Chance no Junban

Promotional Image

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-K (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Chance no Junban is AKB48's 19th Major Single, 21st Overall. This single features the Senbatsu elected by the Janken Senbatsu Tournament, featuring Uchida Mayumi as center of the single.

The main C/W of this single is a Regular Senbatsu track, while the exclusive tracks per-edition will feature songs sung by the 3 A-K-B teams. with the Theatre Edition including the very first Kenkyuusei Original Song.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Chance no Junban (チャンスの順番)

Release Date

2010.12.08

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-69～70 (Regular Edition Type A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-71～72 (Regular Edition Type K, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-73～74 (Regular Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1102 (Theater Edition, CD only) / ￥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Chance no Junban (チャンスの順番) / Senbatsu
2. Yoyaku Shita Christmas (予約したクリスマス)
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kurumi to Dialogue (胡桃とダイアローグ) / Team A
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) ALIVE / Team K
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Love Jump (ラブ・ジャンプ) / Team B
4. Chance to Junban (off-vocal)
5. Yoyaku shita Christmas (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kurumi to Dialogue (off-vocal)
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) ALIVE (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Love Jump (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Chance no Junban Music Video
2. Yoyaku Shita Christmas Music Video
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kurumi to Dialogue Music Video
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) ALIVE Music Video
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Love Jump Music Video
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) 19th Single Janken Senbatsu Tournament (First Part)
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) 19th Single Janken Senbatsu Tournament (Middle Part)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) 19th Single Janken Senbatsu Tournament (Last Part)

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Chance no Junban
2. Yoyaku shita Christmas
3. Fruits Snow (フルーツ・スノウ) / AKB48 Kenkyuusei
4. Chance no Junban (off-vocal)
5. Yoyaku shita Christmas (off-vocal)
6. Fruits Snow (off-vocal)

Included Members

Chance no Junban

★ Senbatsu (16 Members, bolded Members (8) are main members of this single, Uchida Mayumi Center (in italic))

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Uchida Mayumi, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Matsui Sakiko
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Kasai Tomomi, Kobayashi Kana, Sato Sumire, Sato Natsuki, Chikano Rina

Yoyaku Shita Christmas

(16 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Takajo Aki, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Komori Mika, Watanabe Mayu

Kurumi to Dialogue

Team A (チームA) (16 Members) (Maeda Atsuko & Takahashi Minami Centers)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ota Aika, Oya Shizuka, Katayama Haruka, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Nakagawa Haruka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami, Matsubara Natsumi

ALIVE

Team K (チームK) (16 Members) (Oshima Yuko Center)

• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Oshima Yuko, Kikuchi Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Nonaka Misato, Fujie Reina, Matsui Sakiko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Yokoyama Yui, Yonezawa Rumi

Love Jump

Team B (チームB) (16 Members) (Kashiwagi Yuki Center)

• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Oku Manami, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Kobayashi Kana, Komori Mika, Sato Amina, Sato Sumire, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu

Fruits Snow

Kenkyuusei (研究生) (16 Members) (Takeuchi Miyu Center)

• Kenkyuusei: Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Oba Mina, Kato Rena, Kanazawa Yuuki, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Suzuki Shihori, Takeuchi Miyu, Nagao Mariya, Nakamata Shiori, Nakamura Mariko, Natori Wakana, Mori Anna, Yamauchi Suzuran, Yamaguchi Nau

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
10.12.06	--	*1 471,242	*1 54,780	*1 20,860	*1 15,765	*1 12,821	*1 13,201	**1	596,769
10.12.13	*1 5,491	*7	*7	*3 3,283	*3 2,550	*2 3,325	*2 5,485	**3	*30,233
10.12.20	*2 2,428	*7	*5	*1 2,510	*1 2,388	*1 2,392	*1 2,030	**3	*15,775
10.12.27	*1 1,283	*1 1,280	*1 1,370	*1 1,508	*5	*4	*2 2,295	**2	*10,189
11.01.03	*2 2,227	*2 1,922	*3 1,669	*4	*3 1,118	*6	*6	**3	*10,684
11.01.10	*5	*9	*9	10	10	10	*5	**8	**6,544
11.01.17	*7	23	20	21	23	16	10	*18	**4,569
11.01.24	11	41	37	30	31	21	26	*31	**3,741
11.01.31	26	33	47	27	38	30	27	*31	**2,510
11.02.07	24	**	**	49	44	47	43	*48	**2,013
11.02.14	26	38	41	43	39	45	46	*40	**2,071	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	35	**	**	**	**	**	**	*76	**1,244
11.02.28	46	**	**	**	**	**	**	*92	***,947
11.03.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	101	***,642
11.03.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*82	***,557
11.03.21	45	49	**	**	**	**	**	*84	***,675
11.03.28	**	**	**	45	**	**	**	*68	***,702
11.04.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	101	***,569
11.04.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,488
11.04.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	118	***,423
11.04.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	149	***,449
11.05.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,511
11.05.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	150	***,362
11.05.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	153	***,303
11.05.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	137	***,463	Everyday, Kachuusha single
11.05.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,333
11.06.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	175	***,276	Koko ni Ita koto album

Total Reported Sales: 694,042*
Total Sales in 2010: 596,769
Total Sales in 2011: 97,273
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 27

• Chance no Junban's First week sales updated AKB48's record of half-million first week sellers to 4. (Ponytail to Shushu~ current.)
• This single made AKB48 the first Female idol group in japan to have 6 consecutive 1# Singles since an Onyanko Club streak, approx. 23 years ago.
• For a 5 consecutive 1# single streak occurring during the same year, it was the first time happening in the female artist category since 1978 (32 years ago).
• Chance no Junban placed as 8th in the Oricon Yearly Single Ranking for 2010 (this position was accomplished just with the single's first week sales, since it was released during the last Oricon Week for the year 2010)

Recochoku Chart-Run

Category	Weekly Peaks
Chaku-Uta (tune)	**6 - *26
Chaku-Uta (full)	*** - **7

Trivia

• First senbatsu of Sato Sumire, Maeda Ami, Uchida Mayumi, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Matsui Sakiko, Ishida Haruka and Chikano Rina.
• First senbatsu without Itano Tomomi and Takahashi Minami.
• This was the first to include a genuinely new edition, the "Type-K" (Beginner included Limited/Regular Editions of the same Types A and B. but in difference with this one, the regular and limited edition of the same type didn't include any different footage or tracks)
• This is also the first AKB single to include 6 original tracks for a grand total of 12 tracks included in the different editions.
• First single featuring Yokoyama Yui as part of Team K
• First AKB48 Single since Oogoe Diamond that won't include Handshaking Event tickets in the Regular Edition. The only Handshaking events held for this single was the Big Theater Handshaking Event.
• "Chance no Junban" was PSP Game AKB1/48 "Idol to Koishitara..." Theme Song
• "Yoyaku shita Christmas" was 7/11 Special AKB48 x Seven&I CHRISTMAS Campaign CM Song
• The first single in which all the senbatsu members have been graduated. The last senbatsu member remaining was Chikano Rina, who graduated in March 2018.
• Motto: 「誰にもチャンスはある」 ("Darenimo Chance wa Aru" / "Everyone has a Chance.")\

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Beginner (2010)	Chance no Junban (2010)	Sakura no Ki ni Narou (2011)