is the 33rd
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
by the
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements b ...
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...
. It was released in Japan on October 30, 2013.
[
*] The participating members for the title track were given English nicknames.
The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly charts.
Promotion and release
During AKB48's annual
rock-paper-scissors
Rock paper scissors (also known by other orderings of the three items, with "rock" sometimes being called "stone," or as Rochambeau, roshambo, or ro-sham-bo) is a hand game originating in China, usually played between two people, in which each p ...
tournament held at the
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts con ...
area on September 18, 2013, AKB48 announced the lineup for "Heart Electric", and the release date of October 30.
Haruna Kojima
is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.
Career
Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an ido ...
was announced last and come out with a red skirt in contrast to the blue skirts of the other members; this indicated that she was the center of the single. This marks Kojima's first time as a solo center. The group then performed the song and introduced themselves with English nicknames.
The single was released in nine editions: four regular, four limited, and a theater edition.
The limited editions contain a ticket for a handshake event and a randomly selected sticker of one of the 16 nicknamed girls.
The regular editions are the same as the limited editions except that they contain one of 48 photos instead of the handshake ticket.
The Type-K edition has a DVD documentary about the graduation of
Sayaka Akimoto
is a Filipino-Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and its spin-off unit Diva (Japanese band), Diva.
As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions, and made her Hollywoo ...
.
Musical style, writing, composition
The song was done by RoopSounds, who had previously done "
Skirt, Hirari
is Japanese idol group AKB48's second single, released independently through AKS on June 7, 2006. The song was sung by 7 members of AKB48 Team A, Tomomi Itano, Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Rina Nakanishi, Risa Narita, Mai Oshima, and Minami Ta ...
". The music is described as being like a marching band. During the performance, Kojima does a roll-call of some of the participants, each of whom has an English nickname. This was explained as being according to band protocols.
Music video
The music video for Heart Electric was directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
is a Japanese filmmaker.
Life and career
Shūsuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films, from a young age. ...
who is known for the Heisei ''
Gamera
is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. Debuting in the 1965 film ''Gamera, the Giant Monster'', the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho's ''Godzilla'' film ...
'' trilogy, ''
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', and the live-action film adaptation of ''
Death Note
''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...
''. The video premiered at the group's handshake event at the
Osaka Dome
The (official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the mer ...
. It is described as girls competing for individuality in a band called "The G. Fingers". Kojima, who plays Michelle, said that "there were a lot of scenes we shot for the music video, and remembering all the nicknames for the band members was really difficult."
[
*]
Track listing
Type A
Type K
Type B
Type 4
Theater
Personnel
"Heart Electric"
The title track is sung by 16 members; each girl has been given an English nickname:
Center :
Haruna Kojima
is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.
Career
Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an ido ...
; Team A
*
Anna Iriyama
is a Japanese actress and YouTuber who has bases of operations in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was par ...
- Veronica
*
Minami Takahashi
is a Japanese idol, singer, tarento and a former member of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48. She is in Team A of AKB48. She became the first of AKB48 and its sister groups. In an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 produce ...
- Linda
*
Rina Kawaei Rina or RINA may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Rina (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Kento Rina, Indian politician
* Mahfuza Rahman Rina, Bangladeshi politician
* Tongam Rina (born 1979), Indian journ ...
- Kawaey
*
Yui Yokoyama Yui may refer to:
People
*Yui (name), a Japanese name
*Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress
*Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States
Places
*Yui, Shizu ...
- Mary
*
Mayu Watanabe
is a Japanese former idol, singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has ...
- Elizabeth
; Team K
*
Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, ...
- Lucy
; Team B
*
Yuki Kashiwagi
is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...
– Catherine
*
Haruna Kojima
is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.
Career
Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an ido ...
- Michelle
*
Haruka Shimazaki
is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...
- Angelina
; Team 4
*
Minami Minegishi
is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Production Ogi. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, and its subunit no3b. She is noted for having the longest tenure among the group's original members from 2005 to 2021.
Ca ...
- Barbara
; Team S
*
Jurina Matsui
is a Japanese Television personalities in Japan, TV personality, singer, actress, and YouTuber. She is a former member of Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and former concurrent member of AKB48 (in 2012–2015). She is recognized as SKE48's absolut ...
- Caroline
; Team E
*
Rena Matsui
is a Japanese actress, singer, and novelist. Matsui is a former member of the Japanese idol girl groups SKE48 and Nogizaka46. As a member of the former, she also participated in the main lineup of AKB48's singles. As an actress, she has played r ...
