List of best-selling singles in Japan

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In 2007, Japan had the second largest music market in the world. [1] In 1962, Tokushin music reports was founded and became the leading provider of music sales in Japan. However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not available to the general public. In 1968 Original Confidence was established and began providing music charts to the general public with data collected from various retailers throughout Japan.

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This is the list of the best-selling singles, based on the data by Oricon. It does not include singles that were released before 1968, and is only from data collected from Oricon's retail partners and not the record companies.

Best-selling physical singles in Japan

Guinness World Records certified that Masato Shimon's "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" is the best-selling single in Japan. [2]

There were several singles which achieved worldwide success. Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" sold estimate 13 million copies over worldwide. However, those were worldwide sales.

There were many non full-track digital download singles in Japan. Hikaru Utada's "Flavor of Life" sold over 7.7 million combined sales. [3] GReeeeN's "Ai Uta" sold 5 million digital download singles. [4] However, those included the sales of non full-track digital download singles. Guinness World Records certified that Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" is the best-selling full-track digital download single in Japan with over 8 million copies. [5]

Machiko Soga's "Oba-Q Ondo" sold estimate 2 million single and 4 million sonosheet in Japan. [6] However, a sonosheet was not a regular 7-inch single.

Yujiro Ishihara & Shunko Makimura's "Ginza No Koi No Monogatari" (1961) sold estimate 3.35 million copies in Japan. [7] Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars's "Ozashiki Kouta" (1964) sold estimate 3 million copies in Japan. [8] Yūzō Kayama's "Kimi to Itsumademo" (1965) sold estimate 3 million copies in Japan. [9] However, those were released before 1968 in Japan.

List of best-selling singles based on physical sales

The following list covers the highest-selling singles in the country based on physical sales compiled by Oricon since its foundation in November 1967. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

No.SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
1"Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" Masato Shimon 25 December 197514,577,000
2"Onna no Michi" Shiro Miya 10 May 197213,256,000
3"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" SMAP 5 March 200313,128,000
4"Tsunami" Southern All Stars 26 January 200012,936,000
5"Dango 3 Kyodai"Kentarou Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori,
Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshoudan		3 March 199912,918,000
6"Kimi ga Iru Dake de" Kome Kome Club 4 May 199212,895,000
7"Say Yes" Chage and Aska 24 July 199112,822,000
8"Tomorrow Never Knows" Mr. Children 10 November 199412,766,000
9"Oh! Yeah!" [I] Kazumasa Oda 6 February 199112,588,000
10"Love Love Love" Dreams Come True 24 July 199512,489,000
11"Yah Yah Yah" [II] Chage and Aska 3 March 199312,419,000
12"Namonaki Uta" Mr. Children 5 February 199612,309,000
13"Sakura Zaka" Masaharu Fukuyama 26 April 200012,299,000
14"Can You Celebrate?" Namie Amuro 19 February 199712,296,000
15"Departures" Globe 1 January 199612,288,000
16"Kuroneko no Tango"Osamu Minagawa5 October 196912,235,000
17"WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜Toki ni wa Okose yo Movement"
(WOW WAR TONIGHT 〜時には起こせよムーヴメント)		H Jungle With t15 March 199512,135,000
18"Koi no Kisetsu"Pinky & Killers20 July 196812,077,000
19"Automatic" [III] Utada Hikaru 9 December 199822,063,000
20"True Love" Fumiya Fujii 10 November 199312,023,000

Notes:

List of best-selling singles by Western acts

The following list covers the top-selling singles released by such acts in Japan, based on physical sales only. [15]

