"Yumekui" is Ai Otsuka's 12th single under the avex trax label.
"Yumekui" was used as the theme song to the movie "Tokyo Friends the Movie", which Otsuka starred in. The b-side, which is a ballad named "tears", was also used in the movie.
During the first week, the single debuted at #5 with 63,428 copies sold, making it Otsuka's lowest debut sales of the year. Although the single debuted with relatively low sales, it sold a total of 145,281 copies in 2006, making it the 66th best-selling single of the year.
Unlike most of Otsuka's previous singles, "Yumekui" only had one cover whereas usually there are two different ones; one for the CD-only version and one for the CD+DVD version.
Track listing
Live performances 31 July 2006 – Hey! Hey! Hey! 4 August 2006 – Music Station 4 August 2006 – Music Fighter 5 August 2006 – PopJam DX 13 August 2006 – CDTV
Charts Oricon sales chart (Japan) ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales totalAugust 2, 2006Oricon Daily Chart3Oricon Weekly Chart563,428146,665Oricon Monthly Chart7Oricon Yearly Chart66
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