Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki / Garakuta DIAMOND / Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi

Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki / Garakuta DIAMOND / Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi (涙のヒロイン降板劇/ガラクタDIAMOND/約束・連絡・記念日; A Drama Play Where The Tearful Heroine Calls It Quits / Junk Diamond / Promises・Messages・Anniversaries) is Tsubaki Factory's 8th single. It was released on November 17, 2021 in 7 editions: 3 regular and 4 limited. The first press of the regular editions includes a random member trading card of 12 kinds depending on the jacket (36 in total), and one random shiny group card."つばきファクトリー 8thシングル 2021年11月17日(水)発売決定！！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-09-11.
It is the debut single of the members Kasai Yuumi, Yagi Shiori, Fukuda Marine, and Yofu Runo.
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki
#Garakuta DIAMOND
#Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi
#Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki (Instrumental)
#Garakuta DIAMOND (Instrumental)
#Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi (Instrumental)
===Limited Edition A Blu-ray===
#Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki (Music Video)
#Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki (Dance Shot Ver.)
#Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki (Making Eizou) (メイキング映像; Making Video)
===Limited Edition B Blu-ray===
#Garakuta DIAMOND (Music Video)
#Garakuta DIAMOND (Dance Shot Ver.)
#Garakuta DIAMOND (Making Eizou)
===Limited Edition C Blu-ray===
#Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi (Music Video)
#Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi (Dance Shot Ver.)
#Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi (Making Eizou)
===Limited Edition SP Blu-ray===
#"Hitori de Ikiraresou" tte Sore tte Nee, Homete Iru no? - Kasai Yuumi
#Kiiroi Sen no Uchigawa de Narande Omachi Kudasai - Yagi Shiori
#Suki tte Itte yo - Fukuda Marine
#Hatsukoi Cider - Yofu Runo
#Audition Omnibus Eizou (オーディションオムニバス映像)
==Featured Members==
*Yamagishi Riko
*Niinuma Kisora
*Tanimoto Ami
*Kishimoto Yumeno
*Asakura Kiki
*Ono Mizuho
*Onoda Saori
*Akiyama Mao
*Kasai Yuumi (debut)
*Yagi Shiori (debut)
*Fukuda Marine (debut)
*Yofu Runo (debut)
==Single Information==
;Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki
*Lyrics: Yamazaki Aoi
*Composition: Shusui, Josef Melin
*Arrangement, All Instruments, Programming: Josef Melin
*Chorus: Shiobara Namiko, Asakura Kiki, Ono Mizuho, Yamao Masato
*©by Melle Music
*Music Video: Sugiyama Hiroki
;Garakuta DIAMOND
*Lyrics: Mori Yuriko
*Composition: Makaino Koji, Kamata Toshiya
*Arrangement, Programming, Chorus: Sumikama Tomohiro
*Guitar: Morita Yoshio
*Chorus: Shiobara Namiko
*Music Video: Takaya Torai
;Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi
*Lyrics: Kodama Ameko
*Composition: Hoshibe Sho
*Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Okubo Kaoru
*Chorus: Shiobara Namiko, Yamao Masato
*Music Video: Mitsuishi Naokazu
==Performances==
===Concert Performances===
;Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki
*Tsubaki Factory Concert 2021 "CAMELLIA ~Nippon Budokan Special~"
*Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
*Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 5 Shuunen Kinen Live ~Kimi nara de Dare ni ka Mise mu Tsubaki no Hanairo wo mo Ka wo mo Shiru Hito zo Shiru~
*Hello! Project 2022 Spring CITY CIRCUIT (as part of Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE~)
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE Nippon Budokan Special~
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~Fomalhaut~ (part of a medley)
*Hello! Project Hina Fes 2023 "ANGERME & Tsubaki Factory Premium" - Juice=Juice
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~Shunkan~
*Tsubaki Factory Concert Tour 2023 Aki "Atarayo"
*TSUBAKI FACTORY FIRST CONCERT 2023 SHUNKAN
*Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 7 Shuunen Kinen Live "ReALIZE"
*Hello! Project 2024 Summer ALL OF US "Altair" - Kitagawa Rio, Goto Hana, Arisawa Ichika, Maeda Kokoro, Saito Madoka, Matsubara Yulia
;Garakuta DIAMOND
*Tsubaki Factory Concert 2021 "CAMELLIA ~Nippon Budokan Special~"
*Hello! Project 2021 Aki "Zoku Kachou Fuugetsu" - Team Hana, Team Tori, Team Kaze, and Team Tsuki
*Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
*Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 5 Shuunen Kinen Live ~Kimi nara de Dare ni ka Mise mu Tsubaki no Hanairo wo mo Ka wo mo Shiru Hito zo Shiru~
