{{Infobox song | name = フレンジャー" <br/><small>Furenjā / "Frienger</small> | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Ai Otsuka | album = Love Piece | released = {{Start date|2006|4|12}} | recorded = 2006 | studio = | venue = | genre = J-Pop | length = | label = avex trax<br><small>AVCD-30915/B (Japan, CD+DVD)<br>AVCD-30916 (Japan, CD)</small> | writer = Ai Otsuka | producer = | prev_title = Planetarium | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Yumekui | next_year = 2006 }}
"'''Frienger'''" (フレンジャー; Furenjā) is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ai Otsuka - フレンジャー|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/761592-Ai-Otsuka-フレンジャー|language=en|access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref>
"Frienger" is a catchy, upbeat song. The title is actually a portmanteau of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the CM for au mobile service and was the theme song for the television program "Sports Uruguzu". The B-side track, "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri", was used in a Music.jp CM. The music video for the song was filmed in Taiwan.
"Frienger" debuted at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 70,414 copies sold. It maintained high sales for the following two weeks and sold a total of 173,115 copies in 2006. "Frienger" was Otsuka's best-selling single of 2006 and the 60th best-selling single of 2006 overall. It is currently her fourth best-selling single.
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = CD | all_writing = Ai Otsuka | extra_column = Arranger(s) | total_length = 16: 07
| title1 = Frienger <small>(フレンジャー)</small> | note1 = | extra1 = Ai×Ikoman | length1 = 3:48
| title2 = Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri <small>(甘い気持ちまるかじり; ''A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings'')</small> |note2 = | extra2 = Ai×Ikoman | length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Frienger <small>(フレンジャー)</small> |note3 = Instrumental | extra3 = Ai×Ikoman | length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri <small>(甘い気持ちまるかじり; ''A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings'')</small> |note4 = Instrumental | extra4 = Ai×Ikoman | length4 = 4:14 }}
{{track listing | headline = DVD | extra_column = Director(s)
| title1 = Frienger <small>(フレンジャー)</small> | note1 = Music video | extra1 = | length1 = }}
==Live performances== *3 April 2006 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Special *15 April 2006 – Music Fighter *21 April 2006 – Music Station *22 April 2006 – CDTV *1 May 2006 – PopJam DX *29 December 2006 – Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke - "Frienger" + "Ren'ai Shashin" *1 January 2007– CDTV - "Frienger" + "Ren'ai Shashin"
==Charts== Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) {| class="wikitable" width="650px" !Release !Chart !Peak position !First week sales !Sales total |- |rowspan="3"|April 12, 2006 |Oricon Daily Charts |align="center"|2 | | |- |Oricon Weekly Charts |align="center"|2 |70,414 |173,115 |- |Oricon Yearly Charts |align="center"|60 | | |}
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Category:2006 singles Category:2006 songs Category:Ai Otsuka songs Category:Avex Trax singles Category:Songs written by Ai Otsuka