Japan's Weekly CD Rankings for Feb 29 - Mar 6

by tsubasalover
Mar 8, 2016 1:02 AM | 21 Comments

Here are the weekly CD rankings for February 29 - March 6

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

CD Single

*2.　96,479　*,*96,479　MOMENT RING by μ’s (Final Single)
*3.　31,983　*,516,989　Arashi "Fukkatsu♡LOVE"
*4.　27,059　*,*27,059　Choutokkyuu "Yell"
*5.　23,487　*,*23,487　Afilia Saga "Itsuka Mita Niji no Sono Shita de"
*7.　16,621　*,*16,621　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 043 Asuka Ninomiya (Kyoumei Sekai no Sonzai-ron) by Asuka Ninomiya (CV: Shiki Aoki)
*8.　14,940　*,*14,940　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 041 Yui Ootsuki (Radio Happy) by Yui Ootsuki (CV: Nanami Yamashita)
*9.　14,507　*,*14,507　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 045 Kyouko Igarashi (Koi no Hamburg♪) by Kyouko Igarashi (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)
10.　14,475　*,*14,475　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 044 Yumi Aiba (lilac time) by Yumi Aiba (CV: Juri Kimura)
11.　13,399　*,*13,399　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 042 Yuka Nakano (Koiiro Energy) by Yuka Nakano (CV: Shino Shimoji)
12.　*9,415　*,**9,415　Otome Shinto "Ame to Namida to Otome to Taiyaki"

14.　*6,877　*,**6,877　Eir Aoi "Accentia"
16.　*6,014　2,668,635　SMAP "Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana" (Single Version)
19.　*5,115　*,**5,115　Gintama° OP ''Know Know Know'' by DOES
20.　*4,614　*,**4,614　Haikyuu!! Second Season OP "FLY HIGH!!" by BURNOUT SYNDROMES
22.　*4,229　*,**4,229　Mahoutsukai Precure! Theme Song Single "Dokkin♢Mahoutsukai Precure! / CURE UP↑RA♡PA☆PA! Hohoemi ni Naru Mahou" by Rie Kitagawa / Cure Miracle (CV: Rie Takahashi) & Cure Magical (CV: Yui Horie)
23.　*3,560　*,**3,560　Minako Kotobuki ''Bye Bye Blue''
24.　*3,363　1,053,928　AKB48 "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
25.　*2,916　*,**2,916　Doraemon Movie 36: Shin Nobita no Nippon Tanjou ED "Sora e" by Masayoshi Yamazaki
30.　*2,419　*,141,359　Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season OP Tragedy" by KAT-TUN
31.　*2,201　*,*10,031　Boku dake ga Inai Machi ED "Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna" by Sayuri
37.　*1,762　*,**8,130　Haikyuu!! Second Season ED "Hatsunetsu" by tacica

38.　*1,746　*,*34,643　Osomatsu-san OP "Zenryoku Batankyuu!" by AOP
41.　*1,644　*,*11,668　Aoi Teshima "Asu e no Tegami"
44.　*1,498　*,*20,402　Hiroshi Kamiya "Danger Heaven?"
45.　*1,459　*,*71,411　Sakkaku no CROSSROADS by BiBi ~Eri Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo). Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile). Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ's~
47.　*1,332　*,**9,357　Motohiro Hata "Sumire"
51.　*1,221　*,*15,473　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER ARTIST 3 FINALE "Destiny" by 765PRO ALLSTARS
52.　*1,203　*,**6,938　SEVENTH HAVEN by The 7th Sisters
53.　*1,186　*,119,586　Detective Conan OP "Hane" by Koushi Inaba
57.　*1,049　*,**1,049　Gintama° ED "Acchi Muite" by Swimy
59.　**,974　*,*17,240　Yurika Kubo "Lovely Lovely Strawberry"
61.　**,864　*,*64,148　Omoide Ijou ni Naritakute by lily white ~Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida), Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kusuda) by from μ's~

