Yo-kai Exercise No. 2

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"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2"
Official cover art, showing the members of Dream5 (top) and the Yo-kai Watch characters (from left to right) Whisper, Nate Adams, Jibanyan, Komasan, and Komajiro
Single by Dream5
from the album Yo-kai Watch Music Best - First Season and the EP Colors
ReleasedJune 17, 2015 (2015-06-17)
GenreJ-pop
Length5:00
LabelFRAME
Producer(s)Takashi Takagi
Dream5 singles chronology
"Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!"
(2014) 		"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2"
(2015)
Music video
"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" on YouTube

"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" (Japanese: ようかい体操第二, Hepburn: Yōkai Taisō Dai-ni) is the 14th and final single by Japanese co-ed group Dream5. Released as a single on June 17, 2015, "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" is the fourth Japanese ending theme to the 2014 Yo-kai Watch TV-series, succeeding "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!", also by Dream5, and preceding "Space Dance!" by Kotori with Stitch Bird.

Background and release[]

"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" acts as a sequel to Dream5's 12th single, "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1", which was also used as an ending theme to the Yo-kai Watch TV-series. Due to "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1" being "a hit", multiple Dream5 members stated that they felt pressured to make "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" a good follow-up. The song was choreographed by Lucky Ikeda,[1] who had previously choreographed multiple other songs for the Yo-kai Watch series, such as "Gera Gera Po" and "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!". According to Dream5 member Kotori Shigemoto, Ikeda based the choreography on the song's lyrics.[2]

"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" was first shown at the Level-5 Vision event on April 7, 2015, where it was performed live by Dream5.[3] The song later debuted in the Yo-kai Watch TV-series as the new ending theme in episode 68, aired May 8, 2015. On the same day, a short version of the song was uploaded to YouTube by Avex Trax. The song was released as a CD and DVD later on June 17, under the FRAME label.[4][5]

In December 2015, "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" appeared as one of the 10 songs in Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version.[6]

Chart performance[]

"Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" made nine appearances on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 4.[5] The song debuted on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart at number 47 for the week of July 4, 2015,[7] before dropping to number 100 and leaving the chart in the following two weeks.[8][9] "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" also appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot Animation chart, where it peaked at number 7.[10]

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from the CD and DVD release of "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2".[11]

  • Takashi Takagi – producer
  • Dream5 – vocals
  • Lucky Ikeda – music video producer, choreography
  • Kenichiro Kimura – coordination

Track listing[]

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Yo-kai Exercise No. 2"5:00
2."Shirokuro Tsukenai Koi Mo Aru"1:26
3."Yo-kai Exercise No. 2" (Karaoke)5:00
4."Shirokuro Tsukenai Koi Mo Aru" (Karaoke)1:26

Charts[]

Chart performance for "Yo-kai Exercise No. 2"
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[5] 4
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[8] 47

References[]

  1. ^ "Dream5、前作の大ヒットで「プレッシャー感じる」" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 18, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "『妖怪ウォッチ』大ヒットの裏にある、ラッキィ池田の"存在感"" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 24, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Dream5、新曲「ようかい体操第二」初披露". Barks (in Japanese). Japan Music Network. April 7, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Yasuda, Shunsuke (May 15, 2015). "「ようかい体操第二」ジャケット＆ミュージックビデオ公開". Game Watch (in Japanese). Impress Corporation. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "ようかい体操第二" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Romano, Sal (October 18, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Dance will only have 10 songs". Gematsu. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Japan Hot 100: The Week of July 4, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Japan Hot 100: The Week of July 11, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "Japan Hot 100: The Week of July 18, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Hot Animation". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  11. ^ Dream5 (June 17, 2015). "ようかい体操第二" (CD, DVD) (in Japanese). FRAME.
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