Sakura no Ki ni Narou

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Promotional Picture
Picture: Senbatsu Members

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)

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)

Release Date

2010.02.16

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-90081/90082 (CD+DVD, Type-A Limited) / ￥1,600

KIZM-90083/90084 (CD+DVD Type-B Limited) / ￥1,600

KIZM-81/82 (CD+DVD, Type-A Regular) / ￥1,600

KIZM-83/84 (CD+DVD, Type-B Regular) / ￥1,600

NMAX-1104 (CD Only, Theater Edition) / ￥1,000

Tie-ups

• Sakura no Ki ni Narou: N-TV Drama "Sakura Kara no Tegami ~AKB48 sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari~" Theme Song

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう) / AKB48
2. Guuzen no Juujiro (偶然の十字路) / Undergirls (アンダーガールズ)
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kiss made no 100 Mile (キスまで100マイル) / MINT
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Area K (エリアK) / DIVA
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (off-vocal)
5. Guuzen no Juujiro (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kiss made no 100 Mile (off-vocal)
   • (Type-K Exclusive track) Area K (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (Complete Edition)
2. Guuzen no Juujiro
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Kiss made no 100 Mile Music Clip
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Area K Music Clip
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: Serious Private-Clothes Fashion Check (Type-A)
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: Serious Private-Clothes Fashion Check (Type-B)

First Pressing Bonus

-National Handshaking Event Ticket (1 out of 2 types)
-Bonus Store-Exclusive Picture (1) *external bonus

Theatre Edition Details

CD

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou / AKB48
2. Guuzen no Juujiro / Undergirls
3. Ougon Center (黄金センター) / Team Kenkyuusei (team研究生)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (off-vocal)
5. Guuzen no Juujiro (off-vocal)
6. Ougon Center (off-vocal)

First Pressing Bonus

- Commemorative Sale Handshaking Event ticket (1) (chara-ani preoder only)
- Member Picture (1) (Random selection)

Included Members

★ Senbatsu (16 Members)
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
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina · Matsui Rena

Sakura no Ki ni narou (16 Members)
Senbatsu Members

Guuzen no Juujiro (Undergirls) (18 Members)
Team A: Oota Aika · Nakagawa Haruka · Maeda Ami
Team K: Uchida Mayumi · Kikuchi Ayaka · Nito Moeno · Fujie Reina · Yokoyama Yui
Team B: Ishida Haruka · Oku Manami · Komori Mika · Sato Sumire · Miyazaki Miho
SKE48, Team S: Yagami Kumi · Oya Masana
SKE48, Team KII: Takayanagi Akane · Mukaida Manatsu
SKE48, Team E: Kimoto Kanon

Kiss made no 100 mile (MINT) (5 Members)
Team A: Katayama Haruka · Maeda Atsuko
Team K: Nito Moeno · Matsui Sakiko
Team B: Kasai Tomomi

Area K (DIVA) (18 Members)
Team A: Iwasa Misaki · Oya Shizuka · Kuramochi Asuka · Nakata Chisato · Nakaya Sayaka· Matsubara Natsumi
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka · Umeda Ayaka · Tanabe Miku · Nakatsuka Tomomi · Nonaka Misato · Yonezawa Rumi
Team B: Kobayashi Kana · Sato Amina · Suzuki Mariya · Chikano Rina · Hirajima Natsumi · Masuda Yuka

Ougon Center (Team Kenkyuusei) (24 Members)
9th Generation: Oba Mina · Shimazaki Haruka · Shimada Haruka · Takeuchi Miyu · Nagao Mariya · Nakamura Mariko · Mori Anna · Yamauchi Suzuran
10th Generation: Abe Maria · Izuta Rina · Ichikawa Miori · Iriyama Anna · Kato Rena · Kanazawa Yuki · Kobayashi Marina · Nakamata Shiori · Fujita Nana
11th Generation: Ushikuba Sara · Kawaei Rina · Kojima Natsuki · Suzuki Shihori · Natori Wakana · Morikawa Ayaka · Yamaguchi Nau

General Information

Sakura no Ki ni Narou is AKB48's 20th Single.

the first single of 2011 will be yet another Sakura-themed Song (桜ソング), with its main topic being about graduations (卒業ソング). the new Graduation-themed song is said to have a completely different feel to the other Graduation Sakura Songs (10nen Zakura, Sakura no Hanabiratachi (+ 2008) and Sakura no Shiori)

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales
11.02.14	--	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	*1	**1	942,479
11.02.21	*1	*3	*3	*3	*3	*3	**	***	***,***
xx.xx.xx	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	***	***,***
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Total Reported Sales: 942,479 (still charting)
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 1 (still charting)

Trivia

• after Chance no Junban, this single comes back with the same release pattern Beginner introduced of 2 Limited Editions and 2 Regular Editions, with the National Handshaking Events being part of the Limited Editions only.
• this single will be released exactly 1 year after Sakura no Shiori.
• following Chance no Junban, the Theatre Edition will once again include a new song. brining the total of new songs included in this single to five. this new song was once again a Team Kenkyuusei Original Song.
• once again, the artwork of this singled was in charge of recognized artists. the covers of the single were designed by the recognized design artist Morimoto Chie (森本千絵), while the PV was directed by the famous director Koreda Hirokazu (是枝裕和).
• this single was originally planned to have a 21-nin Senbatsu, but was changed later on to the same 16-nin Senbatsu used for Beginner.
• first time in AKB48 to include the exact same Members as Senbatsu for 2 Singles consecutive
• Second AKB48 Single to ship 1,000,000 copies
• this single outsold Beginner's first week, marking it as the highest first week numbers for AKB48 release so far.
• The single sold 655,344 copies on its first day of release, which is the most that any artist has sold in a single day since Oricon started reporting daily sales in March 2009.