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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

Beginner is AKB48's 18th Single, 20 overall.

This single was announced at the Surprise wa Arimasen live during the encore section of 2nd concert, and the Type-A edition also featured the song from the winning unit of the AmebaPigg Unit Battle; Kimi ni Tsuite by MINT. The single also includes a new song by the Undergirls and another track by a new vocal-unit named "DIVA".

CD Information

Artist: AKB48
Single: Beginner
Release Date: 2010.10.27
Label/Catalog Number/Price: Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS; KIZM-90063～4 (Limited Edition Type-A-, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676; KIZM-63～4 (Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676; KIZM-90065～6 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676; KIZM-65～6 (Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676; NMAX-1098 (Theater Edition, CD) / ￥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

Beginner / Senbatsu
Boku Dake no value (僕だけのvalue) / Undergirls
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi ni Tsuite (君について) / MINT
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Nakeru Basho (泣ける場所) / DIVA
Beginner (off-vocal)
Boku Dake no value (off-vocal)
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi ni Tsuite (off-vocal)
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Nakeru Basho (off-vocal)

DVD

Beginner Music Video
Boku Dake no value Music Video
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi ni Tsuite Music Video
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Nakeru Basho Music Video
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Oshima Yuko Center ver.)
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Maeda Atsuko Center ver.)
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Shinoda Mariko Center ver.)
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Itano Tomomi Center ver.)
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Watanabe Mayu · Matsui Jurina Center ver.)
- (Type-B Exclusive track) Beginner Formation Video (Takahashi Minami Center ver.)

Theater Edition Details

CD

Beginner
Boku Dake no value
Kimi ni Tsuite
Nakeru Basho

Included Members

"Beginner"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

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

"Boku Dake no value"

Undergirls (アンダーガールズ) (22 Members) (Ota Aika & Takayanagi Akane Centers)

Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Ami
Team K: Kikuchi Ayaka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Matsui Sakiko, Yonezawa Rumi
Team B: Ishida Haruka, Oku Manami, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Hirajima Natsumi, Miyazaki Miho
Team S: Kizaki Yuria, Yagami Kumi
Team KII: Ishida Anna, Takayanagi Akane, Mukaida Manatsu

"Kimi ni Tsuite"

MINT (5 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

Team A: Katayama Haruka, Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Nito Moeno, Matsui Sakiko
Team B: Kasai Tomomi

"Nakeru Basho"

DIVA (17 Members) (Akimoto Sayaka Center)

Team A: Oya Shizuka, Kuramochi Asuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nonaka Misato
Team B: Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Masuda Yuka
Team S: Oya Masana

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
10.10.25	--	*1 568,095	*1 112,151	*1 61,863	*1 26,077	*1 23,109	*1 22,025	**1	826,989
10.11.01	*1 12,146	*3 10,340	*3 11,496	*2 6,106	*2 5,684	*1 6,896	*1 6,565	**2	*63,504
10.11.08	*1 3,604	14	*9	*6	*6	*6	*3 4,247	**6	*25,452
10.11.15	*3 2,315	16	16	15	11	11	*8	*16	*14,308
10.11.22	15	14	20	15	17	*8	10	*15	**9,861
10.11.29	13	26	24	17	14	14	11	*17	**7,065
10.12.06	*9	25	19	14	11	*9	12	*15	**7,104	Chance no Junban single
10.12.13	*7	22	23	14	10	*9	*5	*13	**7,001
10.12.20	*9	14	14	*7	*7	*6	*6	*11	**7,501
10.12.27	*8	*7	*5	*6	*6	*3 1,459	*4	**5	**8,505
11.01.03	*4	*4	*4	*3 1,437	*4	*4	*4	**4	*10,502
11.01.10	*4	10	*7	*7	*6	*4	*4	**6	**7,444
11.01.17	*4	21	17	15	16	*9	*7	*12	**5,935
11.01.24	*7	31	31	22	21	15	13	*21	**5,323
11.01.31	12	27	23	23	20	15	14	*20	**3,925
11.02.07	14	44	47	40	34	25	28	*39	**3,000
11.02.14	18	33	35	34	29	27	24	*29	**2,961	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	21	**	**	**	**	39	37	*51	**2,152
11.02.28	30	**	**	**	**	44	36	*60	**1,618
11.03.07	42	**	**	**	**	35	44	*56	**1,155
11.03.14	40	**	**	**	49	43	49	*58	***,863
11.03.21	39	48	40	36	43	39	38	*42	**1,226
11.03.28	34	42	49	39	36	37	32	*40	**1,241
11.04.04	25	**	**	**	**	**	44	*61	**1,048
11.04.11	38	**	**	**	**	47	40	*59	***,875
11.04.18	40	**	**	**	**	**	**	*71	***,847
11.04.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*85	***,923
11.05.02	**	**	42	**	**	**	**	*60	**1,104
11.05.09	40	**	**	**	**	**	**	*95	***,704
11.05.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,596
11.05.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*94	***,878	Everyday, Kachuusha single
11.05.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	110	***,686
11.06.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	101	***,673	Koko ni Ita koto album
11.06.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	131	***,447
11.06.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	151	***,430
11.06.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	142	***,402
11.07.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	163	***,334
11.07.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	197	***,248
OUT	3 weeks
11.08.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	189	***,306
11.08.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,349
11.08.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	179	***,477	Flying Get single
11.08.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	195	***,349
OUT	2 weeks
11.09.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	184	***,397
OUT	2 weeks
11.10.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	188	***,248
11.10.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	195	***,230
11.10.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,290	Kaze wa Fuiteiru single
11.10.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	158	***,323
OUT	6 weeks									Ue Kara Mariko single
11.12.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	188	***,330
11.12.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,259
12.01.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	155	***,372
12.01.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,356
12.01.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	181	***,246

