Yumekui

"Yumekui" is Ai Otsuka's 12th single under the avex trax label.

"ユメクイ" "Yumekui" / "Dream Eater"
Single by Ai Otsuka
from the album Love Piece
Released	August 2, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	J-Pop
Label	avex trax AVCD-31021/B (Japan, CD+DVD) AVCD-31022 (Japan, CD)
Songwriter(s)	Ai Otsuka
Ai Otsuka singles chronology
"Frienger" (2006) "ユメクイ" "Yumekui" / "Dream Eater" (2006) "Renai Shashin" (2006)

"Yumekui" was used as the theme song to the movie "Tokyo Friends the Movie", which Otsuka starred in. The b-side, which is a ballad named "tears", was also used in the movie.

During the first week, the single debuted at #5 with 63,428 copies sold, making it Otsuka's lowest debut sales of the year. Although the single debuted with relatively low sales, it sold a total of 145,281 copies in 2006, making it the 66th best-selling single of the year.

Unlike most of Otsuka's previous singles, "Yumekui" only had one cover whereas usually there are two different ones; one for the CD-only version and one for the CD+DVD version.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ai Otsuka.

CD

No.	Title	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Yumekui (ユメクイ; Dream Eater)"	Ai×Ikoman	5:18
2.	"Tears"	Ai×Ikoman, Strings arrangement： Mio Okamura& Ikoman	4:19
3.	"Yumekui (ユメクイ; Dream Eater)" (Instrumental)	Ai×Ikoman	5:18
4.	"Tears" (Instrumental)	Ai×Ikoman, Strings arrangement： Mio Okamura& Ikoman	4:16
Total length:			19:11

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yumekui (ユメクイ; Dream Eater)" (Music video)

Live performances

• 31 July 2006 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
• 4 August 2006 – Music Station
• 4 August 2006 – Music Fighter
• 5 August 2006 – PopJam DX
• 13 August 2006 – CDTV

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
August 2, 2006	Oricon Daily Charts	3
	Oricon Weekly Charts	5	63,428	146,665	14 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Charts	7
	Oricon Yearly Charts	66

References

• Yumekui at AllMusic. Retrieved 22:25, 30 July 2016 (UTC).