Hajimete no Happy Birthday!

Hajimete no Happy Birthday! (初めてのハッピーバースディ!; Our First Happy Birthday!) is the first major label single released by Country Musume, as well as their fifth single overall, and the first single as Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika. It was released on April 18, 2001. The single reached #4 on the Oricon charts and charted for six weeks, selling 142,340 copies. This is Country Musume's first single to appear on the Oricon charts, and their highest selling single ever.
==Tracklist==
#Hajimete no Happy Birthday!
#Hajimete no Happy Birthday! (country version)
#Hajimete no Happy Birthday! (Instrumental)
==Featured Members==
*Country Musume
**Rinne
**Asami
*Morning Musume
**Ishikawa Rika
==Single Information==
;Hajimete no Happy Birthday!
*Lyrics, Composition, Chorus: Tsunku
*Arrangement and Programming: Takahashi Yuichi
*Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
;Hajimete no Happy Birthday! (country version)
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Guitar, and Programming: Watanabe Itaru
*Synthesizer Operation: Otake Tetsuo
*Banjo: Arita Yoshihiro
*Pedal Steel & Dobro Guitar: Ozaki Takashi
*Violin: Gen Ittetsu
*Chorus: Rinne, Asami, Rika
*Yeah! Voice: Tanaka Yoshitake
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
Hajimete no Happy Birthday!
* [2001.04.22] Hello! Morning (Episode 54)
===Concert Performances===
;Hajimete no Happy Birthday!
*Hello! Project Dai Undoukai
*Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
*Hello! Project 2001 TOGETHER! SUMMER PARTY
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 Haru "NON STOP!"
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru ~Dai 6 Kan Hit Mankai!~
*Abe Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Aki ~24 Carat~ with Abe Natsumi
*Hello! Project 2006 Summer ~Wonderful Hearts Land~ -Niigaki Risa, Kamei Eri
*Country Musume LIVE2006 ~Shibuya des Date~
*2007 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 8gatsu ~Yokohama de Aimashou~ - Maeda Yuuka, Mori Saki, Yutoku Ayumi, Furukawa Konatsu, Komine Momoka
*2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Nakano STEP!~ - Maeda Yuuka, Komine Momoka, Kaneko Rie 
*2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 11gatsu ~Yokohama JUMP!~ - Kaneko Rie, Tanabe Nanami, Miyamoto Karin, Kudo Haruka 
*Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Mitsui Aika
*Hello! Project 2012 WINTER Hello☆Pro Tengoku ~Rock-chan~ - Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka
*Hello! Project Hina Fest 2015 ~Mankai! The Girls' Festival~ - Country Girls
*Hello! Project 2015 SUMMER ~CHALLENGER~ - Country Girls
*Country Girls Live Tour 2015 Aki Fuyu - Country Girls
*Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2015 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Tsugunaga Momoko, Yamaki Risa, Inaba Manaka
*Hello! Project Hina Fest 2016 - Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory
*Country Girls Live Tour 2016 Fuyu - Country Girls
===Event Performances===
*[2002.03.16] Melon Kinenbi, Country Musume, Heike Michiyo LIVE TOGETHER
*[2007.06.19] Type-Y 2007 BIRTHDAY LIVE Mahou no Pressure! Kotoshi mo Yarimasu Special ~Live Ato, Yotei wo Irenaide Kudasai~ - Nakazawa Yuko
*[2008.11.27] Ishikawa Rika Fan Club Tour in Hawaii 2008 ~Aloha Nui Loa~ - Ishikawa Rika
*[2010.06.19] Nakazawa Yuko Saturday★Birthday Night! - Nakazawa Yuko
*[2011.10.23] Morning Musume Niigaki Risa & Fukumura Mizuki Birthday Event - Niigaki Risa, Fukumura Mizuki
*[2012.11.15] Ishikawa Rika FC Event ~Rika Kora~ - Ishikawa Rika
*[2013.10.13] Niigaki Risa Birthday Event ~25th Birthday party! Chotto Hayai Kedo~ - Niigaki Risa
*[2014.01.19] Ishikawa Rika Birthday Event ~Ishikawa Rika 29sai, Otona Desu~ - Ishikawa Rika
*[2015.01.17] Ishikawa Rika Birthday Event Min'na mo watashi mo HAPPY - Ishikawa Rika
*[2015.02.06] ℃-ute Yajima Maimi・Nakajima Saki・Hagiwara Mai Birthday Event 2015 - Yajima Maimi
*[2015.03.06] ♡Momochi no Otanjoubi Kai♡ ~Otomomochi Zenin Shuugou 2015~ - Tsugunaga Momoko
*[2015.11.05] Country Girls 1 Shuunen Kinen Event & Tsugunaga Momoko Fukkatsusai! - Country Girls
*[2016.02.07] ℃-ute Yajima Maimi & Hagiwara Mai Birthday Event 2016 - Hagiwara Mai
*[2016.03.05] Momochi to Iku Otomomochi Tour ~Momochi no Otanjoubi Kai 2016~ - Tsugunaga Momoko
*[2017.02.07] ℃-ute Yajima Maimi & Hagiwara Mai Birthday Event 2017 - Yajima Maimi, Hagiwara Mai
*[2017.03.06] Momochi no Otanjoubi Kai 2017 - Tsugunaga Momoko
*[2017.11.06] Country Girls 3 Shuunen Kinen Event ~Minna Genki Shiteta?~ - Country Girls 
*[2018.01.10] Juice=Juice / Country Girls Yanagawa Nanami Birthday Event 2018 - Yanagawa Nanami
*[2018.02.15] Morning Musume '18 Ogata Haruna Birthday Event - Ogata Haruna</SMALL>
*[2018.11.05] Country Girls 4 Shuunen Kinen Event ~forte~ - Country Girls
*[2019.11.05] Country Girls Kessei 5 Shuunen Kinen Event ~Go for the future!!!!~ - Country Girls
*[2020.02.03] Morning Musume '20 Makino Maria Birthday Event - Makino Maria
*[2020.03.25] Morning Musume '20 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event - Kitagawa Rio
*[2021.11.19] Tsubaki Factory Niinuma Kisora Birthday Event 2021 - Niinuma Kisora 
*[2022.02.09] ANGERME Tamenaga Shion Birthday Event 2022 - Tamenaga Shion
*[2022.11.17] Morning Musume '22 Fukumura Mizuki・Sakurai Rio Birthday Event - Sakurai Rio
*[2024.01.09] Morning Musume '24 Ishida Ayumi Birthday Event - Ishida Ayumi
*[2024.01.20] Ishikawa Rika Birthday Event 39 ~Thank You Desu♡~ - Ishikawa Rika
*[2024.08.07] ANGERME Shimoitani Yukiho Birthday Event 2024 - Shimoitani Yukiho
==Oricon Chart Positions==
Total Reported Sales: 142,340
==Trivia==
*With this single, Country Musume has the seventh highest selling debut single in all of Hello! Project, excluding shuffle units and Gomattou.
==Videos==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese
*Lyrics: , 
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Category:Country Musume Singles
Category:2001 Singles
Category:Highest Selling Single
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Category:Longest Charting Single
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