Physical singles
SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
"Beautiful Sunday" Daniel Boone 10 March 197612,050,000 (until 1977) [16]
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 29 October 199421,500,000
"To Love You More" Celine Dion 21 October 199511,500,000 [I]
"I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 2 December 19921810,060
"The Sound of Silence" Simon & Garfunkel 15 June 19681810,000
"As the Years Go By" Mashmakhan 1970—790,000 [17]
"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" Baccara April 1977—750,000 [18]
"The Lovers of the World"
(Otoko no Sekai)		 Jerry Wallace 25 July 19701734,000
"I'm In the Mood for Dancing" The Nolans 21 July 19801700,000 [19]
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara 25 June 19831697,000
"Last Christmas" Wham! 15 December 1984 [II] 15683,000
"I Dream of Naomi"
(Naomi no Yume)		 Hedva and David 25 January 19711666,000
"Candle in the Wind 1997" Elton John 26 September 19971632,000
"Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters 10 July 19735592,000
"Sky High" Jigsaw 25 October 19752568,000
"Let It Be" The Beatles 25 March 19706558,000
"Venus" Shocking Blue 20 February 19702555,000
"I Need to Be in Love" [III] The Carpenters 3 November 19955542,000
"Welcome to the Edge" Billie Hughes 15 May 19913518,000
"Massachusetts" Bee Gees 25 December 19671517,000
"Never Marry a Railroad Man" Shocking Blue 10 September 19702505,000
"Y.M.C.A." Village People 17 October 1978—500,000 [20]

Notes:

Digital and multi-format sales

SingleArtistReleasedChartSales
"Dragostea din tei" O-Zone 2003—4,350,000 [22]
"Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne 27 February 2007271,850,000
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 29 October 199421,000,000 [23]
"Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen 20 September 201131,000,000
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift 13 August 201221,000,000
"Poker Face" Lady Gaga 23 September 2008750,000
"Miles Away" Madonna 17 October 20087750,000 [24]
"Happy" Pharrell Williams 21 November 20135500,000
"Let It Go" Idina Menzel January 20144500,000

Best-selling multi-format singles in Japan

With over 9.2 million combined sales, Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" is the best-selling multi-format single in Japan. [25]

Over 5 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2008"Soba ni Iru ne" Thelma Aoyama featuring SoulJa 550,000 [25] 8,700,000 [25] 9,250,000
2007"Flavor of Life" Hikaru Utada 651,000 [26] 8,000,000 [27] 8,651,000
2008"Kiseki" Greeeen 558,000 [26] 7,600,000 [28] 8,158,000
2007"Lovers Again" Exile 260,000 [26] 7,000,000 [29] 7,260,000
2009"Shunkashūtō" Hilcrhyme 139,000 [26] 7,000,000 [30] 7,139,000
2006"Junrenka" Shōnan no Kaze 523,000 [31] 6,500,000 [32] 7,023,000
2009"Butterfly" Kaela Kimura —7,000,000 [33] 7,000,000
2007"Ai Uta"Greeeen300,000 [34] 5,900,000 [35] 6,200,000
2011"Maru Maru Mori Mori!" Mana Ashida and Fuku Suzuki
as Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook		541,000 [36] 5,000,000 [37] 5,541,000
2007"Tsubomi" Kobukuro 506,000 [26] 2,000,000 [38] 3,000,000 [39] 5,506,000
2005"Story" Ai 276,000 [26] 2,000,000 [40] 3,000,000 [41] 5,276,000
2009"Haruka"Greeeen145,000 [26] 5,000,000 [42] 5,145,000
2010"Aitakute Aitakute" Kana Nishino 97,000 [26] 5,000,000 [43] 5,097,000

Over 4 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2008"366 Nichi" HY —4,800,000 [44] 4,800,000
2009"Ashita ga Kurunara" Juju featuring Jay'ed 150,000 [26] 4,500,000 [45] 4,650,000
2009"Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru" Fuyumi Sakamoto 400,000 [46] 4,000,000 [47] 4,400,000
2007"Winding Road" Ayaka and Kobukuro 359,000 [26] 4,000,000 [48] 4,359,000
2003"Dragostea din tei" O-Zone —350,000 [22] 4,000,000 [22] 4,350,000
2006"Mata Aimashō" Seamo 205,000 [26] 4,000,000 [49] 4,205,000

