Ponytail to Shushu

Promotional Image

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Ponytail to Shushu is AKB48's 16th Major Single, 18th Overall. This single includes a new Majisuka Gakuen-themed song, as well as the comeback of the Undergirls and Theater Girls.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ)

Release Date

2010.05.26

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-53～54 (Regular Edition Type A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-55～56 (Regular Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1093 (Theater Edition, CD only) / ￥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Ponytail to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ) / Senbatsu
2. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (盗まれた唇) / Undergirls
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Boku no YELL (僕のYELL) / Theater Girls
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Majijo Teppen Blues (マジジョテッペンブルース)
4. Ponytail to Shushu (off-vocal)
5. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Boku no YELL (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Majijo Teppen Blues (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Ponytail to Shushu Music Video
2. Nusumareta Kuchibiru Music Video
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Boku no YELL Music Video
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Majijo Teppen Blues Music Video

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Ponytail to Shushu
2. Nusumareta Kuchibiru
3. Boku no YELL
4. Majijo Teppen Blues

Included Members

Ponytail to Shushu

★ Senbatsu (16 Members, Maeda Atsuko & Takahashi Minami Centers)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
  
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
  
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
  
• Team S: Matsui Jurina

Nusumareta Kuchibiru

Undergirls (16 Members) (Maeda Ami and Matsui Rena Centers)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Sashihara Rino, Maeda Ami
  
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina
  
• Team B: Oku Manami, Komori Mika, Sato Amina, Sato Sumire
  
• Team S: Matsui Rena, Yagami Kumi
  

Boku no YELL

Theater Girls (34 Members) (Nakagawa Haruka Center)

• Team A: Oya Shizuka, Nakagawa Haruka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
  
• Team K: Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nonaka Misato, Matsui Sakiko, Yonezawa Rumi
  
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka
  
• Kenkyuusei: Ishiguro Atsuki, Ueki Asaka, Oba Mina, Kinumoto Momoko, Sano Yuriko, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Takamatsu Eri, Takeuchi Miyu, Nagao Mariya, Nakamura Mariko, Fujimoto Sara, Mori Anna, Yamauchi Suzuran, Yokoyama Yui

Majijo Teppen Blues

(24 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

• Team A: Ota Aika, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Nito Moeno, Miyazawa Sae
  
