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"Bansanka" (ばんさんか) is the debut single by Japanese singer-songwriter tuki.. It was released on multiple music streaming services as a digital single on September 29, 2023.

Background
tuki. began posting cover songs and her own original songs on TikTok while in middle school. Bansanka was first uploaded onto TikTok on July 7, 2023 and a video of an acoustic version of the song was uploaded to YouTube on September 13, 2023.

The cover art was created by the illustrator wataboku.

On November 6, 2023, tuki. released a recording of her performing the song with singer-songwriter Yuuri on YouTube.

In an interview, tuki. revealed that the inspiration for the song came after her father mentioned "There are about 30,000 days in a lifetime". Reflecting on that, she thought "I've already lived 5,000 days and only have about 25,000 more".

Charts
1st in Spotify's Daily Viral Songs (Japan) on October 18, 2023.

10th in Billboard Japan's Streaming Song Chart "Streaming Songs" on November 15, 2023, 4th on December 13, 2023.

60th in LINE MUSIC's Monthly Teens Ranking in September 2023, 3rd in October 2023.

1st in Billboard Japan Hot 100 on January 1, 2024. tuki. also became the youngest solo artist to surpass a 100 million streams in that chart.

In April 2024, the total streams of the song exceeded 200 million.

Music video
The music video for the song was released on December 24, 2023. Illustrations were drawn by manga artist Posuka Demizu.

Credits and personnel

 * Yūichirō Saeki - Director
 * Yuika Koyama - Designer
 * iga kitty - Music video
 * Yugo Sasagawa - Music video manager
 * Sōta Ōzawa - Creative Director
 * Masaki Takahashi - Producer