Strawberry Flower

Strawberry Flower logo as seen on the cover art to Ai no Uta.

Strawberry Flower is a Japanese virtual band. In its early years, it was a trio of three Pikmin: the Red, Yellow, and Blue Pikmin. The group debuted on December 6^th, 2001 with the single Ai no Uta. The Purple and White Pikmin joined the group for their third single, Tane no Uta. The group was a quintet until the Rock Pikmin and Winged Pikmin joined in their fourth single, Song of Hey! Pikmin.

Members

Yellow Pikmin – female vocalist
Blue Pikmin – male guitarist
Red Pikmin – male bassist
Purple Pikmin – female guitarist
White Pikmin – female bassist
Rock Pikmin – male guitarist
Winged Pikmin – female bassist

Singles

Ai no Uta (includes Namida Ga Afureta)
Pikmin Dance
Tane no Uta (includes Shabondama)
Song of Hey! Pikmin

Sheet music

In light of the popularity of the Strawberry Flower album, two different sheet music books were released containing music for Ai no Uta. They were released in Japan by the publishing companies KMP on January 15^th, 2002 and Doremi in January 30^th, 2002. The retail price for each was ¥500.

KMP

The cover of the Ai no Uta book published by KMP.

This book was published by KMP on January 15^th, 2002 and contains three different arrangements of the song: a solo piano arrangement, a guitar arrangement, and a 2-part chorus arrangement with piano accompaniment. All of the arrangements are in the song's original key (D major). Also included at the end of the book is a lyric sheet with the chords. All of the arrangements within are arranged by K. K. SMALLWOOD. The book consists of 11 pages, and its ISBN number is "ISBN 4-7732-1915-7".

The text on the cover translates to:

CM song for the Nintendo GameCube software "Pikmin"
Song of Love
Strawberry Flower
Piano Solo
Guitar Arrangement
2-part Chorus with Piano Accompaniment
Pikmin
PIKMIN

Doremi

The cover of the Ai no Uta book published by Doremi.

This book was published by Doremi on January 30^th, 2002 and contains three different arrangements of the song: a solo piano arrangement (three staves, voice with piano accompaniment in the original key of D), another solo piano arrangement (simplified to the key C, this time with only two staves), and a solo guitar arrangement. Also included at the end of the book is a lyric sheet with the chords, similar to the other book. The piano arrangements are written by Shiori Aoyama and the guitar arrangement is written by Michio Tashima. The book consists of 11 pages, and its ISBN number is "ISBN 4-8108-1594-3".