Oricon Weekly: 12.12.11

As expected the onslaught of new Singles continues to hit the market.

And KAT-TUN’s latest single, “Birth”, their 4^th this year, comes in first. As expected, they got 1^st for the 17^th times in a row, congrats.

2^nd by the best from South Korea, Tohoshinki, with “winter”, followed by “Kibou Sanmyaku” by AKB48’s sub-group Watariroka Hashiritai 7.

Kibou Sanmyaku is also the new opening song for Crayon Shin-chan.

Anime Guilty Crown’s Ending theme, “Departure” also made it into the top 10.

21st-27th Nov		12.12
Rank	Week	Title	Artist
1	1	Birth	KAT-TUN
2	1	Winter	Tohoshinki
3	1	Kibō Sanmyaku	Watariroka Hashiritai 7
4	1	Distance	FTISLAND
5	1	Tsubasa	Yuzu
6	1	Love Me Back	Koda Kumi
7	1	Yayaya	T-ARA
8	1	Departures	EGOIST
9	1	Marching Band	Asian Kung Fu Generation
10	1	Graffiti	GACKT
11	2	Anatahe/Ooo Baby	Exile/Exile Atsushi
12	1	Delight	Ono Daisuke
13	2	Oath Sign	LiSA
14	3	Sexy Zone	Sexy Zone
15	2	Aruiteikō	Ikimonogakari
16	2	My Dearest	Supercell
17	2	Sashio no Mail	French Kiss
18	2	Zutto	aiko
19	1	Eternal Smile	Chemistry
20	5	Yasashiku Naritai	Saito Kazuyoshi
21	5	Meikyuu Love Song	Arashi
22	1	B-Bird	Earthmind
23	4	Okie Doki	SKE48
24	3	Pera Pero Perao	Not Yet
25	6	Kaze wa Fuiteiru	AKB48
26	1	Yowa sete mohīto	Golden Bomber
27	2	Yuki no Iro	porno graffitti
28	29	Maru Maru Mori Mori!	Kaoru To Tomoki, Tama Ni Mukku.
29	2	Tokubetsu na Koibito	Matsuda Seiko
30	2	Rodo Sanka	Momiro Clover Z

Let’s not forget Koda Kumi’s Love Me Back, also her 4^th this year.

In summary, the top 10 are all new singles released on the week. With Exile ranking the highest at 11. LiSA did well as well, coming in at 13 while Supercell is at 16.