Total Reported Sales: 1,039,362*
Total Sales in 2010: 954,283
Total Sales in 2011: 83,516
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 52

Recochoku Chart-Run

Category	Weekly Peaks
Chaku-Uta (tune)	*3 - 12 - 13 - 5 - 8 - 13 - 26 - 28 - *34
Chaku-Uta (full)	* - 1 - 2 - 2 - *3 - 17 - 22 - 15

Beginner Music Clip Censoring Controversy

One of the censored scenes of the PV

Beginner's Music Clip premiered during the Janken Senbatsu Tournament and as described by fans who attended the event, the PV featured a survival video game plot, where all the girls were connected to a virtual reality where they fought against each other killing themselves with different irealist weapons such as gigant Chupa Chups.

Close to the end of the PV, only Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko are left. While fighting against the Stone Recordes, Stone stabs Maeda's hand against a wall, making it impossible for her to move. Oshima fired at the arm thats holding Maeda. Oshima smiled for just 2 seconds and was killed from the Stone Recordes.

In that situation Maeda is in, she decides to cut her whole arm to keep fighting and for some unexplained reason, her real self is disconnected from the virtual reality game while still playing (meaning she was still alive in the game) and when she regains consciousness, her hand starts to hurt and blood comes out of it while she screams in pain for at least 20 seconds.

When she cuts her whole arm off, she changed her arm to a sword and stabs the Stone Recordes. At the end, Matsui Jurina appeared to help Maeda.

This PV was aired again in the Tokyo Aki Matsuri, where a KING RECORDS Representative said that "maybe this will be the last time we'll show the PV to an open audience". claiming that the pv is "too strong visually" and that Dance Shot and Making off Footage was going to be used to make a new version to use on TV and to include in the DVD of the single.

This created a lot of fuss in the AKB48 fandom, complaining that they wanted to see the real PV. and some days later, AKB's KING RECORDS official website was updated with a notice that the original PV was going to be released only through Recochuku, and officially confirming that the version included in the DVD of the single was going to be the censored clip.

This was the first time an AKB48 music clip was censored. Akimoto Yasushi commented that he "thought we made an splendid creation" and later explained that it was completely KING RECORDS' decision to censor the PV.

