Otome no Inori (乙女の祈り; A Maiden's Prayer) is Mano Erina's major debut single. It was released on March 18, 2009 in four editions: one regular and 3 limited. Limited Edition A came with a bonus DVD, Limited Edition B came with a booklet, and Limited Edition C included an event lottery serial number card. A Single V was released on on March 25, 2009.
The single reached #5 on the Oricon charts, charted for five weeks, and sold a total of 25,228 copies. It is currently her highest selling single.
Tracklist[]
Mano Erina promoting the single
CD[]
- Otome no Inori
- Mizuiro Omoi (水色想い; Light Blue Thoughts)
- Otome no Inori (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A DVD[]
- Otome no Inori (Close-up Ver.)
Single V[]
- Otome no Inori
- Otome no Inori (Piano Ver.)
- Making Eizou (メイキング映像; Making Footage)
Event V 1[]
- Otome no Inori (Another Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (Recochoku Ver.)
- Making Eizou
Event V 2[]
- Otome no Inori (Stripe Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (White Ver.)
- Otome no Inori (Yellow Ver.)
Single Information[]
- Otome no Inori
- Lyrics: Miura Yoshiko
- Composition: KAN
- Arrangement: Taisei
- Music Video: Inoue Tsuyoshi
- Mizuiro Omoi
- Lyrics: Miura Yoshiko
- Composition: KAN
- Arrangement: Taisei
TV Performances[]
- [2009.03.20] Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER
Concert Performances[]
- Otome no Inori
- Mano Erina Debut Concert "Prologue ~Otome no Inori~"
- Mano Erina First Concert Tour "Introduction ~Hajimete no Kandou~"
- Special Joint 2010 Haru ~Kansha Mankai! Mano Erina 2 Shuunen Totsunyuu & S/mileage Major Debut e Sakura Sake! Live~
- Hello! Project 2010 SUMMER ~Fankora!~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2011 ~Hatachi no Otome 801 DAYS~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2012 ~DATE~
- Mano Erina Memorial Concert 2013 in Nakano "OTOME LEGEND~For the Best Friends"
- Mano Erina Casual Dinner Show ~Manocasu 2014 Happy New Year!~
- Mano Erina Concert Tour 2016 Shoshun ~GRAND Escalation~
- Mano Erina Debut 10 Shuunen Kinen Live ~my precious treasure box~
- Mizuiro Omoi
- Mano Erina Debut Concert "Prologue ~Otome no Inori~"
- Mano Erina First Concert Tour "Introduction ~Hajimete no Kandou~"
- Mano Erina Casual Dinner Show 2015 ~premium ZERO~
Oricon Chart Positions[]
Single[]
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3 8,075 |
7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20,812 |
| 5 | 33 | 46 | 38 | - | - | - | 30 | 2,712 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 894 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 115 | 447 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 129 | 363 |
Total Reported Sales: 25,228
Single V[]
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 2,276 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 576 |
Total Reported Sales: 2,872
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The lyrics of the song talks about the romance between Genji and Murasaki in the novel The Tales of Genji. Murasaki met an older Genji when she was a child and after they got together, spent years apart faithfully waiting for him to return. Heike Michiyo's song Murasaki Shikibu also refers to The Tales of Genji and Murasaki.
External Links[]
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Single V: Hello Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese
- Lyrics: Otome no Inori, Mizuiro Omoi
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