Popular child stars, Ashida Mana (7) and Suzuki Fuku (7)�s drama theme song, �Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori!� (released on May 25th) under the name �Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook� has accumulated a total sales figure of 250,000 copies as of July 25th Oricon Weekly single chart which was good enough to rank 2nd. Furthermore, this song kept a TOP 10 place for eight weeks and is now considered a long-term hit song.

It has been nearly 30 years since an artist under the age of 10 years sold over 200,000 copies. Previously, Emanuelle Lewis (6 years old at that time) sold a total sale of 338,000 copies with the single, �City Connection� which was released back in July 1981. For a Japanese child star, Kawahashi Hiroshi (8 years old at that time) sold over 232,000 copies in total with his single, �Yamaguchi-san chi no Tsutomu-kun� which was released in back in June of 1976. Ashida and Suzuki formally broke a 35 years record on the Japanese music history on this day.

After their dance �Marumori Dance� from their drama, �Marumo no Okite� became viral, on the 13th, they decided to sell a limited edition CD which included this dance. Compared to last week�s 11,000 copies, this week the sales exponentially went up by 67,000 copies and the ranking of this single also moved up seven places.

Congratulations!

Source & Images: Oricon News