is the first single by

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ese girl group

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, Hakata-ku ward of Fukuoka, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2013, and was released through

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on February 6, 2013.

Release

''Suki! Suki! Skip!'' was released in Japan on March 20, 2013 in four different versions: Type A, Type B, Type C and the Theater versions. This is the first time since the formation of all Project 48 groups (

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 ...

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 ...

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 based ...

), the center position belongs to a research student, Meru Tashima. Also, this single is the first time a CD cover has featured only one girl ( Meru Tashima) for

's sister groups.

Track listing

Type-A

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Type-B

Type-C

Theater Edition

Members

"Suki! Suki! Skip!"

* Team H : Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama,

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 ...

, Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Haruka Wakatabe * Kenkyuusei : Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Onegai Valentine"

* Team H : Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama,

, Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Haruka Wakatabe * Kenkyuusei : Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Kataomoi no Karage"

* Team H: Sakura Miyawaki, Aika Ota, Aoi Motomura, Anna Murashige, Haruka Wakatabe * Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Marina Yamada, Izumi Umemoto, Yuka Akiyoshi, Maiko Fukagawa, Yuka Tanaka

"Ima ga Ichiban"

* Team H : Chihiro Anai, Serina Kumazawa, Haruka Kodama,

, Natsumi Tanaka, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Madoka Moriyasu * Kenkyuusei : Kyouka Abe, Mina Imada, Marika Tani, Riko Sakaguchi

Oricon Charts

References

External links

HKT48 Discography

Universal Music Japan (HKT48) Profile
- Discography * {{Authority control 2013 debut singles Songs in Japanese HKT48 songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles