"Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" is a single released by

Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more ...

. It was released on October 22, 2008.

Information

The single is

's first actual love song, which is used as a theme to the TV drama '' Scrap Teacher'' starring Hey! Say! JUMP members

Daiki Arioka is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and model as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. Career On June 2, 2003, he joined Johnny & Associates as a trainee. As a Johnny's Jr., he was a member ...

Ryosuke Yamada is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.Hey! Say! JUMP Pro ...

Yuto Nakajima is a Japanese singer, actor and model. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He played Koji Kiritani in the 2005 Japanese television drama, '' Nobuta wo Produce''. Career 2004: Becoming an artist for Johnny's Entertainment Nakajima joined Johnn ...

Yuri Chinen , is a Japanese singer and actor as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. Early life Chinen is the son of Takashi Chinen, a former Japanese gymnast who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Oly ...

. The song has sad, passionate lyrics and a melancholic melody with a Spanish taste. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with the music video of "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy," making-of footage, and alternate jacket artwork. Regular edition features three bonus karaoke versions. By the end of the year, "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" was reported by

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

to sell 266,193 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments.

Regular Edition

CD # "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" # "School Kakumei" # "Deep Night Kimi Omou" # "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" (Original Karaoke) # "School Kakumei" (Original Karaoke) # "Deep Night Kimi Omou" (Original Karaoke)

Limited Edition

CD # "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" # "School Kakumei" DVD # "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" (PV & Making of)

Charts and certifications

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References

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