Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai

General Information

Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai is the 8th single released by NGT48.

CD Information

Artist

NGT48

Single

Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai (渡り鳥たちに空は見えない)

Release Date

2022.12.28

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: EMI RECORDS/Universal Music Japan

UPCH----(Type-A, CD+DVD) / ¥1,676

UPCH----(Type-B, CD+DVD) / ¥1,676

PRON----(NGT48 Official Shop limited edition, CD+DVD) / ¥1,676

PRON----(Theater Edition, CD) / ¥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai (渡り鳥たちに空は見えない) / Senbatsu
2. • (Type-A/Niigata) Yasashisa no Omosa (やさしさの重さ) / 1st Generation
   • (Type-B) Kiss wo Choudai (キスをちょうだい)
3. Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai (off-vocal)
4. • (Type-A/Niigata) Yasashisa no Omosa (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) Kiss wo Choudai (off-vocal)

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai
2. Chocolate de Nemurenai (チョコレートで眠れない)
3. Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai (off-vocal)
4. Chocolate de Nemurenai (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Homma Hinata Center)

• 1st Generation: Oguma Tsugumi, Seiji Reina, Nakai Rika, Nara Miharu, Nishigata Marina, Homma Hinata
• 3rd Draft: Ando Chikana, Sato Kairi, Fujisaki Miyu
• 2nd Generation: Otsuka Nanami, Ogoe Haruka, Kawagoe Saaya, Sogabe Yume, Furusawa Mana, Furutate Aoi, Mashimo Kaho, Mimura Hino

"Yasashisa no Omosa"

(SHOWROOM Senbatsu, 5 Members) (Nara Miharu Center)

• 1st Generation: Nara Miharu
• 3rd Draft: Fujisaki Miyu
• 2nd Generation: Mashimo Kaho, Mimura Hino
• 3rd Generation: Kimoto Yuna

"Kiss wo Choudai"

(NGT48 3rd Generation, 11 Members)

• 3rd Generation: Arai Ririno, Isobe Rua, Kita Hanae, Kitamura Yuha, Kimoto Yuna, Shibano Yuki, Suizu Natsuki, Sugimoto Moe, Suzuki Ririka, Hase Sumomo, Minamikawa Haruka

"Chocolate de Nemurenai"

(CloudyCloudy, 3 Members)

• 1st Generation: Oguma Tsugumi, Nakai Rika
• 2nd Generation: Ogoe Haruka

Trivia

• This is the first NGT48 single to feature the NGT48 3rd Generation.
• The cover photos were shot in Aramigawa Station and Naoetsu D51 Railway Park in Niigata Prefecture, two locations famous for their views of the sea.
• The single did not feature a DVD release.
• The official shop limited edition came with an "M Card" that had voice letters from the Senbatsu members.
• An 6-episode drama series called "Yoake Mae no Kanojotachi" (夜明けまえの彼女たち The Girls Before Dawn) was filmed to promote the single. The drama consisted of four stories that took place in a fictional Niigata restaurant, "Kawashige" (川しげ). Homma Hinata played the main character Mie, a girl who runs the Kawashige restaurant. The episodes were as follows:
  • December 3rd, 2022 on UX Niigata TV 21: "Hito wo Omou Koto" (Thinking About People) featuring Homma Hinata, Mashimo Kaho, and Sato Kairi
  • December 10th, 2022 on NST Niigata Sogo TV: "Bukiyousa ni Tsuite" (About Awkwardness) featuring Homma Hinata and Ogoe Haruka
  • December 17th, 2022 on BSN Niigata TV: "Mirai wo Souzoushite" (Imagining the Future) featuring Homma Hinata and Furutate Aoi
  • December 4th, 11th, and 18th, 2022 on TeNY TV Niigata: "'Suki' to wa?" (What is Love?) featuring Homma Hinata and Nakai Rika
  • Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai served as the theme song for the drama.

NGT48 Singles Chronology
Ponkotsu na Kimi ga Suki da (2021)	Wataridoritachi ni Sora wa Mienai (2022)	TBA (TBA)