Over 3 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
2005"Dreamland" Bennie K 500,000 [50] 3,400,000 [51] 3,900,000
2004"Hana" Orange Range 1,000,000 [52] 750,000 [53] 2,000,000 [22] 3,750,000
2005"Sakura" Kobukuro 500,000 [54] 1,250,000 [22] [55] 2,000,000 [56] 3,750,000
2011"Love Story" Namie Amuro 162,000 [26] 3,500,000 [57] 3,662,000
2018"Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 584,030 [58] [59] 3,000,000 [60] 3,584,030
2008"Life"Kimaguren66,000 [26] 3,500,000 [61] 3,566,000
2009"Futatsu no Kuchibiru" [A] Exile289,000 [26] 1,250,000 [62] [63] 2,000,000 [64] 3,539,000
1992"Kimi ga Iru Dake de" [B] Kome Kome Club 2,895,000 [26] 500,000 [65] —3,395,000
2007"Gake no Ue no Ponyo" Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ōhashi 382,000 [66] 3,000,000 [67] 3,382,000
2005"Konayuki" Remioromen 859,000 [26] 500,000 [68] 2,000,000 [22] 3,359,000
2008"Ti Amo" [C] Exile320,000 [26] 2,000,000 [69] 1,000,000 [70] 3,320,000
2006"Age Age Every Knight" DJ OZMA 250,000 [71] 1,000,000 [72] 2,000,000 [73] 3,250,000
2005"Sōsei no Aquarion" Akino 250,000 [74] 3,000,000 [74] 3,250,000
2006"Mikazuki"Ayaka243,000 [26] 2,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [75] 3,243,000
2000"Tsunami" Southern All Stars 2,936,000 [26] 250,000 [56] —3,186,000
2010"Heavy Rotation" AKB48 882,000 [26] 1,500,000 [76] 750,000 [77] 3,132,000
2007"Suirenka"Shōnan no Kaze100,000 [78] 3,000,000 [32] 3,100,000
2008"Kimi no Subete ni" Spontania featuring Juju100,000 [79] 3,000,000 [80] 3,100,000
2010"Ring a Ding Dong"Kaela Kimura100,000 [81] 3,000,000 [82] 3,100,000
1997"Can You Celebrate?"Namie Amuro2,750,000 [D] [26] 250,000 [38] —3,000,000
2011"Happiness"Ai27,7133,000,000 [83] 3,027,713
2018"Teacher Teacher"AKB48—3,000,000 [84] 3,000,000

Note:

  1. ↑ Physical sales from "The Generation: Futatsu no Kuchibiru" maxi single.
  2. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "Aishiteru".
  3. ↑ Physical sales from "The Birthday: Ti Amo" maxi single.
  4. ↑ Combined sales from 8cm (1997/2) and 12cm (1997/12) CD releases.

Over 2 million copies

YearSongArtistDetailed SalesTotal Sales
PhysicalSingle TrackChaku-uta
1997"Zankoku na Tenshi no These" Yoko Takahashi 720,000 [A] [26] [85] 1,100,000 [38] [86] 1,100,000 [87] [88] 2,920,000
1991"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" [B] Kazumasa Oda 2,542,000 [26] 250,000 [89] —2,792,000
2008"Kimi ni Utatta Love Song" Lil'B —2,700,000 [90] 2,700,000
2011"Flying Get"AKB481,626,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] —2,626,000
2011"Everyday, Katyusha"AKB481,608,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] —2,608,000
2007"Lovin' Life" Funky Monkey Babys 100,000 [91] 2,500,000 [92] 2,600,000
1995"Love Love Love" Dreams Come True 2,489,000 [26] 100,000 [93] —2,589,000
2013"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"AKB481,549,000 [26] 1,000,000 [94] —2,549,000
2000"Sakura Zaka" Masaharu Fukuyama 2,299,000 [26] 250,000 [95] —2,549,000
2006"Koi no Tsubomi" Kumi Koda 273,000 [26] 250,000 [22] 2,000,000 [22] 2,523,000
2000"Everything" Misia 2,007,000 [C] [26] [96] 500,000 [38] —2,507,000
2004"Hitomi o Tojite" Ken Hirai 1,000,000 [97] 500,000 [98] 1,000,000 [22] 2,500,000
2008"Shuchishin" Shuchishin 500,000 [99] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [100] 2,500,000
2011"Yasashiku Naritai" Kazuyoshi Saito 2,500,000 [101]

