Te no Hira no Yūki (手のひらの勇気, Courage in the Palm of the Hand) is the 9th single from the
Japanese idol group
Idoling!!! and was released under the sub-unit name "Tokimeki Idoling!!!" (ときめきアイドリング!!!). It reached number 17 on the
Oricon weekly chart and sold 7,316 copies in the first week.[1]
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Te no Hira no Yūki was released only in a Normal Edition (CD only).
"Te no Hira no Yūki" was used as an opening theme song in the
Konami game
Tokimeki Memorial 4 for the
PlayStation Portable. This song was the only song performed under the sub-unit "Tokimeki Idoling!!!".[2]
"Rainy Girl", despite being included in this sub-unit single release, was performed by all Idoling!!! members.
Sub-unit "Tokimeki Idoling!!!" members are #3 Mai Endō, #6 Erica Tonooka, #9 Rurika Yokoyama, #11
Suzuka Morita, #17 Hitomi Miyake, #19 Yurika Tachibana, and #20
Ai Ōkawa.[2]
"Tokimeki Idoling!!!" features all of the members wearing school uniforms inspired by Tokimeki Memorial 4.[3] At the time this single was released, all members were active school girls except for #3 Mai Endō.