is the first mini-album to be released by the

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Overview

It was released on December 13, 2006. The album was released in two versions– a standard edition, containing only the CD (with a photocard included with the first press editions), and a limited edition containing a bonus DVD. This mini-album is considered to be their "7.5th album", as it was released between their seventh and eighth albums. All of the tracks were written and composed by

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. The songs were composed to have a "wintry" feel, and the single "''Aruiteru''", their last single of 2006, was added to the track list. Since eighth-generation member

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did not officially join the group until December 10, three days before the EP was released, she did not participate in the recording. The EP features five tracks by solo and or smaller combinations of band members, the second Morning Musume non-single release since '' Rainbow 7'' to do so.

Track listing

CD

# # #* ''Performed by

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'' # #* ''Performed by

Ai Takahashi (born September 14, 1986) is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Hello! Project and is best known as the leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project until 2011. She is also a former member of its popular subgroup Mini Mon ...

, with spoken-word intro and outro by MC Gaki (

Risa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after mo ...

)'' # #* ''Performed by Miki Fujimoto with

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and Mai Hagiwara of Cute'' # #* ''Performed by Hitomi Yoshizawa,

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and

'' # #* ''Performed by

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and

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Limited Edition DVD

Performances from Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki ~Odore! Morning Curry~ # #

External links

7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!
entry at the official Up-Front Works discography {{Authority control Morning Musume albums 2006 debut EPs Zetima compilation albums Zetima EPs Japanese-language EPs 2000s Japanese-language albums