62.　**,860　*,*10,564　Prince of Stride: Alternative ED "Be My Steady" by Galaxy Standard [Reiji Suwa (CV: Mamoru Miyano), Shizuma Mayuzumi (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa), Bantarou Chiyomatsu (CV: Takuya Eguchi), Tasuku Senoo (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Asuma Mayuzumi (CV: Yuuki Ono), Kaede Okumura (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga)]
63.　**,845　*,113,365　Osomatsu-san ED "SIX SAME FACES ~Konya wa Saikou!!!!!!~" by VOICE by Iyami feat. Osomatsu x Karamatsu x Choromatsu x Ichimatsu x Juushimatsu x Todomatsu (CV: Kenichi Suzumura, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Miyu Irino)
64.　**,788　*,**5,123　SUPER BEAVER "Urusai"
65.　**,770　*,**3,021　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) 2nd Season OP "QUESTION" by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan [Mai Fuchigami, Aya Suzaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ryota Osaka, Shintaro Asanuma]
66.　**,739　*,*43,541　Kimi to Boku no Mirai ~GRANBLUE FANTASY~ by Geeta (CV: Hisako Kanemoto), Ruria (CV: Nao Touyama), Vira (CV: Asami Imai), Merry (CV: Akiko Hasegawa)
68.　**,701　*,**4,169　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar OP "Knew day" by (K)NoW_NAME
69.　**,696　*,*50,930　Diamond no Ace Second Season OP "Sora ga Aozora de Aru Tame ni" (incl. in "G4-IV (Kanojo wa Zombie / Scoop / Supernova Express 2016 / Sora ga Aozora de aru Tame ni)") by GLAY
71.　**,681　*,**4,340　Norn9: Norn+Nonet OP "Kazakiri" by Nagi Yanagi
72.　**,678　*,**6,689　Kana Hanazawa "Toumei na Onna no ko"
73.　**,673　*,**3,848　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar ED "Harvest" by (K)NoW_NAME

75.　**,665　*,*12,602　Leo Ieiri "Hello To The World"
83.　**,613　*,*68,154　Kana Nishino "Torisetsu"
86.　**,594　*,*65,225　WAO-WAO Powerful day! by Printemps ~Honoka Kousaka (CV: Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida), Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo) from μ's~
88.　**,563　*,***,563　Hacka Doll Hacka Song No.3 (Hazy Lazy Doll) by Hacka Doll No.3 (CV: Nanami Yamashita)
89.　**,547　*,*11,886　Schwarzesmarken OP "white forces" by fripSide
93.　**,526　*,**8,506　Luck & Logic ED "Meiyaku no Kanata" by Emi Nitta
98.　**,470　*,*44,140　Osomatsu-san OP "Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoiko dake" by AOP (incl. in "Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoiko dake / 183 no Nihon Tres Bien ROCK'N ROLL" by AOP / Yuya Uchida to 183 Family Band)
99.　**,467　*,***,467　Miku Sawai "WAKE ME UP!"
(cut-off 464)

CD Album

*2.　29,315　*,*29,315　SCANDAL "YELLOW"
*6.　*8,880　*,113,087　"ZARD Forever Best ~25th ANNIVERSARY~"
*8.　*7,503　*,**7,503　ClariS "SPRING TRACKS -Haru no Uta-"
*9.　*6,875　*,142,332　MAN WITH A MISSION "The World’s On Fire"
11.　*6,328　*,**6,328　TK from Ling Tosite Sigure "Secret Sensation"
12.　*5,937　*,238,472　Bump of Chicken "Butterflies"
13.　*5,379　*,*43,469　Osomatsu-san Mutsugo no Oshigoto Taiken Doramatsu CD Series Osomatsu & Ichimatsu "Uranaishi" by Osomatsu Matsuno & Ichimatsu Matsuno (CV: Takahiro Sakurai & Jun Fukuyama) (Drama CD)
17.　*4,188　*,**4,188　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru character songs "Yuuki no Baton" by Sanshuu Junior High Yuushabu (CV: Haruka Terui, Suzuko Mimori, Yumi Uchida, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Juri Nakatsuma)
22.　*3,516　*,**3,516　the pillows "Across the metropolis"
25.　*2,887　*,158,014　ONE OK ROCK "Niche Syndrome"

26.　*2,763　*,124,271　Monogatari Series "Utamonogatari: Monogatari Series Theme Song Album" by Various Artists
28.　*2,653　*,*91,195　Momoiro Clover Z "Hakkin no Yoake"
29.　*2,605　*,*90,581　Momoiro Clover Z "AMARANTHUS"
30.　*2,435　*,*20,197　amazarashi "Sekai Shuusoku 2116"
31.　*2,413　*,**2,413　Takeshi Tsuruno "Tsuruno Uta 3.5"
33.　*2,366　*,**8,583　Dragon Ball Kami BEST by Various Artists
34.　*2,346　*,**2,346　The Sound of STEINS;GATE Tamashii by Various Artists
36.　*2,093　*,**2,093　"KEYTALK no Budoukan de Budoukai ~shall we dance?~"
42.　*1,774　*,*28,279　KANA-BOON "Origin"
43.　*1,737　*,*18,636　Sonar Pocket "SonaPoke-ism 6 ~Ai wo Komete Okuru Uta~"

