Kousui

Kousui (香水; Perfume) is the seventh single by Melon Kinenbi. It was released on October 23, 2002, and it peaked at 12 on the Oricon Chart selling 23,310 copies.
==Tracklist==
#Kousui
#Ren'ai Restaurant (恋愛レストラン; Love Restaurant)
#Kousui (Instrumental)
==Featured Members==
*Saito Hitomi
*Murata Megumi
*Otani Masae
*Shibata Ayumi
==Single Information==
;Kousui
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Programming, Guitars: Suzuki Shunsuke
*Organ: Kawai Daisuke
*Chorus & Rap: Melon Kinenbi, Tsunku
*Chorus: Inaba Atsuko
*Music Video: Kawatani Hideo
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[2002.10.12] BS Junior Nodo Jiman
*[2002.10.13] Hello! Morning
*[2002.10.17] Utaban
*[2002.10.17] AX MUSIC TV 01
*[2002.10.20] BEAT MOTION
*[2002.10.21] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ
*[2002.10.22] Musix
*[2002.10.25] Music Station
*[2002.10.25] FUN
*[2002.10.26] POPJAM
*[2002.10.27] CDTV
*[2002.11.02] Osaka Hatsu Genki Dash! DOHYA
*[2016.06.23] The Girls Live - Juice=Juice
===Concert Performances===
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*Yeah! Meccha Live at Nakano Sun Plaza
*Melon Kinenbi First Concert ~Korega Kinenbi~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 Haru ~1st Anniversary~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 SUMMER ~Natsu Melon~
*Melon Kinenbi ~'03 Christmas Special Chou Shibu Melon~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2004 Natsu ~Gokujou Melon~
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2004 Fuyu ~The☆Melon Show!~
*Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Haru "Triangle Energy" - Abe Natsumi, Matsuura Aya 
*Hello☆Pro Party~! 2005 ~Matsuura Aya Captain Kouen~
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2005 Fuyu "Kyou mo Melon Ashita mo Melon, Christmas wa Musk Melon de!"
*Melon Kinenbi Concert 2006 'MEL-ON TARGET' - Otani Masae 
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2006 Fuyu "FRUITY KILLER TUNE"
*Hello! Project 2007 Winter - Ishikawa Rika, Niigaki Risa, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi 
*Hello☆Pro On Stage! 2007 "Rock Desu yo!"
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2007 Fuyu "100% Melon Juice"
*Hello! Project 2008 Summer Wonderful Hearts Kouen ~Hishochi de Date Itashima SHOW~ - Tanaka Reina, Shimizu Saki, Tokunaga Chinami, Umeda Erika, Nakajima Saki 
*Melon Kinenbi Concert 2008 Fuyu "MEGA MELON SINGLE MATCH"
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Platinum 9 DISCO~ - Kusumi Koharu, Junjun
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2009 "Gaisen"
*Melon Kinenbi FINAL STAGE "MELON'S NOT DEAD"
*Juice=Juice First Live Tour 2015 ~Special Juice~
*Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2018 ~SHINE! Kobushi Tamashii!~ - Hamaura Ayano, Wada Sakurako
*Hello! Project 2021 Winter ~STEP BY STEP~ - Fukumura Mizuki, Shimakura Rika 
*M-line Special 2021 ~Make a Wish!~ Natsuyaki Miyabi, 
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*Melon Kinenbi First Concert ~Korega Kinenbi~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 Haru ~1st Anniversary~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2003 SUMMER ~Natsu Melon~
*Melon Kinenbi Live Tour 2004 Natsu ~Gokujou Melon~ - Shibata Ayumi
*Hello☆Pro On Stage! 2007 "Rock Desu yo!"
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2007 Fuyu "100% Melon Juice"
*Melon Kinenbi Live House Tour 2008 "Yojigen Jack!!"
===Event Performances===
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*[2002.11.03] 2002-nen Hello! Project Dai Undoukai
*[2004.10.09] Melon Kinenbi in Shiga Kougen
*[2010.02.19] Melon Kinenbi 10th Anniversary Live "Seitan 3654nichi Kanshasai"
*[2010.04.04] LAST MELON GREETING - Melon Kinenbi, Abe Natsumi
*[2015.05.07] Morning Musume '15 Sato Masaki Birthday Event - Sato Masaki
*[2015.08.19] ANGERME Natsu Matsuri 2015 - Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Tamura Meimi 
*[2015.09.11] Cutie Kankousha Fanclub Tour "Suzuki Airi & Hagiwara Mai no HagiSuzu Hokkaido wa Dekkai ℃~!" - Suzuki Airi, Hagiwara Mai
*[2016.03.22] Morning Musume '16 Oda Sakura Birthday Event ~Sakura no Shirabe 5~ - Oda Sakura
*[2018.10.28] Pink Cres. Halloween Petit Party! ~with Nihe's birthday~ - PINK CRES.
*[2018.11.30] Morning Musume '18 Kaga Kaede Birthday Event - Kaga Kaede
*[2019.02.12] Country Girls Ozeki Mai Birthday Event 2019 - Ozeki Mai
*[2020.03.09] Kobushi Factory Wada Sakurako Birthday Event 2020 - Wada Sakurako, Hamaura Ayano
*[2020.08.26] Morning Musume '20 Sato Masaki Birthday Event - Sato Masaki
*[2021.03.15] Morning Musume '21 Oda Sakura Birthday Event ~Sakura no Shirabe 10~ - Oda Sakura
*[2021.11.06] Ogata Risa Birthday Event 2021 - Ogata Risa
*[2022.11.25] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Yamazaki Yuhane Birthday Event 2022 - Yamazaki Yuhane
*[2022.12.27] Inaba Manaka Birthday Event 2022 ~ Solo ni natte mo! 25-Sai mo! Ganbare Manakan♡~ - Inaba Manaka
*[2023.05.10] OCHA NORMA Yonemura Kirara Birthday Event 2023 - Yonemura Kirara
*[2023.07.14] Juice=Juice Matsunaga Riai Birthday Event 2023 - Matsunaga Riai
*[2023.10.11] Morning Musume '23 Miki Nonaka Birthday Event - Nonaka Miki
*[2023.12.12] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Kiyono Momohime Birthday Event 2023 - Kiyono Momohime
*[2024.03.19] Morning Musume '24 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event - Kitagawa Rio
*[2024.07.31] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Eguchi Saya Birthday Event 2024 - Eguchi Saya
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*[2009.01.19] Melon Greeting vol. 8
==Cover Versions==
*Niigaki Risa, Kamei Eri, Tanaka Reina, Tsugunaga Momoko, and Yajima Maimi have all done versions of Kousui for the Hello Cover Series.
*Juice=Juice covered the song on their album First Squeeze!.
==Videos==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: Kousui, Ren'ai Restaurant
Category:2002 Singles
Category:Melon Kinenbi Singles
Category:4 Members Line-Up