Trivia

First KING RECORDS single to have Limited Editions. The National Handshaking Events tickets are now included in these editions.
This is also the first AKB48 single to have 5 editions.
The Senbatsu of this single was nearly identical to the Senbatsu chosen during the 2nd Senbatsu Election except for the exclusion of Akimoto Sayaka (17#) for Sashihara Rino (19#).
This is the first AKB48 single to sell 1,000,000 copies.
- First million-selling single since Akikawa Masafumi's "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" in August 2007 (released May 2006)
- First million-selling single by a female artist since Nakajima Miyuki's "Chijou no Hoshi / Headlight Taillight" in March 2003 (released July 2000)
- First million-selling single by a female group since Morning Musume's "Koi no Dance Site" in February 2000 (released January 2000)
Japan's 243rd million-selling single ever.
Beginner's first day sales was the highest first day sales since Oricon started to report daily sales. It was the best selling single in 2010 in Japan.
Motto: 「今回のAKBは、かなり、ヤバイ！」 ("Konkai no AKB wa, Kanari, YABAI!" / "AKB this time is, considerably, amazing!")

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Heavy Rotation (2010)	Beginner (2010)	Chance no Junban (2010)

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CD Information

Regular Edition Details

Theater Edition Details

Included Members

"Beginner"

"Boku Dake no value"

"Kimi ni Tsuite"

"Nakeru Basho"

