Uza (song)

"Uza" (stylized in Japanese as "UZA", meaning "Annoying" and pronounced "oo-zah") is the 28th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on October 31, 2012.^[1]

Background

The single was first announced on Yasushi Akimoto's Google+ and the title song premiered live on September 18, 2012, at the AKB48's rock-paper-scissors tournament at Nippon Budokan.^[2]

The original centers of this song were Mayu Watanabe and Jurina Matsui. However, due to heavy choreography involved in this song, Yuko Oshima later replaced Watanabe's center position.

It was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-K, Type-B, and Theater Edition.

The music video for the title song was directed by Joseph Kahn, the director of the music video for "Gingham Check".

Track listing

Type-A

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora" (孤独な星空, "Lonely Starry Sky")	New Team A
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Kodoku no Hoshizora off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-K

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Scrap & Build" (スクラップ&ビルド)	New Team K
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Scrap & Build off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Scrap & Build Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-B

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー, "Hero who is not on the Side of Justice")	New Team B
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Theater Edition

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Otona e no Michi" (大人への道, "Road to Adulthood")	Kenkyūsei
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Otona e no Michi off vocal ver." (大人への道 off vocal ver.)

Members

"Uza"

Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui.^[3]

Team A: Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe
Team 4: Haruka Shimazaki
SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki

"Tsugi no Season"

The song is performed by Under Girls.^[4] Center: Rina Kawaei

Team 4: Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi, Miyu Takeuchi, Yūka Tano, Mariya Nagao
Promoted Kenkyūsei: Ryōka Ōshima, Tomu Mutō
SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada
HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama

"Kodoku na Hoshizora"

New Team A: Karen Iwata, Rina Izuta, Anna Iriyama, Ryōka Ōshima, Tomomi Kasai, Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Riho Kotani, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Juri Takahashi, Minami Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe

"Scrap & Build"

New Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Mayumi Uchida, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Mariya Nagao, Nana Fujita, Ami Maeda, Yuka Masuda, Jurina Matsui, Natsumi Matsubara, Kaoru Mitsumune, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Mutō

"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero"

New Team B: Anna Ishida, Haruka Ishida, Miori Ichikawa, Misaki Iwasa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Ōba, Shizuka Ōya, Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Katayama, Rena Katō, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Haruka Shimazaki, Miyu Takeuchi, Miku Tanabe, Mariko Nakamura, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe

"Otona e no Michi"

The song is performed by kenkyūsei (trainees).

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 31, 2012	Daily Chart	1^[5]	884,602	1,257,867
	Weekly Chart	1^[6]	1,128,696
	Monthly Chart	1	1,128,696
	Yearly Chart	4	1,215,079

References

↑ "大島優子＆松井珠理奈のWセンター!AKB新曲「UZA」お披露目" (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ "優子&珠理奈Wセンター! AKB新曲「UZA」初お披露目" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ "＜速報＞AKB48、28thシングルセンター決定" (in Japanese). modelpress. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ (in Japanese) http://www.girlsnews.tv/akb/64532. Retrieved 2012-10-16. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月31日の発言 on Twitter. October 31, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
↑ "【オリコン】AKB48、女性初の10作目ミリオン　CD総売上2000万枚突破" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

External links

King Records profiles

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

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