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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 ...

's second single, released independently through AKS on June 7, 2006. The song was sung by 7 members of AKB48 Team A,

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, Rina Nakanishi, Risa Narita,

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, and

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 ...

, and other members of Team A were back dancers. The center of the song is

and

Promotion

Launching of "Skirt, Hirari" was held at the off-theater live promoting event at Akihabara UDX with some 1,500 attendees on June 4, 2006, 3 days prior the release date. During this event, all AKB48 members, 20 members of Team A and 17 members of Team K, performed on the stage together first time,"AKB48 History (path to major debut)" DVD, included in "Aitakatta" - First edition although "Skirt, Hirari" itself was recorded with Team A members only. They made their first appearances on TV music programs to perform as a group of singers, such as "

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", "Music Fighter", etc. on June 9, two days after the release of CD. The song was used as the theme song of the , series of summer event held by

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. The B-side "Aozora no soba ni ite" was used as the ending theme song for the variety show '' Mitake Uranai''. Each CD included a postcard, which was for a lucky draw with following awards. *Award A - Participation right for *Award K - Participation right for watching a rehearsal of "3rd Stage" with AKB48 staffs *Award B - AKB48 Team A "1st stage" DVD *Sticker with all AKB48 members *Sticker with self-portrait of members (1 out of 20 members) 'Because of some chance mischief, I happened to pass you My heart nearly stopped And I purposely pretended to ignore you as I walked by How stupid am I? When I like you so much I fall into a pit of self-hate Alone in the crowd at the station'

Reception

The single charted 6 weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #13, but sold 20,609 copies, which was about a half of their debut single, "Sakura no Hanabiratachi".

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Other versions

* The Thai idol group

BNK48 BNK48 (read ''B.N.K. Forty-eight'') is a Thai Teen idol, idol Musical ensemble, girl group and the third international sister group of Japan's AKB48, following Indonesia's JKT48 and China's SNH48 (''former''). After holding its first audition i ...

, an international sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Phlio" ( th, พลิ้ว; ; "Wavering"). It was released as a B-side track of the group's second single, " Koi Suru Fortune Cookie – Khukki Siangthai", in 2017. *The Filipino idol group

MNL48 MNL48 (read as ''M.N.L. Forty-eight'') is a Filipino idol girl group based in Manila, Philippines. Formed in 2018, they are the fourth international sister group of AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48, China's SNH48 (''former''), and Thailand's BNK48 ...

, an international sister group of AKB48, covered the song with the tagalized title "''Umiindak Na Saya''". It was released as a B-side track for the group’s debut single “Aitakatta-Gustong Makita”, in 2018. *JKT48 also have an indonesian version of the song named "Rok Bergoyang"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skirt, Hirari AKB48 songs 2006 singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto BNK48 songs MNL48 songs