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Tokyo Friends is about four girls who moved to Tokyo in serach for their dreams. They all spend their night working at a local pub call ‘Yume no Kura’. During the day, they search for ways to fulfill their dreams. This dorama also focus on the people around the girls’ lives and their dreams.

Otsuka Ai’s debut national tour, JAM PUNCH Tour 2005, was released on DVD on July 27, 2005. The DVD includes footage from the June 1 concert filmed at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A. Two versions are available: the normal edition, which includes only the concert; and the deluxe edition, which includes the concert and extra offshot scenes from the tour.

“Frienger”, Ai Otsuka’s 11th single, was released on April 12, 2006, approximately 7 months after the release of her 10th hit single, “Planetarium“. For those of you who are curious about the title, “Frienger” is a word combining “friend” and “ranger”, which relates how a friend is like a ranger who will always fight for you whenever you’re in trouble.

Ai Otsuka’s 10th single, “Planetarium”, was released on 2005.09.21. “Planetarium” gained the first place on the Oricon daily single charts on its first day of release. This single also managed to achieve the top position on the Oricon weekly single charts, having more than 121,000 copies sold so far. This is Ai’s first ballad single that has achieved such excellent results, which is quite a feat.

LOVE PUNCH, Ai Otsuka’s debut album, was released on 2004.03.31. This album debuted at #3 on the Oricon album chart, which is an impressive feat considering that she had only been in the industry for 6 months, and was also facing strong competition from more experienced artists such as L’Arc~en~Ciel and Utada Hikaru…