- Sandy
; Team N
*
Miyuki Watanabe
is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B.
Career
Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 Septem ...
- Josephine
*
Sayaka Yamamoto
is a Japanese singer and songwriter signed to Universal Sigma. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48, where she served as captain of both the whole group as well as Team N, and a former member of AKB48's Team K. She made ...
- Rosanna
; Team H
*
Aika Oota
, is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48, the captain of its Team KIV. She has also been a member of AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai, and portrayed Kazue Kae in ''Tomie Unlimited
is a 2011 Japanese psychological-body horror film d ...
- Margaret
*
Rino Sashihara
is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet (band), Not Yet and i ...
- Laura
"Kaisoku to Doutai Shiryoku"
The song is performed by Under Girls.
Centers:
Rena Kato
is a Japanese tarento, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, and was in Team A.
She was also a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named AnRi ...
,
Akari Suda
is a Japanese ''tarento'' and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 represented by Twin Planet. She was a member of SKE48's Team E.
Career
Suda passed SKE48's 3rd generation auditions on 11 November 2009, and debuted on 8 Dec ...
.
* Team A:
Karen Iwata
is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A.
Biography
Iwata was born on May 13, 1998 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Her mother is Miwa Sugawara, who works as a TV personality in Sendai. As a child, Iwata ...
,
Ayaka Kikuchi,
Sumire Sato
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Sumire can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*菫, "violet"
;as a name
*紫花, "purple, flower"
*純麗, "purity, lovely"
*澄玲, "lucidity, sound of jewels"
*澄麗, ...
,
Juri Takahashi
, also known mononymously as Juri ( ko, 쥬리; ja, ジュリ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Rocket Punch and former member of the Japanese girl group AKB48.
Career
2011-2018: AKB4 ...
* Team K:
Rie Kitahara
is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 and former member of AKB48 and SKE48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and was later co-captain of Team K (2014). In March 2015, it was announced Kitahara wo ...
,
Asuka Kuramochi
is a singer, actress, and a former member of the idol group AKB48 under Team K.
Career
2007
* On May 27, she passed AKB48 first trainee audition (AKB48 第一回研究生(4期生)オーディション).
2008
* On March 4, it was a ...
,
Tomu Muto
is a Japanese idol and singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a member of AKB48's Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certif ...
* Team B:
Miori Ichikawa
is Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol groups AKB48 and NMB48. She is known for her "Fresh Lemon" character and is the Hiroshima Lemon Ambassador since 2014.
Biography
Ichikawa debuted in the entertainment industry under Star ...
,
Ayaka Umeda
is a former Japanese idol and singer from the girl group NMB48, in which she is the co-captain of Team BII. She was also a member of the AKB48 and its subunit DiVA.
Biography
2004–2007: Early career, debut, injury
In 2004–2005, Umeda to ...
,
Mina Oba
Mina may refer to:
Places Iran
* Minaq, East Azerbaijan
* Mina, Fars
* Mineh, Lorestan Province
* Mina, Razavi Khorasan
* Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province
United States
* Mina, California
* Mina, Nevada
* Mina, New York
* Mina, Ohio
* ...
,
Rena Kato
is a Japanese tarento, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, and was in Team A.
She was also a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named AnRi ...
* SKE48 Team S:
Yuria Kizaki
is a Japanese actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was the captain of Team B.
Biography
On November 13, 2009, Kizaki passed SKE48's third-generation auditions. On June 23, 2010, she got promoted to an o ...
* SKE 48 Team KII:
Akane Takayanagi
is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She joined SKE48 as a second-generation trainee in March 2009, before being promoted to Team KII. She was a member of SKE48 Team KII, and a former member of NMB48 Team BII.
AKB48 genera ...
,
Akari Suda
is a Japanese ''tarento'' and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 represented by Twin Planet. She was a member of SKE48's Team E.
Career
Suda passed SKE48's 3rd generation auditions on 11 November 2009, and debuted on 8 Dec ...
* SKE48 Team E:
Kanon Kimoto
is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She was a member of SKE48's Team E, and a former member of HKT48.
Career
Kimoto passed SKE48's 4th generation auditions in September 2010. Her debut was on October 5, 2010. Her first se ...
,
Nao Furuhata
is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a member of SKE48's Team KII, and a former member of AKB48.
