Kurage, Nagareboshi

Kurage, Nagareboshi (クラゲ、流れ星; Jellyfish, Shooting Star) is Japanese pop singer Ai Otsuka's 18th single, released on 10 September 2008. It will include a CD-only and CD + DVD format, as well as four different covers to celebrate her 5-year anniversary. There will be a 5th anniversary limited edition CD-only and CD + DVD version, as well as regular CD-only and CD + DVD versions. It is described as a "heartwarming ballad for the summer". The 5th Anniversary covers pay homage to the covers of her debut single, Momo no hanabira, whose release this single is meant to commemorate. Kurage, Nagareboshi is similar in style to Kingyo Hanabi and Planetarium;^[1] people often group the three songs together. It was used as the theme song for the TBS series, Koisuru Hanikami!.^[2]

First pressing will include a written comment card and a jacket sticker.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ai Otsuka.

CD
No.	Title	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Kurage, Nagareboshi (クラゲ、流れ星; Jellyfish, Shooting Star)"	Ai×Ikoman	4:52
2.	"H20"	Ai×Ikoman	3:27
3.	"Ame no Tsubu, Waltz: Love Music (雨の粒、ワルツ ~Love Music~; Raindrops, A Waltz: Love Music)"	Ai×Ikoman, Strings arrangement： Mio Okamura	4:09
4.	"Kurage, Nagareboshi (クラゲ、流れ星; Jellyfish, Shooting Star)" (Instrumental)	Ai×Ikoman	4:52
5.	"H20" (Instrumental)	Ai×Ikoman	3:27

DVD
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Kurage, Nagare Boshi (クラゲ、流れ星; Jellyfish, Shooting Star)" (Music video)

"Kurage, Nagareboshi" is a ballad to mark the end of the summer. "H2O" is an upbeat pop/rock song, as an upbeat song is often released with a ballad single to equalize the mood [the same vice versa—i.e. "Happy Days" had "Hoshikuzu" and "Rocket Sneaker / One × Time" had "One x Time"]. "Ame no Tsubu, Waltz: Love Music" is a new song reprising the chorus of "Love Music" found on Love Cook.

5th Anniversary Covers

5th Anniversary CD-only Cover
5th Anniversary CD + DVD Cover

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
September 10, 2008	Oricon Daily Charts	3		46,846

References

Ai Otsuka

Studio albums	Love Punch Love Jam Love Cook Love Piece Love Letter Love Fantastic Love Tricky

Compilation albums	Ai Am Best Love Is Best

Singles	"Momo no Hanabira" "Sakuranbo" "Amaenbo" "Happy Days" "Kingyo Hanabi" "Daisuki da Yo" "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 En" "Sakuranbo -encore press-" "Smily/Biidama" "Neko ni Fūsen" "Planetarium" "Frienger" "Yumekui" "Renai Shashin" "Chu-Lip" "Peach/Heart" "Pocket" "Rocket Sneaker/One x Time" "Kurage, Nagareboshi" "Bye Bye" "Zokkondition/Lucky Star" "I ♥ ×××" "Re:Name" "More More"

Love albums	Love It

Love singles	"Love no Theme" "White Choco"

See also	Discography Love Tokyo Friends Avex Group

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