Dear J

Dear J Type A Type B Type C Single by Itano Tomomi Type A Cover Single by Itano Tomomi Type B Cover Single by Itano Tomomi Type C Cover Released: January 26, 2011 Genre: J-Pop Format: CD Single, CD+DVD Label: King Records Producer: Akimoto Yasushi Theater Edition Itano Tomomi Singles Chronology Next: Fui ni 2nd Single (2011)

板野友美／Dear J (Music Video)

Dear J (MV)

Dear J is the debut solo single released by AKB48 member Itano Tomomi. It was released in four versions: three regular CD+DVD editions and a limited theater CD-only edition. First pressings of the regular editions came with a photo and an application card for tickets to a debut commemoration event. All theater editions came with a handshake event ticket and a photo. "Dear J" was used as a CM song for the fashion brand Samantha Thavasa. The single reached #1 on the Oricon charts, and sold 216,781 copies after charting for nine weeks.

Tracklist

• Type-A
• Type-B
• Type-C
• Theater Edition

CD

1. Dear J
2. TUNNEL
3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
4. TUNNEL OFF VOCAL VER.

DVD

1. Dear J (PV)
2. Tomomi Itano Collection -Special Movie-

CD

1. Dear J
2. Stay by my side
3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
4. Stay by my side OFF VOCAL VER.

DVD

1. Dear J (PV)
2. Tomomi Itano Interview -Special Movie-

CD

1. Dear J
2. Thank you
3. Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.
4. Thank you OFF VOCAL VER.

DVD

1. Dear J (PV)
2. Making of Tomomi Itano -Special Movie-

Dear J

Tsundere! (ツンデレ！) (Itano Tomomi, Ishida Haruka, Sato Sumire, Nito Moeno, Miyazaki Miho) (AKB48 cover)

Dear J OFF VOCAL VER.

Tsundere! OFF VOCAL VER.

Oricon Chart Positions

Itano Tomomi Promoting Single

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	#2 86,861	#2 26,404	#2 12,085	#2 10,493	#2 11,769	#1 11,488	#2	162,871
#1	#7	#7	#7	#6	#4	#3	#6	24,105
#4	#23	#25	#16	#12	#10	#7	#14	9,111
#7	#19	#20	#21	#21	#18	#11	#21	5,992
#14	#41	-	#44	#38	#28	#30	#38	2,902
#21	#48	-	-	-	#42	#39	#49	1,901
#49	-	-	-	-	#40	#43	#61	1,052
#41	-	-	-	#45	-	#50	#64	827
#40	-	-	-	#45	-	-	#62	864
#49	#46	-	#44	#40	#47	#36	#49	1,022
#30	-	-	-	-	-	-	#76	841
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#77	598
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#109	496
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#118	568
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#109	546
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#161	335
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#132	364
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#157	392
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#173	339
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#158	340
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#164	345
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#180	314
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	#179	298

Total Reported Sales: 216,423

Trivia

• "Tsundere!", the second track of the theater edition, is from Team A's 5th stage. The original was a unit song performed by Itano, Kitahara Rie, and Sato Amina. "Dear J" had a version sung by Itano and the members of the AKB48 unit Natto Angels Z. Itano was a member of its original unit, Natto Angels.
• Itano is the only artist other than AKB to be part of KING RECORDS's sub-label "You, Be Cool!".
• Itano is the first AKB48 Member to officially debut as a solo artist with her original name.