King & Prince’s ‘HEART’ Hits No. 1, Remioromen’s J-pop Classic ‘March 9th’ Returns on Japan Hot 100

King & Prince’s “HEART” blasts in at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 19.

The group’s 16th single is being featured as the ending theme song for the latest drama series starring member Ren Nagase. The CD launched with 329,809 copies to debut at No. 1 for sales, tops downloads (30,920 units), and comes in at No. 14 for streaming (4,288,922 weekly streams), No. 23 for radio airplay, and No. 3 for video views.

“HEART” becomes King & Prince’s 14th No. 1 on the Japan Hot 100. The group has consistently sold over 300,000 copies of all of its singles in the first week and all of them have topped the physical sales list.

King & Prince First Week Single Sales

1. “Cinderella Girl” 622,701 copies

2. “Memorial” 372,139 copies

3. “Kimi wo Matteru” 400,315 copies

4. “koi-wazurai” 385,303 copies

5. “Mazy Night” 531,162 copies

6. “I promise” 578,092 copies

7. “Magic Touch/Beating Hearts” 470,605 copies

8. “Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou” 449,115 copies

9. “Lovin’ you/Odoruyouni Jinsei wo.” 471,845 copies

10. “TraceTrace” 513,056 copies

11. “Tsukiyomi/Irodori” 614,173 copies

12. “Life goes on/We are young” 1,051,909 copies

13. “Nanimono” 546,829 copies

14. “Aishi Ikiru koto/MAGIC WORD” 353,077 copies

15. “halfmoon / moooove!!” 315,400 copies

16. “HEART” 329,809 copies

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac” stays at No. 2. The track continues to rule streaming for the 28th week with 9,761,022 streams, while hitting No. 8 for downloads, No. 66 for radio, No. 2 for video, and topping karaoke. The Oblivion Battery opener has sailed past 500 million streams as of this week.

SKE48’s “Tick tack zack” debuts at No. 3. The girl group’s 34th single sold 288,724 copies in its first week, coming in at No. 2 for sales and No. 50 for radio.

At No. 4 on the Japan Hot 100 is Sakanaction’s “Kaiju,” slipping a notch from last week. The Orb: On the Movements of the Earth opener came in at No. 7 for downloads, No. 2 for streaming, and No. 6 for radio and video. The accompanying music video dropped Mar. 16, so points for video will also fuel the track from next week.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Darling” follows at No. 5. The track is also down a notch from last week, but radio and karaoke increased by 133% and 109%, respectively, compared to the week before.

Elsewhere on the chart, Remioromen’s J-pop classic “Sangatsu Kokonoka” (March 9th) charts for the second consecutive week (No. 33 this week). The graduation-related favorite from 2005 climbs the chart every year around this time, and this week, streaming for the track is up 111%, downloads 168%, videos 142%, and karaoke 126% week-over-week.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Mar. 10 to 16, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.