2,500,000

1994"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1,500,000 [D] [26] —1,000,000 [23] 2,500,000
2005"Tada... Aitakute"Exile562,000 [26] 850,000 [E] [38] [102] 1,000,000 [22] 2,412,000
2007"Migi Kara Kita Mono Wo Hidari He Ukenagasu No Uta"Moody Katsuyama——2,400,000 [103] 2,400,000
2008"Sunao ni Naretara" [F] Juju100,000 [99] 2,300,000 [80] 2,400,000
2009"Mister" KARA 145,000 [104] 1,250,000 [76] [41] 1,000,000 [105] 2,395,000
1995"Departures" Globe 2,288,000 [26] 100,000 [38] —2,388,000
2009"Ichibu to Zenbu" B'z 380,000 [26] 1,000,000 [77] 1,000,000 [77] 2,380,000
2004"Towa ni Tomo ni" [G] Kobukuro152,000 [26] 1,200,000 [H] [70] [39] 1,000,000 [106] 2,352,000
2006"Good-bye Days" Yui for Kaoru Amane 242,000 [26] 1,100,000 [107] [108] 1,000,000 [109] 2,342,000
2012"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"AKB481,822,000 [26] 500,000 [110] —2,322,000
2005"Planetarium"Ai Otsuka316,000 [26] 1,000,000 [111] 1,000,000 [22] 2,316,000
2016"Koi" Gen Hoshino 312,000 [112] [113] 2,000,000 [114] 2,312,000
2006"Ketsui no Asa ni" Aqua Timez 1,100,000 [115] 1,200,000 [115] 2,300,000
1995"True Love" Fumiya Fujii 2,023,000 [26] 250,000 [38] —2,273,000
2005"Endless Story" Reira starring Yuna Ito 500,000 [116] 750,000 [38] 1,000,000 [22] 2,250,000
2005"Glamorous Sky" Nana starring Mika Nakashima 500,000 [117] 750,000 [118] 1,000,000 [22] 2,250,000
1996"La La La Love Song" Toshinobu Kubota 2,000,000 [119] 250,000 [38] —2,250,000
2010"Motto Tsuyoku"Exile250,000 [120] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [121] 2,250,000
2006"Taiyō no Uta" Erika Sawajiri as Kaoru Amane500,000 [122] 750,000 [123] 1,000,000 [124] 2,250,000
2003"Yuki no Hana" Mika Nakashima 250,000 [125] 1,000,000 [126] 1,000,000 [70] 2,250,000
2007"Koko ni Iru yo" SoulJa featuring Thelma Aoyama149,000 [26] 1,100,000 [127] [77] 1,000,000 [128] 2,249,000
2008"Prisoner of Love"Hikaru Utada82,000 [26] 1,100,000 [107] [108] 1,000,000 [109] 2,182,000
1998"Automatic" [I] Hikaru Utada 2,063,000 [26] 100,000 [63] —2,163,000
2005"Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana"Kobukuro407,000 [26] 750,000 [38] 1,000,000 [22] 2,157,000
2006"Kibun Jōjō" Mihimaru GT 131,000 [26] 1,000,000 [129] 1,000,000 [22] 2,131,000
2003"Jupiter" Ayaka Hirahara 925,000 [26] 200,000 [22] 1,000,000 [22] 2,125,000
2007"Michi"Exile112,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [77] 2,112,000
2010"Arigatō" Ikimono-gakari 250,000 [130] 1,100,000 [131] [77] 750,000 [77] 2,100,000
2009"Love Forever" Miliyah Kato and Shota Shimizu 100,000 [132] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [133] 2,100,000
2010"Kimi tte"Kana Nishino98,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [41] 2,098,000
2003"Sakuranbo" Ai Otsuka 589,000 [J] [26] 500,000 [38] 1,000,000 [22] 2,089,000
2010"Best Friend"Kana Nishino71,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [134] 2,071,000
2013"Sayonara Crawl"AKB481,956,000 [26] 100,000 [38] —2,056,000
2008"Ai o Komete Hanataba o" Superfly 47,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] 1,000,000 [135] 2,047,000
2010"Beginner"AKB481,039,000 [26] 1,000,000 [38] —2,039,000
2008"Ginga Tetsudō 999"Exile featuring M-flo —1,000,000 [136] 1,000,000 [77] 2,000,000
2006"I Believe"Ayaka250,000 [137] 750,000 [38] 1,000,000 [22] 2,000,000
2007"Peach" [K] Ai Otsuka250,000 [138] 750,000 [38] 1,000,000 [77] 2,000,000
2006"Precious"Yuna Ito250,000 [139] 750,000 [38] 1,000,000 [22] 2,000,000
2008"Roppongi-Giroppon-"Nezumisenpai—2,000,000 [140] 2,000,000
2009"Garden" May J. featuring DJ KAORI, Diggy-MO', Clench and Blistah—2,000,000 [141] 2,000,000
2011"100 Mankai No I Love You"Rake—2,000,000 [142] 2,000,000

