Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Sexy Zone defeat Uru, Yonezu Kenshi, and Aimyon. Kenshi and Aimyon are back this week, facing off against a newcomer. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

Oricon Combined #1 / Billboard Hot 100 #1 / Oricon Physical #1: SKE48 – Stand by you (not in the Oricon Digital Singles top 20 / not in the Billboard Download Songs top 100 / not in the Oricon Streaming top 20 / not in the Billboard Streaming Songs top 100)

This really reminds me of Nishino Kana of late. That’s a read on Kana though, as opposed to SKE48. This is actually an improvement for them. 5/10

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Oricon Digital Singles #1 / Billboard Download Songs #1: Yonezu Kenshi – Flamingo (Oricon Combined #7 / Billboard Hot 100 #3 / Oricon Physical #26 / not available for streaming)

Same review as before: Surprise, surprise, another Yonezu Kenshi single that is “just OK” for me. I want to like him more, but I feel like his singles are just there. He does excel more when it comes to accompanying tracks. I did like the bits of enka here though. 5.5/10

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Oricon Streaming #1 / Billboard Streaming Songs #1: Aimyon – Konya Kono Mama (Oricon Combined #17 / Billboard Hot 100 #6 / Oricon Digital Singles #10 / Billboard Download Songs #11)

Same review as before: I haven’t listen to Aimyon much, but I can see her appeal. She’s an earnest singer-songwriter that doesn’t have the theatrics around her like the divas of yore, and people go for that today. I wouldn’t say that this song is exciting or all that interesting, but it is decent. 5/10

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Rank:

1. Oricon Digital Singles #1 / Billboard Download Songs #1: Yonezu Kenshi – Flamingo

2. Oricon Combined #1 / Billboard Hot 100 #1 / Oricon Physical #1: SKE48 – Stand by you

2. Oricon Streaming #1 / Billboard Streaming Songs #1: Aimyon – Konya Kono Mama

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