is the 12th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on June 24, 2009. The single peaked at number 2 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.
It is a Birthday song
Track listing
The single was released in two versions: (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-33/4) and (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1081). The first press of the Regular Edition came with a voting card for the AKB48 election, selecting the members who would participate in the next single, and a handshake event ticket.
Regular Edition
CD
DVD
Bonus (First press only)
- AKB48 election voting card with a serial number
- Handshake event ticket (Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo)
Theater Edition
CD
See Regular Edition CD
Members
(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)
Center: Atsuko Maeda
- Team A: Tomomi Itano, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Reina Fujie, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki
- Team K: YÃ
«ko Ã
Âshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa
- Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rino Sashihara, Moeno NitÃ
Â, Mayu Watanabe
- KenkyÃ
«sei: Mika Komori
- SKE48: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
It was the first selection for Moeno NitÃ
Â. Mika Komori became the first trainee to be selected for an A-side.
Charts
Sales and certifications
- Total Sales in 2009: 145,503
- Total Sales in 2010: 17,133
- Total Sales in 2011: 6,190*
- Total Reported Sales: 168,826*
Achievements
- The fifth best-selling single of July 2009.
- The 39th best-selling single of 2009.
- First AKB48 single to rank second in both the Weekly and Daily Categories of the Oricon Charts.
- First AKB48 Single to sell over 100,000 copies in its first week.
- Following the trend set by 10nen Zakura, this single outsold all the previous AKB48 singles only in its first week.
- The 8th Music Video to reach 20,000,000 views on YouTube.
Other versions
- The Thai idol group BNK48, a sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Prakai Namta Lae Roiyim" (; ; "Sparkle of Tears and Smiles"). It was included on the group's third single, "Shonichi â Wan Raek", released on 7 May 2018.
- The Vietnamese sister idol group SGO48 performed the song in Vietnamese at the AKB48 Group Asia Festival in Shanghai on August 24, 2019.
References