Asia no Junshin

"Asia no Junshin"
Single by Puffy
from the album AmiYumi
Released	May 13, 1996
Genre	J-pop
Label	Epic/Sony
Songwriter(s)	Tamio Okuda, Yōsui Inoue
Producer(s)	Tamio Okuda
Puffy singles chronology

"Asia no Junshin" (Japanese: アジアの純真, lit. "Asia's Innocence" or "True Asia") is a song recorded by the Japanese pop rock duo Puffy, released in May 1996 as their debut single.^[1] It was produced and composed by Tamio Okuda, with lyrics written by Yōsui Inoue.

Cover versions

Yōsui Inoue and Tamio Okuda, composers of "Asia no Junshin" recorded the song on their collaborative album Shopping released in 1997.
German band Gigantor covered the song on their 1999 album Back to the Rockets.
Junko Ohashi recorded the song on her 2007 cover album Terra 2.
The Ventures covered the song on their 2005 album J-Rock Summer Wind (Melodies in Memories). They sung an English version of it on their album An Illustrated History.
Bahashishi covered the song on their 2011 album Luminescence.

Track listing (3-inch CD single)

No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Asia no Junshin (アジアの純真, Ajia no Junshin)"	Tamio Okuda, Yōsui Inoue
2.	"Puffy na Ohirune (Puffyなお昼寝, Pafī na Ohirune)"	Okuda, Takemi Shima
3.	"Asia no Junshin (アジアの純真, Ajia no Junshin)" (Karaoke)	Okuda

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Position	Weeks	Sales
Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 100)^[2]	3	46	1,189,000+^[3]

Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification (sales thresholds)
Japan	RIAJ	Million^[4]

Awards

Year	Category
The 38th Japan Record Awards
1996	Best New Artist^[5]

References

^ Sanneh, Kelefa (2002-07-23). "ROCK REVIEW; New Import From Japan That's Loaded With Sugar". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
^ "Highest position and charting weeks of "Asia no Junshin" by Puffy". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Puffy" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^ "(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1996)". riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^ "Japan Record Award". 24 January 2003. Archived from the original on 24 January 2003.

[1] Sanneh, Kelefa (2002-07-23). "ROCK REVIEW; New Import From Japan That's Loaded With Sugar". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

[Japanese_singles_chart1-2] "Highest position and charting weeks of "Asia no Junshin" by Puffy". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

[Japanese_singles_chart2-3] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Puffy" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

[riajCDcertification1996-4] "(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1996)". riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

[38rt-5] "Japan Record Award". 24 January 2003. Archived from the original on 24 January 2003.

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