is the twenty-fifth single of
J-pop
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group
Morning Musume
, formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...
. It also served as the last single of the last founding member of the group
Kaori Iida.
It was released on January 19, 2005. Peaked at #4 on the Oricon Charts.There are two editions of the single. The limited edition was wrapped in a special package and had five photo cards with catalog number EPCE-5348. The regular edition has a catalog number EPCE-5349 and was contained with one photo card of the group on its first pressing.
On the same date, the
Single V DVD of the single was released. It is stated on the DVD that featured videos has an
aspect image of 4:3, but are actually in
widescreen
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.
Overview
The song was the first official
cheer song of the
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
It was written by producer
Tsunku.
Track listings
All lyrics are written by
Tsunku.
CD
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# "The Manpower!!!" (Instrumental)
Single V DVD
# "The Manpower!!!"
# "The Manpower!!! (Another Edition)"
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Personnel
*
Kaori Iida – center vocals
*
Mari Yaguchi – center vocals
*
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio V-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, a ...
– center vocals
*
Hitomi Yoshizawa – main vocals
*
Ai Takahashi – main vocals
*
Asami Konno – minor vocals
*
Makoto Ogawa – minor vocals
*
Risa Niigaki – center vocals
*
Miki Fujimoto – center vocals
*
Eri Kamei – minor vocals
*
Sayumi Michishige – minor vocals
*
Reina Tanaka – center vocals
Members at time of single
*1st generation:
Kaori Iida
*2nd generation:
Mari Yaguchi
*4th generation:
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio V-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, a ...
,
Hitomi Yoshizawa
*5th generation:
Ai Takahashi,
Asami Konno,
Makoto Ogawa,
Risa Niigaki
*6th generation:
Miki Fujimoto,
Eri Kamei,
Sayumi Michishige,
Reina Tanaka
Chart performance
* #4 Japan
Oricon Charts
* #4 Japan
CDTV
References
External links
*Up-Front Works Official Website
CD entryDVD entry
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2005 singles
2005 songs
Morning Musume songs
Baseball songs and chants
Fight songs
Zetima Records singles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Songs written by Tsunku
Song recordings produced by Tsunku