"Dear J" is the debut solo single released by former

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Tomomi Itano is a Japanese recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled " Dear J", which wa ...

. It was released in four versions: three regular CD+DVD editions and a limited theater CD-only edition. First pressings of the regular editions came with a photo and an application card for tickets to a debut commemoration event, while all theater editions came with a handshake event ticket and a photo. The title track was used as a

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TV commercial song. The second track of the theater edition, "Tsundere!", is from Team A's 5th stage. The original was sung by Itano,

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, while the "Dear J" version was sung by Itano and the members of the AKB48 unit Natto Angels Z. Itano was a member of its original unit, Natto Angels. The single reached number 2 on the

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weekly charts and charted for 24 weeks.

Track listing

Type-A DVD track list # "Dear J" -music clip- # Tomomi Itano collection -special movie- Type-B CD track list # "Dear J" # "Stay By My Side" # "Dear J" -off vocal ver.- # "Stay By My Side" -off vocal ver.- Type-B DVD track list # "Dear J" -music clip- # Tomomi Itano interview -special movie- Type-C CD track list # "Dear J" # "Thank You" # "Dear J" -off vocal ver.- # "Thank You" -off vocal ver.- Type-C DVD track list # "Dear J" -music clip- # Making of Tomomi Itano -special movie- Theater edition CD track list # "Dear J" # "Tsundere!" (

Haruka Ishida is a Japanese actress, voice actress and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She has been a co-host on the variety show ''Dream Creator'' on TV Tokyo. and has voiced on a handful of anime shows, including ''Nobunaga the Fool'' ...

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, Moeno Nito,

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cover) # "Dear J" -off vocal ver.- # "Tsundere!" -off vocal ver.-

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) *The single sold 162,871 copies on the first week of release, and total reported sales in total of all the weeks were 216,423 sales.

Track listing

Charts

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