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-[[Category: Songs]]
+[[image:Beginnerpromo.jpg‎‎|500px|thumb|Promotional Image]]
-[[image:Beginnerpromo.jpg‎‎|500px|thumb|Promotional Picture <br/><small>Picture: [http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php?title=Beginner#Included_Members Senbatsu Members]</small>]]
+[[image:Beginnertypeatreg.jpg|260px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-A (Limited Edition)]]
+[[image:Beginnertypealim.jpg|260px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)]]
+[[image:Beginnerb.jpg|260px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-B (Limited Edition)]]
+[[image:Beginnertypebevent.jpg‎‎‎‎|260px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)]]
+[[image:Beginner_theater.jpg|260px|thumb|CD Only (Theater Edition)]]
-[[image:Beginnertypeatreg.jpg|250px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-A (Limited Edition) <br/><small>Cover:  [[Oshima Yuko]]· [[Maeda Atsuko]] · [[Takahashi Minami]] · [[Itano Tomomi]]</small>]]
+==General Information==
-[[image:Beginnertypealim.jpg|250px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition) <br/><small>Cover: [[Itano Tomomi]] · [[Maeda Atsuko]] · [[Maeda Atsuko]] · [[Oshima Yuko]]  </small> ]]
+[[Beginner]] is AKB48's 18th Single, 20 overall.
-[[image:Beginnertypebreg.jpg|250px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-B (Limited Edition)  <br/><small>Cover: [[Kashiwagi Yuki]] · [[Watanabe Mayu]] · [[Shinoda Mariko]] · [[Kojima Haruna]] </small>]]
-[[image:Beginnertypebevent.jpg‎‎‎‎|250px|thumb|CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)  <br/><small>Cover: [[Watanabe Mayu]]· [[Kojima Haruna]] · [[Shinoda Mariko]] · [[Kashiwagi Yuki]]  </small>]]
+This single was announced at the [[Surprise wa Arimasen]] live during the encore section of 2nd concert, and the Type-A edition also featured the song from the winning unit of the [[AmebaPigg Unit Battle]]; [[Kimi ni Tsuite]] by [[MINT]]. The single also includes a new song by the [[Undergirls]] and another track by a new vocal-unit named "[[DIVA (Unit)|DIVA]]".
-[[image:NowPrinting.jpg‎‎|250px|thumb|CD (Theater Edition)  <br/><small>Cover: [http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php?title=Beginner#Included_Members Senbatsu Members]</small>]]
 ==CD Information==
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 : Beginner
 ; Release Date
-: 2010.10.28
+: 2010.10.27
 ; Label/Catalog Number/Price
-: <b>Label:</b> [[You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS]]
+: <b>Label:</b> You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS
-: KIZM-63/4 <small>(CD+DVD Type-A)</small> / ￥1,600
+: KIZM-90063～4 <small>(Limited Edition Type-A-, CD+DVD)</small> / ￥1,676
-: KIZM-65/6 <small>(CD+DVD Type-B)</small> / ￥1,600
+: KIZM-63～4 <small>(Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD)</small> / ￥1,676
-: KIZM-90063/4 <small>(CD+DVD Limited Type-A)</small> / ￥1,600
+: KIZM-90065～6 <small>(Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD)</small> / ￥1,676
-: KIZM-90065/6 <small>(CD+DVD Limited Type-B)</small> / ￥1,600
+: KIZM-65～6 <small>(Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD)</small> / ￥1,676
-: NMAX-1098 <small>(CD Theatre Edition)</small> / ￥1,000
+: NMAX-1098 <small>(Theater Edition, CD)</small> / ￥1,047
 ==Regular Edition Details==
 ; CD
-# Beginner / AKB48
+# [[Beginner (Song)|Beginner]] / [[Senbatsu]]
-# Boku dake no value  <small>(僕だけのvalue)</small> / [[Undergirls]]  <small>(アンダーガルズ)</small>
+# [[Boku Dake no value]] <small>(僕だけのvalue)</small> / [[Undergirls]]
 #
 #* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> [[Kimi ni Tsuite]] <small>(君について)</small> / [[MINT]]
-#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Nakeru Basho <small>(泣ける場所)</small> / [[DIVA]]
+#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> [[Nakeru Basho]] <small>(泣ける場所)</small> / [[DIVA (Unit)|DIVA]]
 # Beginner (off-vocal)
-# Boku dake no value (off-vocal)
+# Boku Dake no value (off-vocal)
 #
 #* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Kimi ni Tsuite (off-vocal)
 #* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Nakeru Basho (off-vocal)
 ; DVD
-# Beginner Music Clip
+# [[Beginner (Song)|Beginner]] Music Video
-# Boku dake no value Music Clip
+# [[Boku Dake no value]] Music Video
 #
-#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Kimi ni Tsuite Music Clip
+#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> [[Kimi ni Tsuite]] Music Video
-#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Nakeru Basho Music Clip
+#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> [[Nakeru Basho]] Music Video
