is the second single of the

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idol group

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sub-group

Morning Musume Sakuragumi , meaning "Sakura Group", was one of the subgroups derived from the Japanese pop group Morning Musume in 2003. Its less successful equivalent was Morning Musume Otomegumi. Like its counterpart, the sole purpose of Sakuragumi was to accommodate t ...

. In addition to the title song and its karaoke version, the single also contains Morning Musume Sakuragumi versions of the earlier Morning Musume songs " Say Yeah!: Motto Miracle Night" and " Daite Hold on Me!". "Say Yeah!: Motto Miracle Night" was originally featured on the

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album and "Daite Hold on Me!" on the "Daite Hold on Me!" single.

Morning Musume Otomegumi was one of the subgroups that the Japanese pop group Morning Musume was divided into in 2003. Its counterpart was Morning Musume Sakuragumi. The group's name is made up of and , meaning "Young Girls' Group". Like Sakuragumi, purpose of Morning ...

also did a version of "Say Yeah!: Motto Miracle Night" at the same time as Morning Musume Sakuragumi on the " Yūjō (Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!)" single. The single reached number two on the Oricon weekly charts and sold roughly 61,929 copies. This was 8,598 copies more than Otomegumi's 2nd single "Yūjō (Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!)".

Track listings

CD

# "Sakura Mankai" # " Say Yeah!: Motto Miracle Night (Morning Musume Sakuragumi Version)" # " Daite Hold on Me! (Morning Musume Sakuragumi Version)" # "Sakura Mankai" (Instrumental)

Single V DVD

This DVD also included Morning Musume Otomegumi's Yūjō "(Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!)".Release of tracklist at Up-Front Works' website
:1 "Sakura Mankai" / Morning Musume Sakuragumi :3 "Sakura Mankai (Another Version)" / Morning Musume Sakuragumi

Members at time of single

*2nd generation: Mari Yaguchi *4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa, Ai Kago *5th generation:

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, Asami Konno, Risa Niigaki *6th generation: Eri Kamei

References

External links

Sakura Mankai
at Hello! Project's official site Morning Musume songs Japanese-language songs 2004 singles Song recordings produced by Tsunku 2004 songs Zetima Records singles {{Hello!Project-stub