# Frienger

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{{Infobox song
| name       = フレンジャー" <br/><small>Furenjā / "Frienger</small>
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Ai Otsuka](/source/Ai_Otsuka)
| album      = [Love Piece](/source/Love_Piece)
| released   = {{Start date|2006|4|12}}
| recorded   = 2006
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [J-Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length     =
| label      = [avex trax](/source/avex_trax)<br><small>AVCD-30915/B ([Japan](/source/Japan), CD+DVD)<br>AVCD-30916 ([Japan](/source/Japan), CD)</small>
| writer     = Ai Otsuka
| producer   =
| prev_title = [Planetarium](/source/Planetarium_(Ai_Otsuka_song))
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [Yumekui](/source/Yumekui)
| next_year  = 2006
}}

"'''Frienger'''" (フレンジャー; Furenjā) is [Ai Otsuka](/source/Ai_Otsuka)'s 11th single under the [avex trax](/source/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](/source/portmanteau) of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the [CM](/source/television_commercial) for [au](/source/au_(mobile_phone_operator)) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ren'ai_Shashin)"
*1 January 2007– CDTV - "Frienger" + "[Ren'ai Shashin](/source/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
|
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ai Otsuka}}

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Category:2006 singles
Category:2006 songs
Category:Ai Otsuka songs
Category:Avex Trax singles
Category:Songs written by Ai Otsuka

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