is the 44th

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by the

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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 on June 1, 2016. It was number-one on the

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Weekly Singles Chart with 1,441,000 copies sold. The song also reached number-one on the

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. It was the best-selling single of 2016 in Japan, with 2.507 million copies according to

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and 1,519,387 copies according to

Background

The single marks the first time

Mion Mukaichi is a Japanese idol singer and former child actress. She is a member of the girl group AKB48, serving as captain of AKB48 Team A, and is also the third and current AKB48 Group . As an actress, she is best known for portraying Mio Sato in the '' U ...

holds the center position in the choreography for the title track of a single by AKB48. It will also be the first time for

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is base ...

member to participate in the title track of a single by

. Tsubasa wa Iranai is the last AKB48 single to feature

member

Miyuki Watanabe is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B. Career Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 Septem ...

, prior to her departure from the AKB48 group in August 2016.

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, who didn’t participate in any A-Sides since

Suzukake Nanchara – also commonly abridged/known as or – is the 34th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on December 11, 2013. The single placed fourth on the Japanese Oricon year-end chart for 2014, with 1,086 ...

, made her first management-chosen senbatsu appearance in this single. The "Theater Edition" of the single will feature a new song by

NGT48 NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...

. The song is titled "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" and will be the main theme of the upcoming TV drama series adaptation of ''

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'', to be premiered from May 20 on BS Sky PerfecTV!.

Release

The single was released in several versions: Type A (two editions: limited and regular), Type B (limited and regular), Type C (limited and regular) and a version called the "Theater Edition". All versions, except the Theater Edition, include a DVD with several music videos. The first presses of the single came with a ticket to vote in the AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Election (to choose the members to be featured in the AKB48 45th Single). The full version music video premiered on M-On daily program "Sakidori!" on , and was officially released on YouTube on , same day as "

LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai is the 45th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 31, 2016. It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 1,177,769 copies sold. The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Japan ...

" (45th single) official release.

Track listings

Type A

All lyrics by

Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, maki ...

Type B

Type C

Theater Edition

Personnel

Tsubasa wa Iranai

The ''center'' (choreography center) is

. *

Team A:

Anna Iriyama is a Japanese actress and YouTuber who has bases of operations in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was p ...

Shizuka Ōya is a Japanese idol and talent who is a former member of AKB48's Team B. Ōya is represented with Watanabe Entertainment is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuy ...

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 idol ...

Haruka Shimazaki is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...

, Yui Hiwatashi,

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 ...

Yui Yokoyama Yui may refer to: People * Yui (name), a Japanese name *Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress * Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States Places * Yui, Sh ...

* AKB48 Team A/Team 8: Nanami Yamada * AKB48 Team A/

Team M:

Miru Shiroma is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of Team M of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. Career Shiroma passed NMB48's first-generation auditions in September 2010, debuting on 9 October 2010 at Tokyo Aki Matsuri. Her stage d ...

* AKB48 Team A/

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city of Fukuoka Prefecture, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

Team KIV:

Sakura Miyawaki is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim. Miyawaki began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011, and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from ...

* AKB48 Team K:

Minami Minegishi is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Production Ogi. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, and its subunit no3b. She is noted for having the longest tenure among the group's original members from 2005 to 2021. Ca ...

Tomu Mutō 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 certi ...

* AKB48 Team K/NMB48 Team N:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team K/HKT48 Team H:

Haruka Kodama is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H. She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...

* AKB48 Team B: Ryōka Ōshima,

Rena Katō 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 ...

Yuria Kizaki is a Japanese actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was the captain of Team B. Biography On November 13, 2009, Kizaki passed SKE48's third-generation auditions. On June 23, 2010, she got promoted to an o ...

Mayu Watanabe is a Japanese former idol, singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has ...

* AKB48 Team B/

Team NIII:

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 ...

* AKB48 Team 4:

Nana Okada is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Avex Asunaro. She is a member of the girl group AKB48 and a former member of STU48. She has been a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in ...

Saya Kawamoto is a Japanese tarento and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team 4 and was in JKT48's Team T due to a member exchange program that happened between 15 September and 19 October 20 ...

Mako Kojima is a Japanese fashion producer and ''tarento'', represented by Sun Music Production. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and the founder of the fashion label Haluhiroine, which is distributed through Earth Music & Ecol ...