 #
-#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Oshima Yuko]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Oshima Yuko]] Center ver.)
-#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Maeda Atsuko]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Maeda Atsuko]] Center ver.)
 #
-#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Shinoda Mariko]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Shinoda Mariko]] Center ver.)
-#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Itano Tomomi]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Itano Tomomi]] Center ver.)
 #
-#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Watanabe Mayu]] · [[Matsui Jurina]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-A Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Watanabe Mayu]] · [[Matsui Jurina]] Center ver.)
-#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video <small>([[Takahashi Minami]] Center ver.)</small>
+#* <small>(Type-B Exclusive track)</small> Beginner Formation Video ([[Takahashi Minami]] Center ver.)
-'''Limited Edition Bonus''': <br/>
--[[National Handshaking Event]] ticket (1)<br/>
-'''First Pressing Bonus''': <small>(all editions)</small>  <br/>
--[[Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011]] Serial Number Voting Ticket (1)<br/>
--[[Bonus Store-Exclusive Picture]] (1) <small>(external bonus)</small><br/>
-==Theatre Edition Details==
+==Theater Edition Details==
 ; CD
-# Beginner / AKB48
+# Beginner
-# Boku dake no value / Undergirls
+# Boku Dake no value
-# Kimi ni Tsuite / MINT
+# Kimi ni Tsuite
-# Nakeru Basho / DIVA
+# Nakeru Basho
-; First Pressing Bonus:
--[[Commemorative Sale Handshaking Event]] ticket (1) <small>([[chara-ani]] preoder only)</small><br/>
-- Member Picture (1) <small>(Random selection)</small>
 ==Included Members==
-'''★ [[Senbatsu]]''' <small>(16 Members, Members bolded are part of the [[Front Girls]] of this single)</small><br/>
+==="[[Beginner (Song)|Beginner]]"===
-[[Team A]]: <b>[[Kojima Haruna]]</b> · [[Sashihara Rino]] · <b>[[Shinoda Mariko]]</b>· [[Takajo Aki]] · <b>[[Takahashi Minami]]</b> · <b>[[Maeda Atsuko]]</b> <br />
+'''★ [[Senbatsu]]''' <small>(選抜) (16 Members) ([[Maeda Atsuko]] [[Center]])</small><br/>
-[[Team K]]: <b>[[Itano Tomomi]]</b> · <b>[[Oshima Yuko]]</b> · [[Minegishi Minami]] · [[Miyazawa Sae]]<br />
+* '''[[Team A]]''': [[Kojima Haruna]], [[Sashihara Rino]], [[Shinoda Mariko]], [[Takajo Aki]], [[Takahashi Minami]], '''[[Maeda Atsuko]]'''
-[[Team B]]: [[Kasai Tomomi]] · <b>[[Kashiwagi Yuki]]</b> · [[Kitahara Rie]] · <b>[[Watanabe Mayu]]</b> <br />
+* '''[[Team K]]''': [[Itano Tomomi]], [[Oshima Yuko]], [[Minegishi Minami]], [[Miyazawa Sae]]
-[[SKE48]], [[Team S]]: [[Matsui Jurina]] · [[Matsui Rena]] <br/>
+* '''[[Team B]]''': [[Kasai Tomomi]], [[Kashiwagi Yuki]], [[Kitahara Rie]], [[Watanabe Mayu]]
-<br />
+* '''[[Team S]]''': [[Matsui Jurina]], [[Matsui Rena]]
-'''Beginner''' <br/>
+==="[[Boku Dake no value]]"===
-[[Senbatsu Members]]
+[[Undergirls]] <small>(アンダーガールズ) (22 Members) ([[Ota Aika]] & [[Takayanagi Akane]] [[Center]]s)</small><br/>
+* '''[[Team A]]''': [[Iwasa Misaki]], '''[[Ota Aika]]''', [[Katayama Haruka]], [[Nakagawa Haruka]], [[Maeda Ami]]
+* '''[[Team K]]''': [[Kikuchi Ayaka]], [[Nakatsuka Tomomi]], [[Nito Moeno]], [[Fujie Reina]], [[Matsui Sakiko]], [[Yonezawa Rumi]]
+* '''[[Team B]]''': [[Ishida Haruka]], [[Oku Manami]], [[Komori Mika]], [[Sato Sumire]], [[Hirajima Natsumi]], [[Miyazaki Miho]]
+* '''[[Team S]]''': [[Kizaki Yuria]], [[Yagami Kumi]]
+* '''[[Team KII]]''': [[Ishida Anna]], '''[[Takayanagi Akane]]''', [[Mukaida Manatsu]]
+==="[[Kimi ni Tsuite]]"===
+[[MINT]] <small> (5 Members) ([[Maeda Atsuko]] [[Center]])</small><br/>
+* '''[[Team A]]''': [[Katayama Haruka]], '''[[Maeda Atsuko]]'''
+* '''[[Team K]]''': [[Nito Moeno]], [[Matsui Sakiko]]
+* '''[[Team B]]''': [[Kasai Tomomi]]
-'''Boku dake no value ([[Undergirls]])''' <small>(23 Members)</small><br/>
+==="[[Nakeru Basho]]"===
-[[Team A]]: [[Iwasa Misaki]] · [[Oota Aika]] · [[Katayama Haruka]] · [[Nakagawa Haruka]] · [[Maeda Ami]] <br/>
+[[DIVA (Unit)|DIVA]] <small>(17 Members) ([[Akimoto Sayaka]] [[Center]])</small><br/>
-[[Team K]]: [[Kikuchi Ayaka]] · [[Fujie Reina]] · [[Nakatsuka Tomomi]] · [[Nito Moeno]] · [[Matsui Sakiko]] · [[Yonezawa Rumi]] <br/>
+* '''[[Team A]]''': [[Oya Shizuka]], [[Kuramochi Asuka]], [[Nakata Chisato]], [[Nakaya Sayaka]], [[Matsubara Natsumi]]
-[[Team B]]: [[Ishida Haruka]] · [[Oku Manami]] · [[Komori Mika]] · [[Sato Sumire]] · [[Hirajima Natsumi]] · [[Miyazaki Miho]]  <br/>
