Shouganai Yume Oibito

Shouganai Yume Oibito (しょうがない 夢追い人; Helpless Dream Chaser) is the 39th single by Morning Musume. It was released under the zetima label on May 13, 2009. The CD was released in one regular and two limited editions, Limited A and Limited B, on the same day. The Single V was released on May 20, 2009, and the Event V version on May 30, 2009.
"3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!" was the official theme song of Anime Expo 2009,"モーニング娘。新曲が「アニメエキスポ」テーマ曲に決定" (in Japanese). natalie. 2009-04-21. where Morning Musume was invited as the guests of honor in July 2009."Anime Expo® Announces Morning Musume as First Official Guests of Honor for 2009 Convention in Los Angeles." Anime News Network. 2009-02-19. Following the release of the single, Anime Expo announced on their website, that Morning Musume, in collaboration with MySpace, was holding a worldwide contest, to create a music video for a shortened version of the song. UP-FRONT WORKS had released a set of videos of the Morning Musume members performing in front of a green screen for applicants to use upon agreeing to contest and usage rules."モーニング娘。" (in Japanese and English). MySpace Music. (archived)"モーニング娘。「3,2,1BREAKIN’OUT！」のOPVコンテストノミネート作品決定！！" (in Japanese). UP-FRONT WORKS. 2009-07-02. (archived) The results of the contest were announced at Anime Expo 2009 during Morning Musume's concert,"Morning Musume Concert at Anime Expo." JaME WORLD. 2009-07-08. and the winner was awarded 390,000 yen.
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#Shouganai Yume Oibito
#3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Instrumental)
===Limited Edition A DVD===
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Dance Shot Ver.)
===Limited Edition B DVD===
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Close-up Ver.)
===Single V===
#Shouganai Yume Oibito
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Drama Ver.)
#Making Eizou (メイキング映像)
===Event V===
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Takahashi Ai Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Niigaki Risa Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Kamei Eri Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Michishige Sayumi Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Tanaka Reina Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Kusumi Koharu Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Mitsui Aika Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Junjun Ver.)
#Shouganai Yume Oibito (Linlin Ver.)
==Featured Members==
*5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa
*6th Gen: Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina
*7th Gen: Kusumi Koharu
*8th Gen: Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin
==Single Information==
;Shouganai Yume Oibito
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement and Programming: Hirata Shoichiro
*Guitar: Kamata Koji
*Chorus: Takahashi Ai, Michishige Sayumi
*Music Video: Suzuki Toshiyuki
;3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement and Programming: Tanaka Nao
*Guitar: Kamata Koji
*Chorus: Morning Musume
*Music Video: Takehisa Masaki
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[2009.05.10] MUSIC JAPAN
*[2009.05.22] Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER
*[2009.07.22] Saishin Hits Wednesday J-POP
===Concert Performances===
For the Hello! Project CITY CIRCUIT concert tours, in case of a song is performed in the entirity of the tour including Special/Final/Graduation dates, will put (*) next to the name of the tour, if the song only was featured on the Special/Final/Graduation dates, will put the specefic name of the concert.