Note:

  1. ↑ Combined sales from the 1997, 2003 and 2009 CD releases.
  2. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "Oh Yeah!".
  3. ↑ Combined sales for the 8cm single, the vinyl and the "Junior + Gomi Club Extended Mix" vinyl
  4. ↑ Combined sales from the 8cm single (1995), the 12cm single (1996) and the remix single (2000).
  5. ↑ Combined certifications for the original version and the "Ballad Best" version.
  6. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "I Can Be Free".
  7. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "Million Films".
  8. ↑ Combined certifications from the original version and the live version.
  9. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "Time Will Tell".
  10. ↑ Combined sales from the original (2003) and "Encore Press" (2005) CD releases.
  11. ↑ Released as a double A-side single with "Heart".

List of most-streamed songs in Japan

The following list covers the most-streamed songs in the country based on data compiled by Billboard Japan, with the data aggregation started since March 12, 2018.

No.SongArtist(s)ReleasedStreams (hundred million)
1"Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 15 December 201910.4
2"Dried Flower" Yuuri 25 October 20209.2
3"Dynamite" BTS 21 August 20208.7
4"Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 15 May 20198.5
5"Gunjō" Yoasobi 1 September 20206.9
6"Hakujitsu" King Gnu 22 February 20196.4
7"Marigold" Aimyon 8 August 20186.2
8"I Love..." Official Hige Dandism 12 February 20206.1
9"Kaibutsu" Yoasobi 6 January 20216.1
10"Butter" BTS 21 May 20215.8
11"Subtitle" Official Hige Dandism 12 October 20225.8
12"W/X/Y" Tani Yuuki 26 May 20215.8
13"Suiheisen" Back Number 13 August 20215.7
14"Kaiju no Hanauta" Vaundy 11 May 20205.7
15"Idol" Yoasobi 12 April 20235.6
16"115man Kilo no Film" Official Hige Dandism 11 April 20185.5
17"Cinderella Boy" Saucy Dog 18 August 20215.4
18"Betelgeuse" Yuuri 4 November 20215.3
19"Ao to Natsu" Mrs. Green Apple 1 August 20184.9
20"Kirari" Fujii Kaze 3 May 20214.8
As of December 24, 2023 [143]

Best-selling singles by year

The following is a table of the yearly best-selling singles in Japan by physical sales (until 2018) and combined sales (including track sale equivalent) (since 2019).