Juri Takahashi , also known mononymously as Juri ( ko, 쥬리; ja, ジュリ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Rocket Punch and former member of the Japanese girl group AKB48. Career 2011-2018: AKB4 ...

* AKB48 Team 4/

SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a s ...

Team S:

Ryoha Kitagawa is a Japanese singer, model, and music producer. She is a former member of the idol groups SKE48 and AKB48, where she was a member of Team S and Team 4, respectively. She is the producer of the Nagoya-based idol group Onegai! Full House, which de ...

* SKE48 Team S:

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 ...

* SKE48 Team E: Rara Gotō * NMB48 Team N: Ririka Sutō * HKT48 Team H:

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 ...

* NGT48 Team NIII:

Minami Kato is a Japanese idol. She is a former member of AKB48's sister group NGT48 as a kenkyūsei and was the 2nd captain of the former Team NIII (pronounced ''N-Three''). Career On January 25, 2015, at the "AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 1035 2015" ...

Rie Kitahara is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 and former member of AKB48 and SKE48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and was later co-captain of Team K (2014). In March 2015, it was announced Kitahara wo ...

, Moeka Takakura

Set Me Free

Sung by Team A members. * AKB48 Team A:

, Nana Ōwada, Mayu Ogasawara,

Natsuki Kojima is a common Japanese given name. While it is a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname. Possible writings Natsuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *夏稀, " ...

, Yukari Sasaki,

Kayoko Takita Kayoko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kayoko Kawahigashi (born 1958), Japanese world champion table tennis player *Kayoko Fukushi (born 1982), Japanese long-distance runner *Kayoko Kishimoto (born 1960), ...

Megu Taniguchi Megu is a Japanese feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *, a Japanese voice actress *, a Japanese hostess and model *, a Japanese softball player *, Japanese singer *, Japanese individual and synchronized trampoline gymnast Fi ...

Chiyori Nakanishi is a retired judoka from Japan. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Lightweight (– 56 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'es ...

Mariko Nakamura Mariko may refer to: Places * Mariko-juku (鞠子宿), a post station along the Tōkaidō * Mariko, Mali * Mariko (crater), an impact crater on Venus People * MC Mariko (Mari Pajalahti, born 1979), Finnish music group Kwan * Bourama Mariko (born ...

, Rina Hirata, Yui Hiwatashi, Ami Maeda,

, Nanami Yamada,

Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru

Sung by Team B members. * AKB48 Team B: Ayano Umeta, Ryōka Ōshima,

, Moe Gotō,

Nagisa Sakaguchi AKB48 are a Japanese idol girl group formed on December 8, 2005. As of December 24, 2022, the group consists of 81 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 18 members, Team K with 17 members, Team B with 18 members, Team 4 with 18 members ...

Miyu Takeuchi is a Japanese people, Japanese singer and YouTuber based in South Korea. She is a former member of AKB48. Career 2004-2008: Pre-debut Prior to joining AKB48, Takeuchi signed a contract with Stardust Production in 2004 and appeared in Little b ...

, Makiho Tatsuya,

Miku Tanabe is a Japanese idol who is a former member of 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 produce ...

, Seina Fukuoka,

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 ...

Nako Yabuki 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 201 ...

, Aeri Yokoshima,

(Last Single)

Kangaeru Hito

Sung by Team 4 members. * AKB48 Team 4: Miyabi Iino,

Rina Izuta is a Japanese singer and a member of the Thai idol girl group CGM48. She is also the first and current general manager of the group. She is a former member of AKB48 and BNK48. Career Izuta was born in Saitama Prefecture, and joined AKB48's ...

, Saho Iwatate, Rio ŌKawa, Miyū Ōmori, Ayaka Okada,

, Ryōha Kitagawa, Saki Kitazawa,

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 ...

, Kiara Satō,

Nagisa Shibuya is a member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is the current captain of NMB48's Team M. She is also a member of the AKB48 sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!, of NMB48 sub-unit Queentet, and formerly held a concurrent position in AKB48's Team 4. ...

Mio Tomonaga is a former Japanese idol singer, and a former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was in Team KIV, and in AKB48 in Team B. Career On March 30, 2016, Mio Tomonaga released her first photobook, titled ''Hinata''. ...

