Itano Tomomi made her solo debut with her single “Dear J,” becoming the first ever solo artist from popular girl group, AKB48. Adding to her accomplishment, it looks like she has set yet another record with her solo debut!

According to Oricon’s Weekly Single Ranking, “Dear J” has sold approximately 163,000 units since its release on January 26th, placing her debut single solidly in second place behind Yamashita Tomohisa’s fourth solo single, “Hadakanbo”.

Itano is the first female artist to break 150,000 units since Utada Hikaru’s single, “Flavor Of Life”, nearly four years ago. This also makes Tomochin the first singer debuting from a girl group to sell this many units since ex-Morning Musume member Goto Maki debuted with “Ai no Bakayarou” almost ten years ago. Utada Hikaru and Goto Maki sold 270,000 units and 268,000 units in the first week of sales, respectively.

Congratulations to Itano Tomomi on her achievement!

source: tokyohive