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Love Live! Singer Riho Iida's 1st Solo Single Ranks #3 With 10,482
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Singer and voice actress Riho Iida's first solo single, "KISS! KISS! KISS!," ranked #3 in Oricon's weekly CD singles chart for the week of January 11-17. It sold 10,482 copies. Tokuma Japan Communications shipped the single on January 13.
The single is sold in standard and two limited first-printing editions (with either a Blu-ray Disc or a DVD). All versions contain the single's title track "KISS! KISS! KISS!" and the track "Kimi e no Kaeri Michi," as well as the instrumental versions of both songs. The limited editions contain the music video of "KISS! KISS! KISS!" and the "making of" video, while the standard edition contains the Chinese version of "KISS! KISS! KISS!" The single also contains a early raffle application for a chance to win a ticket to Iida's "Riho Iida tour of KISS3" concerts in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo in April.
Kenichi Maeyamada (also known as Hyadain) wrote, composed, and arranged the "danceable digital funk" number "KISS! KISS! KISS!," while Tomotaka Ōsumi composed and arranged "Kimi e no Kaeri Michi," and Aki Hata (Love Live! School idol project song writer) wrote the song.
"KISS! KISS! KISS!" music video (short version)
"KISS! KISS! KISS!" music video (Chinese version)
Riho Iida made her voice acting debut playing Rin Hoshizora in the Love Live! School idol project franchise. She recently performed on live television with the rest of Love Live! franchise's nine-girl idol group μ's in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) on New Year's Eve. She formed the duo 4to6 alongside fellow Love Live! voice actress and singer Pile in 2014.