5296

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Artist

Kobukuro

Album

5296

Released

2007.12.19

Catalog Number

WPZL-30076/7 (CD+DVD)

WPCL-10445 (CD Only)

Price

¥3,500 (CD+DVD)

¥3,150 (CD Only)

CD Tracklist

1. Aoku Yasashiku (蒼く 優しく; Bluely Gently)
2. Coin (コイン)
3. Tsubomi (蕾; Bud)
4. Donna Sora Demo (どんな空でも; Even at Any Sky)
5. Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa (君という名の翼; Wings That're Named You)
6. WHITE DAYS
7. Kimiiro (君色; Your Colour)
8. Suimen no Chou (水面の蝶; Water's Surface Butterfly)
9. Kaze no Naka wo (風の中を; In the Wind)
10. Gekkou (月光; Moonbeam)
11. Kazamidori (風見鶏; Weather Vane)
12. Diary
13. Fragile mind

DVD Tracklist

1. Aoku Yasashiku (PV) (蒼く 優しく)
2. 2006 ~5296~ 2007

Information

5296 is Kobukuro's sixth album. The album contains their previous singles Tsubomi, Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa and Aoku Yasashiku. It contains two B-sides (Kimiiro and Kazamidori) as well. The first press comes housed in a packaging which surface simulates a mirror.

5296 is Kobukuro's third consecutive album to reach #1 on the Oricon charts. During its third week in release, 5296 beat Hamasaki Ayumi's GUILTY to the top spot on Oricon's weekly album charts, causing her for first time in her career to not have a studio album reach #1. The margin sales between GUILTY and 5296 were just around 20,000 copies.

The Title

The title 5296 (Go Ni Kyuu Roku) has two different meanings:

• Kobuchi Kentarou and Kuroda Shunsuke both were born in Showa 52nd year (1977), the album was released at their 9th year of formation and it's their 6th studio album.
• 5296 can be read as Kobukuro too, that's why it can be said that it's their first self-titled album.

At the beginning Kobukuro (コブクロ) thought about call the album just KOBUKURO. Although Kobuchi Kentarou's proposed title 5296 won because all the above mentioned numbers suit only in 2007. It's their first album with a non-English title.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	390,884
1	2	2	2	2	2	2	/
1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	454,601
2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	111,643
1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	108,631
2	3	4	2	2	1	1	2	79,855
1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	58,123
2	6	5	3	3	2	2	3	34,314
2	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	28,325
6	15	16	13	13	10	7	13	16,736
12	22	20	15	14	11	11	15	13,232
11	29	23	20	19	13	11	20	10,657
9	25	20	12	10	10	10	12	11,777
10	25	21	11	13	10	11	13	9,264
8	28	22	20	17	15	13	19	8,234
13	26	20	18	19	17	18	20	6,510
20	35	38	31	33	26	26	31	4,878
32	-	-	37	38	28	28	40	4,085
24	-	-	48	-	39	37	53	3,442
39	46	-	42	50	41	30	49	3,526
28	30	30	31	28	22	21	25	4,360
27	40	50	39	48	41	37	45	2,489
36	-	-	-	47	49	-	61	2,371
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	2,005
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94	1,670
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	1,688
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	1,482
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	1,833
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113	1,566
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	1,456
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	1,358
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135	1,467
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	126	1,224
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	1,169
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104	1,500
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	1,228
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	1,147
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	175	849
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128	1,123
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	163	915
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	1,172
-	-	-	-	-	-	-		938

Total Reported Sales: 1,393,727* (2008.10.13)

World Chart Positions

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
Position	7	13	2	4	5	5	15	40

External Links

• Oricon CD Only Profile
• Oricon CD+DVD Profile
• Warner Music Japan CD Only Profile
• Warner Music Japan CD+DVD Profile

Kobukuro    (edit)
Singles: YELL / Bell | Wadachi | YOU/Miss You | Kaze | Negai no Uta / Taiyou | Yuki no Furanai Machi | Takarajima | blue blue | DOOR | Towa ni Tomo ni / Million Films | | Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana | Sakura | Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa | Tsubomi | Aoku Yasashiku | Toki no Ashioto
Albums: Saturday 8:pm | Root of my mind | ANSWER | Roadmade | grapefruits | STRAIGHT | MUSIC MAN SHIP | NAMELESS WORLD | ALL SINGLES BEST | 5296
DVDs: Kobukuro LIVE! GO! LIFE! | LIVE TOUR '04 MUSIC MAN SHIP FINAL | KOBUKURO LIVE at Budokan NAMELESS WORLD | Kobukuro LIVE TOUR '06 "Way Back to Tomorrow" FINAL | | LIVE TOUR'08 "5296" FINAL
VHSs: I'm Making Progress | "Zeppu" 52.96 hectopascal | ANSWER
Collaborations: Maiasa, Boku no Yoko ni Ite | Mokuren no Namida / Tokyo City Serenade | WINDING ROAD | Anata to