Manatsu no Sounds good!

Promotional Image

CD+DVD Type-A (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Manatsu no Sounds good! is the 26th major single (28th overall) released by AKB48. The single contained the 4th Senbatsu Election voting tickets.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Manatsu no Sounds good! (真夏のSounds good!)

Release Date

2012.05.23

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-90151～2 (Limited Edition Type A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-151～2 (Regular Edition Type A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90153～4 (Limited Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-153～4 (Regular Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Manatsu no Sounds good! (真夏のSounds good!) / Senbatsu
2. Mitsu no Namida (３つの涙) / Special Girls
3. • (Type-A) Choudai, Darling! (ちょうだい、ダーリン!) / Selection 10
   • (Type-B) Gugutasu no Sora (ぐぐたすの空) / Google+ Senbatsu
4. Manatsu no Sounds good! (off-vocal)
5. Mitsu no Namida (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A) Choudai, Darling! (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) Gugutasu no Sora (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Manatsu no Sounds good! Music Video
2. Manatsu no Sounds good! Dance Version
3. Mitsu no Namida Music Video
4. • (Type-A) Choudai, Darling! Music Video
   • (Type-B) Gugutasu no Sora Music Video
5. • (Type-A) Bonus Movie: Senbatsu Sousenkyo Member Profiles (Type A)
   • (Type-B) Bonus Movie: Senbatsu Sousenkyo Member Profiles (Type B)

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Manatsu no Sounds good!
2. Mitsu no Namida
3. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa... (君のために僕は…) / Stage Fighter Senbatsu
4. Manatsu no Sounds good! (off-vocal)
5. Mitsu no Namida (off-vocal)
6. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa... (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Manatsu no Sounds good!"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (36 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center (in italic), Media Senbatsu in bold)

• Team A: Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Abe Maria, Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen, Kato Rena, Kawaei Rina, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Takahashi Juri, Takeuchi Miyu, Yamauchi Suzuran
• Team S: Kizaki Yuria, Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
• Team KII: Takayanagi Akane
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki
• Team M: Jo Eriko
• Team H: Kodama Haruka

"Mitsu no Namida"

Special Girls (スペシャルガールズ) (38 Members) (Red Group Centers: Ota Aika, Sato Sumire / Yellow Group Centers: Oba Mina, Nagao Mariya / White Group Centers: Iwasa Misaki, Kikuchi Ayaka)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ota Aika, Oya Shizuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Maeda Ami, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Nonaka Misato
• Team B: Kobayashi Kana, Komori Mika, Sato Amina, Sato Sumire, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Masuda Yuka, Miyazaki Miho
• Team 4: Oba Mina, Tano Yuka, Nakamura Mariko, Nagao Mariya
• Kenkyuusei: Izuta Rina, Omori Miyuu, Kojima Natsuki, Kobayashi Marina, Saeed Yokota Erena, Sasaki Yukari, Natori Wakana, Hirata Rina, Fujita Nana, Muto Tomu, Morikawa Ayaka

"Choudai, Darling!"

Selection 10 (セレクション10) (10 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

• Team A: Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Kato Rena, Shimazaki Haruka

"Gugutasu no Sora"

Google+ Senbatsu (16 Members) (Ishida Haruka Center)

• Team A: Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Nakagawa Haruka
• Team K: Tanabe Miku, Fujie Reina, Matsui Sakiko, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Kitahara Rie, Suzuki Shihori
• Team 4: Nakamata Shiori
• Team S: Matsui Rena
• SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Matsumura Kaori
• Team N: Yamaguchi Yuki, Yamamoto Sayaka

"Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa..."

Stage Fighter Senbatsu (8 Members) (Oshima Yuko Center)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki
• Team K: Oshima Yuko, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Nagao Mariya

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Releases
12.05.21	--	*1 1,170,554	*1 159,623	*1 101,704	*1 59,578	*1 56,708	*1 52,631	**1	1,616,795
12.05.28	*1 21,792	*3 22,053	*2 19,838	*1 15,211	*1 12,169	*1 14,669	*1 16,117	**2	128,604
12.06.04	*1 13,471	*5	*5	*5	*5	*4	*4	**4	*35,550
12.06.11	*5	16	12	*8	*7	*6	*4	**8	**9,837
12.06.18	*3 956	17	16	11	*9	*9	10	*13	**6,612
12.06.25	*9	27	27	19	18	12	15	*23	**4,381
12.07.02	*9	35	31	28	27	25	23	*29	**2,762
12.07.09	20	44	39	43	35	21	16	*38	**2,412
12.07.16	16	49	46	**	40	32	30	*40	**1,893
12.07.23	24	**	**	**	**	45	47	*55	**1,569
12.07.30	42	**	**	**	**	**	**	*72	**1,165
12.08.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*90	**1,033
12.08.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*60	**1,469	1830m album
12.08.20	46	**	**	**	**	**	**	*81	***,914
12.08.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*78	**1,090	Gingham Check single
12.09.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	103	***,723
12.09.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*97	***,570
12.09.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	115	***,531
12.09.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	115	***,502
12.10.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	111	***,457
12.10.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,389
12.10.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,285
12.10.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,262
12.10.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	191	***,251	UZA single
OUT	7 weeks									Eien Pressure single
12.12.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	181	***,329
12.12.31	48	**	**	**	**	**	**	*60	***,826
13.01.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,395
13.01.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	140	***,332
13.01.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,282

Total Reported Sales: 1,822,220
Total Sales in 2012: 1,820,056
Total Sales in 2013: 2,164
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 29

Trivia

• First AKB48 senbatsu of Abe Maria, Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen, Kato Rena, Kawaei Rina, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Takahashi Juri, Takeuchi Miyu, Kizaki Yuria, Takayanagi Akane, Kimoto Kanon, Jo Eriko and Kodama Haruka
• Maeda Atsuko and Kuramochi Asuka's last Senbatsu.
• First AKB48 single to have 36 senbatsu members. Previous singles had 16, 26, and 18.
• Largest number of members from the same team in senbatsu (Team 4).
• First appearance of an HKT48 member in Senbatsu.
• Sashihara Rino's last single as an AKB48 member.
• Sold 1,170,554 copies on first day sales, the group's highest first day sales, until the release of Sayonara Crawl.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
GIVE ME FIVE! (2012)	Manatsu no Sounds good! (2012)	Gingham Check (2012)