[07/13] OCHA NORMA Major Debut Single "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!"

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Just getting caught up on sales numbers for this, and jesus - I expected them to do well enough but I definitely didn't expect them to hit 100k on either chart.

[Zunu]

Yeah this is definitely not your father's Hello!Project. I mean, Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai (Berryz Kobo's first single) moved 15K units total. Those were dark times for debuting groups. Although in fairness to BK, they were all little freshly hatched "Eggs" and OCHA are tough old Kenshuusei. Perhaps a better comparison would be Morning Coffee (Morning Musume's first single)? A real surprise (to me anyway) is that Koi no Crouching Start with 95,548 in its first week actually edged out Morning Coffee with 95,060! Although if you take account total sales, there's no way they will catch up with Morning Coffee's eventual 200K.

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OCHA NORMA Konto Yattemita! (tried doing a skit!) #06 "Shitsurei Shimashita" (excuse my rudeness)



Cast : Kitahara Momo

- A worker in the café keeps apologizing with "excuse my rudeness" after making random background sounds, but all it does is bother Kitahara Momo and makes her comment on the sounds.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Yeah this is definitely not your father's Hello!Project.

Whatever they figured out with BYNDS seems to be paying off in droves, across all groups.

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It is announced that the "Yaguchi Mari no Kayou The NIGHT" show will have an "All OCHA NORMA members SP" episode on August 16th.


OCHA NORMA was on the show back in February, but only Yonemura, Kubota, and Kitahara appeared.
viewtopic.php?p=266527#p266527

"Yaguchi Mari no Kayou The NIGHT" episode #287 8.16.22 "All OCHA NORMA SP", then Saito Madoka and Hiromoto Ruli stayed during later hour.

episode is 1 hour and 46 minutes long.

from the official Abema youtube channel, a digest clip of their appearance

https://abema.tv/video/episode/90-1674_s1_p287

some clips (not in any order)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnq5z3roTUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swNBZaDT8XU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9niRSVY7PNQ

Spoiler: show

https://twitter.com/tues_thenight/statu ... 5389693953

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OCHA NORMA pre-recorded performance on "Yaguchi Mari no Kayou The NIGHT", with Saito Madoka and Hiromoto Ruli live commentary

Koi no Crouching Start


Omatsuri Debut da ze!

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TV Promotion

OCHA NORMA's "Koi no Crouching Start" will be the September 2022 ending theme song for the local Sapporo variety show "HareBare Timon D"
http://www.helloproject.com/news/14994/
https://www.stv.jp/tv/hale/index.html

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Oricon Weekly Single Sales (8/22~8/28)

OCHA NORMA Major Debut Single "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!"

7th Week
Weekly Rank : #28
Sold : 1,180
Total Sold : 104,538

104k.

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Billboard JAPAN Top Singles Sales (8/22~8/28)

OCHA NORMA Major Debut Single "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!"

6th Week
Weekly Rank #23
Sold 1,726
Total Sold 101,927 + ? + 989 + 1,726 = 104,642

https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/ ... =09&day=05

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Oricon Weekly Single Sales (8/29~9/4)

OCHA NORMA Major Debut Single "Koi no Crouching Start / Omatsuri Debut da ze!"

8th Week
Weekly Rank : #39
Sold : 666
Total Sold : 105,204

105k.

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TV Promotion

OCHA NORMA will be performing on Nagoya's TV "Bomber-E" show, Airs September 6th

https://twitter.com/nagoyatv_bomber/sta ... 8497373184

In the "BomberEGG" corner, which features artists who are expected to make their next breakthrough, the youngest group from Hello Pro, "OCHA NORMA," who made their major debut in July, will perform! Enjoy!

Nagoya TV "Bomber-E" 9.6.22 - OCHA NORMA "Koi no Crouching Start" TV performance