;Shouganai Yume Oibito
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Platinum 9 DISCO~
*Hello! Project 2009 SUMMER Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Chanpuru~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru ~Pikappika!~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~
*Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~ - Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Oda Sakura
*Morning Musume '16 Suzuki Kanon Solo Special Live - Suzuki Kanon
*ANGERME 2018 Haru Live House "Juunin Toiro" - Sasaki Rikako
*Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
*Okai Chisato FC Live ② ~Katte ni Hello Pro 20 Shuunen Omedetou! 2007-2012~ - Okai Chisato
*Kudo Haruka LIVE 2020 "New Face!" - Kudo Haruka
*Morning Musume '22 CONCERT TOUR ~Never Been Better!~* - Oda Sakura, Haga Akane, Yokoyama Reina, Kitagawa Rio
;3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru ~Pikappika!~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Aki ~Rival Survival~
*Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ A gana Live
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~ (part of a medley)
*Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~ - Sayashi Riho, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Oda Sakura (part of a medley)
*Hello! Project Hina Fes 2022 - Nonaka Miki
===Event Performances===
;Shouganai Yume Oibito
*[2015.07.07] Morning Musume '15 Ikuta Erina Birthday Event - Ikuta Erina
*[2016.05.17] Morning Musume '16 Suzuki Kanon Solo Special Live
*[2017.08.01] ANGERME Wada Ayaka Birthday Event 2017 - Wada Ayaka
*[2017.12.29] Inaba Manaka Birthday Event 2017 - Inaba Manaka
*[2018.05.04] Takahashi Ai・Niigaki Risa FC Event AiGaki DISCO 2018 ~Time Slip~
*[2018.05.08] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2018 - Dambara Ruru
*[2018.08.01] ANGERME Wada Ayaka Birthday Event 2018 - Wada Ayaka
*[2020.09.01] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Nishida Shiori Birthday Event 2020 - Nishida Shiori
*[2021.07.23] Morning Musume '21 Ikuta Erina・Yamazaki Mei Birthday Event - Ikuta Erina
*[2022.02.25] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Ichioka Reina Birthday Event 2022 - Ichioka Reina
*[2022.06.24] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Maeda Kokoro Birthday Event 2022 - Maeda Kokoro
*[2023.08.10] OCHA NORMA Tsutsui Roko Birthday Event 2023 - Tsutsui Roko
*[2023.10.11] Morning Musume '23 Miki Nonaka Birthday Event - Nonaka Miki
*[2024.06.23] Morning Days Happy Holiday 15ki Member Kitagawa Rio・Okamura Homare・Yamazaki Mei Fanclub Bus Tour in Narago - Kitagawa Rio, Yamazaki Mei
*[2024.07.31] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Eguchi Saya Birthday Event 2024 - Eguchi Saya
;3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!
*[2012.10.13] Takahashi Ai Fanclub Tour in Shizuoka - Takahashi Ai
*[2016.12.01] Juice=Juice Miyamoto Karin Birthday Event 2016 - Miyamoto Karin
*[2017.05.03] Takahashi Ai・Tanaka Reina FC Event T&T ~Kiroi to Mizuiro~ Vol.2 - Takahashi Ai & Tanaka Reina
*[2018.03.28] Morning Musume '18 Oda Sakura Birthday Event ~Sakura no Shirabe 7~ - Oda Sakura
==Oricon Ranking and Sales==
===Single===
;Daily & Weekly Ranking
;Yearly Ranking
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|2009
|111
|53,950
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Total Reported Sales: 53,950
===Single V===
Total Reported Sales: 7,111
==Trivia==
*5th generation member Niigaki Risa gives a comment on the single in the YouTube video series counting up to Morning Musume's 50th single.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gy13MmoCNw
*Takahashi Ai, Kusumi Koharu, and Mitsui Aika are the centers for this single.
*This was Morning Musume's first Oricon weekly #1 since their single "Aruiteru", released in late 2006.
*This was the 8th generation's first and only weekly #1 single.
*This was Takahashi Ai's first and last weekly #1 as leader.
*This was the only Hello! Project single to rank #1 on the Oricon weekly singles chart in 2009.
==Videos==
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==Gallery==
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Img20090626163741644.jpg|Kamei Eri
Img20090704034627008.jpg|Tanaka Reina
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Tumblr lehesqg62t1qe8uulo1 1280.jpg|Mitsui Aika
20091002024720fd1.jpg|Takahashi, Michishige, Linlin
90730314878ddc8a5170e3210640afec.jpg|Michishige, Linlin
==References==
==External Links==
*Discography:
**Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
**Single V: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: , 3, 2, 1 BREAKIN'OUT!
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