is the debut single by Kotori with Stitch Bird, a Japanese music group created by
Level-5 CEO
Akihiro Hino
(born July 20, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer and businessman. Starting his career as a programmer in the 1990s, he later took on roles in writing, design, directing and producing. He founded Level-5 (company), Level-5 in 1998, where he ...
, formed of
Dream5
Dream5 was a Japanese co-ed group that was active from 2009 to 2016.
Summary
In March 2009, over 1,500 singers auditioned on the Japanese TV show " Tensai-TVkun-MAX(NHK)" to become members of a new pop band. 13 members reached the final auditio ...
member Kotori Shigemoto, Yulia, and Yuka. Released on September 16, 2015, "Space Dance!" was the 5th ending theme to the 2014 ''
Yo-kai Watch'' TV-series, succeeding "
Yo-kai Exercise No. 2".
Background and releases
"Space Dance!" is the debut single by Kotori with Stitch Bird, a Japanese music group formed to bring new direction to the music of the 2014 TV-series ''Yo-kai Watch'', which "Space Dance!" is the 5th ending theme for.
The song was choreographed by Lucky Ikeda,
who had previously choreographed multiple other ''Yo-kai Watch'' themes, such as "
Gera Gera Po" and "
Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!
, also known as "Dan Dan Dubi Zuba!", is the 13th single by Japanese co-ed group Dream5. Released on October 29, 2014, the song was a collaboration with the fictional character Sergeant Burly and was used as the second ending theme to the 2014 '' ...
".
"Space Dance!" started being used as the new ending theme to the ''Yo-kai Watch'' TV-series in the first episode of the series' second season, "Usapyon Is Here!" (aired July 10, 2015). The single was released digitally on
iTunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital mul ...
on July 11, 2014, and was later released as a CD and DVD on September 16, under the FRAME label.
The CD release was bundled with a physical
Yo-kai Medal of the character
Usapyon, in addition to a
QR code, that would give the scanner a digital coin to use in ''
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble''.
The song has also appeared in other pieces of ''Yo-kai Watch'' media, including ''
Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!'', where it was one of the two ending themes,
and ''
Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version'', where it was one of the game's 10 songs.
Chart performance
"Space Dance!" made a total of 12 appearances on the weekly
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In J ...
, where it peaked at number five for the week of September 28, 2015.
The song also made one appearance on the
''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart at number 58 during the week of October 3, 2015.
Track listing
Charts
References
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2014 songs
2014 singles
Anime songs
Yo-kai Watch