Toshishita no Otokonoko

"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
Single by Super Girls
Language	Japanese
English title	Younger Boy
B-side	"Survival"
Released	December 4, 2013
Genre	J-pop
Label	Idol Street
Songwriter(s)	Yūsuke Hoguchi
Lyricist(s)	Kazuya Senke
Super Girls singles chronology

"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
Single by Star Flower
Language	Japanese
English title	A Younger Boy
B-side	"Fight!!!"
Released	August 1, 2012
Genre	J-pop
Length	3:33
Label	Victor
Songwriter(s)	Yūsuke Hoguchi
Lyricist(s)	Kazuya Senke
Star Flower singles chronology

"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
"Toshishita no Otokonoko"
Single by Candies
from the album Toshishita no Otokonoko
Language	Japanese
English title	A Younger Boy
B-side	"Watashi Dake no Kanashimi"
Released	February 21, 1975
Recorded	1974
Genre	kayōkyoku; teen pop;
Length	3:34
Label	CBS Sony
Songwriter(s)	Yūsuke Hoguchi
Lyricist(s)	Kazuya Senke
Producer(s)	Sumio Matsuzaki; Masatoshi Sakai;
Candies singles chronology

"Toshishita no Otokonoko" (年下の男の子, "A Younger Boy") is the fifth single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Kazuya Senke and Yūsuke Hoguchi, the single was released on September 1, 1973. It was the first single to feature Ran Itō as the main vocalist.^[1]

The song peaked at No. 9 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 260,000 copies, making it the trio's first top-10 hit.^[2] The group made their Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut with this song, at the 26th event.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kazuya Senke; all music is written and arranged by Yūsuke Hoguchi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" ((年下の男の子, "A Younger Boy"))	3:34
2.	"Watashi Dake no Kanashimi" ((私だけの悲しみ, "Only My Sorrow"))	3:42

Chart positions

Charts (1975)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	9

Star Flower version

The duo Star Flower (すたーふらわー, Sutā Furawā), made up of child actresses Kanon Tani and Seiran Kobayashi, covered the song in August 2012.^[4] It peaked at No. 62 on Oricon's singled chart.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" ((年下の男の子, "A Younger Boy"))	Kazuya Senke	Yūsuke Hoguchi		3:33
2.	"Fight!!!" (Faito'!!! (ファイトっ!!!))	MEG.ME	MEG.ME	MEG.ME	3:44
3.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" (Karaoke)				3:33
4.	"Fight!!!" (Karaoke)				3:40

Chart positions

Charts (2012)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	62

Super Girls version

Japanese idol group Super Girls (credited as "Candy Macchiato from Super Girls" (キャンディーマキアート from SUPER☆GiRLS)) released their version of "Toshishita no Otokonoko" on December 4, 2013. The single peaked at No. 11 on Oricon's singles chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" ((年下の男の子, "A Younger Boy"))	Kazuya Senke	Yūsuke Hoguchi
2.	"Survival"	Kyasu Morizuki	Katsumi Ohnishi	The Rog

Type B bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" (Instrumental)
4.	"Survival" (Instrumental)

Type C bonus track
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Team Candy Macchiato Between Ourselves!!!" (Chīmu Kyandī Makiāto Koko dake no Hanashi!!! (Teamキャンディーマキアートここだけの話!!!))

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" (Music Video)
2.	"Toshishita no Otokonoko" (Music Video Making)

Chart positions

Charts (2013)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	11

Other cover versions

The Nolans covered the song in English as "Toy Boy" on their 1991 cover album Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo).
Speena covered the song as a B-side of her 2005 single "Material Girl".^[6]
Janet Kay covered the song in English on her 2012 cover album Idol Kay.
C@n-dols covered the song in 2013.
J-pop group Goose House covered this song in 2014 on their YouTube channel.^[7]
Mone Kamishiraishi covered the song on her 2021 cover album Ano Uta.

References

^ "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
^ "紅白歌合戦出場歌手・曲目一覧-1". Asahi-net.or.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "Star Flower appears for a public recording of their debut song". Tokyohive. Japan: 6Theory Media, LLC. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
^ 年下の男の子 [Toshishita no Otokonoko]. Oricon. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
^ マテリアルガール / 年下の男の子 (in Japanese). HMV.co.jp. 2005. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
^ 年下の男の子／キャンディーズ（Cover） (in Japanese). 2014-07-06. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

External links

Candies

"Toshishita no Otokonoko" at MusicBrainz

Star Flower

"Toshishita no Otokonoko" at MusicBrainz

Super Girls

"Toshishita no Otokonoko" at MusicBrainz

[1] "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

[PLEP-2] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

[3] "紅白歌合戦出場歌手・曲目一覧-1". Asahi-net.or.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

[tokyohive20120711-4] "Star Flower appears for a public recording of their debut song". Tokyohive. Japan: 6Theory Media, LLC. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

[oricon-starflower-5] 年下の男の子 [Toshishita no Otokonoko]. Oricon. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

[6] マテリアルガール / 年下の男の子 (in Japanese). HMV.co.jp. 2005. Retrieved 2010-03-04.

[7] 年下の男の子／キャンディーズ（Cover） (in Japanese). 2014-07-06. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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