Ren'ai Hunter: Difference between revisions

| Covername = Ren'ai Hunter
| cover = Morning Musume 49th single Regular Edition (EPCE-5862) cover.jpg

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| Bordercaption = Regular Edition =cover

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| Caption artist = Regular Edition[[Morning coverMusume]]

| Artist album = [[Morning13 Colorful MusumeCharacter]]

| AlbumB-side = "Watashi ga Ite Kimi = [[13 Colorfulga Character]]Iru"

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| Genre genre = [[J-pop]]{{flatlist|

| Chronologylabel = [[Zetima]]

| Next single prev_title = "[[OnePyoco TwoPyoco ThreeUltra|Pyoco<br / The Matenrō Show]]">Pyoco<br />(2012)Ultra]]"

| Misc prev_year = 2012

{{nihongo|"'''Ren'ai Hunter'''" (or "'''Renai Hunter'''")|恋愛ハンター|Ren'ai Hantā|"Love Hunter"}} is the 49th single by the Japanese female [[Japanese idol|idolJ-pop]] group [[Morning Musume]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.jp.msn.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=915062|script-title=ja:現役メンバー、石黒彩、辻希美、サプライズの後藤真希も登場。ドリームモーニング娘。武道館ライブ|date=2012-03-11|work=ハリウッドチャンネル|publisher=[[MSN]]|accessdate=2012-03-21|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311184334/http://movies.jp.msn.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=915062|archivedate=2012-03-11}}</ref> released in Japan on April 11, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000077751|script-title=ja:「モーニング娘。が頑張り続けてくれる限り、私たちも頑張らなければならない」 ── ドリーム モーニング娘。第一章、歓喜と興奮の中で終幕|date=2012-03-11|publisher=[[BARKS]]|accessdate=2012-03-21|language=Japanese}}</ref>

"Ren'ai Hunter" is the second single for the 10th generation members and the last single by [[Morning Musume]] to feature [[Risa Niigaki]].<ref name="amazon" /> It also became the last single to feature [[Aika Mitsui]], who the next month would announce her graduation from the group due to a foot injury that was taking a long time to recover.

The single will be released in six versions: a regular edition and five limited editions. The Regular Edition and the Limited Editions D and E are CD-only. The Limited Editiona A, B, and C come with a DVD containing a special version of the music video for the title song.<ref name="helloprojectprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.helloproject.com/discography/musume/s_054.html|title=CD single, profile on the Hello! Project official website|publisher=Up-Front DC Co., Ltd.|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307155721/http://www.helloproject.com/discography/musume/s_054.html|archivedate=2012-03-07}}</ref>

The Limited Edition E is a special version to commemorate [[Risa Niigaki]]'s graduation from Morning Musume. It contains an additional song, performed by her. The song is a cover of "Egao ni Namida (Thank You! Dear My Friends)" from [[Aya Matsuura]]'s 2002 album ''[[First Kiss (Aya Matsuura album)|First Kiss]]''. As the group's producer [[Tsunku]] wrote in his comment about the single, the song is Risa Niigaki's favourite, although it is not a [[Morning Musume]]'s song; she would always listen to it at the time when she was still a freshly joined member.<ref name="tsunkucomment">{{cite web|url=http://www.tsunku.net/pw_Music.php?@DB_ID@=524|script-title=ja:恋愛ハンター / つんく♂コメント|work=[[Tsunku]]|accessdate=2012-03-29|language=Japanese}}</ref>

All the limited editions include an entry postcard for a lottery to win a ticket to one of two single's launch events;<ref name="helloprojectprofile" /> one will be held on April 28 in the [[Kansai region]], and the other on May 3 in the [[Kanto region]].<ref name="amazon">{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0070YG1SE|title=Amazon.co.jp - Ren'ai Hunter - Morning Musume - Product Description|accessdate=2012-03-21|language=Japanese}}</ref> So, the Limited Edition D contains the same tracks as the Regular Edition, but sports a different cover and includes a lottery card.

Morning Musume's producer [[Tsunku]] explained that he madeattempted to make an electronic dance music song(EDM) with deep basssong, wanting to create an opposite of the previous single "[[Pyoco Pyoco Ultra]]".<ref name="tsunkucomment" />

==Members at time of single==

* 5th generation: [[Risa Niigaki]] {{small|(last single)}}

* 8th generation: [[Aika Mitsui]] {{small|(last single)}}

* 10th generation: [[Haruna Iikubo]], [[Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume membersinger)|Ayumi Ishida]], [[Masaki Sato]], [[Haruka Kudo (singer)|Haruka Kudo]]

|title3 = [[First Kiss (Aya Matsuura album)|Egao ni Namida (Thank You! Dear My Friends)]]

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[[Category:SongsSong recordings produced by Tsunku]]