Career
Furuhata was born in Aichi Prefecture, and passed SKE48's 5th generation auditions in October 2011. Her audition song ...
* NMB48 Team M:
Fuuko Yagura
* HKT48 Team H:
Haruka Kodama
is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H.
She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...
,
Sakura Miyawaki
is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim.
Miyawaki began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011, and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from ...
* JKT48 Team J/ AKB48 Team B:
Aki Takajo
"Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!"
Performed by Tentoumu Chu! (てんとうむChu!):
Center: Mako Kojima
* Team 4:
Nana Okada
is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Avex Asunaro. She is a member of the girl group AKB48 and a former member of STU48. She has been a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in ...
,
Mako Kojima
is a Japanese fashion producer and ''tarento'', represented by Sun Music Production. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and the founder of the fashion label Haluhiroine, which is distributed through Earth Music & Ecol ...
,
Miki Nishino
is a Japanese ''tarento'' and Japanese idol, idol. She is a former member of the girl group AKB48 under Team 4 and of AKB48's subgroup Tentoumu Chu!.
She is now a solo ''tarento'' and idol represented by Twin Planet, and formerly worked part-t ...
* SKE48 Kenkyuusei:
Ryoha Kitagawa
is a Japanese singer, model, and music producer. She is a former member of the idol groups SKE48 and AKB48, where she was a member of Team S and Team 4, respectively. She is the producer of the Nagoya-based idol group Onegai! Full House, which de ...
* NMB48 Kenkyuusei:
Nagisa Shibuya
is a member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is the current captain of NMB48's Team M. She is also a member of the AKB48 sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!, of NMB48 sub-unit Queentet, and formerly held a concurrent position in AKB48's Team 4.
...
* HKT48 Kenkyuusei:
Meru Tashima
is a Japanese singer and idol. She is a former member of the idol group HKT48.
Biography
In 2011, Tashima took part in the 10th generation auditions for the idol group Morning Musume. She passed 3 rounds and advanced to the final, but was not ...
,
Mio Tomonaga
is a former Japanese idol singer, and a former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was in Team KIV, and in AKB48 in Team B.
Career
On March 30, 2016, Mio Tomonaga released her first photobook, titled ''Hinata''. ...
""Kiss made Countdown"
Performed by Team A:
Center:
Mayu Watanabe
is a Japanese former idol, singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has ...
Team A:
Rina Izuta
is a Japanese singer and a member of the Thai idol girl group CGM48. She is also the first and current general manager of the group. She is a former member of AKB48 and BNK48.
Career
Izuta was born in Saitama Prefecture, and joined AKB48's ...
,
Anna Iriyama
is a Japanese actress and YouTuber who has bases of operations in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was par ...
,
Karen Iwata
is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A.
Biography
Iwata was born on May 13, 1998 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Her mother is Miwa Sugawara, who works as a TV personality in Sendai. As a child, Iwata ...
,
Ryoka Oshima,
Rina Kawaei Rina or RINA may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Rina (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Kento Rina, Indian politician
* Mahfuza Rahman Rina, Bangladeshi politician
* Tongam Rina (born 1979), Indian journ ...
,
Ayaka Kikuchi,
Haruka Kodama
is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H.
She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...
, Marina Kobayashi ,
Yukari Sasaki,
Sato Sumire,
Mariya Suzuki
is a Japanese idol, singer and actress. She joined the girl group AKB48 in 2009 where she participated in a number of their singles, and was one of two Japanese members to transfer and to become founding members of the Chinese idol sister group ...
,
Juri Takahashi
, also known mononymously as Juri ( ko, 쥬리; ja, ジュリ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Rocket Punch and former member of the Japanese girl group AKB48.
Career
2011-2018: AKB4 ...
,
Minami Takahashi
is a Japanese idol, singer, tarento and a former member of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48. She is in Team A of AKB48. She became the first of AKB48 and its sister groups. In an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 produce ...
,
Yuuka Tano,
Matsui Sakiko, Ayaka Morikawa,
Fuuko Yagura,
Yui Yokoyama Yui may refer to:
People
*Yui (name), a Japanese name
*Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress
*Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States
Places
*Yui, Shizu ...
,
Mayu Watanabe
is a Japanese former idol, singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has ...
"Sasameyuki Regret"
Performed by Team K:
Centers:
Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, ...