+* '''[[Team K]]''': '''[[Akimoto Sayaka]]''', [[Uchida Mayumi]], [[Umeda Ayaka]], [[Tanabe Miku]], [[Nonaka Misato]]
-[[SKE48]], [[Team S]]: [[Kizaki Yuria]] · [[Yagami Kumi]] <br/>
+* '''[[Team B]]''': [[Kobayashi Kana]], [[Sato Amina]], [[Sato Natsuki]], [[Suzuki Mariya]], [[Chikano Rina]], [[Masuda Yuka]]
-[[SKE48]], [[Team KII]]: [[Ishida Anna]] · [[Takayanagi Akane]] · [[Mukaida Manatsu]] <br/>
+* '''[[Team S]]''': [[Oya Masana]]
-'''Kimi ni Tsuite''' <br/>
+==[[Oricon]] Chart Positions==
-[[MINT]]
-'''Nakeru Basho''' <br/>
-[[DIVA]]
-==General Information==
-[[Beginner]] is AKB48's 18th Single, 20 Overall and 9th Single their change to [[KING RECORDS]].
-this single was announced at the [[Surprise wa Arimasen]] live during the encore section of 2nd concert, and the Type-A Edition features as [[c/w]] the song from the winning unit of the [[AmebaPigg Unit Battle]]; [[Kimi ni Tsuite]] by [[MINT]]. as well a new song by a new generation of [[Undergirls]] and another track by a new unit/group (no details revealed so far) named "[[DIVA]]".
-==Sales Information==
-; Oricon Chart-Run
 :
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-!Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat||Sun|| Week ||Sales
+!Date||Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat||Sun|| Week ||Sales || Releases
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-||x ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  || ***  ||***,***
+||10.10.25||-- ||'''*1'''  <br/><small>568,095</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>112,151</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>61,863</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>26,077</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>23,109</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>22,025</small>|| '''**1'''  || 826,989 ||rowspan="6" style="background:#ccc;"|
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-||x ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  || ***  ||***,***
+||10.11.01||'''*1'''  <br/><small>12,146</small>||*3  <br/><small>10,340</small>||*3  <br/><small>11,496</small>||*2  <br/><small>6,106</small>||*2  <br/><small>5,684</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>6,896</small>||'''*1'''  <br/><small>6,565</small>|| **2  ||*63,504
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-||x ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  || ***  ||***,***
+||10.11.08||'''*1'''  <br/><small>3,604</small>||14  ||*9  ||*6  ||*6  ||*6  ||*3  <br/><small>4,247</small>|| **6  ||*25,452
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-||x ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  || ***  ||***,***
+||10.11.15||*3  <br/><small>2,315</small>||16  ||16  ||15  ||11  ||11  ||*8  || *16  ||*14,308
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-||x ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  ||x  || ***  ||***,***
+||10.11.22||15 ||14  ||20  ||15  ||17  ||*8  ||10  || *15  ||**9,861
+|- align="center"
+||10.11.29||13 ||26  ||24  ||17  ||14  ||14  ||11  || *17  ||**7,065
+|- align="center"
+||10.12.06||*9 ||25  ||19  ||14  ||11  ||*9  ||12  || *15  ||**7,104 || [[Chance no Junban]] single
+|- align="center"
+||10.12.13||*7 ||22  ||23  ||14  ||10  ||*9  ||*5  || *13  ||**7,001 ||rowspan="9" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||10.12.20||*9 ||14  ||14  ||*7  ||*7  ||*6  ||*6  || *11  ||**7,501
+|- align="center"
+||10.12.27||*8 ||*7  ||*5  ||*6  ||*6  ||*3  <br/><small>1,459</small>||*4  || **5  ||**8,505
+|- align="center"
+||11.01.03||*4 ||*4  ||*4  ||*3  <br/><small>1,437</small>||*4  ||*4  ||*4  || **4  ||*10,502
+|- align="center"
+||11.01.10||*4 ||10  ||*7  ||*7  ||*6  ||*4  ||*4  || **6  ||**7,444
+|- align="center"
+||11.01.17||*4 ||21  ||17  ||15  ||16  ||*9  ||*7  || *12  ||**5,935
+|- align="center"
+||11.01.24||*7 ||31  ||31  ||22  ||21  ||15  ||13  || *21  ||**5,323
+|- align="center"
+||11.01.31||12 ||27  ||23  ||23  ||20  ||15  ||14  || *20  ||**3,925
+|- align="center"
+||11.02.07||14 ||44  ||47  ||40  ||34  ||25  ||28  || *39  ||**3,000
+|- align="center"
+||11.02.14||18 ||33  ||35  ||34  ||29  ||27  ||24  || *29  ||**2,961 || [[Sakura no Ki ni Narou]] single
+|- align="center"
+||11.02.21||21 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||39  ||37  || *51  ||**2,152 ||rowspan="13" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||11.02.28||30 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||44  ||36  || *60  ||**1,618
+|- align="center"
+||11.03.07||42 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||35  ||44  || *56  ||**1,155
