Koi no Tsubomi

Infobox Single
Name = Koi no Tsubomi"
恋のつぼみ


Artist = Kumi Koda
from Album = Black Cherry
B-side =
Released = May 24, 2006
Format = CD, CD + DVD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Rhythm Zone
Writer =
Producer =
Certification = 1x Platinum
Chart position =
Last single = "Get It On"
(2006)
This single = "恋のつぼみ"
(2006)
Next single = "4 hot wave"
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = CD + DVD Cover

"Koi no Tsubomi" "(Love Bud)" is Kumi Koda's 31st solo under the Rhythm Zone label. It is her first single since the release of "Someday/Boys♥Girls" (2006) which ended off a 12 week project leading to the release of her second greatest hits compilation, "Best ~second session~" (2006). "Koi no Tsubomi" was released on CD and CD&DVD May 24, 2006. "Koi no Tsubomi" is also the theme song to the drama "Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru", starring Goro Inagaki from SMAP. This single also smashed recordsFact|date=June 2007 by passing the 1,000,000 mark for legal mobile purchases in nine days. "Koi no Tsubomi" was also used as an image song to the Japan release of the movie Cars.

Track listing

CD-only format

# "Koi no Tsubomi"
# "Koi no Tsubomi (A Cup of Milk Tea Bossa Nova Version)"
# "Koi no Tsubomi (Instrumental)"

CD & DVD

CD portion

# "Koi no Tsubomi"
# "Koi no Tsubomi (A Cup of Milk Tea Bossa Nova Version)"
# "Koi no Tsubomi (Instrumental)"

DVD portion

# "Koi no Tsubomi"

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Music video

*In the "Koi no Tsubomi" PV, Kumi is shown as a blue fairy who grants the wishes for love of busy and dowdy-looking girls (all of which are played by her). There are scenes of her as a stay-at home girl (in the yellow outfit) a secretary (in the gray business suit and glasses) and as a car washer (in the coveralls), being incredibly tired of their jobs. After work, they all go home, tired, and play with a blue fairy doll. The doll transforms into blue fairy Kumi and she transforms the girls' outfits into more glamorous street wear. It seems all of them have a wish for love, and it seems to show that the man they're after is the same (though "he" is never shown).