,
Jurina Matsui
is a Japanese Television personalities in Japan, TV personality, singer, actress, and YouTuber. She is a former member of Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and former concurrent member of AKB48 (in 2012–2015). She is recognized as SKE48's absolut ...
Team K:
Maria Abe
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with i ...
,
Mayumi Uchida
The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get olde ...
,
Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, ...
,
Rie Kitahara
is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 and former member of AKB48 and SKE48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and was later co-captain of Team K (2014). In March 2015, it was announced Kitahara wo ...
,
Asuka Kuramochi
is a singer, actress, and a former member of the idol group AKB48 under Team K.
Career
2007
* On May 27, she passed AKB48 first trainee audition (AKB48 第一回研究生(4期生)オーディション).
2008
* On March 4, it was a ...
,
Kana Kobayashi
is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48 who was part of Team B and later Team K. She has appeared in a number of television shows, feature films and stage productions.
Kobayashi is represented with Promage.
On July 8, 2021, Kobayashi ...
,
Amina Sato
is a Japanese voice actress and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. In AKB48, she was originally a fourth generation trainee, then in Team A, in Team B, and finally in Team K. Amina Sato was also a member of a pop group named N ...
,
Haruka Shimada
is a Japanese businessperson and former singer and actress. She is a former member of AKB48, and has founded two companies aiming to provide second career options for aspiring and active entertainers.
Biography
Shimada joined AKB48 in 2009. D ...
,
Shihori Suzuki
Shihori (written: or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese actress
*, Japanese field hockey player
{{given name
Japanese feminine given names ...
,
Rina Chikano
The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get old ...
, Chisato Nakata,
Mariya Nagao
is a Japanese television personality and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Nagao is represented by Irving.
Career
Mariya Nagao joined AKB48 as a 9th generation trainee in late 2009. On December 8, 2010, together with Mina ...
,
Rena Nozawa Renas may refer to:
Places
*Rena, Badajoz, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain
*Rena, Norway, a village in Innlandet county, Norway
*Rena, Washington, a community in Clallam County, Washington, United States
People
*Rena (given name), list of pe ...
,
Rina Hirata,
Nana Fujita
Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
* Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
* Nana ( ...
,
Nao Furuhata
is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a member of SKE48's Team KII, and a former member of AKB48.
Career
Furuhata was born in Aichi Prefecture, and passed SKE48's 5th generation auditions in October 2011. Her audition song ...
,
Ami Maeda
AMI or Ami may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
*AMI-tv, a Canadian TV channel
**AMI-télé, the French-language version
*AMI-audio, a Canadian audio broadcast TV service
*''Ami Magazine'', an Orthodox Jewish news magazine
Businesses ...
,
Jurina Matsui
is a Japanese Television personalities in Japan, TV personality, singer, actress, and YouTuber. She is a former member of Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and former concurrent member of AKB48 (in 2012–2015). She is recognized as SKE48's absolut ...
,
Miho Miyazaki
is a Japanese singer, actress and former member of the idol girl group AKB48 where she was active in Team A. She also participated in the Korean-Japanese show Produce 48.
Biography
In 2007, Miyazaki passed an audition for AKB48 and became a ken ...
,
Tomu Muto
is a Japanese idol and singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a member of AKB48's Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certif ...
*Team 4:
Moe Aigasa
*Kenkyuusei:
Ami Yumoto
Note: Moe Aigasa and Ami Yumoto were chosen from a special audition among the 13th, 14th, and 15th generation members in Team 4 and Kenkyuusei, as documented in the Type-4 DVD. They auditioned for
Sayaka Akimoto
is a Filipino-Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and its spin-off unit Diva (Japanese band), Diva.
As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions, and made her Hollywoo ...
and
Tomomi Itano
is a Japanese recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled " Dear J", which wa ...
, 2 Team K members who were graduating from AKB48 in 2013. Finally, The winner was announced with Aigasa picked by Akimoto and Yumoto picked by Itano.
"Tiny T-shirt"
Performed by Team B:
Center:
Yuki Kashiwagi
is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...
Team B:
Haruka Ishida
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She has been a co-host on the variety show ''Dream Creator'' on TV Tokyo. and has voiced on a handful of anime shows, including ''Nobunaga the Fool'' ...
,
Miori Ichikawa
is Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol groups AKB48 and NMB48. She is known for her "Fresh Lemon" character and is the Hiroshima Lemon Ambassador since 2014.
Biography
Ichikawa debuted in the entertainment industry under Star ...
