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Hunter (1)

Single by Morning Musume
from album 13 Colorful Character

Released April 11, 2012
Genre J-Pop
Format CD Single, CD DVD, Single V
Recorded 2012
Label Zetima
Producer Tsunku
Morning Musume Singles Chronology

Previous: Pyocopyoco Ultra 48th Single
(2012)
Next: One•Two•Three/The Matenrou Show 50th Single
(2012)

Ren'ai Hunter (恋愛ハンター; Love Hunter) is the 49th Single of Morning Musume. It was released on April 11, 2012. This is Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika's last single as members of Morning Musume. The Special Graduation Edition has a cover song sung by Niigaki Risa, Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~.

Tracklist[]

Hunter (2)

Limited A

Hunter (3)

Limited B

Hunter

Limited C

Hunter (4)

Limited D

RENAI

Limited Edition E (Special Graduation Edition)

RENAIHUNTERSINGLEV

Single V

Mmrhev1

Event V

EAGO

Egao ni Namida ~Thank You! Dear My Friends~ Event V

Hunter (6)

Morning Musume Promoting single


CD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru (私がいて 君がいる; I am here, You are here)
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A[]

CD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

DVD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter (Close-Up Ver.)

Limited Edition B[]

CD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

DVD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition C[]

CD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

DVD[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter (Dance Shot Ver.2)

Limited Edition D[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

Limited Edition E (Special Graduation Edition)[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite, Kimi ga Iru
  3. Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~ (笑顔に涙~Thank You! Dear My Friends~; Tears to Smile ~Thank You! My Dear Friends~)- Niigaki Risa (Matsuura Aya Cover)
  4. <Ren'ai Hunter (Instrumental)

Single V[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter (MV)
  2. Making of
  3. Suki da na Kimi ga (LIVE Ver.) - Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki from Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe ~Takahashi Ai Graduation Memory Special~ (好きだな君が(LIVE Ver.)/道重さゆみ・譜久村聖 モーニング娘。コンサートツアー2011秋 愛BELIEVE~高橋愛卒業記念スペシャル~より)

Event V[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter (Niigaki Risa Solo Ver.)
  2. Ren'ai Hunter (Michishige Sayumi Solo Ver.)
  3. Ren'ai Hunter (Tanaka Reina Solo Ver.)
  4. Ren'ai Hunter (Mitsui Aika Solo Ver.)
  5. Ren'ai Hunter (Fukumura Mizuki Solo Ver.)
  6. Ren'ai Hunter (Ikuta Erina Solo Ver.)
  7. Ren'ai Hunter (Sayashi Riho Solo Ver.)
  8. Ren'ai Hunter (Suzuki Kanon Solo Ver.)
  9. Ren'ai Hunter (Iikubo Haruna Solo Ver.)
  10. Ren'ai Hunter (Ishida Ayumi Solo Ver.)
  11. Ren'ai Hunter (Sato Masaki Solo Ver.)
  12. Ren'ai Hunter (Kudo Haruka Solo Ver.)

Egao ni Namida ~Thank You! Dear My Friends~ Event V[]

  1. Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~ (MV)
  2. Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~ (Close-Up Ver.)
  3. Making of

Featured Members[]

TV Performances[]

  • [2012.04.08] Music Japan
  • [2012.04.13] Happy Music
  • [2012.04.22] J-MELO Spring Fest 2012
  • [2012.04.29] Nakai Masahiro no Black Variety
  • [2012.05.04] Hirunan Desu Golden Week Special Live

Concert Performances[]

  • Morning Musume Concert Tour 2012 Haru Ultra Smart ~Niigaki Risa Mitsui Aika Graduation Special~
  • Morning Musume 15th Anniversary Concert Tour Fall 2012 ~Colorful Characters~

Song Information[]

  1. Ren'ai Hunter
  2. Watashi ga Ite Kimi ga Iru
    • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
    • Arrangement, Programming, and Guitar: Itagaki Yusuke
    • Chorus: Fukumura Mizuki and CHINO
    • Guitar: Kamada Kouji
    • Vocals:
      • (Main Vocals)
  3. Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~
    • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
    • Arrangement, Programming, and Keyboards: Okubo Kaoru
    • Chorus: Niigaki Risa
    • Vocals:

Trivia[]

  • It was rumoured that Pyocopyoco Ultra was going to be Niigaki Risa's graduation single, but these rumours are proven false.
  • This is the second single to have a Special Graduation Edition, the first one being Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!.
  • The Special Graduation Edition will contain a special solo song of a past Hello! Project single, sung by Niigaki herself, because of her position of being the "longest enrolled member of Morning Musume".
  • Tsunku commented Ren'ai Hunter on Twitter himself, saying: "MM's new song is too cool. Will they be able to sing it? It'll be a fight with/for their skills. I wonder if 9th and 10th gen will be able to keep up with the dance for MM's new song".
  • This song is believed to be influenced by Dubstep, a European/American genre of music/dance.
  • Mitsui Aika, 10th generation members and 9th generation members Fukumura Mizuki, Suzuki Kanon, andIkuta Erina didn't recieve any solo lines.
  • At the end of the MV, Niigaki Risa mouths "Morning Musume, daisuki".
  • This is the third single in which Mitsui Aika is not present in the dance shot due to injury.
  • It’s been nearly two years since a Morning Musume single has topped the Oricion Daily Chart, and it's also the first #1 featuring the 9th and 10th generation.
  • As of April 2012, Ren'ai Hunter holds the record for Most Consecutive Top 10 Singles.
  • 5th Generation member Niigaki Risa gives a comment about the single on Youtube
  • This is the second and last single where Niigaki Risa was leader of Morning Musume.

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 3
14,613
3
5,769
3
6,443
1
6,178
4 4 3 41,036
2
1,908
19 19 28 24 29 21 20 5,927
27 - - - - - - 92 968
- - - - - - - - 717
- - - - - - - - 331
- - - - - - - - 253

Total Reported Sales: 49,232*

Videos[]

Ren'ai Hunter[]

Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~[]

External Links[]

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