46.　*1,625　*,**1,625　OxT (Tom-H@ck feat. Masayoshi Oishi) "OxT COMPLETE SONGS 'ACE OF DIAMOND'"
48.　*1,527　*,**1,527　POLYSICS "What’s This???"
59.　*1,305　*,**1,305　Code:Realize - Sousei no Himegimi Character CD Vol.1 Arsène Lupin by Arsène Lupin (CV: Tomoaki Maeno)
73.　**,870　*,***,870　BACK-ON "PACK OF THE FUTURE"
74.　**,865　*,***,865　Gintama Original Soundtrack 5 by Audio Highs
79.　**,801　*,*25,757　Girls und Punzer der Film OST by Shiro Hamaguchi
81.　**,772　*,**5,010　Dakaretai Otoko Ichii ni Okasareteimasu. 3 by Hiroki Takahashi, Yuuki Ono, Takuya Satou, Yuuma Uchida (Drama CD)
82.　**,763　*,*57,811　Tomohisa Yamashita "YAMA－P"
83.　**,758　1,008,906　Arashi "Japonism"
91.　**,699　*,*88,606　Yuzu "TOWA"

93.　**,691　*,**6,601　High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days Drama CD "Iwatobi Chuugaku Suieibu Katsudou Nisshi" by Haruka Nanase (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki), Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Asahi Shiina (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga), Ikuya Kirishima (CV: Kouki Uchiyama), Natsuya Kirishima (CV: Kenji Nojima), Nao Serizawa (CV: Satoshi Hino), etc. (Drama CD)
95.　**,682　*,567,989　Miyuki Nakajima "Singles 2000"
(cut-off 659)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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Cinderella girls killing it!

Mar 8, 2016 8:43 PM by Mayuka

Ejc said:

Machination said:
Why is some of the numbers (Like the positions) are missing?

The list here only contains anime-related CDs, seiyuu-related CDs (as they actually voice all the characters!) and also CDs by artists that have done at least one tie-in. However, some the particular CDs in the list may not be related to anime, such as that Arashi CD at #3, that AKB48 CD at #24, etc.

MAL just chose to do a blanket system, rather than doing a complete filter of CDs not related to anime or seiyuu. There is a music BD/DVD/CD sales thread on the Japanese 2ch BBS board that does proper filtering of the weekly CD lists.

Oh I see! That makes sense.

Mar 8, 2016 8:33 PM by Machination

Machination said:
Why is some of the numbers (Like the positions) are missing?

Mar 8, 2016 6:26 PM by Ejc

Why is some of the numbers (Like the positions) are missing?

Mar 8, 2016 6:17 PM by Machination

Kaioshin_Sama said:

Ejc said:

Replies just like Tevens', is very common here on MAL. Some have nothing better to say but to just cheer on whichever artist they were looking for in the list, rather than actually discussing the sales here.
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What I think is interesting to note, is that all the Osomatsu-san CDs compared to the ED with many popular male seiyuu have sold less than half. I guess this can be an indicator of just how much the non-event ticket volumes for Osomatsu-san (Vol.3 to 8) will end up selling.

Vol.1 will end up maybe 10K lower than the ED sales, which means the non-event ticket volumes will probably end up some place lower than the sales of the OP there. The drama CD 1 will end up a bit higher since some of the popular male seiyuu are still voicing on there, but not all 6 of course.

845/113365　イヤミ　←　ED
470/44140　はなまる　←　OP
1746/34643　全力　←　OP

5379/43469　ドラマ1

It was obvious what they are doing with the cast. A lot of anime are very politically cast without audition nowadays so that they can use specific people for event tickets. Unfortunately this means a lot of shows are getting stuffed with the same casts nowadays in terms of more commercial anime and I get to hear old favorites less and less, even ones that weren't even all that scarce so much as a few years ago. It's incredibly noticeable with male seiyuu especially nut lately I've just wondered if every single popular show has to have Maaya Uchida or Sumire Uesaka and what exactly they bring to most roles in particular besides a pretty face to market. It just sucks that things have gotten this commercial and samey and that producers are so greedy now that they force certain seiyuu on shows over and over just to make a few thousand extra disc sales that aren't even going to carry beyond the first volume or two. That's why it was kind of neat that Macross frontier held auditions and didn't overload too much on the same old people at least as far as I'm aware. They could have easily just loaded up on Uchida, Muse, idolmaster seiyuu and the lIke right out of the gate