*Hello! Project 2022 Spring CITY CIRCUIT (as part of Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE~)
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE Nippon Budokan Special~
*Hello! Project Hina Fes 2023 "Asakura Kiki Sotsugyou Special"
;Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi
*Tsubaki Factory Concert 2021 "CAMELLIA ~Nippon Budokan Special~"
*Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~
*Tsubaki Factory Major Debut 5 Shuunen Kinen Live ~Kimi nara de Dare ni ka Mise mu Tsubaki no Hanairo wo mo Ka wo mo Shiru Hito zo Shiru~
*Hello! Project 2022 Spring CITY CIRCUIT (as part of Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE~)
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~PARADE Nippon Budokan Special~
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~Fomalhaut~
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~Shunkan~ - Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Ono Mizuho, Yagi Shiori, Yofu Runo
*Tsubaki Factory CONCERT TOUR ~Shunkan~ Encore - Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami, Ono Mizuho, Yagi Shiori, Yofu Runo
===Event Performances===
;Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki
*[2024.07.29] Tsubaki Factory Akiyama Mao Birthday Event 2024 - Akiyama Mao
==Chart Positions==
===Oricon Chart Positions===
;Daily & Weekly Ranking
;Monthly Ranking
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|2021
|November
| 8
| 58,902
|
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;Yearly Ranking
!Ref
|-
|2021
|71
|62,494
|"年間　シングルランキング 2021年度" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2021-12-22.
|}
Total Reported Sales: 62,494*
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;Weekly Combined Ranking
|-
|4
|61,228
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===Billboard Japan Top Single Sales===
|- 
|3
|74,196
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/106154/2
|-
|65
|N/A
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2021&month=12&day=6
|-
|28
|2,707
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2021&month=12&day=13
|-
|27
|1,969
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2021&month=12&day=20
|}
Total Reported Sales: 78,872*
===Recochoku Music Video Rankings===
|- 
|Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki
|2
|4
| -
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|Garakuta DIAMOND
|1
|3
| -
|- 
|Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi
|4
|7
| -
|}
===Other Chart Rankings===
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| rowspan="8" |
|Billboard Japan Single Sales (First Three Days)
|2(68,501)
|"【先ヨミ】NEWS『未来へ／ReBorn』11.1万枚で現在シングル1位" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2021-11-18.
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| colspan="3" |"Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki" only
|-
|Billboard Japan Hot 100
|6
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2021&month=11&day=29
|-
|Billboard Japan Top Download Songs
|30
|https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2021&month=11&day=29
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| colspan="3" |"Garakuta DIAMOND" only
|-
|Billboard Japan Top Download Songs
|39
|
|-
| colspan="3" |"Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi" only
|-
|Billboard Japan Top Download Songs
|40
|
|}
==Trivia==
*The single was announced on September 11, 2021 at the Ikuze! Tsubaki Factory special 26-hour TV program."つばきファクトリー、新体制初のトリプルA面シングルを11月リリース" (in Japanese). BARKS. 2021-09-11.
*This is Hello! Project's first CD single to be released in the CD+Blu-ray format.
*This is the first single release from a Hello! Project group released in 2021 not to include a cover of another song.
*This is the first single to not include Ogata Risa.
*Hoshibe Sho wrote the melody for "Yakusoku・Renraku・Kinenbi" in 2015 with different lyrics and titled "恋すればエスカルゴ (Koisureba Escargot)"."【プレゼン#07・前編】つばきファクトリー『約束・連絡・記念日』編〜ハロプロ音楽理論〜" (in Japanese). 星部ショウのハッケン!音楽塾 (via YouTube). 2021-10-22.
*The order in which the covers were uploaded on YouTube were from the oldest new member to the youngest new member.
**In addition, three out of the four songs covered by the new members are originally from Juice=Juice.
==Videos==
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==References==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
*Wikipedia: Japanese
*Lyrics: , , 
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