is the thirty-eighth single of

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group

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. It was released under the

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label on February 16, 2009, achieving a weekly rank of 3 on the

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singles chart. The

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DVD of the single was released on February 25, 2009. This was the 26th single to feature

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and

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. This tied them with 1st generation member

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for the most singles featured in. The CD single was released in three editions: one regular edition and two limited editions, each having different cover art. Limited edition A includes a DVD, while limited edition B includes a different DVD.

Track listing

All tracks are written and composed by

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and arranged by Kaoru Okubo.

CD

# – 4:35 # – 4:51 # "Naichau Kamo" (Instrumental) – 4:34

Limited Edition A DVD

# "Naichau Kamo (Another Ver.)"

Limited Edition B DVD

# "Naichau Kamo (Close-up Ver.)"

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DVD

# "Naichau Kamo" # "Naichau Kamo (Dance Shot ver.)" #

Event V

# # # # # # # # #

Members at the time of single

* 5th generation:

* 6th generation:

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* 7th generation:

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* 8th generation:

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, Junjun,

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Personnel

– main vocals, chorus *

– center vocal, chorus *

– center vocals *

– main vocals *

– minor vocals *

– minor vocals * Junjun – minor vocals *

– minor vocals

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ranks and sales

References

External links

* Naichau Kamo entries on the Hello! Project official website
CD entry
Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles 2009 singles Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku 2009 songs Japanese synth-pop songs Dance-pop songs {{Hello!Project-stub