River (AKB48 song)

"River" is the 14th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on October 21, 2009.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was the first AKB48's single to top the Oricon weekly singles chart,^[4]^[5] having sold 179,000 copies in its first week.^[6] Thus it became the group's best selling single, beating "Namida Surprise!", which by then had sold 144,000 copies in 18 weeks.^[6]

Music video

The music video was filmed at Iruma Air Base.

Release

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-43/4) and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1087). The bonuses for the first-press limited edition include a handshake event ticket for locations: Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Tokyo; and a voting card for AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 2010. On the theater edition, the bonuses include a Handshake event ticket (Tokyo Big Sight, SKE48 Theater), a special performance ticket lottery (live stage performances, karaoke competition, AKB meeting), and a random member photo.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto.

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"River"	Yoshimasa Inoue	Yoshimasa Inoue
2.	"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara / Under Girls" (君のことが好きだから / アンダーガールズ "Because I love you")	Tetsurō Oda	Yūichi "Masa" Nonaka
3.	"Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls Ver.) / Theater Girls" (ひこうき雲（シアターガールズver.） / シアターガールズ)	Hideki Naruse	Nonaka
4.	"River (off vocal ver.)"	Inoue
5.	"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (off vocal ver.)"	Oda
Total length:				21:43

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"River (music video)"
2.	"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (music video)"
3.	"Hikōkigumo (Theater Girls ver.) (music video)"
4.	"Shifuku no Toki Special ~Date no Toki ni Iwaretai Hitokoto~" (私服のときスペシャル～デートの時に言われたい一言～ "Informal clothes special ~A word I want to say on a date~")

Members

(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)

"River"

(Front members are in bold, Center: Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda)

Team A: Tomomi Itano, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui

"Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara"

Performed by Under Girls: (Front members are in bold, Center: Aki Takajō)

Team A: Amina Satō, Aki Takajō, Reina Fujie
Team K: Manami Oku, Asuka Kuramochi
Team B: Aika Ōta, Haruka Katayama, Rino Sashihara, Haruka Nakagawa, Moeno Nitō
Team Kenkyūsei：Haruka Ishida, Ayaka Kikuchi, Mika Komori, Sumire Satō, Ami Maeda
SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui

"Hikōkigumo"

Theater Girls:

Team A: Chisato Nakata
Team K: Ayaka Umeda, Kana Kobayashi, Natsuki Satō, Rina Chikano, Yuka Masuda, Natsumi Matsubara
Team B: Miku Tanabe, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Sayaka Nakaya, Natsumi Hirajima, Rumi Yonezawa
Team Kenkyūsei: Misaki Iwasa, Mayumi Uchida, Shizuka Ōya, Mariya Suzuki, Misato Nonaka, Sakiko Matsui

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^{[ 1]}	2
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart)	17

JKT48 version

"River"

Regular Edition

Single by JKT48

B-side

"Sakura no Shiori"
"Mirai no Kajitsu"
"Kimi ni Au Tabi Koi wo Suru" (Regular Edition)

Released

May 11, 2013 (Theater Edition)
May 17, 2013 (Regular Edition)

Format

Pop

JKT48 singles chronology

	"River" (2013)	"Yuuhi wo miteiru ka? -Apakah Kau Melihat Mentari Senja?-" (2013)
Theater Edition

"River" is the first single of the Indonesian idol group JKT48 released on May 11, 2013 under the label Hits Records. It is performed by selected members from JKT48's Team J and JKT48 trainees. The single is JKT48's cover of AKB48's song.

Track listing

The single has two versions: Regular Edition (CD+DVD) and Theater Edition (CD only).^[7]

Regular edition

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"River"
2.	"Mirai no Kajitsu" (Buah Masa Depan)
3.	"Sakura no Shiori" (Pembatas Buku Sakura)
4.	"Kimi ni Au Tabi Koi wo Suru" (Jatuh Cinta Setiap Bertemu Denganmu)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"River Music Video"
2.	"River Behind the Scenes"
3.	"Mirai no Kajitsu Behind the Scenes"

Bonus

Special Photo
JKT48 Card Battle Game Digital Card

Theater edition

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"River"
2.	"Mirai no Kajitsu" (Buah Masa Depan)
3.	"Sakura no Shiori" (Pembatas Buku Sakura)

