"Nemohamo Rumor" ( ja, 根も葉もRumor (ねもはもルーマー）, Nemohamo Rūmā, Groundless Rumor) is the 58th

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. It was released on September 29, 2021. Member

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served as both lead singer and choreographic center.

Background and release

The was released a year and a half (560 days) after, "

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" and was marketed as the first single in which only

members participated since 2010's "

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". The single was released in seven physical editions, comprising both regular and limited editions of Type A, Type B, and Type C, and a theater version. The single's release was first announced at the group's 15th anniversary on May 23, 2021 at

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. The groupmembers who would participate in the A-side track were announced on July 7, 2021. This marked the last single for member

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, the first single in which

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participated after returned from

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, and the first single released after

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's graduation.

returned to the center position for the first time since

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in 2018. "Nemohamo Rumor" was first performed on the TBS program " THE MUSIC DAY 2021" on July 17, 2021. During

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's hiatus for health reasons, her choreography was performed by Erina Oda. The choreography is in a locking style and was choreographed by Jun Kandabashi, the dance teacher of the Mie High School dance club "Serious Flavor", who also appears in the music video.

B-sides

"Hanarete Ite mo" (離れていても; Even When We're Apart) was first released in 2020 as a charity single performed by all the group's current members and some of the notable graduates, but was later credited to the senbatsu members from the single

and graduates only. Every active member in the group participated in either the A-side or one of the B-sides.

Track list

All the lyrics were written by

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Type A

Type A was released in regular and limited edition version, with different covers but the same track list.

Type B

Type B was released in regular and limited edition version, with different covers but the same track list.

Type C

Type C was released in regular and limited edition version, with different covers but the same track list.

Theater edition

Participating members

"Nemohamo Rumor"

"根も葉もRumor" ("Nemohamo Rumor") performed by selected ''senbatsu'' members, consisting of: *Team A: Erī Chiba,

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, Rei Nishikawa,

*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:

, Megu Taniguchi, Satone Kubo *Team 4:

, Mizuki Yamauchi, Yuiri Murayama *Team 8:

, Momoka Onishi, Miu Shitao, Narumi Kuranō, Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Yui Yokoyama

"Hanarete Ite mo"

"Hanarete Ite mo" (離れていても; Even When We're Apart) performed by selected ''senbatsu'' and graduate members, consisting of: *Team A:

*Team K:

*Team B:

, Satone Kubo, Seina Fukuoka *Team 4:

, Mizuki Yamauchi, Yuiri Murayama *Team 8: Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri *Graduates:

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mariko Shinoda is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was the captain of Team A. Career In October 2005, she auditioned for AKB48's first generation roster but failed the audition. Short ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

"Ōsawagi Tengoku"

"Ōsawagi Tengoku" (大騒ぎ天国; Uproar Paradise), performed by selected ''Second Generation'' members, consisting of: *Team A: Erī Chiba, Kurumi Suzuki, Manaka Taguchi, Minami Satō, Nazuna Furukawa, Rei Nishikawa, Saki Michieda, Suzuha Yamane *Team K: Ayami Nagatomo, Kana Yasuda, Megumi Nagano, Orin Muto, Ran Kobayashi, Rina Okada *Team B: Ayu Yamabe, Haruna Saito, Hitomi Otake, Maho Omori, Satone Kubo *Team 4: Haruka Kurosu, Kyoka Tada, Kaori Inagaki,

Ma Chia-ling Ma Chia-ling (; born 21 December 1996 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48's Team A. She is also the first and so far only member of AKB48 who is not Japanese. Her n ...

, Mai Homma, Mizuki Yamauchi, Miyū Kuramoto, Nanami Asai, Sena Ishiwata, Yuzuka Yoshihashi

"Seikōtōtei"

"Seikōtōtei" (大騒ぎ天国; High Pressure in the West and Low in the East), performed by Team 8, consisting of: Mitsuho Fukutomo, Yurina Gyoten, Hiyuka Sakagawa, Sayūna Hama, Yuki Harumoto, Haruna Hashimoto, Yūna Hattori, Ayaka Hidaritomo, Hikaru Hirano,

, Misaki Kawahara, Narumi Kuranō, Mashiro Mitomo, Serika Nagano, Erina Oda, Yūi Oguri, Rin Okabe, Hinako Okuhara, Hinano Okumoto, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Maria Shimizu, Miu Shitao, Yūka Suzuki, Ayane Takahashi, Sayaka Takahashi, Kaoru Takaoka, Remi Tokunaga, Sorano Uemi, Hatsuka Utada, Kyoka Yamada, Yui Yokoyama, Karen Yoshida, Nanase Yoshikawa, Momoka Ōnishi

"Kimi ga Inaku Naru Juunigatsu"

"君がいなくなる12月" ("Kimi ga Inaku Naru Juunigatsu"; "December When You Leave") performed by

"Black Jaguar"

"ブラックジャガー" ("Black Jaguar") performed by selected ''First Generation'' performers, consisting of: *Team A:

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, Ayana Shinozaki,

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 ...

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 ...

*Team K: Ami Yumoto,

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 ...

, Hinana Shimoguchi, Manami Ichikawa, Shinobu Mogi *Team B: Chiyori Nakanishi, Kayoko Takita, Saho Iwatate, Saki Kitazawa, Seina Fukuoka,

Shizuka Ōya is a Japanese idol and talent who is a former member of AKB48's Team B. Ōya is represented with Watanabe Entertainment. AKB48 participation Singles Albums Stage units Filmography Variety Other TV programmes TV dramas Radio Stag ...

, Yukari Sasaki *Team 4: Kiara Satō, Miyū Omori

Charts

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Release history

References

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