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
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 on through You, Be Cool!/King Records. This is the final single appearance of Haruka Shimazaki, who left the group shortly after the release. The single's choreography is also centered by Shimazaki. The title song is used as the theme song of their drama ''
Cabasuka Gakuen
is a 2016 Japanese television drama series starring Sakura Miyawaki and Jurina Matsui. It is the sequel to Majisuka Gakuen 5, set in an alternate timeline where the events of that season never happened but the Majisuka All-Girls High School goe ...
'' premiered on October 30, 2016 and was used for one of the team battles during Produce 48's group battle stage.
The single's title is an example of Wasei-eigo and refers to a state of high excitement instead of any of the usual meanings of " tension" in English.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
* 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 ...
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 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 ...
Yui Oguri
AKB48 are a Japanese idol girl group formed on December 8, 2005. As of December 24, 2022, the group consists of 81 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 18 members, Team K with 17 members, Team B with 18 members, Team 4 with 18 members ...
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 ...
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NMB48
NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is base ...
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), ...
Hana Matsuoka
Hana or HANA may refer to:
Places Europe
* Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic
* Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period
* Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway
West Asia
* Hana, Iran, a city ...
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NGT48
NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...
Team NIII:
Rika Nakai
is a Japanese idol and ''tarento''.
This song was performed by this single's unit, Waiting Circle which consists of the following members:
* Team A: Megu Taniguchi, Yui Hiwatashi
* Team K:
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:
Ryoka Oshima
is Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team B.
Career
Oshima passed AKB48's 13th generation auditions on 9 September 2011. Her debut was on 8 December ...
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Moe Gotō
Moe, MOE, MoE or m.o.e. may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Characters
* Moe Szyslak, from the animated television show ''The Simpsons''
* Moe, leader of The Three Stooges, played by Moe Howard
* Moe Higurashi, supporting character in ''Yas ...
, Seina Fukuoka
* Team 4: Yuiri Murayama
* Team 8: Narumi Kurano, Nanami Yamada,
Nagisa Sakaguchi
AKB48 are a Japanese idol girl group formed on December 8, 2005. As of December 24, 2022, the group consists of 81 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 18 members, Team K with 17 members, Team B with 18 members, Team 4 with 18 members ...
* Kenkyusei: Satone Kubo, Kira Takahashi
"Happy End"
This song is performed by this single's unit Renacchis, a unit that was created on "Renacchi's Sousenkyo" made by member Rena Katō as a joke on the app "755".
* Team A: Natsuki Kojima
* Team K:
Yūka Tano
is a Japanese idol singer, and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team K.
Career
Tano passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. On March 24, 2012, at ...
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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 ...
, Mogi Shinobu
* Team B:
Ryoka Oshima
is Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team B.
Career
Oshima passed AKB48's 13th generation auditions on 9 September 2011. Her debut was on 8 December ...
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, ...
* Team BII:
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 ...
* Team H:
Natsumi Tanaka
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname.
Possible writings
Natsumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
*夏美, "summer, beauty"
*夏実, "summer, truth"
*夏未, "su ...
* Team TII: Hana Matsuoka
* Team NIII:
Rika Nakai
is a Japanese idol and ''tarento''.Maho Yamaguchi
NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth f ...
"Better"
This song serves as Haruka Shimazaki's graduation song, with the Senbatsu members being her good friends from AKB48's 9th Generation.
* Team A: Haruka Shimazaki , Mariko Nakamura, Yui Yokoyama
* Team K:
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 ...
* Team B:
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 ...
* Team S:
Suzuran Yamauchi
is a Japanese tarento who is represented by the talent agency Horipro. She is a former member of Team S of the female idol group SKE48, and is a former member of its senior group AKB48.
Aside from being an idol, Yamauchi is an avid golfer and ha ...
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 ...
"Hoshizora no Kimi ni"
This song is performed by Team 8 EAST, with members belonging from the eastern region of
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
This song is performed by Team 8 WEST, with members belonging from the western region of
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
This song is sang by the unit "Tentoumu Chu!", which was originally a Kenkyuusei unit soon turned into active unit.
* 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 ...
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.
...
* Team H:
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 ...
* Team KIV:
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''. ...
"Mata Anata no Koto o Kangaeteta"
This song is sang by this single's unit Team Vocal, who are known to be the best vocalists of their Teams.
* Team A:
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 ...
* Team K:
Yūka Tano
is a Japanese idol singer, and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team K.
Career
Tano passed the AKB48 12th generation audition for the trainee section in February 2011. On March 24, 2012, at ...
,
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 ...
* Team 8:
Erina Oda Erina may refer to:
* Erina (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
* Erina, New South Wales, a suburb in New South Wales, Australia
** Erina Shire, a former local government area
** Erina Eagles, an Australian rugby league club
* ''Erina'', a ...
* Team S:
Rion Azuma
is a Japanese tarento. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and was a member of Teams E and S.
Career
Azuma passeTeam Crerekkos (a Hokkaido-based idol group) 4th generation auditions in October 2012, but resigned in Dec ...
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Suzuran Yamauchi
is a Japanese tarento who is represented by the talent agency Horipro. She is a former member of Team S of the female idol group SKE48, and is a former member of its senior group AKB48.
Aside from being an idol, Yamauchi is an avid golfer and ha ...
Natsuko Akashi
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Natsuko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*夏子, "summer, child"
*懐子, "reminiscence, yearn, child"
*捺子, "press, print, affix a seal, stamp, child"
*奈津 ...
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 ...
, covered the song with the same title. It is their Fifth single released on November 25,2019.