Sakura no Shiori

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CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)
CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)
CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Sakura no Shiori is AKB48's 15th Major Single, 17th Overall. 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 B-sides of the different regular editions.

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) / ￥1,676
KIZM-47～48 (Regular Edition Type B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676
NMAX-1088 (Theater Edition, CD only) / ￥1,047

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)
  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
    • (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!

Included Members

★ Senbatsu (12 Members, Maeda Atsuko & Takahashi Minami Centers)

Sakura no Shiori

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

Majisuka Rock'n'Roll

(10 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

Enkyori Poster

Team PB (7 Members) (Kashiwagi Yuki Center)

Choose me!

Team YJ (7 Members) (Kitahara Rie Center)

Oricon Chart Positions

Date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Sales Releases
10.02.15 - *1
229,528		 *1
34,294		 *1
17,688		 *1
11,529		 *1
9,166		 *1
9,171		 **1 317,828
10.02.22 *1
4,461		 *9 *7 *3
2,662		 *4 *6 *4 **5 *22,223
10.03.01 *2
2,735		 *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, Kachuusha 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 #12 in the Oricon Yearly Single Ranking for 2010.

Trivia

  • The Type A cover is Maeda Atsuko's first ever solo cover. According to AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji, the photo was completely candid, and taken when the photographer noticed Maeda looking at her reflection in a window during the music video shoot.
  • 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···").
  • In order to dress everyone in kimono, members and costume staff arrived at the AKB48 theater at 2am on the day of the music video shoot.
  • AKB48 staff member Yuasa Junji paid 50,000 yen of his own money to buy food for the members to eat in the Asakusa scenes of the music video.
  • Members took choir lessons to practice for the single and were divided into sopranos and altos.
AKB48 Singles Chronology
RIVER
(2009) 		Sakura no Shiori
(2010) 		Ponytail to Shushu
(2010)
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