# Bunny Style!

"Bunny Style!" (バニスタ!, Banisuta) is a song by South Korean girl group T-ara. The single was released on March 20, 2013 as their last release under EMI Music Japan. "Bunny Style!" debuted at number 2 on Oricon and at number 3 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles. It is T-ara's second highest selling Japanese single in the country with nearly 70,000 copies sold in 2013 alone.

## Background and promotion

T-ara held special showcases in fifteen Japanese cities, starting in Sapporo on February 20 and Marioka on 21st. Other cities where they held showcases include Saitama, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki etc. The showcase tour reportedly attracted 100,000 local fans. Despite being sung by the K-Pop singers, the original cover is Japanese.

## Reception
### Commercial performance

"Bunny Style" debuted at No.2 on Oricon's daily chart, behind HKT48's Suki! Suki! Skip!, selling over 40,000 copies, becoming T-ara's highest first day sales in the country. It also debuted at No.2 on the weekly chart, selling nearly 57,000 copies and accumulated nearly 70,000 sales in the country by the end of the year, becoming T-ara's second best selling Japanese singe to date. The single also debuted at No.3 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles and charted at No.82 on the yearly chart.

### Critical reception

Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin wrote that the song "incorporates a cuddly and cute theme over a techno club beat" with "aggressive synthesizers that recall Britney Spears' "3". He was critical, however, in saying that while "Banisuta!" brings T-ara's usual earworm hook, the song "fails to be nearly as catchy as singles like "Roly-Poly" or "Lovey-Dovey".

## Charts

Weekly charts :
| Track | Chart (2013) | Peak position |
| "Bunny Style!!!" | Japan (Billboard) | 3 |
| "Bunny Style!!!" | Japan (Oricon) | 2 |
Yearly charts :
| Track | Chart (2013) | Peak position |
| "Bunny Style!!!" | Japan (Billboard) | 82 |

### Oricon chart

| Released | Oricon chart | Peak | Debut sales | Sales total |
| March 20, 2013 | Daily singles chart | 2 | 40,705 | 69,918+ |
| March 20, 2013 | Weekly singles chart | 2 | 56,785 | 69,918+ |
| March 20, 2013 | Monthly singles chart | 11 | 65,736 | 69,918+ |

## Showcase Tour
### Overview

The T-ara Bunny Style! Special Showcase Tour (T-ARA バニスタ! スペシャル ショーケース) was a tour in Japan by T-ara held to promote "Bunny Style!". A special Fan Sign event was also run, and a competition was held to see who signed the most autographs, and the winner was tied between Boram, Eunjung, and Jiyeon. The tour had 14 showcases across 14 Japanese cities. Hyomin was not present for the showcase due to her filming Jinx!!! at the time.

### Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance |
| February 20, 2013 | Sapporo | Japan | Sapporo Factory | 100,000 |
| February 21, 2013 | Iwate | Japan | Aeon Mall Morioka | 100,000 |
| February 22, 2013 | Aomori | Japan | Aeon Mall Tsugaru Kashiwa | 100,000 |
| February 25, 2013 | Tokyo | Japan | Tower Records Shibuya | 100,000 |
| February 28, 2013 | Saitama | Japan | Aeon Mall LakeTown | 100,000 |
| March 1, 2013 | Shizuoka | Japan | Aeon Mall Hamamatsu Shitoro | 100,000 |
| March 2, 2013 | Nagoya | Japan | Oasis 21 | 100,000 |
| March 3, 2013 | Kyoto | Japan | Kyoto Shinpukan | 100,000 |
| March 4, 2013 | Hyogo | Japan | Nishinomiya Gardens | 100,000 |
| March 5, 2013 | Kagawa | Japan | Aeon Mall Ayagawa | 100,000 |
| March 6, 2013 | Ehime | Japan | Aeon Mall Niihama | 100,000 |
| March 7, 2013 | Chugoku | Japan | Pune Okayama Friendship Garden | 100,000 |
| March 8, 2013 | Fukuoka | Japan | Aeon Mall Omuta | 100,000 |
| March 9, 2013 | Nagasaki | Japan | Nagasaki Seagull Square | 100,000 |

## Awards and nominations

| Award Ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref |
| Tower Records Awards | 2013 | Single Of The Year | "Bunny Style" | Nominated | |

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format | Label |
| Japan | March 20, 2013 | CD single | EMI Music Japan |