Kobushi Factory to disband on March 30th 2020 (Last SG March 4th)

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3rd day on Oricon @ #13
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-05/p/2/

Billboard Japan's 3 day sales numbers are late, that is understandable.

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4th day : #14
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-06/p/2/

Kobushi Factory Start Line vocal recording mix

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Yesterday Kobushi Factory had an Instagram live. They sang their acapella songs and celebrated Wada Sakurako's 19th birthday.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av94307771

5th day : #18
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-07/p/2/

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last day on Oricon @ #7
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-08/

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Inoue Rei long interview and photos :
https://wanibooks-newscrunch.com/articles/-/359

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Part 2 of the interview with Inoue Rei
https://wanibooks-newscrunch.com/articles/-/385

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The next part of the interview on 3/16, Inoue Rei tells us the reason why she wants to stay in Hello! Project.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Glad to see the single had a lift for it's last day this week.

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Kobushi Factory last single

Oricon 1st Week
Weekly Rank #9
Total Sold 12,872

Weekly Top 10

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#17 to start the 2nd week
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-09/p/2/

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Airing March 10th, Kobushi Factory will make a final appearance on Utacon before their graduation
https://www4.nhk.or.jp/utacon/x/2020-03 ... 3/1850408/

Utacon 3.10.20

Kobushi Factory's final appearance. They sang their last single "Seishun no Hana". The Utacon production staff also had scattered flower petals in the members colors. Tetsuya Takeda-san gave graduation messages for Kobushi.

Seishun no Hana performance



https://ameblo.jp/kobushi-factory/entry ... 20560.html


https://ameblo.jp/kobushi-factory/entry ... 29803.html

Hirose says staff applauded and congratulated Kobushi backstage. She thanks the Utacon staff for taking care of them.


https://ameblo.jp/kobushi-factory/entry ... 29114.html

Inoue Rei hopes to perform on Utacon again, not as Kobushi Factory, but in a different form she says.

https://ameblo.jp/kobushi-factory/entry ... 35648.html


https://www.instagram.com/p/B9javiknPFZ/

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Kobushi Factory last single

Oricon 1st Week
Weekly Rank #9
Total Sold 12,872

Weekly Top 10

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#17 to start the 2nd week
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2020-03-09/p/2/

Im kinda surprised (but relieved) that this single still managed to be a Top 10. It was looking iffy for a while.

I also need to put more thought into this next statement but there's something sadly poetic in the way Kobushi's end is unfolding.

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Kobushi Factory

Billboard Japan Top Single Sales Chart 1st week
Weekly Rank #16
Total sold 7,329

http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/d ... =03&day=16

Billboard Japan HOT 100

Kobushi Factory - Seishun no Hana @ #51
http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/d ... =03&day=16

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Oricon Weekly Combined Sales Singles chart

Kobushi Factory last single
Weekly Rank #14
Total points : 13,762 pts (CD Sales 12,872 + 890 Downloads )

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/cos/w/2020-03-16/p/2/

[Nayoko-Kihara]

On top of the rank for the week, 12k is probably slightly better than I was expecting too.