• Team B: Oku Manami, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
  
• Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
  
• SDN48 1st Generation: Nachu

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
10.05.24	--	*1 354,403	*1 49,477	*1 28,671	*1 27,112	*1 23,418	*1 18,560	**1	513,453
10.05.31	*1 8,311	*4	*4	*3 5,705	*3 4,236	*2 5,459	*2 5,941	**3	*46,279
10.06.07	*1 3,754	11	14	*8	*7	*4	*6	**9	*17,284
10.06.14	*3 1,415	11	11	*8	*6	*6	*7	**5	*10,465
10.06.21	*6	18	21	15	*9	*9	*3 2,048	*11	**7,503
10.06.28	*7	16	21	12	*9	*9	*8	*13	**5,154
10.07.05	*8	31	34	25	15	15	14	*22	**4,288
10.07.12	12	27	20	15	13	13	13	*17	**4,096	SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban album
10.07.19	10	23	32	29	19	13	20	*22	**4,260
10.07.26	*6	30	33	33	31	29	20	*30	**3,821
10.08.02	16	43	44	38	29	30	31	*34	**2,478
10.08.09	23	50	45	35	31	26	25	*37	**2,937
10.08.16	25	34	31	24	21	18	20	*28	**4,113	Heavy Rotation single
10.08.23	13	37	39	31	29	24	30	*31	**3,980
10.08.30	20	28	29	26	25	23	24	*26	**3,515
10.09.06	20	40	37	37	34	30	27	*31	**2,506
10.09.13	17	39	40	45	30	30	31	*35	**2,083
10.09.20	24	45	**	36	36	28	26	*39	**2,064
10.09.27	28	39	**	36	39	29	29	*39	**1,680
10.10.04	27	**	**	48	46	32	27	*51	**1,585
10.10.11	21	40	41	39	37	29	29	*36	**1,954
10.10.18	21	**	49	44	46	31	30	*44	**1,646
10.10.25	26	**	**	**	45	41	31	*52	**2,025	Beginner single
10.11.01	27	46	43	37	38	40	39	*43	**1,896
10.11.08	33	**	**	**	49	40	41	*58	**1,650
10.11.15	29	**	**	**	**	46	46	*58	**1,526
10.11.22	**	**	**	**	**	50	41	*71	**1,819
10.11.29	37	**	**	**	**	44	41	*57	**1,808
10.12.06	33	50	48	50	46	35	38	*47	**2,091	Chance no Junban single
10.12.13	31	45	47	45	31	30	31	*38	**2,321
10.12.20	27	35	34	26	19	18	15	*25	**3,508
10.12.27	11	17	14	*8	10	*8	*8	**9	**5,276
11.01.03	*6	*6	*6	*5	*6	*7	*7	**6	**7,800
11.01.10	*7	11	*8	*9	*8	*6	*6	**9	**6,453
11.01.17	*5	20	19	17	20	12	*8	*14	**5,402
11.01.24	*9	33	32	27	22	20	20	*22	**4,607
11.01.31	16	26	26	22	21	17	19	*21	**3,689
11.02.07	13	42	**	43	32	33	27	*41	**2,944
11.02.14	16	34	37	32	32	29	26	*30	**2,808	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	25	**	**	**	**	40	40	*52	**2,131
11.02.28	34	**	**	**	**	**	34	*64	**1,527
11.03.07	40	**	**	**	**	38	41	*58	**1,116
11.03.14	46	**	**	**	50	45	42	*55	***,934
11.03.21	35	39	**	25	28	23	25	*36	**1,624
11.03.28	18	26	29	20	21	19	13	*23	**1,967
11.04.04	13	39	46	41	33	25	23	*37	**1,820
11.04.11	19	40	**	**	38	33	28	*41	**1,315
11.04.18	31	**	**	45	43	36	40	*41	**1,215
11.04.25	19	**	**	**	48	46	39	*54	**1,565
11.05.02	47	40	40	34	39	35	35	*41	**1,678
11.05.09	34	**	**	**	**	47	45	*69	**1,124
11.05.16	43	**	**	**	**	**	42	*60	***,973
11.05.23	45	**	**	**	**	48	40	*59	**1,875	Everyday, Kachuusha single
11.05.30	35	**	**	46	**	**	42	*60	**1,453
11.06.06	49	**	**	**	**	**	**	*72	**1,025	Koko ni Ita koto album
11.06.13	47	**	**	**	**	**	**	*76	***,888
11.06.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	110	***,684
11.06.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	119	***,524
11.07.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	131	***,486
11.07.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	154	***,397
11.07.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	137	***,444
11.07.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,347
11.08.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,361
11.08.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	164	***,368
11.08.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	151	***,412
11.08.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	200	***,396	Flying Get single
11.08.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	189	***,362
11.09.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,371
11.09.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,380
11.09.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,448
11.09.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	160	***,366
11.10.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	184	***,278
11.10.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	160	***,301
11.10.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	181	***,250
11.10.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	160	***,320	Kaze wa Fuiteiru single
11.10.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	150	***,343
11.11.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	170	***,291
OUT	5 weeks									Ue Kara Mariko single
11.12.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	175	***,366
11.12.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	149	***,353
12.01.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	114	***,530
12.01.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	138	***,379
12.01.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	165	***,284
12.01.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	151	***,382
12.01.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,285
12.02.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	193	***,251
12.02.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	155	***,335	GIVE ME FIVE! single

Total Reported Sales: 740,291*
Total Sales in 2010: 659,959
Total Sales in 2011: 77,167
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 86

• Ponytail to Shushu placed as #5 in the Oricon Yearly Single Ranking for 2010.

Trivia

• First senbatsu of Takajo Aki.
• Ponytail to Shushu's Music Clip and Jacket shooting were done overseas, in Guam. This was AKB48’s first overseas music video.
  • According to AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji, the logistics of filming were difficult. At one point, the staff mistook the necessary members for a scene, and it took an hour to gather the right members from the hotel.
• Once again, all AKB48 Members (+ 3 SKE48 Members) participate in the single.
• This was the first time the Theater Girls got an Original Song.
• This was the second single after Sakura no Shiori with 2 regular editions.
• Also following Sakura no Shiori, the covers features only a few Senbatsu members in each of them instead of a full senbatsu picture as in the Theater Edition. (in difference with Sakura no Shiori where all the covers including the Theater edition had only 3 Senbatsu members in each jacket)
• First and only time an SDN48 Member is part of an AKB48 song
• Motto: 「ポニーテール、似合ってる?」 ("Ponytail, Niatteru?" / "Ponytail, it looks good?")\
• The cover logo was drawn by Miyazaki Miho.
• To fit the “ponytail” theme of the song, all members wore ponytails in the music video. Miyazawa Sae and Shinoda Mariko wore hair extensions to make their ponytails.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Sakura no Shiori (2010)	Ponytail to Shushu (2010)	Heavy Rotation (2010)