Sailorfuku to Kikanju

 is the 1st single released by Yakushimaru Hiroko.

It was released as the theme song of the 1981 movie Sailor Fuku to Kikanju in which Yakushimaru played the lead protagonist.

It is Yakushimaru's biggest hit to date, selling over 865,000 copies, and it was the second highest selling song of 1982.

Single Information
Catalog Number: 7DK 7020
 * Composition: Kisugi Takao
 * Arrangement: Hoshi Katsu
 * Lyrics: Kisugi Etsuko (track one), Ogura Kei (track two)

Tracklist

 * 1) Sailorfuku to Kikanju (セーラー服と機関銃/Sailor Clothes and a Machine Gun)
 * 2) Atarimae no Niji (あたりまえの虹/Obvious Rainbow)

Oricon Chart Positions

 * #1 (Weekly)
 * #2 (Oricon Annual Charts 1982)

Trivia

 * The song was originally supposed to be sung by its composer Kisugi Takao under the name "Yume no Tochuu." However, movie executives believed that the song would sell better if sung by the movie's heroine, so the song was re-recorded. This enraged lyricist Kisugi Etsuko, who is also Kisugi Takao's older sister, to threaten to leave Kitty Records for CBS/Sony. An agreement was made by Kitty Records to also release Kisugi's original version with slightly modified lyrics.
 * In early printings of the single, the title is "Sailorfuku to Kikanju (Yume no Tochuu)" (セーラー服と機関銃 (夢の途中.)
 * Yakushimaru refused to sing before the release of this single because she disliked singing. However, her voice was so favored by the public, studio musicians, and even the composer (who originally had doubts about her singing it correctly,) that she would subsequently become a singer.
 * Although the blood seen on Yakushimaru's face on the album art is fake, it is modeled after an incident during filming in which a glass prop exploded and actually cut Yakushimaru's face. Despite the injury, the scenes were left in the movie and became a signature part of Yakushimaru's look promoting both the movie and song.