+|- align="center"
+||11.03.14||40 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||49  ||43  ||49  || *58  ||***,863
+|- align="center"
+||11.03.21||39 ||48  ||40  ||36  ||43  ||39  ||38  || *42  ||**1,226
+|- align="center"
+||11.03.28||34 ||42  ||49  ||39  ||36  ||37  ||32  || *40  ||**1,241
+|- align="center"
+||11.04.04||25 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||44  || *61  ||**1,048
+|- align="center"
+||11.04.11||38 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||47  ||40  || *59  ||***,875
+|- align="center"
+||11.04.18||40 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *71  ||***,847
+|- align="center"
+||11.04.25||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *85  ||***,923
+|- align="center"
+||11.05.02||** ||**  ||42  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *60  ||**1,104
+|- align="center"
+||11.05.09||40 ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *95  ||***,704
+|- align="center"
+||11.05.16||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *93  ||***,596
+|- align="center"
+||11.05.23||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || *94  ||***,878 || [[Everyday, Kachuusha]] single
+|- align="center"
+||11.05.30||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 110  ||***,686 ||rowspan="1" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||11.06.06||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 101  ||***,673 || [[Koko ni Ita koto]] album
+|- align="center"
+||11.06.13||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 131  ||***,447 ||rowspan="8" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||11.06.20||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 151  ||***,430
+|- align="center"
+||11.06.27||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 142  ||***,402
+|- align="center"
+||11.07.04||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 163  ||***,334
+|- align="center"
+||11.07.11||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 197  ||***,248
+|- align="center"
+||<small>OUT</small> ||colspan="9"| 3 weeks
+|- align="center"
+||11.08.08||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 189  ||***,306
+|- align="center"
+||11.08.15||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 171  ||***,349
+|- align="center"
+||11.08.22||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 179  ||***,477 || [[Flying Get]] single
+|- align="center"
+||11.08.29||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 195  ||***,349  ||rowspan="6" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||<small>OUT</small> ||colspan="9"| 2 weeks
+|- align="center"
+||11.09.19||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 184  ||***,397
+|- align="center"
+||<small>OUT</small> ||colspan="9"| 2 weeks
+|- align="center"
+||11.10.10||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 188  ||***,248
+|- align="center"
+||11.10.17||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 195  ||***,230
+|- align="center"
+||11.10.24||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 176  ||***,290 || [[Kaze wa Fuiteiru]] single
+|- align="center"
+||11.10.31||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 158  ||***,323  ||rowspan="1" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||<small>OUT</small> ||colspan="9"| 6 weeks || [[Ue Kara Mariko]] single
+|- align="center"
+||11.12.19||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 188  ||***,330  ||rowspan="5" style="background:#ccc;"|
+|- align="center"
+||11.12.26||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 192  ||***,259
+|- align="center"
+||12.01.02||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 155  ||***,372
+|- align="center"
+||12.01.09||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 144  ||***,356
+|- align="center"
+||12.01.16||** ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  ||**  || 181  ||***,246
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 |}
-; [[Recochoku]] Chart-Run
+'''Total Reported Sales:''' 1,039,362*<br/>
+'''Total Sales in 2010:''' 954,283 <br/>
+'''Total Sales in 2011:''' 83,516 <br/>
+'''Total of weeks charting inside Top 200:''' 52
+==Recochoku Chart-Run==
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@@ Line 125: / Line 222: @@
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-||'''Chaku-Uta (tune)''' || ***  - *** - *** - ***
+||'''Chaku-Uta (tune)''' || **3  - *12 - *13 - **5  - **8 - *13 - *26 - *28 - *34
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-||'''Chaku-Uta (full)''' || ***  - *** - *** - ***
+||'''Chaku-Uta (full)''' || ***  - '''**1''' - **2 - **2 - **3 - *17 - *22 - *15