Miki Nishino is a Japanese ''tarento'' and Japanese idol, idol. She is a former member of the girl group AKB48 under Team 4 and of AKB48's subgroup Tentoumu Chu!. She is now a solo ''tarento'' and idol represented by Twin Planet, and formerly worked part-t ...

Rena Nozawa Renas may refer to: Places *Rena, Badajoz, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain *Rena, Norway, a village in Innlandet county, Norway *Rena, Washington, a community in Clallam County, Washington, United States People *Rena (given name), list of pe ...

, Yuiri Murayama

Aishū no Trumpeter

Sung by Team K members. * AKB48 Team K: Moe Aigasa,

Maria Abe 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 i ...

Haruka Ishida is a Japanese actress, voice actress and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She has been a co-host on the variety show ''Dream Creator'' on TV Tokyo. and has voiced on a handful of anime shows, including ''Nobunaga the Fool'' ...

, Manami Ichikawa,

, Ayana Shinozaki,

Haruka Shimada is a Japanese businessperson and former singer and actress. She is a former member of AKB48, and has founded two companies aiming to provide second career options for aspiring and active entertainers. Biography Shimada joined AKB48 in 2009. D ...

, Hinana Shimoguchi,

Mariya Suzuki is a Japanese idol, singer and actress. She joined the girl group AKB48 in 2009 where she participated in a number of their singles, and was one of two Japanese members to transfer and to become founding members of the Chinese idol sister group ...

, Yūka Tano,

Chisato Nakata is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Chisato can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *千里, "great distance" *知里, "knowledge, hometown" *智里, "wisdom, hometown" *千聖, "thousand, holy" *千郷, "th ...

, Ikumi Nakano,

Nana Fujita Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ( ...

, Shinobu Mogi,

, Ami Yumoto

Yume e no Route

Sung by Team 8 members. * AKB48 Team 8: Nagisa Sakaguchi, Yui Yokoyama, Hijiri Tanikawa, Nanami Satō, Tsumugi Hayasaka, Akari Satō, Kasumi Mougi, Rin Okabe, Hitomi Honda, Maria Shimizu, Ayane Takahashi, Nanase Yoshikawa, Yui Oguri, Erina Oda, Shiori Satō, Ayaka Hidaritomo, Natsuki Fujimura, Yuri Yokomichi, Yūna Hattori, Ai Yamamoto, Haruna Hashimoto, Reina Kita, Kurena Chō, Moeri Kondō, Serika Nagano, Nao Ōta, Nanami Yamada, Ruka Yamamoto, Momoka Ōnishi, Sayuna Hama, Ikumi Nakano, Mei Abe, Kotone Hitomi, Yūri Tani, Miu Shitao, Riona Hamamatsu, Yurina Gyōten, Kaoru Takaoka, Natsuki Hirose, Karen Yoshida, Rena Fukuchi, Moeka Iwasaki, Narumi Kuranoo, Miyu Yoshino, Moka Yaguchi, Karin Shimoaoki, Rira Miyazato

Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?

Sung by NGT48 members. * NGT48: Yuria Ōtaki, Yuka Ogino,

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, Minami Katō, Yuria Kado,

Aina Kusakabe Aina may refer to: * Aina (given name) Places * Aina (Crete), a town of ancient Crete * Aïna River, a river in Cameroon and Gabon * Aina, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran Art and entertainment * ''Aina'' (1977 film), a 1977 Pakista ...

, Anju Satō, Riko Sugahara, Reina Seiji, Moeka Takakura, Mau Takahashi, Ayaka Tano,

Rika Nakai is a Japanese idol and ''tarento''.Marina Nishigata A marina (from Spanish language, Spanish , Portuguese language, Portuguese and Italian language, Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a Dock (maritime), dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina dif ...

, Nishimura Nanako,

Rena Hasegawa is a Japanese voice actress and a former singer. Hasegawa started her career as a member of the idol girl group NGT48 in 2015, debuting as a regular member of the group's Team NIII. In 2018, she was transferred to Team G, which later merged with ...

, Hinata Honma, Ayaka Mizusawa, Aya Miyajima, Fūka Murakumo,

Maho Yamaguchi NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...

, Noe Yamada

Charts

Release history

References

External links

Type A Limited Edition
— AKB48 discography on the official website {{HKT48 AKB48 songs 2016 singles 2016 songs Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto King Records (Japan) singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles