"Teacher Teacher"' is the 52nd single by

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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 by King Records on May 30, 2018. The single features Yui Oguri as the center performer.

Background and release

On March 19, 2018, it was announced that the 2018 "election single" will be released on May 30 and will feature Yui Oguri in the center position. For the first time the group enlisted a non-Japanese choreographer, Park Jun Hee, who worked with Korean acts such as Shinhwa, PSY and

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. The single was released on May 30, 2018. The song was certified triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it and only the third act. The song has been redone in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48 in 2018 and included in Joy Kick! Tears album on 2019.

Promotion

The single was first performed on April 1, 2018, for their first solo concert in two years at the

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. The song was performed as part of the encore of the concert.

Criticism

The song's lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto have been criticized as "justifying sexual harassment in education".

Commercial performance

''Teacher Teacher'' debuted atop the

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and atop

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's ''Hot 100''. The single placed atop the Oricon Singles Chart for the month of May 2018 with 1,661,038 physical copies sold in its first day. In June the single fell to number 3 with 153,29 additional copies sold. On July 12, the

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certified ''Teacher Teacher'' as a triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it. It's also the only third act behind Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan's " Three Dango Brothers" (1999) and

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's " The One and Only Flower in the World" (2003). ''Teacher Teacher'' was the best-selling single of 2018 on Oricon. The song placed at number 10 at Billboard Japan's Hot 100 Year End chart. It also topped the Top Singles Sales Year End chart.

Track listing

Notes * "Teacher Teacher" is performed by 28 members from Senbatsu * "Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" is performed by Center Exam Senbatsu * "Romantic Junbichuu" is performed by Team A * "Shuuden no Yoru" is performed by Team K * "Atarashi Chime" is performed by Team B * "Neko Allergy" is performed by Team 4 * "Hachinosu Dance" is performed by Team 8

Members

Teacher Teacher

*Team A:

Kato Rena 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 ...

, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui *Team K: Kojima Mako, Komiyama Haruka *Team B:

Kashiwagi Yuki 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 ...

, Kubo Satone, Takahashi Juri, Fukuoka Seina *Team 4: Okada Nana, Murayama Yuiri, Yamauchi Mizuki *Team 8: Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui *Team S:

Matsui Jurina is a Japanese 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 absolute "ace", having placed in the top ...

*Team KII: Obata Yuna *Team E: Suda Akari *Team N: Yamamoto Ayaka, Yamamoto Sayaka *Team M: Shiroma Miru, Yoshida Akari *Team H:

Sashihara Rino 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 and is the produce ...

Yabuki Nako 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 ...

*Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura *Team TII: Matsuoka Hana *Team NIII: Ogino Yuka, Nakai Rika *STU48 1st Generation: Takino Yumiko

"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze"

Center Exam Senbatsu (センター試験選抜メンバー) (16 Members) (Mukaichi Mion Center) Team A: Iriyama Anna, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui Team B: Iwatate Saho, Kashiwagi Yuki, Sasaki Yukari, Fukuoka Seina Team 4: Kawamoto Saya Team 8: Oda Erina Team S: Tsuzuki Rika Team KII: Arai Yuki Team H: Sakaguchi Riko, Sashihara Rino Team KIV: Fuchigami Mai Team NIII: Murakumo Fuka NGT48 Kenkyuusei: Kusakabe Aina

"Romantic Junbichuu"

Team A (チームA) (21 Members) (Oguri Yui Center) Team A: Iriyama Anna, Okabe Rin, Okumoto Hinano, Oguri Yui, Kato Rena, Goto Moe, Shitao Miu, Shinozaki Ayana, Shimoaoki Karin, Suzuki Kurumi, Taguchi Manaka, Tanikawa Hijiri, Chiba Erii, Cho Kurena, Nishikawa Rei, Hitomi Kotone, Maeda Ayaka, Miyazaki Miho, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui, Yoshida Karen

"Shuuden no Yoru"

Team K (チームK) (23 Members) (Kuranoo Narumi Center) Team K: Ichikawa Manami, Oda Erina, Kuranoo Narumi, Kojima Mako, Komiyama Haruka, Shimoguchi Hinana, Terada Misaki, Nakano Ikumi, Nozawa Rena, Hashimoto Haruna, Harumoto Yuki, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Fujita Nana, Minegishi Minami, Muto Orin, Muto Tomu, Mogi Shinobu, Yaguchi Moka, Yasuda Kana, Yamada Kyoka, Yamada Nanami, Yumoto Ami, Yokoyama Yui

"Atarashii Chime"

Team B (チームB) (24 Members) (Kubo Satone Center) Team B: Iwatate Saho, Ota Nao, Okuhara Hinako, Oya Shizuka, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kawahara Misaki, Kitazawa Saki, Kubo Satone, Sasaki Yukari, Sato Akari, Sato Shiori, Shimizu Maria, Takahashi Juri, Takita Kayoko, Takeuchi Miyu, Taniguchi Megu, Nakanishi Chiyori, Hattori Yuna, Hiwatashi Yui, Honda Hitomi, Fukuoka Seina, Yamabe Ayu, Yamamoto Ruka, Yoshikawa Nanase

"Neko Allergy"

Team 4 (チーム4) (24 Members) (Yamauchi Mizuki Center) Team 4: Asai Nanami, Inagaki Kaori, Utada Hatsuka, Okawa Rio, Onishi Momoka, Omori Miyuu, Okada Nana, Kawamoto Saya, Gyoten Yurina, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Sato Kiara, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Ayane, Takahashi Sayaka, Tatsuya Makiho, Taya Misaki, Nagano Serika, Noda Hinano, Hama Sayuna, Hirano Hikaru, Ma Chia-Ling, Miyazato Rira, Murayama Yuiri, Yamauchi Mizuki

"Hachinosu Dance"

Team 8 (チーム8) (16 Members) (Yokoyama Yui Center) Team 8: Ota Nao, Onishi Momoka, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Gyoten Yurina, Kuranoo Narumi, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Sato Shiori, Tanikawa Hijiri, Hama Sayuna, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Hitomi Kotone, Miyazato Rira, Yaguchi Moka, Yamada Nanami, Yokoyama Yui

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

JKT48 version

The song has been performed first in 2018 and released in late 2019. ''Teacher Teacher'' adopt the lyrics from Japanese and translated in Bahasa Indonesia. The song performed by JKT48's Team KIII with member

Shania Gracia JKT48 (read as "J. K. T. forty-eight") is an Indonesian-Japanese idol girl group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48. Formed in 2011, the group is the first AKB48 sister group outside Japan an ...

as center performer. ''Teacher Teacher'' included in the group fourth studio album with the name ''Joy Kick! Tears''.

Personnel

"Teacher Teacher" was recorded and performed by JKT48's Team KIII performer, consisting of: Shania Gracia (Center), Anastasya Narwastu Tety Handuran, Angelina Christy, Aninditha Rahma Cahyadi, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Gita Sekar Andarini, Helisma Putri, Jennifer Rachel Natasya, Kandiya Rafa Maulidita, Maria Genoveva Natalia Desy Purnamasari Gunawan, Mutiara Azzahra, Nurhayati, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Shani Indira Natio, Viviyona Apriani, Yessica Tamara.

References

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