Ho! Summer

"Ho! Summer (Ho! サマー)"
Single by Tackey & Tsubasa
from the album Two You Four You
Released	August 9, 2006
Recorded	?
Genre	J-pop
Length	21 min 22 s (Regular CD) 16 min 28 s (Limited CD) 16 min 27 s (CD+DVD)
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Hitoshi Haneda, Ayumi Miyazaki, Hideyuki Obata, Kinuko Sakuma
Producer(s)	?
Tackey & Tsubasa singles chronology
"Venus" (2006) "Ho! Summer (Ho! サマー)" (2006) "X (Dame)/Crazy Rainbow" (2007)

"Ho! Summer" is a single by Tackey & Tsubasa.

"Ho! Summer" is Tackey & Tsubasa's seventh single under the Avex Trax label, and is their first single to be dedicated to summer. The regular version of the CD came with a bonus track, the limited version came with a special key ring, and the CD+DVD version came with a DVD with choreography for the song "Ho! Summer". The main track was used as the theme song for the drama "Gakincho: Return Kids" from July 31, 2006 to September 29, 2006. The Tsubasa solo song, "Mihatenu Yume", was used as the House Commodity "Dongari Corn" commercial song. The limited edition song, "Michi", was used as the image song for "Kawai Juku".

Sample of the translated lyrics:

Love is surfing, to the summer color Yeah! Yeah!

The season of being barefoot, let the light shine on you!

Love surfing, someone definitely call me darling, please!

The sun's shower

Please, please, me Yeah!^[1]

Track listing

Regular CD Format - Jacket C

1. "Ho! Summer (Ho! サマー)" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:06
2. "Taste me" (Takizawa Hideaki) (Ayumi Miyazaki) - 3:42
3. "Mihatenu Yume (見果てぬ夢) (Faraway Dream)" (Imai Tsubasa) (Hideyuki Obata) - 4:33
4. "Michi (道) (Road)" (Kinuko Sakuma) - 4:54
5. "Ho! サマー: karaoke" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:07

Limited CD format - Jacket B

1. "Ho! Summer (Ho! サマー)" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:06
2. "Taste me" (Takizawa Hideaki) (Ayumi Miyazaki) - 3:42
3. "Mihatenu Yume (見果てぬ夢) (Faraway Dream)" (Imai Tsubasa) (Hideyuki Obata) - 4:34
4. "Ho! サマー: karaoke" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:05

CD+DVD format - Jacket A

CD portion

1. "Ho! Summer (Ho! サマー)" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:06
2. "Taste me" (Takizawa Hideaki) (Ayumi Miyazaki) - 3:42
3. "Mihatenu Yume (見果てぬ夢) (Faraway Dream)" (Imai Tsubasa) (Hideyuki Obata) - 4:34
4. "Ho! サマー: karaoke" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:05

DVD portion

1. "Ho! サマー (Choreography Video)"

Personnel

• Takizawa Hideaki - vocals
• Imai Tsubasa - vocals

TV performances

• August 4, 2006 - Music Fighter
• August 7, 2006 - Hey! Hey! Hey!
• August 10, 2006 - Utaban
• August 11, 2006 - Music Station

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
9 August 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	80,592	139,073	7 weeks

RIAJ certification

As of September 2006, "Ho! Summer" has been certified "gold" for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.^[2]

References

• ^ "Mognet". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved September 9, 2006.
• ^ "Recording Industry Association of Japan". Retrieved September 30, 2006.