I became a girl group idol for my sister.

The person blocking Miyamoto's way was a reporter from a small newspaper, who was holding a microphone and questioning him.

"I am very grateful for the support of our fans, and I hope that more people can listen to our songs. Although we may not be as good as those professional singers, we are all working hard to show our best side to everyone!"

Love you all!

In a very formulaic answer, Miyamoto then tilted his head slightly and stuck out his tongue at the camera.

Such an opportunity for publicity, delivered right to our doorstep, is not to be missed!

Seeing the daily sales soaring, he felt a surge of excitement. He was eager to see how well their single would perform on the weekly charts a week from now!

Chapter Ninety-One: Absolutely Number One

January 11th is the start of the school year. After that, we'll take care of some things, and then classes will officially begin on the 12th.

Miyamoto Sei, of course, still had to attend the classes on the 12th, which was the official class day, and at least stay at school in the morning.

As the last semester of my junior year, this will probably be the most relaxed period of my life going forward...

After all, even in Japan, things get tense in all aspects after students enter their senior year of high school, and he became a senior in April.

I became a senior in high school in April, and then participated in the general election in June. These two months were probably the busiest time of my life.

Miyamoto secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then listlessly looked at the book in his hand, or rather, pretended to read.

"Miyamoto-kun!"

The person who came up to me with a strange cry was Kenta Iwagami. As a friend I hadn't seen for over a month, he was very enthusiastic.

"Let me hug you! I feel like I'm lacking a girl's aura right now, I need to recharge!"

The outstretched right hand grabbed Iwagami Kenta's head, the immense force like a vise that was impossible to break free from, and Iwagami Kenta couldn't help but howl in pain.

"It hurts, hurts, hurts!"

"So, instead of going to find those girls you can go to karaoke with to recharge, you come to find a guy like me?"

“No, no, no, it’s because you’re more feminine than many women!” Kenta Iwagami said, while Miyamoto Sei’s right hand tightened its grip.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Let go! Let go! I surrender!"

Kojiro, who had let go of her hand and walked up, looked at Iwagami Kenta, who had finally escaped, and couldn't help but sigh: "If you keep doing this, Hikaru-chan might not want to shake hands with you anymore."

"No, no, my heart is completely devoted to Hikari-chan!"

Ignoring the other's roar, Kojiro sat down next to the two and started talking about some recent hot news.

"Speaking of which, the graduate student's 'Sengoku Girls' has sold nearly 20,000 copies in just the last few days. That's incredible!"

"It has a lot of staying power, but I don't know how long it can last. In fact, the best time for a new single to sell is the first week. Sales will plummet starting from the second week. So it looks impressive now, but I don't expect sales to be very high in the next few weeks."

Kenta Iwagami, as expected of someone who has been a fan of idols for a long time, immediately launched into an analysis, and his analysis made a lot of sense.

Miyamoto Seya nodded secretly, agreeing with what the other person said.

"What about Miyamoto? What do you think?" Kojiro looked at Miyamoto Sei, clearly wanting to hear Miyamoto Sei's opinion.

"I agree with his point of view. In reality, although the daily sales are close to 10,000 now, and may even break 10,000 in the next couple of days, after the first week ends, the weekly sales may be less than one-tenth. If we take ten weeks to stay on the list, it will be very difficult to break 100,000 in sales."

"Hey, hey, hey, this is asking too much! They've only just debuted, and they're even graduate students! This outrageous daily sales, and this skyrocketing growth rate, is enough to make many people who have been in the industry for years cry!"

Uyama Ryo joined in. As a fan of Miyamoto Nana, he didn't pay much attention to Miyamoto Sei, which gave Miyamoto Sei a lot of confidence in her disguise abilities.

"That's right. Their results are already very good overall. It's a bit unreasonable to compare them directly with the top performers. But there's nothing we can do about it. They're carrying the name SKR, and some people will definitely feel that their results don't live up to that title."

Kenta Iwagami shook his head, while Ryo Uyama clenched his fist.

"I've already saved up 30,000 yen, just a little more and I'll be fine! Just wait and see in this general election!"

Clearly, Ryo Uyama was full of fighting spirit at this moment, which made Kenta Iwagami clench his fists as well.

"That's right, just wait and see in this general election!"

You two seem to be using different tweets. Are you planning a fight?

Miyamoto watched from the side, lost in thought.

However, he has already saved more than 30,000 yuan, which means he has been working and saving money during the holidays... No wonder we haven't seen him at the performances recently.

……

Tuesday, October 1nd.

Public Trust Ranking Weekly Ranking Released!

