is the 13th single by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka

Ai Otsuka

is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...

, released on the Avex Trax

Avex Trax

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 label. It is also her third and final single released in 2006.

The ballad was used as the theme song of the movie Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru. The title of the movie was originally Heavenly Forest, but was changed to a phrase from the song's lyrics after the director listened to the song.

The b-side, "Hanikami Jane", an upbeat song, was used in a television commercial for Look: a la mode chocolate. The third track is a live version of "Haneari Tamago", a song originally on Otsuka's 3rd album Love Cook

LOVE COOK

Love Cook is Ai Otsuka's third album released on 14 December 2005 under the Avex Trax record label. It was released in four formats: CD only, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook and CD+Picture Book. The latter two are limited to 150,000 copies each, and feature different sleeve case covers...

.

The single debuted at number 2 during its first week, selling 77,570 copies and making it Otsuka's highest debut sales of the year. "Ren'ai Shashin" was second only to Kisarazu Cat's Eye

Kisarazu Cat's Eye

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's "Seaside Byebye". It sold a total of 129,855 copies in 2006, making it the 75th best-selling single of the year.

Track listing

Live performances

• 25 September 2006 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Special
• 20 October 2006 – Music Station
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• 20 October 2006 – PopJam
• 26 October 2006 – Utaban
• 22 November 2006 – Best Hit Kyodai
• 29 November 2006 – Best Artist
• 7 December 2006 – FNS Music Festival
  FNS Music Festival
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• 22 December 2006 – Music Station Super Live 2006
• 29 December 2006 – Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke - "Frienger
  Frienger
  "Frienger" is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006."Frienger" is a catchy, upbeat song. The title is actually a portmanteau of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the CM for au mobile service and was the theme song for the...
  
  " + "Ren'ai Shashin"
• 30 December 2006 – 48th Japan Record Awards
• 31 December 2006 – Kouhaku Uta Gassen

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
October 25, 2006	Oricon Daily Charts	1
	Oricon Weekly Charts	2	77,570 copies	147,975 copies	7 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Charts	3
	Oricon Yearly Charts	75