Eien Pressure

"Eien Pressure"

from the album Tsugi no Ashiato

"Totteoki Christmas"
"Tsuyogari Tokei" (Type-A)
"Ha!" (Type-B)
"Hatsukoi Butterfly" (Type-C)
"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" (Type-D)
"Watashitachi no Reason" (Theater Edition)

Released

December 5, 2012 (Japan)

Format

Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)

Producer(s)

Yasushi Akimoto

AKB48 singles chronology

"Uza"
(2012)

"Eien Pressure"
(2012)

"So Long!"
(2013)

Music videos
AKB48 "Eien Pressure"

NMB48 - "Ha!" (preview)

HKT48 - "Hatsukoi Buttefly"

"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー, Eien Puresshā, "Eternal Pressure") is the 29th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on December 5, 2012.^[1]

Background

The sixteen members that were featured in the title track were decided in the AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament held in September along with their position at Nippon Budokan.^[2] The overall winner of the tournament was Haruka Shimazaki, who sang the lead vocals for the song and took up the center position during its performances.

The single was released in five versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D, and Theater Edition.

The third tracks of the DVDs that come with Types A, B, and C are music videos for the songs that placed, respectively, first, second, and third in the recently held Music Video Request, in which fans could vote for a song to get a music video.

Its music video was directed by Eiki Takahashi (also director of Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō). It premiered on MTV Japan.^[3]

This is also the first single where Kojima Haruna does not participate in the single's A-side track.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except "Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni". "Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" is written by Hisaya Okada (Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!'s staff).

Type-A

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Tsuyogari Tokei" (強がり時計)	SKE48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Tsuyogari Tokei off vocal ver." (強がり時計 off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Tsuyogari Tokei Music Video" (強がり時計 Music Video)
4.	"Team B Oshi" (チームB推し Music Video Chīmu Bī Oshi)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Zenpen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（前編）)

Type-B

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Ha!" (HA!)	NMB48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Ha! off vocal ver." (HA! off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Ha! Music Video" (HA! Music Video)
4.	"First Rabbit Music Video" (ファースト・ラビット Music Video)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Chūhen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（中編）)

Type-C

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Hatsukoi Buttefly" (初恋バタフライ Hatsukoi Batefurai)	HKT48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Hatsukoi Buttefly off vocal ver." (初恋バタフライ off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Hatsukoi Butterfly Music Video" (初恋バタフライ Music Video)
4.	"Sakura no Hanabiratachi (Maeda Atsuko solo ver.) Music Video" (桜の花びら〜前田敦子solo ver.〜 Music Video)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Kōhen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（後編）)

Type-D

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" (永遠より続くように)	OKL48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni off vocal ver." (永遠より続くように off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni Music Video" (永遠より続くように Music Video)

Theater Version

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Watashitachi no Reason" (私たちのReason Watashitachi no Rīzon)
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Watashitachi no Reason off vocal ver." (私たちのReason off vocal ver.)

Members

"Eien Pressure"

Center: Haruka Shimazaki The rank of each member in the AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament is in parentheses.^[4]

Team A: Mariko Shinoda (5), Moeno Nitō (2)
Team K: Maria Abe (6), Tomomi Itano (13), Mayumi Uchida (4), Chisato Nakata (16), Ami Maeda (10), Natsumi Matsubara (14)
Team B: Ayaka Umeda (15), Yuki Kashiwagi (11), Haruka Shimazaki (1), Miyu Takeuchi (7), Mariko Nakamura (8)
AKB48 Team A / NMB48: Yui Yokoyama (3)
SKE48 Team E: Kasumi Ueno (9), Kanon Kimoto (12)

"Totteoki Christmas"

Team A：Rina Kawaei, Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe, Yui Yokoyama (NMB48)
Team K：Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Rie Kitahara (SKE48)
Team B：Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Minegishi
JKT48: Aki Takajo

"Tsuyogari Tokei"

The song is performed by SKE48.