In the dance studio, a group of people cautiously looked at their open phone screens, and many even swallowed. They were all very nervous at that moment.

Miyamoto Seya stared at his phone. Although he pretended not to be nervous, the sweat on his palms betrayed his true feelings.

It's impossible not to be nervous!

Then, the webpage opened, and the video showed the person giving a broadcast.

[January 17, 2016, the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart was released. Let's see how this chart differs from the last one!]

[First, there's the thirtieth place, which is...]

"Come in, come in!"

"Yeah, let's hurry up!"

Several people immediately urged him on, not wanting to look at the previous content at all. So Miyamoto Sei wisely swiped the screen, and the progress bar instantly advanced a long distance.

[Number 12 is a single sung by Ikimonaga... This single, released last May, is still selling well, with 4164 copies sold this week.]

[Eleventh place: Hey! Say! JUMP, under Johnny & Associates, with weekly sales of 5160 copies.]

[Next, we'll compete for the top ten!]

[10th place, Tempeh girl group SKG, weekly sales 5392 copies!]

SKG is a sister group founded in Nagoya. It is named after the azalea flower, so it is abbreviated as SKG. The team name is naturally named Team S. However, since SKR was the first team to be founded, it has already taken the team name Team S. Therefore, SKG's Team S is actually called Team S II.

Similarly, there is a sister group in Osaka called AJS (Hydrangea), and its Team S is called Team S III.

Because they were all created by Risa Amabé, they are called the Amabé-type girl group.

[Ninth place, Girls' Generation, weekly sales of 6548 copies!]

[8th place, EXILE, weekly sales 6685 copies!]

[Seventh place, Tempeh girl group SKR, ponytail and hair tie, weekly sales 7800 copies!]

[Sixth place: Coca-Cola, weekly sales: 8786 units!]

[Fifth place: Tempeh girl group SKR Beginner, weekly sales 10502 copies!]

[Fourth place, Tempeh girl group SKR, weekly sales 10684 copies!]

[Third place: SKR, a girl group from the Tempeh group, with endless replays and weekly sales of 12901 copies!]

[Second place: Uemura Kana, the goddess of the toilet, with weekly sales of 22954 units!]

The scene shifts, and a large image of the first place winner appears on the screen, rotating, separated from the second place winner by about one or two seconds.

Then, the final results were announced.

Familiar music emanated from within; it was the music from the music video that everyone had studied hard for and then filmed. The video showed them fighting in armor, playing in kimonos—it was all there.

Everyone was laughing and singing their hearts out.

[Number 1! Sengoku Girls, a trainee member of Team SKR (a Tenbei-affiliated girl group), with weekly sales of 59026 copies!]

Looking at this result, no one cheered; everyone fell silent. Although there were some initial guesses, when they actually saw the number, a group of people were still somewhat shocked.

[Although they are a girl group from the Tenbe group, and belong to the main SKR, initially everyone thought this single wouldn't be very successful. But reality proved many people wrong!]

[As a newly debuted girl group, and a group of graduate students at that, not even officially debuted yet, and with virtually no promotion, it's truly surprising that they managed to sell nearly 60,000 copies in their first week!]

On the screen, the content creator who was broadcasting the news appeared extremely excited, clearly shocked by the result.

[Now, thanks to the weekly charts, these girls are finally becoming known to more people. I don't know if this belated advertising will boost sales, but I can say for sure that the graduate students have shown a completely different side of themselves this time!]

[A friend of mine, a seasoned idol fan, excitedly told me that he saw the original members of the girl group SKR in these graduate students. Perhaps this is why Amagai-sensei has created so many challenges for these graduate students. Let's wait and see how much these graduate students will grow!]

The video ended, and after a brief silence, the atmosphere was finally broken.

"We...we actually sold nearly 60,000 copies?!" Yokoyama Nai's voice trembled slightly, as if she couldn't believe it was true.

Haruka Kojima reached out and grasped the other's hand, her voice trembling as well: "It's true, we really did become the number one selling CD single of the week!"

"We're the weekly champions!"

"More than 59,000 copies were sold in the first week. I never dreamed I could sell so many!"

Everyone was incredibly excited and started talking to each other. Miyamoto stared at the screen for a while, then slowly exhaled.

Not only did they make it into the top ten, but they also took first place, and most importantly, they won first place with an overwhelming advantage!

While this is partly because the top-ranked songs are mostly older tracks that have been sold for several months, it doesn't negate one thing.

The team of graduate students delivered their first true debut single, securing the weekly champion title!

Moreover, that person's last words also served as a reminder to Miyamoto Sei.