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Misaki Iwasa
is a Japanese idol. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 and enka singer. Her nickname is Wasamin. Her talent agency is Nagara Productions. She was also a member of the sub-unit Watarirouka Hashiritai 7.
Career
2008
* Decem ...
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Ayaka Umeda
is a former Japanese idol and singer from the girl group NMB48, in which she is the co-captain of Team BII. She was also a member of the AKB48 and its subunit DiVA.
Biography
2004–2007: Early career, debut, injury
In 2004–2005, Umeda to ...
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Mina Oba
Mina may refer to:
Places Iran
* Minaq, East Azerbaijan
* Mina, Fars
* Mineh, Lorestan Province
* Mina, Razavi Khorasan
* Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province
United States
* Mina, California
* Mina, Nevada
* Mina, New York
* Mina, Ohio
* ...
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Miyuu Omori,
Shizuka Oya,
Yuki Kashiwagi
is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...
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Haruka Katayama
, is a Japanese actress and ''tarento'' who is a former member of the idol group AKB48's team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto
is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's t ...
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Rena Kato
is a Japanese tarento, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, and was in Team A.
She was also a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named AnRi ...
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Natsuki Kojima
is a common Japanese given name. While it is a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname.
Possible writings
Natsuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
*夏稀, " ...
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Haruna Kojima
is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.
Career
Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an ido ...
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Haruka Shimazaki
is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...
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Aki Takajo,
Miyu Takeuchi
is a Japanese people, Japanese singer and YouTuber based in South Korea. She is a former member of AKB48.
Career
2004-2008: Pre-debut
Prior to joining AKB48, Takeuchi signed a contract with Stardust Production in 2004 and appeared in Little b ...
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Miku Tanabe
is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's produce ...
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Mariko Nakamura Mariko may refer to:
Places
* Mariko-juku (鞠子宿), a post station along the Tōkaidō
* Mariko, Mali
* Mariko (crater), an impact crater on Venus
People
* MC Mariko (Mari Pajalahti, born 1979), Finnish music group Kwan
* Bourama Mariko (born ...
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Wakana Natori,
Misato Nonaka,
Reina Fujie
, is a Japanese idol who is a former member NMB48's Team BII and former member of AKB48. She is a cousin of Berryz Kobo
was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members cons ...
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Suzuran Yamauchi,
Miyuki Watanabe
is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B.
Career
Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 Septem ...
"Seijun Philosophy"
Performed by Team 4:
Center: Mako Kojima
Team 4: Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Ayaka Okada,
Nana Okada
is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Avex Asunaro. She is a member of the girl group AKB48 and a former member of STU48. She has been a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in ...
, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Shinozaki Ayana, Takashima Yurina, Nishino Miki, Hashimoto Hikari, Maeda Mitsuki, Minegishi Minami, Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu
"Kimi no Hitomi wa Planetarium"
Kenkyuusei (研究生) Center:
Nana Owada
is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a former member of AKB48's Team A.
Career
Owada passed AKB48's 15th generation auditions on 19 January 2013. She debuted as a backdancer for Team K's stage performance on 30 A ...
Kenkyuusei: Ichikawa Manami, Owada Nana,
Haruka Komiyama
Haruka Komiyama (込山榛香 ''Komiyama Haruka'', born September 12, 1998 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese idol, singer and model. She is a member of the Japanese girl group AKB48's Team A and was an exclusive model for the Japanese t ...
, Sato Kiara, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki, Fukuoka Seina,
Mion Mukaichi
is a Japanese idol singer and former child actress. She is a member of the girl group AKB48, serving as captain of AKB48 Team A, and is also the third and current AKB48 Group . As an actress, she is best known for portraying Mio Sato in the '' U ...
, Yumoto Ami
Charts
Billboard charts
Oricon charts
G-music (Taiwan)
Year-end charts
Release history
SNH48 version
"Heart Electric" (
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
: 心电感应,
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
: Xīndiàn gǎnyìng) was redone in Mandarin for AKB48's sister group in China,
SNH48
SNH48 is a Chinese idol girl group based in Shanghai. Following AKB48's creator Yasushi Akimoto's concept of "idols you can meet", the group features dozens of female members around the age of 20, who perform regularly in the group's own thea ...
, as the group's fourth single. It was available for ordering on March 12 in the SNH48 official online store.
Notes
References
; Release information
; Other references
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heart Electric
2013 singles
AKB48 songs
Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
King Records (Japan) singles
2013 songs