Sakura no Shiori

Promotional Picture
Picture: Senbatsu Members

File:Akuranoshiori A.jpg

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)
Cover: Maeda Atsuko

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)
Cover: Takahashi Minami · Maeda Atsuko · Matsui Jurina

CD Only (Theatre Edition)
Cover: Itano Tomomi · Kojima Haruna · Miyazawa Sae

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞)

Release Date

2010.02.17

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-45～46 (CD+DVD Type-A) / ￥1,600

KIZM-47～48 (CD+DVD Type-B) / ￥1,600

NMAX-1088 (Theatre Edition) / ￥1,000

Tie-up

• Sakura no Shiori: Tokyo-TV drama, Majisuka Gakuen Ending Theme
• Sakura no Shiori: AOKI x AKB48 Campaign CM Song
• Sakura no Shiori: Recochuku CM Song
• Majisuka Rock'n'Roll: Tokyo-TV drama, Majisuka Gakuen Opening Theme

Motto

「いつまでも···」 ("Itsumademo···")
Translation: "untl it lasts···" / "forever···"

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞) / AKB48
2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (マジスカロックンロール) / AKB48
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Enkyori Poster (遠距離ポスター) / Team PB (チームPB)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Choose me! / Team YJ (チームYJ)
4. Sakura no Shiori (off-vocal)
5. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Sakura no Shiori Music Clip / AKB48
2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll Music Clip / AKB48
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Enkyori Poster Music Clip / Team PB
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Choose me! Music Clip / Team YJ
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "Congratulations on Graduating" (永久保存版「卒業おめでとう」)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "The truth is that i liked you" (永久保存版「ほんとは好きでした」)

First Pressing Bonus

-National Handshaking Event ticket (1) *Random selection out of 2 types
for this single, 2 events were held in Tokyo instead of just 1 as it was being done so far. depending in the type you got (either Type "1" or "2"), the event you could participate in. for the rest of the events (such as those held in Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, etc) you could use any of the tickets to participate.

Theatre Edition Details

CD

1. Sakura no Shiori / AKB48
2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll / AKB48
3. Enkyori Poster / Team PB
4. Choose me! / Team YJ

First Pressing Bonus

-Conmemorative Sale Photograph Event ticket (1) <(chara-ani preoder only)
-Member Picture (1) *Random selection out of 96 types.

General Information

Sakura no Shiori is AKB48's 15th Major Single, 17th Overall and 6th since their label change to KING RECORDS.

This single is AKB48's 3rd Single with a Graduation (卒業, Sotsugyo) and Sakura (桜) theme, both being really important part of the Japanese culture. the a-side of this single was also AKB's first song sung in a choir-style (合唱, Gasshou) with all 48 members singing it.

the Team PB vs. Team YJ Team Battle had its key event in this single, where both groups had their songs used as bsides of the different regular editions.

Included Members

★ Senbatsu (14 Members)
Team A: Kojima Haruna · Maeda Atsuko · Takahashi Minami · Shinoda Mariko
Team K: Itano Tomomi · Miyazawa Sae · Oshima Yuko · Ono Erena
Team B: Kasai Tomomi · Kitahara Rie · Kashiwagi Yuki · Miyazaki Miho · Watanabe Mayu
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina

Sakura no Shiori
All AKB48 Members (post-shuffle) + SKE48's Matsui Jurina (Team S) and Matsui Rena (Team S)

Majisuka rock'n'Roll (11 Members)
Team A: Kojima Haruna · Maeda Atsuko · Shinoda Mariko
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka · Itano Tomomi · Oshima Yuko · Ono Erena
Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki · Watanabe Mayu
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina · Matsui Rena

Enkyori Poster
Team PB

Choose me!
Team YJ

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales
10.02.15	-	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	**1	317,828
10.02.22	*1	*9	*7	*3	*4	*6	*4	**5	*22,223
10.03.01	*2	*9	*9	10	*8	*9	*9	**7	*10,545
10.03.08	*6	15	13	10	*8	10	11	*11	**5,264
10.03.15	*8	24	19	15	12	16	14	*18	**4,127
10.03.22	12	17	18	13	11	11	*7	*12	**5,426
10.03.29	*5	14	13	11	10	11	13	*12	**5,574
10.04.05	14	25	**	25	21	24	27	*25	**2,275
10.04.12	21	29	**	29	30	29	29	*31	**1,556
10.04.19	26	**	**	**	**	**	**	*75	***,996
10.04.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*96	***,785
10.05.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*75	***,926
10.05.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,594
10.05.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	105	***,577
10.05.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*89	**1,056
10.05.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*87	***,817
10.06.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	105	***,641
10.06.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*97	***,661
10.06.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	145	***,466
10.06.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	147	***,386
10.07.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	163	***,339
10.07.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	134	***,393
10.07.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,369
10.07.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	177	***,315
10.08.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	178	***,333
OUT	1 week
10.08.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,475
10.08.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	150	***,516
10.08.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	122	***,476
10.09.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	116	***,497
10.09.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	135	***,388
10.09.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,367
10.09.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	135	***,405
10.10.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	142	***,385
10.10.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	148	***,358
10.10.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	146	***,341
10.10.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	172	***,393
10.11.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,372
10.11.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	177	***,333
10.11.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	185	***,311
OUT	1 week
10.11.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	173	***,363

Total Reported Sales: 390,452 (Still Charting)
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 40 (Still Charting)

• Certificated Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)

Chart Records (Oricon)

• This was the first single released from any female artist to sell over 300,000 copies in its first week since Utada Hikaru's "COLORS" 7 years ago.
• For female groups, it was the best-selling first week single since Morning Musume.'s "The☆Pe~ace!", released in 2000.
• Sakura no Shiroi outsold RIVER in just 2 days, making it AKB48's best-selling single so far.
• It was the 2nd best-selling single for the Month of February, 2010.
• First day sales reported by Oricon were of a total 229,528 copies sold, making Sakura no Shiroi the 3rd best-selling first day single since Oricon reports daily sales numbers. at the time of release, the current single holding the best first day sales (Arashi's Troublemaker) hasn't been released yet, meaning Sakura no Shiori actually had the 2nd best numbers for about a month until the release of Troublemaker.
• Following AKB48's previous single, this is the group's 2nd single to reach 1# in the Oricon Weekly charts.
• Sakura no Shiori placed as 12# in the Oricon Yearly Single Ranking for 2010.

Trivia

• since changing labels to KING RECORDS, this is AKB48's first single to be released in more than just 1 Theatre Edition and 1 Regular Edition, including a new regular edition and bringing it to a total of 3 editions.
• Majisuka Rock'n'Roll's Music Clip uses the same footage for the opening theme of Majisuka Gakuen, but removing all scenes with SDN48's Nachu, who played Onizuka Daruma, Maeda Atsuko's "friend" in the drama.
• both Enkyori Poster and Choose me! include a multi-angle feature of the last scene of the pv with a close-up version of each team YJ or team PB member.
• Team B's captain, Kashiwagi Yuki is featured in all 3 tracks and music clips of the Type-A edition.