[Claire] “TOBE” release date of new songs unnaturally coincides with the “old Johnny’s” release date.

On March 27, in the “Download Songs” chart released by Billboard JAPAN, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT’s seven-member group Travis Japan’s “T.G.I. Friday Night” took the top spot. Friday Night” by STARTO ENTERTAINMENT’s seven-member group Travis Japan took the top spot.

In second place was a song sung by an artist belonging to TOBE, an agency headed by Hideaki Takizawa. Each was released for distribution on the same day (March 18), but this time Travis Japan overtook the TOBE artists to take the top spot.

Travis Japan’s “T.G.I. Friday Night” was released in two versions, the original version (English lyrics) and the Japanese version (Japanese lyrics), and according to Billboard JAPAN’s website, “T.G.I. Friday Night” itself has received 75 According to the Billboard Japan website, “T.G.I. Friday Night” itself sold 75,135 downloads (DL), making it an impressive No. 1 hit.

The runner-up was “Be on Your side” (20,300 downloads), the theme song for the “to HEROes Project -Act for HOPE-,” a support project launched by TOBE in response to the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake. 13 members of TOBE (Ken Miyake, Hiromitsu Kitayama, Number The lyrics were written by Yuta Kishi, Yuta Jinguji, and Shiyou Hirano of Number_i.

The CD was available for pre-order at TOBE OFFICIAL STORE from March 18 to 31.

According to the Oricon Weekly Digital Single Ranking announced on March 27, Travis Japan’s “T.G.I. Friday Night” (Original Ver.) ranked No. 1 with 44,319 downloads in the first week, followed by the Japanese Ver. ), with Travis Japan dominating the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. In the case of this ranking, “Be on Your side” came in at No. 3 with 21,332 downloads.

In both Billboard JAPAN and Oricon rankings, TOBE artists lost to Travis Japan. It was a clear winner because it was released on the same day. However, “Be on Your side” is also a work for “box-office fans” who support TOBE artists as a whole. Even though the members wrote the lyrics, Number_i’s fans may not have been that desperate to increase the number of downloads for this album.

However, TOBE is not to be outdone in terms of the number of views of their music videos uploaded to YouTube. They held a concert “to HEROes ~TOBE 1st Super Live~” at Tokyo Dome from March 14 to 17. The YouTube channels of Miyake, Kitayama, Number_i, and IMP. distributed a video of the singing at the dome as “to HEROes – Be on Your side (Official Music Video)” on March 18.

Number_i, which is said to be the most popular of TOBE, had over 3.53 million views (as of April 15, 2012, same below). This means that the music video of “Be on Your side” has been viewed more than 4.4 million times.

In contrast, Travis Japan’s “T.G.I. Friday Night” music video (distributed March 18) was in the 2.4 million range, below Number_i’s number of views. Travis Japan – ‘T.G.I. Friday Night’ -Performance Video-” (distributed February 22), which features a performance on stage, had 870,000 units, while the dance video “Travis Japan – ‘T.G.I. Friday Night’ – Dance Practice Day-1 -” (distributed on March 22) totaled 410,000 units, for a total of approximately 3.68 million units for the three videos. Although the DL number for “Be on Your side” did not grow very much, the YouTube video in which they can be seen in person seems to be doing well.

Meanwhile, not only this time, but also in the past, the release dates of TOBE and STARTO ENTERTAINMENT (formerly Johnny’s s) artists’ singles have coincided.

For example, on November 8 last year, IMP.’s “CRUISIN’/IMP.” and King & Prince’s “Ai ni Ikiru Koto / MAGIC WORD” were released on the same day. On March 6 of this year, the release dates of Sexy Zone’s “puzzle” and Number_i’s “GOAT” also coincided. Although fans of STARTO are mainly hostile to TOBE’s products, TOBE’s products are basically sold only at TOBE OFFICIAL STORE, not at regular CD stores.

The release date of TOBE’s “Be on Your side” CD is May 1, which is the same day as that of SixTONES’ single “Tone,” and since May 1 is the day that SixTONES formed as a group, it will be a special release for the fans. The fans are sure to find it special as well,

It’s amazing that SixTONES can release a single on May 1, the day the group was formed. But I don’t understand why TOBE put the release date on the same day.
Travis Japan and TOBE were released on the same day, but I was relieved to see Travis Japan at No. 1. I was relieved to see Travis Japan at No. 1. I hope SixTONES’ “Tone” will also be No. 1 with this momentum. ……
TOBE has put their release date on the same day as mine again. I’m going to pre-order “Tone.

I’m going to pre-order “Tone”. However, as mentioned above, TOBE’s sales are limited to the website, and the writer mentioned above said, “It is not subject to the Oricon ranking. Since the songs have already been distributed, the number of downloads is not expected to grow significantly. The writer pointed out, “Since the songs have already been distributed, the number of downloads is not expected to increase significantly.

It seems that SixTONES fans have nothing to worry about.