"Too Shy Shy Boy!" is the fourth single by Japanese recording artist

Arisa Mizuki is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four. On M ...

. It was released on May 27, 1992 as the lead single from Mizuki's second studio album '' Shake Your Body for Me''. The title track was written and produced by

Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the ...

. It was used in commercials for the soft drink Chasse by Kirin, starring Mizuki herself. Komuro recorded a self-cover of the song for his album ''Hit Factory''. "Too Shy Shy Boy!" is Mizuki's best-selling single. The B-side, "Haru no Tobira," was written and produced by singer-songwriter

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and was used in commercials for the Soft MA contact lenses by Menicon, also starring Mizuki.

Chart performance

"Too Shy Shy Boy!" debuted on the

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Weekly Singles chart at number 4 with 83,750 copies sold in its first week. The single charted for eighteen weeks and has sold a total of 362,680 copies. "Too Shy Shy Boy!" was the 7th best-selling single in June and July 1992. It ranked number 54 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1992 singles Alisa Mizuki songs Song recordings produced by Tetsuya Komuro Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro 1992 songs