Namida Surprise!

Promotional Image

CD Only (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Namida Surprise! is AKB48's 12th major single, 14th overall.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ!)

Release Date

2009.06.24

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-33~34 (Regular Edition, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1081 (Theater Edition, CD) / ￥1,676

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ！) / Senbatsu
2. Shonichi (初日) / Team B
3. FIRST LOVE / Ono Erena
4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Namida Surprise! Music Video
2. Namida Surprise! Making of
3. Bonus Video: "Happy Birthday"

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Namida Surprise!
2. Shonichi
3. FIRST LOVE
4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Namida Surprise!"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (20 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center (in italic), Front Members in bold)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Fujie Reina, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazaki Miho
• Team K: Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Sashihara Rino, Nito Moeno, Watanabe Mayu
• AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Komori Mika
• Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena

"Shonichi"

Team B (チームB) (16 Members)

• Team B: Urano Kazumi, Ota Aika, Kashiwagi Yuki, Katayama Haruka, Kohara Haruka, Saeki Mika, Sashihara Rino, Tanabe Miku, Nakagawa Haruka, Nakaya Sayaka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Hirajima Natsumi, Yonezawa Rumi, Watanabe Mayu

"FIRST LOVE"

• Team K: Ono Erena

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
09.06.22	--	*2	*2	*2	*2	*2	*5	**2	104,180
09.06.29	*2	*8	*7	*5	*5	*4	*5	**6	*20,281
09.07.06	*6	11	26	*9	*6	14	13	*13	**9,573
09.07.13	16	36	42	30	33	28	39	*33	**2,029
09.07.20	22	**	**	**	**	**	**	*61	**1,600
09.07.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,841
09.08.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,578
09.08.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	125	***,576
09.08.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	148	***,474
09.08.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,801	Iiwake Maybe single
09.08.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	118	***,564
09.09.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	130	***,460
09.09.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	136	***,393
09.09.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,420
09.09.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,308
09.10.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	191	***,259
09.10.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,262
09.10.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	138	***,454	River single
09.10.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,375
09.11.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	146	***,415
09.11.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	173	***,314
OUT	2 weeks
09.11.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,346
OUT	1 week
09.12.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,350
09.12.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,388
09.12.28	**	**	**	**	**	44	45	*55	**2,173
10.01.04	44	46	**	37	49	41	41
10.01.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*66	***,947
10.01.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*83	***,833
10.01.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	106	***,863
10.02.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	103	***,676
10.02.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	132	***,573
10.02.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*94	***,776	Sakura no Shiori single
10.02.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	125	***,616
10.03.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,469
10.03.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	168	***,353
10.03.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,350
10.03.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,344
10.03.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,393
10.04.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*99	***,528	Kamikyokutachi album
10.04.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	107	***,459
10.04.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	158	***,350
10.04.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,337
10.05.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,341
10.05.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	182	***,298
OUT	3 weeks									Ponytail to Shushu single
10.06.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	186	***,300
10.06.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	179	***,309
OUT	3 weeks
10.07.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,290	SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban album
10.07.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,303
10.07.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,271
OUT	4 weeks									Heavy Rotation single
10.08.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	187	***,294
OUT	3 weeks
10.09.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	183	***,270
10.10.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	197	***,253
10.10.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,245
OUT	7 weeks									Beginner single
10.12.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	182	***,335	Chance no Junban single
10.12.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	189	***,328
10.12.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,354
10.12.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,463
11.01.03	**	**	**	50	**	**	**	*71	***,838
11.01.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*74	***,728
11.01.17	43	**	**	**	**	**	**	*83	***,738
11.01.24	49	**	**	**	**	**	**	109	***,696
11.01.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	131	***,524
11.02.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	130	***,504
11.02.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	125	***,502	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,422
11.02.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,314
OUT	1 week
11.03.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,242
11.03.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	162	***,277
11.03.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	153	***,298
11.04.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	165	***,283
11.04.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	164	***,277
11.04.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	188	***,248

Total Reported Sales: 168,826*
Total Sales on 2009: 145,503
Total Sales on 2010: 15,287
Total Sales on 2011: 8,036
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 72

Chart Records (Oricon)

• 5th best-selling single of July 2009.
• 39th best-selling single of 2009.
• First AKB48 single to rank #2 in both Weekly and Daily Categories of the Oricon Charts
• First AKB48 Single to sell over 100,000 in its first week.
• This single outsold all the previous AKB48 singles only in its first week.

Trivia

• This is the first senbatsu of Nito Moeno and Komori Mika.
• This is the first time a solo song was included in an AKB48 Single.
• This is the first and only single to have an illustrated CD cover.
• This is the first single to include a Kenkyuusei member as in the senbatsu.
• Following Oogoe Diamond and 10nen Zakura, this was the third single in a row to be composed by Inoue Yoshimasa.
• This is AKB48's 2nd birthday-themed song, the first one being A3's Tanjoubi no Yoru.
• The release day of this single happened to be Kitahara Rie's 18th birthday.
• The single's tagline is 「お誕生日に歌いたい歌がある」 ("Tanjoubi ni Utaitai Uta ga aru" / "I have a song I want to sing for my birthday").
• According to AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji, they were able to use the melody of Happy Birthday because it had come into public domain a few years before.
• Namida Surprise! was the theme song for Yomiuri Shimbun x AKB48 Collaboration and its CM. FIRST LOVE was an image song for Louis Vuitton's anime short SUPERFLAT FIRST LOVE.
• Shonichi came first in the AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
10nen Zakura (2009)	Namida Surprise! (2009)	Iiwake Maybe (2009)