I have to agree with you. For someone to be a seiyuu, you have to be visually appealing to fans, have a decent singing voice, perform at live concerts, mingle with fans at fan meeting events, etc. The old days are over where it was OK for a seiyuu to just have a good voice, since we are now in the age where multimedia tie-ins are so common. It's interesting you mentioned Macross Frontier, because it is also one of the pioneering anime franchises to use multimedia tie-ins with its movie and game bundles. It is good though that it held auditions, because that's how it should be done to give up and coming seiyuu more of a chance to get some voice acting roles.

Many anime do seem to cast the same seiyuu, since it is probably safer for their bottom lines, but another anime franchise that had newcomers was Love Live (minus Mimorin and Nanjo) and the upcoming Love Live SunShine (which is pretty much all rookie seiyuu this time around). Many of the KyoAni anime also frequently cast newcomers rather than take the safe option of casting established seiyuu. I think it is a much harder for beginner seiyuu to break through, since what is required of them is now so much higher than what it was in the past.

Mar 8, 2016 5:11 PM by Ejc

Ejc said:

Kaioshin_Sama said:

You say this like it's unusual

Mar 8, 2016 4:20 PM by PeacingOut

Kaioshin_Sama said:

Tevens said:
μ’s and THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA is in the list. glad to see that :D

You say this like it's unusual

Mar 8, 2016 3:37 PM by Ejc

The more I hear about μ’s, the more I'll miss them when Summer comes. It's too soon for Sunshine to air.

Mar 8, 2016 3:31 PM by Hoppy

Tevens said:
μ’s and THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA is in the list. glad to see that :D

You say this like it's unusual

Mar 8, 2016 3:19 PM by PeacingOut

Ejc said:

jayvee2016 said:
>*2.　96,479　*,*96,479　MOMENT RING by μ’s (Final Single)

Too bad, did not reach 100k for a week but still quite massive... nothing less from µ's. This will be their 7th gold disc if I am correct and hopefully Heart to Heart will be their 8th one. Anime ended 2014 but their hype shows no sign of decay. What a wondeful closure <3

This would actually be their 8th gold disc, but 9th overall for Love Live (with BiBi):
僕たちはひとつの光／Future style by μ's／1年生: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2015年7月
SUNNY DAY SONG／?←HEARTBEAT by μ's／3年生: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2015年7月
Angelic Angel／Hello,星を数えて by μ's／2年生: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2015年7月
μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection II by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2015年5月
冬がくれた予感 by BiBi: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2015年1月
μ's Best Album Best Live! collection by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2014年6月
タカラモノズ/Paradise Live by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2014年5月
それは僕たちの奇跡 by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html　→　認定年月：2014年4月

thank you for this! hopefully their 10th will be Heart to Heart <3

Mar 8, 2016 3:04 PM by jayvee2016

μ’s and THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA is in the list. glad to see that :D

Mar 8, 2016 8:33 AM by YizelTro

Moment Ring sold at least 3,841 on Day 7 (since it was released on March 2nd, but pre-release day counts as 1 day), and has therefore reached 100K Oricon sales:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2016-03-07/

I think in terms of anime-related CDs, only K-ON's Houkago Tea Time II album achieved 100K Oricon sales faster at just 4 days of sales, which sold 127,367 in its first week.

Mar 8, 2016 8:03 AM by Ejc

Finishing the contract at the pinnacle of any anime related single in the history. Thank you for the beautiful songs, μ’s.

μ’s and HTT are and will always be recognized as two of the most successful groups producing anime songs.

Mar 8, 2016 7:24 AM by shanimebib

MMMacross said:
The correct title would be "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER".

Ooops, Thanks for correction. I've fixed it.

Mar 8, 2016 7:23 AM by tsubasalover

tsubasalover said:

CD Single
*2.　96,479　*,*96,479　MOMENT RING by μ’s (Final Single)

I also thought it would sell more than 100k, but it's still a great achievement for a anime related title.

tsubasalover said:

CD Single
*7.　16,621　*,*16,621　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER 043 Asuka Ninomiya (Kyoumei Sekai no Sonzai-ron) by Asuka Ninomiya (CV: Shiki Aoki)
*8.　14,940　*,*14,940　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER 041 Yui Ootsuki (Radio Happy) by Yui Ootsuki (CV: Nanami Yamashita)
*9.　14,507　*,*14,507　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER 045 Kyouko Igarashi (Koi no Hamburg♪) by Kyouko Igarashi (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)
10.　14,475　*,*14,475　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER 044 Yumi Aiba (lilac time) by Yumi Aiba (Juri Kimura)
11.　13,399　*,*13,399　THE IDOLM@STER MASTER 042 Yuka Nakano (Koiiro Energy) by Yuka Nakano (CV: Shino Shimoji)

The correct title would be "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER".

