GoGo Summer Set New Oricon Chart Record

-New Single! KARA hit another Oricon Chart record-

Girl group KARA has set yet another milestone for themselves in Japan!

KARA’s fourth Japanese single, “Go Go Summer“, has sold 114,000 copies during its first week of release.As of July 11th, it’s in second place on the Oricon Weekly Chart.“Go Go Summer” is KARA’s second single to sell over 100,000 copies during its first week, following their third single, “Jet Coaster Love“, which sold 123,000 copies during its first week.This is a first for any foreign female artist in the Oricon Singles rankings.With this new addition to their growing list of accomplishments, KARA’s “Mister“, “Jumping“, “Jet Coster Love”, and “Go Go Summer” have all made it to the top five in the Oricon rankings chart.

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KARA also appeared at NTT Docomo’s “Optimus Bright” event as an image character on June 17th.

It has been awhile since all five members of KARA came back to resume their activities in Japan, and Kang Jiyoung of KARA greeted the reporters with, “Everyone, it has been a long time~!”.At the event, KARA danced and sang their new single, “Go Go Summer!”, which is scheduled to released in Japan on the 29th. Their new dance is titled “Kara Para”, and when the leader of the group, Park Gyuri, made a mistake, she said, “I will work harder”, to the crowd.At the end of the event, all the members of the group said together, “Please continue supporting KARA!”