is the 45th

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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 August 31, 2016. It was number-one on the

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Weekly Singles Chart with 1,177,769 copies sold. The song also reached number-one on the

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Background

The member lineup for the title track and several supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the annual election held by AKB48 and its several sister groups.

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 ...

, having won the election for the third time, serves as the ''center'' (choreography center) in the title song.

Track listing

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Theater Edition

Personnel

Love Trip and Shiawase wo Wakenasai

16 members, ranked 1st to 16th of the 45th single general election, were selected for the song. The choreography center is

. *

Team A:

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 ...

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, Sh ...

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 idol ...

* AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV:

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 ...

* AKB48 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 ...

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 ...

* AKB48 Team K/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), ...

* AKB48 Team B/

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:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team B:

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 ...

* AKB48 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 ...

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 ...

SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a s ...

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 ...

* SKE48 Team E:

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 ...

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 ...

Team N:

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 ...

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

Team H:

Team NIII:

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 ...

Hikari to Kage no Hibi

Reference * AKB48 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 p ...

* AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV:

* AKB48 Team A/NMB48 Team M:

Miru Shiroma is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of Team M of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. Career Shiroma passed NMB48's first-generation auditions in September 2010, debuting on 9 October 2010 at Tokyo Aki Matsuri. Her stage d ...

* AKB48 Team K/HKT48 Team H:

* AKB48 Team B:

* AKB48 Team B/NGT48 Team NIII:

* AKB48 Team 4/SKE48 Team S:

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 ...

* SKE48 Team S:

* SKE48 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 ...

* NMB48 Team N:

* NMB48 Team M: Fuuko Yagura * HKT48 Team H:

* NGT48 Team NIII:

Minami Kato is a Japanese idol. She is a former member of AKB48's sister group NGT48 as a kenkyūsei and was the 2nd captain of the former Team NIII (pronounced ''N-Three''). Career On January 25, 2015, at the "AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 1035 2015" ...

, Moeka Takakura

Densetsu no Sakana

16 members, ranked 17th to 32nd of the 45th single general election, are called Under Girls and sing this song. * AKB48 Team A:

* AKB48 Team A/NMB48 Team M:

* AKB48 Team K:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team B:

Rena Katō 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 ...

, Ryōka Ōshima * AKB48 Team B/HKT48 Team H:

Nako Yabuki is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48 and is a former member of the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One after the competition television show ''Produce 48''. She joined HKT48 in November 201 ...

* AKB48 Team 4:

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 ...

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 ...

Saya Kawamoto is a Japanese tarento and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team 4 and was in JKT48's Team T due to a member exchange program that happened between 15 September and 19 October 20 ...

* AKB48 Team 4/HKT48 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''. ...

* SKE48 Team KII:

Mina Ōba is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 of which she was captain of Team KII. Before, she was a member of Team B in AKB48. On October 9, 2021, Ōba announced that she will graduate from SKE48 and leave the idol industry in April ...

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 ...

, Sarina Sōda, Saki Takeuchi * NMB48 Team M: Ayaka Okita

Shinka Shite Nējan

16 members, ranked 33rd to 48th of the 45th single general election, are called Next Girls and sing this song. * AKB48 Team A: Yukari Sasaki * AKB48 Team K: Shinobu Mogi * AKB48 Team B:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team 8: Narumi Kuranoo * SKE48 Team KII:

Yuna Ego is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a member of SKE48's Team KII. Biography Miyamae passed SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimo ...

* NMB48 Team N: Ririka Sutō * NMB48 Team M: Fūko Yagura,

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 ...

* NMB48 Team BII:

Shu Yabushita is a former Team BII member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She was born in Osaka Prefecture and is currently based in New York. Biography Yabushita passed NMB48's 3rd generation auditions in December 2011. Her debut was on February 29 ...

* HKT48 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 ...

, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka, Yuriya Inoue * HKT48 Team KIV: Aoi Motomura,

Mai Fuchigami is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, affiliated with the talent agency m&i. As a singer, she is signed under record label Lantis. After passing an audition held by the talent agency Sigma Seven, she played her first m ...

, Asuka Tomiyoshi

Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara

16 members, ranked 49th to 64th of the 45th single general election, are called Future Girls and sing this song. * AKB48 Team A:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team 4: Saho Iwatate, Ayaka Okada,

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 ...

* AKB48 Team 4/SKE48 Team S:

* AKB48 Team 4/NMB48 Team BII:

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. ...

* SKE48 Team S: Haruka Futamura, Mai Takeuchi * SKE48 Team E:

Marika Tani is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member of HKT48's Team KIV and now currently a member of SKE48's Team E. She is represented by Watanabe Entertainment. Career Tani passed HKT48's second generation auditions ...

, Mei Sakai * NMB48 Team N: Yūri Ōta * HKT48 Team H: Yui Kōjina, Riko Sakaguchi, Hiroka Komada * HKT48 Team KIV: Madoka Moriyasu, Nao Ueki

2016 Nen no Invitation

16 members, ranked 65th to 80th of the 45th single general election, are called Upcoming Girls and sing this song. * AKB48 Team A: Megu Taniguchi,

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 ...

* AKB48 TeamB/Team 8:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team 4: Miyū Ōmori * SKE48 Team S:

Ami Miyamae is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She was a member of SKE48's Team S. Career Miyamae passed SKE48's 5th generation auditions in October 2011. Her debut was on November 26, 2011. On April 13, 2013, she was promoted to ...

, Suzuran Yamauchi * SKE48 Team KII: Yuzuki Hidaka * SKE48 Team E: Haruka Kumazaki,

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 ...

, Natsuki Kamata, Sumire Satō * NMB48 Team N: Rika Kishino,

Akari Yoshida is a Japanese YouTuber, tarento and fashion model who is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is affiliated with Showtitle. During her time at NMB48, she was affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo. Biography Yoshida passed NMB ...

* HKT48 Team H: Yuka Akiyoshi * HKT48 Team KIV:

Anna Murashige , 村重杏奈, Murashige An'na, born July 29, 1998 is a Russo-Japanese tarento and a former member of the idol groups HKT48 and NMB48 represented by Twin Planet. She was in Team KIV (formerly in Team H) in HKT48. Career On July 10, 2011, Mu ...

* NGT48 Team NIII: Minami Katō

Hikari no Naka e

Baito AKB Paruru Senbatsu members. * AKB48 Team A:

* Fuyuka Shigefuji * Yūka Hinode

Black Flower

This song is used as the featured song for ''

Crow's Blood ''Crow's Blood'' (stylized as ''CROW'S BLOOD'') is a Japanese six-episode horror streaming television drama series with an original story concept written by Yasushi Akimoto and executive produced by Darren Lynn Bousman. It stars Mayu Watanabe ...

''. The word in parenthesis is the role name. * AKB48 Team A:

(Aoi Nojiri),

(Chisa Furugōri) * AKB48 Team A/HKT48 Team KIV:

(Maki Togawa) * AKB48 Team K:

(Nami Katayama) * AKB48 Team B:

(Kaoru Isozaki),

(Hikari Yanaka),

(Keiko Yodogawa) * AKB48 Team B/NGT48 Team NIII:

(Mai Utsui) * SKE48 Team S:

(Shinobu Matsumura)

Release history

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References

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Type A Limited Edition
— AKB48 discography on the official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Love Trip Shiawase wo Wakenasai AKB48 songs 2016 singles 2016 songs Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto King Records (Japan) singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Japanese television drama theme songs