Sakura no Shiori

Promotional Picture

File:Akuranoshiori A.jpg

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

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 (Regular Edition Type A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

KIZM-47～48 (Regular Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,524

NMAX-1088 (Theater Edition, CD only) / ￥1,000

Regular Edition Details

CD

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

DVD

1. Sakura no Shiori Music Video
2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll Music Video
3. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Enkyori Poster Music Video
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Choose me! Music Video
4. • (Type-A Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "Congratulations on Graduating"
   • (Type-B Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "The truth is that i liked you"

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Sakura no Shiori
2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll
3. Enkyori Poster
4. Choose me!

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 (12 Members, Maeda Atsuko & Takahashi Minami Centers)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Maeda Atsuko, Takahashi Minami, Shinoda Mariko
  
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae, Oshima Yuko
• Team B: Kitahara Rie, Kashiwagi Yuki, Miyazaki Miho, Watanabe Mayu
  
• Team S (SKE48): Matsui Jurina
  

Sakura no Shiori

All AKB48 Members + SKE48's Matsui Jurina (Team S) and Matsui Rena (Team S)

Majisuka Rock'n'Roll

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko
  
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena
  
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
  
• Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena
  

Enkyori Poster

Team PB

Choose me!

Team YJ

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
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	Kamikyokutachi album
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	Ponytail to Shushu single
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	SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban album
10.07.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,369
10.07.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	177	***,315
10.08.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	178	***,333
OUT	1 week
10.08.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,475	Heavy Rotation single
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	Beginner single
10.11.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,372
10.11.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	177	***,333
10.11.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	185	***,311
OUT	1 week
10.11.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	173	***,363
10.12.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	136	***,505	Chance no Junban single
10.12.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	148	***,450
10.12.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,542
10.12.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*79	***,674
11.01.03	**	**	**	38	**	**	**	*60	**1,064
11.01.10	48	42	46	**	**	43	41	*48	**1,050
11.01.17	23	**	**	**	**	**	44	*66	**1,022
11.01.24	43	**	**	**	**	**	**	*86	***,973
11.01.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*86	***,891
11.02.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*99	***,716
11.02.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*85	***,896	Sakura no Ki ni Narou single
11.02.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	115	***,700
11.02.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	142	***,506
11.03.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	139	***,404
11.03.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	160	***,270
11.03.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	111	***,435
11.03.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*87	***,545
11.04.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	121	***,434
11.04.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	120	***,391
11.04.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,322
11.04.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	187	***,308
11.05.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,363
11.05.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	177	***,289
11.05.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	200	***,202
11.05.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	185	***,292	Everyday, Katyusha single

Total Reported Sales: 404,696*
Total Sales in 2010: 390,957
Total Sales in 2011: 13,739
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 65

• 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 2nd best numbers for about a month until the release of (Arashi's Troublemaker)</small>.
• 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

• The Type A cover is Maeda Atsuko's first ever solo cover.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kashiwagi Yuki is featured in all 3 tracks and music clips of the Type-A edition.
• "Sakura no Shiori" was Tokyo-TV drama, Majisuka Gakuen Ending Theme.
• "Sakura no Shiori" was AOKI x AKB48 Campaign CM Song.
• "Sakura no Shiori" was Recochuku CM Song.
• "Majisuka Rock'n'Roll" was Tokyo-TV drama, Majisuka Gakuen Opening Theme.
• Motto: 「いつまでも···」 ("Itsumademo···" / "Until it lasts···").