"Sustainable" (, ''Sasutenaburu'') is the 56th single by Japanese idol group

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. It was released in Japan by King Records on September 18, 2019, in seven versions. It debuted at number one on the

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and ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100, with over 1.6 million copies sold in Japan in its first week, making it the highest weekly sales of the year. It was the best-selling single of 2019 in Japan. The lead performer for the main track is Moeka Yahagi, and this is also her last single as well. This single is released in four physical different version, Type A, Type B, Type C and Theater Edition.

Commercial performance

"Sustainable" is the 43rd consecutive single by AKB48 to debut at number one. It is AKB48's first single of the

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and first release in six months.

Personnel

"Sustainable"

(19 members, Moeka Yahagi center) * Team A:

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, Yui Yokoyama * Team K:

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, Moeka Yahagi * 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 ...

* Team 4:

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, Yuiri Murayama * Team 8: Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Narumi Kuranoo, Nagisa Sakaguchi * SKE48 Team S:

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* Team E: Akari Suda *

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Team N: Akari Yoshida * Team M: Miru Shiroma * HKT48 Team H: Miku Tanaka *

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1st Generation: Hinata Homma * STU48:

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"Sukida Sukida Sukida"

* Team 8's song. (16 members, Yui Oguri center) * Team 8: Hatsuka Utada, Nao Ota, Momoka Onishi, Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Erina Oda, Narumi Kuranoo, Yurina Gyoten, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Akari Sato, Nanami Sato, Miu Shitao, Serika Nagano, Yui Yokoyama, Nanase Yoshikawa, Airi Rissen

"Seishun Da Capo"

Coupling Senbatsu. (16 members, Nanami Asai center) * Team A: Rena Kato, Kurumi Suzuki, Manaka Taguchi, Erii Chiba, Rei Nishikawa, Ayaka Maeda, Suzuha Yamane * Team K: Haruka Komiyama * Team B: Saho Iwatate, Satone Kubo,

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, Megu Tanniguchi, Yui Hiwatashi, Seina Fukuoka * Team 4:

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, Kaori Inagaki

"Monica, Yoake Da"

* 48 Group NEXT12. (12 members, Mizuki Yamauchi & Cocona Umeyama centers) * Team B: Maho Omori * Team 4; Mizuki Yamauchi * SKE48 Team E: Kaho Sato, Oka Suenaga *

Team BII: Cocona Umeyama, Ayaka Yamamoto * HKT48 Team KIV: Hirona Unjo * Team TII: Hinata Matsumoto *

1st Generation: Moeka Takakura * Kenkyuusei: Saaya Kawagoe * STU48: Mittsuki Imamura, Hina Iwata

"Nagareboshi ni Nani wo Negaeba Ii no Darou"

* Soukantoku to Captains. (5 members,

center) * Team A:

* Team K: Haruka Komiyama * Team B: Saho Iwatate * Team 4: Yuiri Murayama * Team 8:

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Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{AKB48 singles 2019 singles 2019 songs AKB48 songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles