Sakura no Shiori

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Promotional Picture
Picture: Senbatsu Members
File:Akuranoshiori A.jpg
CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)
Cover: Maeda Atsuko
CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)
Cover: Takahashi Minami · Maeda Atsuko · Matsui Jurina
CD Only (Theatre Edition)
Cover: Itano Tomomi · Kojima Haruna · Miyazawa Sae

CD Information

Artist
AKB48
Single
Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞; Cherry Blossom Bookmark)
Release Date
2010.02.17
Label/Catalog Number/Price
Label: You,Be Cool!/KING RECORDS
KIZM-45~46 (CD+DVD Type-A) / ¥1,600
KIZM-47~48 (CD+DVD Type-B) / ¥1,600
NMAX-1088 (Theatre Edition) / ¥1,000
Tie-up
Motto

「いつまでも···」 ("Itsumademo···")
Translation: "untl it lasts···" / "forever···"

Regular Edition Details

CD
  1. Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞) / AKB48
  2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (マジスカロックンロール) / AKB48
    • (Type-A Exclusive track) Enkyori Poster (遠距離ポスター) / Team PB (チームPB)
    • (Type-B Exclusive track) Choose me! / Team YJ (チームYJ)
  3. Sakura no Shiori (off-vocal)
  4. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (off-vocal)
DVD
  1. Sakura no Shiori Music Clip / AKB48
  2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll Music Clip / AKB48
    • (Type-A Exclusive track) Enkyori Poster Music Clip / Team PB
    • (Type-B Exclusive track) Choose me! Music Clip / Team YJ
    • (Type-A Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "Congratulations on Graduating" (永久保存版「卒業おめでとう」)
    • (Type-B Exclusive track) Bonus Movie: "The truth is that i liked you" (永久保存版「ほんとは好きでした」)
First Pressing Bonus

-National Handshaking Event ticket (1) *Random selection out of 2 types
for this single, 2 events were held in Tokyo instead of just 1 as it was being done so far. depending in the type you got (either Type "1" or "2"), the event you could participate in. for the rest of the events (such as those held in Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, etc) you could use any of the tickets to participate.

Theatre Edition Details

CD
  1. Sakura no Shiori / AKB48
  2. Majisuka Rock'n'Roll / AKB48
  3. Enkyori Poster / Team PB
  4. Choose me! / Team YJ
First Pressing Bonus

-Conmemorative Sale Photograph Event ticket (1) <(chara-ani preoder only)
-Member Picture (1) *Random selection out of 96 types.

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


Sakura no Shiori
All AKB48 Members (post-shuffle) + SKE48's Matsui Jurina (Team S) and Matsui Rena (Team S)

Majisuka rock'n'Roll (11 Members)
Team A: Kojima Haruna · Maeda Atsuko · Shinoda Mariko
Team K: Akimoto Sayaka · Itano Tomomi · Oshima Yuko · Ono Erena
Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki · Watanabe Mayu
SKE48, Team S: Matsui Jurina · Matsui Rena

Enkyori Poster
Team PB

Choose me!
Team YJ

Sales Information

Oricon Chart-Run
Date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Sales
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
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 Release)
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
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 Release)
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 Release)
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 Release)
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 Release)
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


Total Reported Sales: 521,730*
Total Sales in 2010: 390,957
Total Sales in 2011: 130,773*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 56 (Still Charting)

  • 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 3rd best-selling first day single since Oricon reports daily sales numbers. at the time of release, the current single holding the best first day sales (Arashi's Troublemaker) hasn't been released yet, meaning Sakura no Shiori actually had the 2nd best numbers for about a month until the release of Troublemaker.
  • 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.

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