Sakura no Hanabiratachi

Promotional Image

CD Only

General Information

Sakura no Hanabiratachi is AKB48's debut single. For the selection of this single, Akimoto Yasushi asked the first fans who went regularly to the AKB48 Theater which song in A1 they liked the most and Sakura no Hanabiratachi was the winner.

2 years later, a single featuring a self-cover of the title song was released titled Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Sakura no Hanabiratachi (桜の花びらたち)

Release Date

2006.02.01

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: AKS

AKB-101 (CD) / ￥1,000

Tracklist Details

CD

1. Sakura no Hanabiratachi (桜の花びらたち) / Senbatsu
2. Dear my teacher / Senbatsu
3. Sakura no Hanabiratachi (Karaoke Version)
4. Dear my teacher (Karaoke Version)

Included Members

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (20 Members) (Takahashi Minami Center)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Usami Yuki, Urano Kazumi, Oe Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Orii Ayumi, Kawasaki Nozomi, Kojima Haruna, Komatani Hitomi, Sato Yukari, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Nakanishi Rina, Narita Risa, Hirajima Natsumi, Hoshino Michiru, Maeda Atsuko, Masuyama Kayano, Minegishi Minami, Watanabe Shiho

"Dear my teacher"

Senbatsu (選抜) (20 Members)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Usami Yuki, Urano Kazumi, Oe Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Orii Ayumi, Kawasaki Nozomi, Kojima Haruna, Komatani Hitomi, Sato Yukari, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Nakanishi Rina, Narita Risa, Hirajima Natsumi, Hoshino Michiru, Maeda Atsuko, Masuyama Kayano, Minegishi Minami, Watanabe Shiho

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
06.01.30	**	*8	*5	11	11	13	14	*10	*22,011
06.02.06	36	41	34	27	22	34	19	*23	**8,575
06.02.13	27	31	40	39	31	43	30	*25	**6,842
06.02.20	30	**	**	**	**	**	29	*36	**4,781
06.02.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*84	**1,708
06.03.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	122	***,909
06.03.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,453
06.03.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*99	***,995

Total Reported Sales: 46,274*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 8

Trivia

• The Senbatsu of this single is the Original Team A minus Shinoda Mariko, who joined the group later.
• This is the only single and Senbatsu appearance of Usami Yuki. The title on the CD cover was handwritten by her.
• The CD included 1 of 20 random trading cards.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
N/A (N/A)	Sakura no Hanabiratachi (2006)	Skirt, Hirari (2006)