About Aoyama Tetsuya feat. SoulJa - そばにいるね and SoulJa--ここにいるよ feat. Aoyama Tetsuya

It has been reported that SoulJa and Aoyama Turumar (Aoyama Delma) met through a mutual friend's introduction. While singing at karaoke, SoulJa admired Aoyama Turuma's singing voice and created "Here" ("Here"). And just because of Aoyama Takuma's friendly appearance in the song SoulJa, in return, SoulJa also participated in the singing of Aoyama Takuma's "そばにいるね" ("By My Side"). Although this report has not been confirmed by myself, "そばにいるね" ("By My Side") corresponds to "ここにいるよ" ("Here"), sung from a female perspective, with beautiful melody and sincere lyrics , not only made Aoyama Turumar (Aoyama Delma) become famous rapidly, but also made this long-distance love support song a popular couple song in karaoke.

The single "そばにいるね" ("By My Side") was originally scheduled to be released on January 30, 2008, but it was decided to be released a week earlier about one month before the release. The song was available for download as a mobile ringtone before the CD was released. Downloads reached 6.2 million times. Count Down TV’s monthly download ranking ranked first for three consecutive months from February to April.

His performance on the Oricon rankings surpassed that of Yuki? ("Here") sold 100,000 copies, and it sold 50,000 copies in its first release alone. It ranked third in the first week on the list. In the second week, it sold almost the same 47,000 copies as in the first week, and jumped into the first place. This is the memorable first Oricon first place for Aoyama Turumar. This No. 1 record is also the first time in the history of the ORICON chart that a corresponding song has achieved No. 1.

Not only that, in the cumulative Oricon rankings for the first half of June 20, this work even surpassed Kat-Tun's LIPS and Don't U Ever Stop, ranking first with a cumulative total of 439,000 copies. For a female singer to achieve such a first place in her work, this is a record that has not been reached in 6 years since Hikaru Utada's "Traveling" in 2002.

As a joint work, it ranked first in the first half of ORICON at that time. This was a height that no one could reach in the past 13 years since H Jungle With T's "Wow War Tonight ~时には起こせよムーヴメント" in 1996. , is also the second time in the history of Oricon rankings.

The popularity of Aoyama Takuma (Aoyama Delma) has led to Aoyama Takuma who wears white headphones on his head, has a Sauvage hairstyle (a French soft and delicate perm), and carries a super-size bag on his shoulders. Aoyama Delma) fashion is even called the Aoyama Tururama (Aoyama Delma) phenomenon in Japan.