Bonus

Kartu remi (trump playing card with a JKT48 member on it)
Handshake ticket

Personnel

"River"

Center: Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Devi Kinal Putri

Team J: Aki Takajo, Ayana Shahab, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Delima Rizky, Devi Kinal Putri, Gabriela Margareth Warouw, Haruka Nakagawa, Jessica Vania, Jessica Veranda, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, Rena Nozawa, Rezky Wiranti Dhike, Rica Leyona, Shania Junianatha, Stella Cornelia

"Mirai no Kajitsu -Buah Masa Depan-"

Trainee: Alicia Chanzia, Annisa Athia, Cindy Yuvia, Della Della, Jennifer Hanna, Lidya Maulida Djuhandar, Natalia, Noella Sisterina, Octi Sevpin, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Riskha Fairunissa, Rona Anggreani, Shinta Naomi, Sinka Juliani, Thalia, Viviyona Apriani

"Sakura no Shiori -Pembatas Buku Sakura-"

Team J: Aki Takajo, Ayana Shahab, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Cindy Gulla, Delima Rizky, Devi Kinal Putri, Diasta Priswarini, Frieska Anastasia Laksani, Gabriela Margareth Warouw, Ghaida Farisya, Haruka Nakagawa, Jessica Vania, Jessica Veranda, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, Rena Nozawa, Rezky Wiranti Dhike, Rica Leyona, Sendy Ariani, Shania Junianatha, Sonia Natalia, Sonya Pandawarman, Stella Cornelia
Trainee: Alicia Chanzia, Annisa Athia, Cindy Yuvia, Della Delila, Dellia Erdita, Dena Siti Rohayati, Dwi Putri Bonita, Fakhiryani Shafariyanti, Intar Putri Kariina, Jennifer Hanna, Jennifer Rachel Natasya, Lidya Maulida Djuhandar, Nadhifa Karimah, Nadila Cindy Wantari, Natalia, Noella Sisterina, Novinta Dhini, Octi Sevpin, Priscilla Sari Dewi, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Riskha Fairunissa, Rona Anggreani, Saktia Oktapyani, Shinta Naomi, Sinka Juliani, Thalia, Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth, Viviyona Apriani

"Kimi ni Autabi Koi wo Suru -Jatuh Cinta Setiap Bertemu Denganmu-"

Team J: Aki Takajo, Ayana Shahab, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Cindy Gulla, Devi Kinal Putri, Gabriela Margareth Warouw, Ghaida Farisya, Haruka Nakagawa, Jessica Vania, Jessica Veranda, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, Rena Nozawa, Rezky Wiranti Dhike, Sendy Ariani, Shania Junianatha

SNH48 version

AKB48 sister group SNH48 sang a Mandarin version on their first single, "Heavy Rotation".

References

↑ "AKB48　14th Maxi Single　発売決定！". AKB48 (in Japanese). 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE ＲＩＶＥＲ（通常盤）音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "AKB48「AKB48も楽曲も進化する！！新たなスタートへ」-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2011-16-19.
↑ "ＲＩＶＥＲＡＫＢ４８のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "No stopping the AKB48 juggernaut". The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network (in Japanese). Singapore Press Holdings Ltd . Co. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "AKB48初のシングル首位、17.9万枚で09年女性アーティスト初動売上トップに" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
↑ "JKT48 Discography". AKS.

External links

Preceded by "My Lonely Town" by B'z	Japanese Oricon Chart number one single November 2, 2009	Succeeded by "Swan Song" by KinKi Kids

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Karen Iwata Rina Izuta Rina Kawaei Ayaka Kikuchi Marina Kobayashi Haruka Kodama Sakiko Matsui Ayaka Morikawa Ryōka Ōshima Yukari Sasaki Sumire Satō Mariya Suzuki Juri Takahashi Minami Takahashi (general director) Yuka Tano Mayu Watanabe Fūko Yagura Yui Yokoyama (captain)

Team K	Maria Abe Rina Chikano Nana Fujita Nao Furuhata Rina Hirata Rie Kitahara Kana Kobayashi Asuka Kuramochi Chisato Nakata Mariya Nagao Rena Nozawa Ami Maeda Jurina Matsui Miho Miyazaki Tomu Mutō Yuko Oshima (captain) Amina Satō Haruka Shimada Shiori Suzuki Mayumi Uchida