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-<br />
+==Beginner Music Clip Censoring Controversy==
+[[image:BeginnerMV.jpg‎‎|419px|thumb|One of the censored scenes of the PV]]
+[[Beginner]]'s Music Clip premiered during the [[19th Single Janken Senbatsu Tournament|Janken Senbatsu Tournament]] and as described by fans who attended the event, the PV featured a survival video game plot, where all the girls were connected to a virtual reality where they fought against each other killing themselves with different irealist weapons such as gigant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupa_Chups Chupa Chups].
+Close to the end of the PV, only [[Maeda Atsuko]] and [[Oshima Yuko]] are left. While fighting against the Stone Recordes, Stone stabs Maeda's hand against a wall, making it impossible for her to move. Oshima fired at the arm thats holding Maeda. Oshima smiled for just 2 seconds and was killed from the Stone Recordes.
+In that situation Maeda is in, she decides to cut her whole arm to keep fighting and for some unexplained reason, her real self is disconnected from the virtual reality game while still playing (meaning she was still alive in the game) and when she regains consciousness, her hand starts to hurt and blood comes out of it while she screams in pain for at least 20 seconds.
+When she cuts her whole arm off, she changed her arm to a sword and stabs the Stone Recordes. At the end, [[Matsui Jurina]] appeared to help Maeda.
+This PV was aired again in the [[Tokyo Aki Matsuri]], where a KING RECORDS Representative said that "maybe this will be the last time we'll show the PV to an open audience". claiming that the pv is "too strong visually" and that Dance Shot and Making off Footage was going to be used to make a new version to use on TV and to include in the DVD of the single.
+This created a lot of fuss in the AKB48 fandom, complaining that they wanted to see the real PV. and some days later, AKB's [http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/akb48/kokuchi7.html KING RECORDS official website] was updated with a notice that the original PV was going to be released only through Recochuku, and officially confirming that the version included in the DVD of the single was going to be the censored clip.
+This was the first time an [[AKB48]] music clip was censored. [[Akimoto Yasushi]] commented that he "thought we made an splendid creation" and later explained that it was completely KING RECORDS' decision to censor the PV.
 ==Trivia==
-* first [[KING RECORDS]] single to have Limited Editions. the [[National Handshaking Events]] tickets are now included in these editions.
+* First KING RECORDS single to have Limited Editions. The National Handshaking Events tickets are now included in these editions.
-* this is also the first AKB48 single to have 5 editions.
+* This is also the first AKB48 single to have 5 editions.
-* the [[front girls]] of this single and overall [[senbatsu]] was greatly influenced from the result of the [[2nd Election|2nd Senbatsu Election]]. with all the [[Front Girls]] being the same as the top 8 of that year and the rest of [[Senbatsu Members]] being basically the same, with the exclusion of [[Akimoto Sayaka]] (17#) for [[Sashihara Rino]] (19#).
+* The [[Senbatsu]] of this single was nearly identical to the Senbatsu chosen during the [[AKB48 17th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Kaasan ni Chikatte, Gachi Desu"|2nd Senbatsu Election]] except for the exclusion of [[Akimoto Sayaka]] (17#) for [[Sashihara Rino]] (19#).
+* This is the first AKB48 single to sell 1,000,000 copies.
+** First million-selling single since Akikawa Masafumi's "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" in August 2007 (released May 2006)
+** First million-selling single by a female artist since Nakajima Miyuki's "Chijou no Hoshi / Headlight Taillight" in March 2003 (released July 2000)
+** First million-selling single by a female group since Morning Musume's "Koi no Dance Site" in February 2000 (released January 2000)
+* Japan's 243rd million-selling single ever.
+* Beginner's first day sales was the highest first day sales since Oricon started to report daily sales. It was the best selling single in 2010 in Japan.
+* Motto: 「今回のAKBは、かなり、ヤバイ！」 <small>("Konkai no AKB wa, Kanari, YABAI!" / "AKB this time is, considerably, amazing!")</small>
-==Links/Source list==
+{{AKB48SinglesChronologyChart
+|Name1= [[Heavy Rotation]]
+|Date1= 2010
+|Name2= [[Beginner]]
+|Date2= 2010
+|Name3= [[Chance no Junban]]
+|Date3= 2010
+}}
-[[Category: Singles]]
+[[Category: AKB48 Singles]]