is a
single
Single may refer to:
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* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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that the Japanese female
idol
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group
Momoiro Clover Z
is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or .
The four members of MCZ are known for energetic performances, incorporating elements of ballet, gymnastics, and action movies.
MCZ is notable for being the first female group to ho ...
released under the alias of . The single was published in Japan on September 5, 2012.
Details
The first verse of the song is simply the full name of
Japanese folktale character
Jugemu
is a famous story, a form of Japanese spoken entertainment. It has a simple story, with the most humorous part being the repetition of a ridiculously long name. It is often used in training for entertainers.
Plot
A couple could not think of a ...
.
The title track is an ending theme for the
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
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Joshiraku
is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu, telling the everyday lives of five young female rakugo comedians. It was serialised in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from September 2009 to Sep ...
''. The
Yoshida Brothers
The are Japanese shamisenist musicians who have released several albums on the Domo Records label.
The two brothers are performers of the traditional Japanese music style of Tsugaru-jamisen which originated in northern Japan. They debuted in 199 ...
accompany with
shamisens.
Reception
The CD single debuted at 6th place in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
Since its release, the song was popular between Joshiraku fans and also from anime fans in general (since it was Joshiraku's ending credits rollout song), but in late March 2021, the song became worldwide popular seemingly out of nowhere, since a lot of mini-clips from
TikTok
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came out imitating the now iconic side to side shake hip scene at the start and end of the ending credits roll out. This sudden popularity went so far that after 9 years,
Momoiro Clover Z made a music video based on the song, resembling almost exactly the ending video from the anime originally came from.
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2012 singles
Japanese-language songs
Momoiro Clover Z songs
King Records (Japan) singles
Songs written by Kenichi Maeyamada
2012 songs
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