Team B	Reina Fujie Miori Ichikawa Haruka Ishida Misaki Iwasa Yuki Kashiwagi Haruka Katayama Rena Katō Haruna Kojima Natsuki Kojima Mariko Nakamura Wakana Natori Misato Nonaka Mina Ōba Miyū Ōmori Shizuka Ōya Haruka Shimazaki Aki Takajō Miyu Takeuchi Miku Tanabe Ayaka Umeda (captain) Miyuki Watanabe Suzuran Yamauchi

Team 4	Moe Aigasa Hikari Hashimoto Saho Iwatate Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Mitsuki Maeda Minami Minegishi (captain) Shinobu Mogi Yuiri Murayama Miki Nishino Ayaka Okada Nana Okada Ayana Shinozaki Yurina Takashima Natsuki Uchiyama Ayano Umeta

Overseas transfer	Sae Miyazawa (SNH48) Haruka Nakagawa (JKT48)

Trainee members	List of kenkyūsei in the article AKB48

Former members	Sayaka Akimoto Tomomi Itano Tomomi Kasai Atsuko Maeda Rina Nakanishi Erena Ono Mai Ōshima Rino Sashihara Natsuki Satō Mariko Shinoda

Units

Solo acts

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

JKT48

Members

Team J	Aki Takajo (from AKB48 Team B) Ayana Shahab Beby Chaesara Anadila Cindy Gulla Delima Rizky Devi Kinal Putri Frieska Anastasia Laksani Gabriela Margareth Warouw Ghaida Farisya Haruka Nakagawa Jessica Vania Jessica Veranda Tanumihardja Melody Nurramdhani Laksani Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia Rena Nozawa (double team - AKB48 Tim K) Rezky Wiranti Dhike Rica Leyona Sendy Ariani Shania Junianatha Sonia Natalia

Team KIII	Alicia Chanzia Cindy Yuvia Della Delila Dwi Putri Bonita Jennifer Hanna Lidya Maulida Djuhandar Nadila Cindi Wantari Natalia Noella Sisterina Ratu Vienny Fitrilya Riskha Fairunissa Rona Ariesta Anggreani Shinta Naomi Sinka Juliani Thalia Viviyona Apriani

Trainee	Dena Siti Rohyati Fakhiryani Shafariyanti Jennifer Rachel Natasya Novinta Dhini Soetopo Priscillia Sari Dewi Saktia Oktapyani Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth F

Former member

1st Generation	Allisa Astri Fahira Intania Pratama Ilham Siti Gayatri Neneng Rosediana Cleopatra Djapri Alissa Galliamova Diasta Priswarini Sonya Pandarmawan Stella Cornelia

2nd Generation	Althea Callista Nurhalima Oktavianti Olivia Robberecht Annisa Athia Intar Putri Kariina Nadhifa Karimah Dellia Erdita Octi Sevpin

Album

Heavy Rotation

Single

"River"
"Apakah Kau Melihat Mentari Senja?"
"Fortune Cookie yang Mencinta"
"Musim Panas Sounds Good!"

DVD

Pajama Drive Senshuraku
JKT48 in Concert “Perkenalkan, Nama Kami JKT48
Renai Kinshi Jourei - Aturan Anti Cinta -
Boku no Taiyou - Matahari Milikku -

Concert

Perkenalkan, Nama Kami JKT48
JKT48 Sparkling Concert Tour

Contributions for
single AKB48

"Give Me Five!"
"Eien Pressure"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koisuru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake Nanchara"

Theater shows

Team J	1 "Aturan Anti Cinta" 2 "Demi Seseorang"

Team KIII	1 "Matahari Milikku"

Kenkyuusei	1 "Pajama Drive" 2 "Matahari Milikku"

Special show

TV Shows	JKT48 School JKT48 Missions JKT48 Story

Film movies	Viva JKT48

Sister groups	AKB48 SKE48 SDN48 NMB48 HKT48 TPE48 SNH48

Management	Yasushi Akimoto Media Nusantara Citra Trans Media Visi Media Asia FremantleMedia

Television series	Bima Satria Garuda

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