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 ...
's seventh single, and the fifth major single released through DefSTAR Records, on August 8, 2007.
Promotion
"Boku no Taiyō" was also the title of a series of stage performances from July 1, 2007, by , an inter-group unit, as well as the signature song within its performances. "Boku no Taiyō" was released only 3 weeks after "Bingo!"'s release, video clip was filmed by Masaki Takehisa, the same director who filmed Morning Musume.'s video clip. "Boku no Taiyō" was selected as the second opening theme song of anime adaptation of the series Deltora Quest, broadcast through
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TV Tokyo
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Fukuoka
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, as a part of KBC's events. Mirai no Kajitsu is sung by 16 members, includes all 14 Senbatsu members of "Boku no Taiyō" and Yuka Masuda and Ayaka Umeda from Team K.
Unlike previous singles, CDs were not released, but each first press one also includes a sticker with one of characters of "Deltora Quest", as well as a CD jacket in different design, but did not come with a bonus DVD with a video clip of "Boku no Taiyō", which was included in the next single "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?.
Purchasers of the first press of the single were invited to an exclusive handshaking event to meet their favorite member. Each was given an amount of time proportional to the number of copies purchased, which led to some fans to buy the single in bulk.
Reception
The single charted only four weeks in the top 200 with the highest rank at #6, tied with their then-highest record as "Bingo!", "Boku no Taiyō" sold 28,840 copies.
Track listing
Charts
Reported sales
Personnel
The title track was sung with only 14 members, therefore, four members who sang on the previous single "Bingo!" were not chosen.
*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 ...
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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 ...
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Atsuko Maeda
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...
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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 ...
, Rina Nakanishi,
Mai Oshima
is a singer and a former member of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48.
Biography
In December 2005, Oshima became one of the 24 inaugural members of AKB48's Team A. Over the course of her career, she participated in most of AKB48's A-side sing ...
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Mariko Shinoda
is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was the captain of Team A.
Career
In October 2005, she auditioned for AKB48's first generation roster but failed the audition. Shor ...
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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 produc ...
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*Team K -
Sayaka Akimoto
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of Japanese idol
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Tomomi Kasai
is a Japanese singer, actress and a former member of the idol group AKB48, belonging to Team A. She had a recurring role on ''Kamen Rider W'' as Elizabeth, alongside group member Tomomi Itano. Together, they make up the sub-unit Queen & Elizab ...
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Sae Miyazawa
is a Japanese actress, television personality and former singer, signed under the entertainment agency Horipro. She is best known for her affiliations with AKB48 and its various sister- and subgroups. Between 2006 and 2016, she was a part of the ...
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Erena Ono
, is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was in "Team K" and her talent agency was Ohta Production. She was also part of AKB48 subgroups "Honegumi from AKB48", "AKBIdoling !! " and "ICE from AKB48".
Career
Ono was born i ...
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Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sa ...
*Team B -
Mayu Watanabe
is a Japanese former singer and actress. Watanabe started her career as a member of the 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 membe ...