Recochoku, one of the biggest online and mobile music download portals in Japan, recently released the 2012 half-year download charts for the period from January 1st until June 30th.

Check out the top ranking for digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, theme songs and more over the first half of 2012 below!

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< Chaku-Uta Full – Half-Year Rankings > *

< Chaku-Uta Full Download Ranking >

01 – “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
02 – “Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka” – GReeeeN
03 – “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48
04 – “SAKURA, I love you?” – Nishino Kana
05 – “Watashitachi” – Nishino Kana
06 – “Rising Sun” – EXILE
07 – “Love Story” – Amuro Namie
08 – “Memeshikute” – Golden Bomber
09 – “Inori ~Namida no Kidou” – Mr.Children
10 – “Hapiness” – AI

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< Artist Ranking >

01 – EXILE
02 – AKB48
03 – Nishino Kana
04 – Sonar Pocket
05 – GReeeeN
06 – Ikimonogakari
07 – Amuro Namie
08 – JUJU
09 – Fukuyama Masahiro
10 – Hamasaki Ayumi

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< New Artist Ranking >

01 – Ieiri Leo
02 – Nogizaka46
03 – Alexandra Stan

* “Chaku-Uta Full” is the synonym for a full digital song.

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< Chaku-Uta – Half-Year Rankings > **

< Chaku-Uta Download Ranking >

01 – “Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka” – GReeeeN
02 – “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
03 – “SAKURA, I love you?” – Nishino Kana
04 – “Watashitachi” – Nishino Kana
05 – “Wild at Heart” – Arashi
06 – “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48
07 – “Ai, Texas” – Yamashita Tomohisa
08 – “Tadaima” – JUJU
09 – “Rising Sun” – EXILE
10 – “Face Down” – Arashi

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< Artist Ranking >

01 – Nishino Kana
02 – Arashi
03 – EXILE
04 – AKB48
05 – GReeeeN
06 – Amuro Namie
07 – JUJU
08 – Ikimonogakari
09 – Sonar Pocket
10 – Ms.OOJA

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< New Artist Ranking >

01 – Ieiri Leo
02 – Alexandra Stan
03 – Nogizaka46

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds long) of songs that can easily be used as ringtones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Other Half-Year Rankings >

< Music Video Downloads – Half-Year Ranking >

01 – “Manatsu no Sounds good!” – AKB48
02 – “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48
03 – “Rising Okamura-san / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)” – EXILE
04 – “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48
05 – “Tsukema Tsukeru” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
06 – “Kataomoi Finally” – SKE48
07 – “Speed Up” – KARA
08 – “Rising Sun” – EXILE
09 – “Everyday, Kachuusha” – AKB48
10 – “Choo Choo Okamura TRAIN 2011 / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)” – EXILE

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< TV/CM/Movie Theme Song (Full) – Half-Year Ranking >

01 – “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
02 – “Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka” – GReeeeN
03 – “ROCK ME BABY” – THE BAWDIES
04 – “how beautiful you are” – Hamasaki Ayumi
05 – “Yasashiku Naritai” – Saito Kazuyoshi
06 – “Shine” – Ieiri Leo
07 – “Tadaima” – JUJU
08 – “Kono Sekai ni Umareta Wake” – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
09 – “Inori ~Namida no Kidou” – Mr.Children
10 – “Tsumetai Ame” – BONNIE PINK

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< Anime/Game Theme Song (Full) – Half-Year Ranking >

01 – “Synchrogazer” – Mizuki Nana
02 – “Tell Your World” – livetune feat. Hatsune Miku
03 – “Kimi no Shinwa ~Aquarion Dai Ni Shou” – AKINO with bless4
04 – “The Everlasting Guilty Crown” – EGOIST produced by ryo(supercell)
05 – “Naisho no Hanashi” – ClariS
06 – “to the beginning” – Kalafina
07 – “We go!” – Kitadani Hiroshi
08 – “METRO BAROQUE” – Mizuki Nana
09 – “Chase the world” – May’n
10 – “Gyakkou no Flugel” – Zwei Wing (CV: Mizuki Nana & Takayama Minami)

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< Album Downloads – Half-Year Ranking >

01 – “COVERS” – BENI
02 – “Love Songs From Best Hits” – Various Artists
03 – “V.I.P. R&B/DANCE TRAX” – Various Artists
04 – “Dance Hall Lovers J-Covers” – Various Artists
05 – “Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1″ – Utada Hikaru
06 – “Tsukema Tsukeru” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
07 – “INFINITY 16 BEST” – INFINITY 16
08 – “Love Songs” – Che’Nelle
09 – “YUZU YOU [2006-2011]” – Yuzu
10 – “Sorry For Party Rocking” – LMFAO

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The complete top 100 of most half-year ranking as well as rankings from other categories, like the insignificant mail order rankings can be found on Recochoku!

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of May 9th to May 15th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week below!

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Due to a server crash, recochoku was only able to total up the downloads recorded on the 14th and the 15th!

