru Tomi" was eventually released in her album ''

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'' (released November 5, 2014). The song was performed live by Shiina as a part of her band

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at their appearance at the ''Countdown Japan'' festival in 2009, and during the band's ''Ultra C'' tour in 2010.

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Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from "Ariamaru Tomi"'s liner notes booklet. Performers and musicians *Kenta Arai – bass guitar (#1) *Tomotaka Imamichi – guitars (#1) *Naoto Strings – strings (#2) *Noriyasu "Kāsuke" Kawamura – drums (#1) *Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik) – all other instruments (#2) *Shiina Ringo – vocals *Suginami Junior Chorus – chorus (#1) Technical and production *Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik) – string arrangement (#2) *Shiina Ringo – arrangement, songwriting

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