"GIFT" is a triple-single released by the Japanese
boyband
A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance a ...
Kanjani Eight
, previously known as is a five-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly Johnny & Associates) and signed to Infinity Records. The group was formed in ...
stylized Kanjani∞. The three singles are the band's 11th, 12th, and 13th singles. The songs were released during the Christmas period. Each single release, except "Green", contains two songs; Green has three songs. Each single has cover art reflecting the color theme of each single. GIFT was advertised as a gift from the group members to their fans. The three singles were sold at a special price of and were a limited-press release.
The "GIFT" singles have seven Christmas-themed songs; some were written or composed by members of the group.
Shota Yasuda
, previously known as is a five-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly Johnny & Associates) and signed to Infinity Records. The group was formed in 20 ...
designed the label for the single; Kanjani8 collectively photographed the backstage activities and provided creative ideas for the jacket design. Like the previous singles since "
It's My Soul
is the seventh single released by the Japanese people, Japanese boyband Kanjani Eight, Kanjani8. The song follows the same disco/funk trend that its predecessor and album featured. There were two versions of this single released, with the limited ...
", member
Tadayoshi Okura
is a Japanese singer, actor, voice actor and radio host. He is also a member and the drummer of Japanese male idol group Super Eight (previously known as Kanjani Eight), which was under the management of Johnny & Associates and now is under ...
dresses as
Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Chris ...
as the singles' joke for this release. He appears in the outfit on "Gift ~Green~", completing the group picture that spans the backs of all three singles.
On December 29, 2009, it was announced that Kanjani8 had broken an
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
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record by having three singles released on three consecutive days, and monopolized the top ten weekly rankings by reaching the top three. This was the first time an album or single release had done this. When they were asked about it, member
You Yokoyama
is a Japanese idol and singer, member of Super Eight (previously known as Kanjani Eight), which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. His image color in the group is black.
Career
Yokoyama entered Johnny's on Christmas 1996 where ...
said, "Being the first to have a three day consecutive release and be the first to have it in the top 1, 2, 3 spots make me really happy".
Track listing
White
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Red
# "I wish"
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Green
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# "One day in winter"
# "Snow White"
Charts
References
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2009 EPs
Kanjani Eight songs
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles