Sakura no Shiori

"Sakura no Shiori"

Type A cover, featuring Atsuko Maeda.
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side "Choose Me!"
"Enkyori Poster"
"Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"
Released February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
Format CD Single, digital download
Genre J-pop, choir
Length 3:58
Label You! Be Cool/King Records
Writer(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi
Producer Kenichi Mitsuda
AKB48 singles chronology
"River"
(2009)		 "Sakura no Shiori"
(2010)		 "Ponytail to Chouchou"
(2010)



Music videos
"Sakura no Shiori" on YouTube
"Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll"
"Enkyori Poster" / Team PB
"Choose me!" / Team YJ
Type B cover, featuring Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda and Jurina Matsui (SKE48).
Theater cover, featuring Haruna Kojima, Sae Miyazawa and Tomomi Itano

"Sakura no Shiori" (桜の栞 Cherry Blossom Bookmark?) is Japanese idol group AKB48's 15th single, released on February 17, 2010.[1] The song was used as the theme song to the drama Majisuka Gakuen, starring Atsuko Maeda and many AKB48, SKE48 and SDN48 members.

In its first week, the song sold 318,000 copies - the biggest opening sales for a female group single since Morning Musume's "Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)" in July 2001, and AKB48's highest first week sales to date.[2] The song has been certified platinum for physical sales by the RIAJ.[3]

Contents

Composition

The song is sung with AKB48 members singing together in a school choir.[2] The song is a graduation song, with a theme of cherry blossoms.[2]

Promotion

"Sakura no Shiori," other than being used as the theme song for the drama Majisuka Gakuen, was used in commercials for Aoki and Recochoku.[4] The B-side "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll" was used as the opening theme song for the same drama.[4]

Track listing

Type A tracklist
No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞 Cherry Blossom Bookmark?)"   Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi Kenichi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (マジスカロックンロール Majisuka Rokkun Rōru?)"   Akimoto, Candy&Megane Yuichi "Masa" Nonaka 3:37
3. "Enkyori Poster (遠距離ポスター Long Distance Poster?)" (Team Play-Boy) Akimoto, Kōta Ogawa Nonaka 3:18
4. "Sakura no Shiori (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Akimoto, Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
5. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Akimoto, Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
Total length:
 18:42
Type B tracklist
No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori"   Akimoto, Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"   Akimoto, Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
3. "Choose Me!" (Team Young Jump) Akimoto, Yusuke Yamamoto Yūichi Ichikawa 4:04
4. "Sakura no Shiori (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Akimoto, Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
5. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Akimoto, Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
Total length:
 19:27
Theatre version tracklist
No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori"   Akimoto, Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"   Akimoto, Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
3. "Enkyori Poster" (Team Play-Boy) Akimoto, Ogawa Nonaka 3:18
4. "Choose Me!" (Team Young Jump) Akimoto, Yamamoto Ichikawa 4:04
Total length:
 14:57

Contributing members

Sakura no Shiori

All members and 2 SKE48

Majisuka Rock 'n Roll

The song centred around Atsuko Maeda.

Enkyori Poster

The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name "Team Play-Boy." The song centred around Yuki Kashiwagi.

Choose Me!

The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name "Team Young Jump." The song centred around Rie Kitahara.

Chart rankings

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay[5] 13
Billboard Japan Hot 100[6] 1
Billboard yearly Japan Hot 100[7] 43
Oricon weekly singles[8] 1
Oricon yearly singles[9] 12
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100[10] 15
RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100[11] 96

Reported sales

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[8] 398,000

Chart precession and succession

Preceded by
"Love Yourself (Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki)" by KAT-TUN		 Oricon weekly number-one single
March 1, 2010		 Succeeded by
"Hitomi no Screen" by Hey! Say! JUMP
Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single
March 1, 2010

References

  1. ^ "2010.2.17(水)発売 「桜の栞＜Type-A＞」" (in Japanese). King Records. http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/akb48/. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
  2. ^ a b c "AKB48が2作連続首位、女性アーティスト初動売上30万枚突破は宇多田以来7年ぶり" (in Japanese). Oricon. Oricon Style. February 23, 2010. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/73632/full/. Retrieved March 12, 2010. 
  3. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2010年2月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. 2010-03-10. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201002.html. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
  4. ^ a b "桜の栞（Ｔｙｐｅ－Ａ）：ＡＫＢ４８：CD" (in Japanese). JBook. http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3889934/s. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
  5. ^ "Japan Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard Japan. March 1, 2010. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/adult_airplay/11-50/page:11. Retrieved May 9, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard Japan. March 1, 2010. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/page:11. Retrieved May 9, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. December 10, 2010. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5ut5xkGNG. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
  8. ^ a b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved February 9, 2011.  (subscription only)
  9. ^ "2010年オリコン年間ランキング　シングル" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index02.html. Retrieved 2010-12-20. 
  10. ^ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue February 16, 2010" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 23, 2010. http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010f&weeklyCd=20100216&rankKbn=50. Retrieved May 9, 2010. 
  11. ^ "レコード協会調べ 2009年12月16日～2010年12月14日「着うたフル(R)」 2010年有料音楽配信「年間チャート」（通称：レコ協チャート） [Record Association Analysis: December 16, 2009—December 14, 2010 Full-length Cellphone Download 2010 paid digital sales "Yearly Chart" (Abbreviated: RIAJ Chart)]". RIAJ. December 20, 2010. http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2010/pdf/pr101220.pdf. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
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