Chance no Junban 4th Day Sales

Today saw Chance no Junban shift 15,765 copies to move the overall total sales up to 562,647. It could still potentially hit 600k for the first week if sales just increase a little bit more to around 20k per day.

Tomochin To Release Solo Single!

Team K’s Tomomi Itano will release a solo single early next year with a song called “Dear J” which will be released on January 26th. All the other Japanese entertainment websites are stating that she’ll be the first AKB48 member to release a solo single but that’s not true as Manami Oku, Yuka Masuda and Meetan have released solo singles in the past.

The surprise announcement was made at a handshake event for “Beginner” today at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo.  There’s no details or tracklisting for the single other than the fact that Tomochin has stated it’s going to be a dance song of some sort and there’ll be 3 different CD versions.

Out of all the senbatsu members that could potentially release a solo single, I really didn’t think Tomochin would be the first to do so. Apparently she’s not going to be the last as Acchan will release a solo album during Summer 2011.