Mar 8, 2016 7:14 AM by MMMacross

Yey LL's final song at the top!!!
Still waiting for Osomatsu san ED 2 to be released.

Mar 8, 2016 6:21 AM by Xenocrisi

Mar 8, 2016 2:36 AM by Ejc

>*2.　96,479　*,*96,479　MOMENT RING by μ’s (Final Single)

Too bad, did not reach 100k for a week but still quite massive... nothing less from µ's. This will be their 7th gold disc if I am correct and hopefully Heart to Heart will be their 8th one. Anime ended 2014 but their hype shows no sign of decay. What a wondeful closure <3

Mar 8, 2016 2:25 AM by jayvee2016

Ejc said:
This CD should be labelled as "Love Live! μ’s Final Single": http://lovelive-anime.jp/otonokizaka/release.html

I added (Final Single), though the product page also does indicate that it's "Final Single".

Mar 8, 2016 1:45 AM by tsubasalover

tsubasalover said:

*2.　96,479　*,*96,479　MOMENT RING by μ’s

This CD should be labelled as "Love Live! μ’s Final Single": http://lovelive-anime.jp/otonokizaka/release.html

First week sales seems quite disappointing. I thought did one would finally be able to do 100K first week, but this CD only did barely higher than BokuHikari. Oh well, it's still massive sales for an anime-related CD.

Here is the Character Single Top 10 in terms of first week sales as below. Osomatsu-san's ED was there for a brief period, before Love Live knocked it out of the Top 10 to resume the Love Live and K-ON duopoly.

キャラ名義シングル歴代初動ランキング
*1　96479　MOMENT RING　μ's
*2　96150　僕たちはひとつの光/Future style　μ's
*3　87397　NO,Thank you!　放課後ティータイム
*4　86034　SUNNY DAY SONG/？←HEARTBEAT μ's
*5　85140　Utauyo!!MIRACLE　放課後ティータイム
*6　83400　GO! GO! MANIAC　放課後ティータイム
*7　82322　Angelic Angel/Hello,星を数えて　μ's
*8　76558　Listen!!　放課後ティータイム
*9　69633　HEART to HEART!　μ's
10　66910　Don't say "lazy"　桜高軽音部

11　66879　SIX SAME FACES ～今夜は最高!!!!!!～

tsubasalover said:

45.　*1,459　*,*71,411　Sakkaku no CROSSROADS by BiBi ~Eri Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo). Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile). Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ's~
61.　**,864　*,*64,148　Omoide Ijou ni Naritakute by lily white ~Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida), Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kusuda) by from μ's~
86.　**,594　*,*65,225　WAO-WAO Powerful day! by Printemps ~Honoka Kousaka (CV: Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida), Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo) from μ's~

Other Love Live related sales for this week.

Weekly sales / Cumulative sales / Weeks Charted / CD Title
**,289　*97,727　*16　HEART to HEART! (スクフェス 2ndテーマ)
**,252　*67,037　*19　君のこころは輝いてるかい? (Aqours 1stシングル)
**,205　132,796　*23　Angelic Angel／Hello,星を数えて (劇場版シングル 1)

**,415　144,886　*41　μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection II
**,390　141,174　161　μ's Best Album Best Live! collection

tsubasalover said:

59.　**,974　*,*17,240　Yurika Kubo "Lovely Lovely Strawberry"
93.　**,526　*,**8,506　Luck & Logic ED "Meiyaku no Kanata" by Emi Nitta

Yurika is just below TAMURA Yukari in comparison to her most recent CD single sales. MIZUKI Nana is of course still the queen of female seiyuu CD sales:
http://refugee-chan.mobi/test/read.cgi/animecdurisure/1457261156/336
http://refugee-chan.mobi/test/read.cgi/animecdurisure/1457261156/337

Still feel bad for Emi, but hopefully her CD sales improves when she releases her next CD in the future.

Mar 8, 2016 1:37 AM by Ejc

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