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< Chaku-Uta Full – Weekly Ranking >

01/(17) “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
02/(00) “Sakasama no Sora” – SMAP
03/(02) “Shine” – Ieiri Leo
04/(01) “Himitsu ~Kimi no Soba ni Iru Tame ni~” – Juliet
05/(03) “Haru Uta” – Ikimonogakari
 06/(00) “Born This Way” – Lady Gaga
07/(07) “Inori ~Namida no Kidou” – Mr.Children
08/(04) “Orange” – GReeeeN
09/(00) “REAL” – ViViD
10/(00) “Natsu no Daisankakkei” – NICO Touches the Walls

** “Chaku-Uta Full” is the synonym for a full digital song.

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< Chaku-Uta – Weekly Ranking >

01/(02) “Watashitachi” – Nishino Kana
02/(13) “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
03/(01) “Manatsu no Sounds good!” – AKB48
04/(00) “Ai Shite Love Ru!” – SKE48
05/(00) “Japan Pan – Nippon Zenkoku Jimotoka Keikaku” – C&K
06/(05) “Haru Uta” – Ikimonogakari
07/(07) “Himitsu ~Kimi no Soba ni Iru Tame ni~” – Juliet
08/(08) “Orange” – GReeeeN
09/(21) “Shine” – Ieiri Leo
10/(06) “Sakasama no Sora” – SMAP

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds long) of songs that can easily be used as ringtones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Music Video – Weekly Ranking >

 01/(00) “Nagiichi” – NMB48
02/(02) “Rising Okamura-san / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)” – EXILE
03/(00) “Opera” – SUPER JUNIOR
04/(03) “Memeshikute” – Golden Bomber
05/(04) “Choo Choo Okamura TRAIN 2011 / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)” – EXILE
06/(01) “Soredemo Sukidayo” – Sashihara Rino
07/(00) “S” – SID
08/(00) “I AM THE BEST” – 2NE1
09/(94) “Born This Way” – Lady Gaga
10/(00) “Zutto Zutto Tomodachi” – Ashida Mana

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The complete top 100 of the weekly rankings; daily and other rankings can be found here: Recochoku

Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of February 22nd to February 28th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week below!

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< Chaku-Uta Full (Digital Song) Weekly Ranking >

01/(03) “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
02/(01) “Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka” – GReeeeN
03/(02) “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48
04/(00) “TRISTEZA” – JAMOSA feat. Naoto Inti Raymi
05/(09) “Happiness” – AI
06/(00) “HARUKAZE” – SCANDAL
07/(11) “Sabrina” – Ieiri Leo
08/(04) “Boku de Ii yo ne ~Ai no uta~ feat. LGMonkees” – LGYankees
09/(06) “Kimi ni Aitakatta” – Naoto Inti Raymi
10/(05) “Kono Sekai ni Umareta Wake” – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS

** “Chaku-Uta Full” is the synonym for a full digital song.

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< Chaku-Uta (Ringtone) Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “Step” – KARA
02/(08) “Be…” – Ms.OOJA
03/(01) “Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka” – GReeeeN
04/(00) “STILL” – Tohoshinki
05/(00) “Baby Baby” – Yusuke
06/(03) “SAKURA, I love you?” – Nishino Kana
07/(17) “Ai, Texas” – Yamashita Tomohisa
08/(11) “Happiness” – AI
09/(00) Ti Amo” – BENI
10/(13) “TRISTEZA” – JAMOSA feat. Naoto Inti Raymi

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds long) of songs that can easily be used as ringtones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Music Video Weekly Ranking >

 01/(01) “GIVE ME FIVE!” – AKB48
02/(00) “Sweet & Bitter (Sung by ‘Selection 6′)” – AKB48
03/(02) “Tsukema Tsukeru” – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
04/(04) “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48
05/(07) “Sabrina” – Ieiri Leo
06/(10) “Rising Sun” – EXILE
07/(00) “TRISTEZA” – JAMOSA feat. Naoto Inti Raymi
08/(00) “sign” – JUJU
09/(09) “Everyday Kachuusha” – AKB48
10/(08) “MR.TAXI” – Shoujo Jidai

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The complete top 100 of the weekly rankings; daily and other rankings can be found here: Recochoku

Earlier this month, tokyohive revealed that singer-songwriter Ms.OOJA would be providing the theme song to upcoming drama series, ‘Renai NEET ~Wasureta Koi no Hajime Kata~‘.

No new details regarding the single have been released, but her label (Universal Music Japan) has uploaded a two-minute teaser of “Be…“.

Check it out after the jump!

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Titled “Be…“, the song was written specifically for the drama after Ms.OOJA read the script. As tokyohive previously reported, ‘Renai NEET’ features actress Nakama Yukie as the main character, a woman who hasn’t had a boyfriend in eight years. The series  is said to be a romantic comedy that paints the story of six men and women who have strayed from the path of love.

Ms.OOJA – who happens to be the same age as the protagonist – was asked to write the theme song by the program’s producer, who was impressed by the singer’s ability to express herself in her music. When Ms. OOJA finished writing the song, she visited the location where the drama was being filmed.

I wrote (the lyrics) in my style, scooping them out from a cold place deep inside my heart. Please listen to it,” she stated while handing a CD with the theme song on it to Nakama herself.

When asked to speak more about her new song “Be…”, Ms.OOJA replied, “I feel it’s a song that even I have confidence in, and am ready to deliver. From now on I’m going to polish myself up, because I’d like to appear on a ‘nationally popular music program’ at the end of the year.”

“Be…” will be released as a single on February 29th. The ringtone will become available through Recochoku on January 18th. Meanwhile, the drama begins airing on January 20th.

Stay tuned for more about Ms.OOJA’s new single!

Source + Photos: natalie