is the 10th major single by the Japanese idol group

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

, the 12th overall and the first on King Records, released on October 22, 2008. It was the first single for Jurina Matsui from

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

and also the first AKB48's single to feature a member of the sister group. It reached number 3 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.

Release

The single was released in two versions, CD+DVD both: (catalog number KIZM-23/4) and (catalog number NKZM-1001/2). This song is also used as the theme song for the

unit, no3b's drama, "Mendol ~Ikemen Idol~".

Track listing

Regular edition

;DVD Bonus (First press only) * Handshake event ticket (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka) * Another jacket (19 kinds, all selected members except Jurina Matsui)

Theater Edition

;CD ;DVD Bonus (First press only) * Handshake event ticket (AKB48 Theater, SUNSHINE STUDIO) * One photo (of 90 different kinds: Team A, K, B, Kenkyusei, SKE48)

Selected members

It was the first selection for Rie Kitahara,

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 becam ...

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 and is the produc ...

, Jurina Matsui. While Rina Nakanishi, Ayaka Umeda, Megumi Ohori, who participated in " Baby! Baby! Baby!", didn't make the selection this time. (Team affiliation at the time of the release.) Center : Jurina Matsui. * Team A:

Tomomi Itano is a Japanese recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled " Dear J", which wa ...

, Mai Ōshima, Nozomi Kawasaki, Rie Kitahara,

Haruna Kojima is a Japanese entrepreneur, actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A. In 2018, she founded her own brand, "Her lip to". Career Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Pref ...

, Yukari Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda,

Minami Minegishi is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by :ja:プロダクション尾木, 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 origina ...

* Team K:

Sayaka Akimoto is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training ...

, Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa * Team B:

Yuki Kashiwagi is a Japanese singer. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and was a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of Team B before she was replaced ...

, Mayu Watanabe *

: Jurina Matsui

Charts

*charted in 2010.

Sales and certifications

Other versions

* The Thai idol group BNK48, a sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Ko Chop Hai Ru Wa Chop" (; ; "I Like You, So I Let You Know That I Like You"). First performed on 2 June 2017 at the group's debut event in Bangkok, the song was included on the group's debut single, " Aitakatta – Yak Cha Dai Phop Thoe", officially released on 8 August 2017. * On June 1, 2022, Spy, a shuffle unit of WACK featuring

released a cover of the song as a B-side on their single .

References

External links

KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE "Ōgoe Diamond" (CD+DVD)

King Records special site (Kojima, Maeda, Matsui interview)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogoe Diamond 2008 singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto AKB48 songs King Records (Japan) singles 2008 songs BNK48 songs Japanese television drama theme songs