AKB48 Team K / SKE48：Rie Kitahara
SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K：Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team S：Masana Ōya, Yuria Kizaki, Akari Suda, Yūka Nakanishi, Rena Matsui, Kumi Yagami
SKE48 Team KII / AKB48 Team B：Anna Ishida
SKE48 Team KII：Shiori Ogiso, Akane Takayanagi, Sawako Hata, Airi Furukawa, Manatsu Mukaida, Miki Yakata
SKE48 Team E：Kanon Kimoto

"Ha!"

The song is performed by NMB48.

NMB48 Team N：Yui Yokoyama (AKB48 Team A), Riho Kotani (AKB48 Team A), Miyuki Watanabe (AKB48 Team B), Mayu Ogasawara, Rina Kondō, Megumi Uenishi, Miru Shiroma, Aina Fukumoto, Nana Yamada, Sayaka Yamamoto, Akari Yoshida
NMB48 Team M：Rena Shimada, Airi Tanigawa, Fūko Yagura
NMB48 Team BII：Yūka Katō, Shū Yabushita

"Hatsukoi Buttefly"

The song is performed by HKT48.

HKT48 Team H：Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ōta, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara、Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Haruka Wakatabe
HKT48 Kenkyūsei：Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni"

The song is performed by OKL48 which is the member is selected from "AKB48" who lose at Janken tournament for single "Eien Pressure" .^[5]
(Center: Takashi Okamura as "Oka Lemon", which "OKL" is named after)

Team A: Anna Iriyama, Rina Kawaei, Rie Kitahara (SKE48), Tomomi Kasai, Mayu Watanabe
Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Asuka Kuramochi, Mariya Nagao
Team B: Miori Ichikawa, Shizuka Ōya, Rena Katō, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi
Ninety-nine: Takashi Okamura

"Watashitachi no Reason"

Team A: Rina Izuta, Karen Iwata, Ryōko Ōshima, Ayaka Kikuchi, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Juri Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Sayaka Nakaya, Nana Fujita, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Mutō, Jurina Matsui (SKE48 Team S)
Team B: Haruka Ishida, Misaki Iwasa, Mina Ōba, Haruka Katayama, Natsuki Kojima, Miku Tanabe, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe (NMB48 Team N)
Team Kaigai: Aki Takajo (JKT48), Haruka Nakagawa (JKT48), Mariya Suzuki (SNH48), Sae Miyazawa (SNH48)
Team Kenkyūsei: Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Miyū Ōmori, Ayaka Okada, Nana Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Yukari Sasaki, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Miki Nishino, Hikari Hashimoto, Rina Hirata, Mitsuki Maeda, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi

Charts

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
December 5, 2012	Daily Chart	1^[6]	840,043	1,197,373
	Weekly Chart	1^[7]	1,073,499
	Monthly Chart	1	1,165,527
	Yearly Chart	5^[8]	1,073,499

Year-end charts

"Eien Pressure" was grouped with the 2013 year for Billboard Japan.

Chart (2013)	Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[9]	5
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales^[10]	6

References

↑ "AKB48ぱるるセンター「永遠プレッシャー」に48グループ曲" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
↑ 島崎初センター曲ＡＫＢ姉妹で盛り上げる (in Japanese). Daily Sports Online. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
↑ Paruru under Pressure!
↑ "[AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament bracket]" (PNG). AKB48 Official Website. Retrieved 2013-11-07. - shows rankings for positions 1-8
↑ "ナイナイ岡村＆AKBで"OKL48"結成！　大島、まゆゆらが全身白タイツで新曲披露" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
↑ ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年12月6日の発言 on Twitter. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
↑ "【オリコン】AKB、女性初の10作連続ミリオン　B’z以来16年半ぶり史上2組目快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
↑ "年間ランキング特集『ミリオン8作！AKB48とMr.Childrenが2012年音楽シーンを牽引』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

External links

King Records profiles
- Type-A
- Type-B
- Type-C
- Type-D
- Theater Edition

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Karen Iwata Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Minami Takahashi (former general director) Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Rena Nishiyama Rina Hirata Ami Maeda Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Haruka Ishida Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Aki Takajō Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Mariya Nagao Nana Fujita Jurina Matsui Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Sayaka Yamamoto Ami Yumoto

