Virginal (song)

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"Virginal"
ShoutaAoiVirginal.jpg
Single by Shouta Aoi
from the album Unlimited
A-side "Virginal"
B-side "Yume no Tsuzuki"
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2014
Genre
Length18:07
Label B-green
Producer(s) Elements Garden
Shouta Aoi singles chronology
"Hikaru no Gen-chan"
(2008)
"Virginal"
(2014)
"True Hearts"
(2014)
Music video
"Virginal" on YouTube

"Virginal" is the debut [lower-alpha 1] single by Shouta Aoi, released on January 15, 2014. The song served as the ending theme song to the show Break Out for the month of January 2014.

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Background and release

"Virginal" is Shouta Aoi's first single released under his current stage name. [lower-alpha 1] The song was used as the ending theme to the show Break Out for the month of January 2014. [1]

The single was released on January 15, 2014 under the B-green label, along with the B-side "Yume no Tsuzuki." [1] Along with the regular edition, a limited edition version of the single was released with an alternate cover and a DVD exclusive containing the music video for "Virginal." [3]

Reception

"Virginal" reached #8 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and charted for 4 weeks. [1] The song also debuted at #22 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elements Garden

Single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Virginal" Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden) Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)4:26
2."Yume no Tsuzuki" (ユメノツヅキ lit. The Dream Continues) Shouta Aoi Tomohiro Kita (Elements Garden)Tomohiro Kita (Elements Garden)4:39
3."Virginal" (off vocal)Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)4:26
4."Yume no Tsuzuki" (off vocal)Tomohiro Kita (Elements Garden)Tomohiro Kita (Elements Garden)4:36
Total length:18:07
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Virginal" (promotional video) 
2."Virginal" (making) 

Charts

ChartPeak

position

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart [1] 8
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [4] 22

Notes

  1. 1 2 Official descriptions for Shouta Aoi's discography lists his work released under the name "Showta" as separate from his current work. "Virginal" is Aoi's 7th single overall, but official descriptions list it as his debut single. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. "SHOWTA.BEST(初回限定盤)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. "Virginal(初回限定盤)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart (January 27, 2014)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.