YearTitleArtistSalesChart PeakReferences
1989"Diamonds" Princess Princess 814,5701 [144]
1990 "Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens 1,308,4401 [145]
1991 "Oh Yeah!"/"Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" Kazumasa Oda 2,541,9101 [146]
1992 "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" Kome Kome Club 2,762,2101 [147]
1993 "Yah Yah Yah / Yume no Bannin" Chage and Aska 2,407,9601 [148]
1994 "Innocent World" Mr. Children 1,812,9701 [149]
1995 "Love Love Love"/"Arashi ga Kuru" Dreams Come True 2,351,9401 [150]
1996 "Namonaki Uta" Mr. Children 2,302,9101 [151]
1997 "Can You Celebrate?" Namie Amuro 2,223,0901 [152]
1998 "Yuuwaku" Glay 1,611,9201 [153]
1999 "Dango 3 Kyodai"Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan2,918,2201 [154]
2000 "Tsunami" Southern All Stars 2,886,9401 [155]
2001 "Can You Keep a Secret?" Hikaru Utada 1,484,9401 [156]
2002 "H" Ayumi Hamasaki 1,000,2601 [157]
2003"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" SMAP 2,108,5651 [158]
2004"Hitomi o Tojite" Ken Hirai 834,4482 [159]
2005"Seishun Amigo" Shūji to Akira 945,3151 [160]
2006"Real Face" KAT-TUN 1,038,9231 [161]
2007"Sen no Kaze ni Natte" Masafumi Akikawa 1,115,4991 [162]
2008"Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" Arashi 618,2291 [163]
2009"Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" Arashi, Kenta Yano starring Satoshi Ohno 656,6761 [164]
2010"Beginner" AKB48 954,2831 [165]
2011"Flying Get" AKB48 1,587,2291 [166]
2012"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" AKB48 1,820,0561 [167]
2013 "Sayonara Crawl" AKB48 1,955,1621 [168]
2014"Labrador Retriever" AKB48 1,786,8251 [169]
2015"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" AKB48 1,782,7071 [170]
2016 "Tsubasa wa Iranai" AKB48 1,519,3871 [171]
2017"Negaigoto no Mochigusare" AKB48 1,391,6911 [172]
2018 "Teacher Teacher" AKB48 1,819,2371 [173]
2019"Sustainable" AKB48 1,416,1891 [174]
2020 "Imitation Rain/D.D." SixTones, Snow Man 1,780,3061 [175]
2021"Butter" BTS 1,809,6501 [176]
2022"Ichizu/Sakayume" King Gnu 1,456,3491 [177]
2023"Idol" Yoasobi 2,274,5281 [178]

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The discography of Japanese musician, LiSA includes 6 studio albums, 2 compilation albums, 3 extended plays, 19 singles, and 5 video albums. LiSA debuted in 2010 as a part of Girls Dead Monster, a musical group featured in the anime Angel Beats!, an anime featuring a high school rock band. LiSA recorded music as the singing voice for the character Yui, and released her first single as a part of the group, "Thousand Enemies", in May 2010 through Key Sounds Label. In June 2010, Girls Dead Monster released Keep the Beats!, an album entirely composed of songs sung by LiSA. The album was commercially successful; certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo has released eighteen studio albums, fourteen compilation albums, one EP, two cover albums, six video albums, twelve live video albums, two box sets, and forty-three singles. Her career began in 1985 when she debuted as one of the three vocalists of the girl group Seventeen Club. The short-lived group disbanded after two unsuccessful singles. In 1986, she joined the idol girl group Onyanko Club as member number 38, which led to Kudo forming the subgroup Ushirogami Hikaretai the following year. She released her first solo single, "Kindan no Telepathy", on the same day as the last broadcast of the variety show Yūyake Nyan Nyan, from which the Onyanko Club members originated. It debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and became the first of eleven total number-one singles released in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Koi Hitoyo", "Arashi no Sugao", "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku", "Senryū no Shizuku" and "Please". Miyuki Nakajima penned the following singles released by Kudo during this era: "Fu-ji-tsu", "Mugon... Iroppoi", "Kōsa ni Fukarete", "Watashi ni Tsuite" and Dōkoku". All five singles debuted at number one and, with total sales exceeding a million, "Dōkoku" became the best-selling single of Kudo's career.

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