Team B	Misaki Iwasa Natsuki Uchiyama Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Kana Kobayashi Moe Gotō Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe Miyuki Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Wakana Natori Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Natsuki Fujimura Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Ai Yamamoto Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Moeka Iwasaki Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Ōshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

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"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"

Other singles

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

Related groups

SKE48

Members

Team S	Rion Azuma Asana Inuzuka Masana Oya Ryoha Kitagawa (concurrent as AKB48 Team 4) Risako Goto Mai Takeuchi Rika Tsuzuki Yume Noguchi Haruka Futamura Jurina Matsui (concurrent as AKB48 Team K) Chikako Matsumoto Sae Miyazawa (leader/concurrent as SNH48 Team SII) Ami Miyamae Miki Yakata (vice leader) Suzuran Yamauchi Juna Yamada

Team KII	Shiori Aoki Yuki Arai Anna Ishida Mikoto Uchiyama (vice leader) Yuna Ego Mina Oba (leader) Ruka Kitano Saki Godo Sarina Soda Yumana Takagi Natsuki Takatsuka Akane Takayanagi Saki Takeuchi Yuzuki Hidaka Nao Furuhata Kaori Matsumura Yukari Yamashita

Team E	Kyoka Isohara Reona Ida Narumi Ichino Madoka Umemoto (vice leader) Rumi Kato Natsuki Kamata Kanon Kimoto Haruka Kumazaki Kumiko Koishi Makiko Saito Mei Sakai Sumire Sato Aya Shibata Akari Suda (leader) Sana Takatera Marika Tani Nao Fukushi

Trainee Members	Honoka Aikawa Yuka Asai Ayaka Ota Yuna Obata Narumi Kataoka Narumi Kawasaki Rara Goto Oka Suenaga Aika Sugiyama Yuki Takahata Nozomi Tsuji Kano Nojima Otoha Machi Junna Murai Aina Wada Rena Isshiki Ayuka Kamimura Kotono Shirai Airi Mizuno Maya Sugawara

Former Members	Eiko Maeda Rie Kitahara Sawako Hata Airi Furukawa Rena Matsui

Albums

Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai

Singles

Participation singles

"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Dareka no Tame ni: What Can I Do For Someone?"
"Eien Pressure"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Green Flash"
"Kimi wa Melody"

Related groups

NMB48

Members

Team N	Kei Jonishi (Co-Captain) Yuuka Kato Rika Kishino Narumi Koga Kanako Muro Aika Nishimura Yuuri Ota Ririka Suto Yuuki Yamaguchi Sayaka Yamamoto (Captain) Akari Yoshida Natsuko Akashi Yuumi Ishida Eriko Jo Rurina Nishizawa Rina Yamao

Team M	Yuki Azuma Reina Fujie (Captain) Akari Ishizuka Rena Kawakami Momoka Kinoshita Rina Kondo Rina Kushiro Mao Mita Sae Murase Ayaka Okita (Co-Captain) Miru Shiroma Yui Takano Sara Takei Airi Tanigawa Fuuko Yagura Azusa Uemura Mizuki Uno Reina Nakano Megumi Matsumura Ayaka Morita

Team BII	Momoka Hayashi Miori Ichikawa Anna Ijiri Kanae Iso Kanako Kadowaki Emika Kamieda (Captain) Chihiro Kawakami Haruna Kinoshita Hazuki Kurokawa Konomi Kusaka Kokoro Naiki Nagisa Shibuya Mirei Ueda Ayaka Umeda (Co-Captain) Miyuki Watanabe Shu Yabushita Mai Odan Honoka Terui Chiho Matsuoka

Former Members	Yuki Kashiwagi Saki Kono Anna Murashige Natsumi Yamagishi Tsubasa Yamauchi Arisa Miura Ayaka Murakami Nana Yamada Akane Takayanagi Yui Yokoyama Riho Kotani

Trainee Members	Akane Takiyama

Singles

Participation singles

Albums

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