Namida Surprise!

Promotional Picture
Picture:Senbatsu Members

File:Namida original.gif

CD+DVD (Regular Edition)
Cover: Front Girls

CD Only (Theatre Edition)
Cover: Front Girls

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ!)

Release Date

2009.06.24

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You，Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-33~34 (Regular Edition, CD+DVD) / ￥1,600

NMAX-1081 (Theatre Edition, CD Only) / ￥1,600

Tie-up

• Namida Surprise!: Yomiuri Shimbun x AKB48 Supportive and CM Song
• FIRST LOVE: Anime SUPERFLAT FIRST LOVE Image Song

Motto

「お誕生日に歌いたい歌がある」 ("OTanjoubi ni Utaitai Uta ga aru")
Translation: "i have a song i want to sing for my birthday"

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Namida Surprise! (涙サプライズ！) / AKB48
2. Shonichi (初日) / Team B (チームB)
3. FIRST LOVE / Ono Erena (小野恵令奈)
4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal ver.)

DVD

1. Namida Surprise!
2. Making of
3. Bonus Video: "Happy Birthday"

First Pressing Bonus

-National Handshaking Event ticket (1)
-AKB48 13th Single General Senbatsu Election serial number card voting ticket (1)
-Bonus Store-Exclusive Picture (1)* *external bonus

Theatre Edition Details

CD

1. Namida Surprise! / AKB48
2. Shonichi / Team B
3. FIRST LOVE / Ono Erena
4. Namida Surprise! (off-vocal ver.)

First Pressing Bonus

-Theater Handshaking Event ticket (1) (chara-ani preoder only)
-Member Picture (1) *Random selection (1 out of 90 types: Team A/K/B/Kenkyusei and SKE48)

Included Members

★ Senbatsu (20 Members, member bloded are the front girls of this single)
Team A: Itano Tomomi · Kitahara Rie · Kojima Haruna · Shinoda Mariko · Fujie Reina · Takahashi Minami · Maeda Atsuko · Minegishi Minami · Miyazaki Miho
Team K: Oshima Yuko · Ono Erena · Kasai Tomomi · Miyazawa Sae
Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki · Sashihara Rino · Nito Moeno · Watanabe Mayu
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina · Matsui Rena
Kenkyuusei: Komori Mika

Namida Surprise!

Senbatsu Members

Shonichi

Team B

FIRST LOVE

Ono Erena

General Information

Namida Surprise! is AKB48's 12th Major Single, 14th Overall and the 3rd released under KING RECORDS. Namida Surprise! is a birthday-themed single, and it was the first single ever to include an Kenkyusei Member as Senbatsu of a single. This single's c/w song, Shonichi was the 1# song of the Request Hour Setlist best 100 of 2009.

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales
09.06.22	--	*2	*2	*2	*2	*2	*5	**2	104,180
09.06.29	*2	*8	*7	*5	*5	*4	*5	**6	*20,281
09.07.06	*6	11	26	*9	*6	14	13	*13	**9,573
09.07.13	16	36	42	30	33	28	39	*33	**2,029
09.07.20	22	**	**	**	**	**	**	*61	**1,600
09.07.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,841
09.08.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,578
09.08.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	125	***,576
09.08.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	148	***,474
09.08.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,801(Iiwake Maybe Release)
09.08.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	118	***,564
09.09.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	130	***,460
09.09.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	136	***,393
09.09.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,420
09.09.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,308
09.10.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	191	***,259
09.10.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,262
09.10.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	138	***,454(River Release)
09.10.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,375
09.11.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	146	***,415
09.11.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	173	***,314
OUT	2 weeks
09.11.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	190	***,346
OUT	1 week
09.12.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,350
09.12.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,388
09.12.28	**	**	**	**	**	44	45	*55	**3,173
10.01.04	44	46	**	37	49	41	41
10.01.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*66	***,947
10.01.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*83	***,833
10.01.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	106	***,863
10.02.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	103	***,676
10.02.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	132	***,573
10.02.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*94	***,776(Sakura no Shiori Release)
10.02.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	125	***,616
10.03.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	152	***,469
10.03.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	168	***,353
10.03.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,350
10.03.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,344
10.03.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,393
10.04.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*99	***,967
10.04.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	107	***,459
10.04.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	158	***,350
10.04.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	166	***,337
10.05.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	161	***,341
10.05.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	182	***,298
OUT	3 weeks(Ponytail to Shushu Release)
10.06.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	186	***,300
10.06.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	179	***,309
OUT	3 weeks
10.07.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	169	***,290
10.07.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,303
10.07.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,271
OUT	4 weeks (Heavy Rotation Release)
10.08.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	187	***,294
OUT	3 weeks
10.09.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	183	***,270
10.10.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	197	***,253
10.10.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,245
OUT	7 weeks (Beginner Release)
10.12.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	182	***,335(Chance no Junban Release)
10.12.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	189	***,328
10.12.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,354
10.12.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	117	***,463
11.01.03	**	**	**	50	**	**	**	*71	***,838

Total Reported Sales: 162,773
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 58

Chart Records (Oricon)

• 5th best-selling single of July 2009.
• 39th best-selling single of 2009.
• first AKB48 single to rank 2# in both Weekly and Daily Categories of the Oricon Charts.
• first AKB48 Single to sell over 100,000 in its first week.
• following the trend, this single outsold all the previous AKB48 singles only in its first week.

Trivia

• first and only time a solo song was included in an AKB48 Single.
• first and only single to have an illustrated cd cover.
• following Oogoe Diamond and 10nen Zakura, this was the third single in a row to be composed by Inoue Yoshimura.
• the release day of this single happened to be Kitahara Rie's 18th Birthday.
• famous ikemen actor Ito Hideaki appears in the Music Clip.
• this is actually AKB's 2nd birthday-themed song. the first one being A3's Tanjoubi no Yoru.