Sakura no Shiori

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"Sakura no Shiori"
Type A cover, featuring Atsuko Maeda.
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side "Choose Me!"
"Enkyori Poster"
"Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"
Released February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
Format CD Single, digital download
Genre J-pop, choir
Length 3:58
Label You, Be Cool! / King
Writer(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi
Producer(s) Kenichi Mitsuda
Certification Platinum (RIAJ)
AKB48 singles chronology
"River"
(2009)		 "Sakura no Shiori"
(2010)		 "Ponytail to Shushu"
(2010)



Music videos
"Sakura no Shiori" on YouTube
"Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll"
"Enkyori Poster" / Team PB
"Choose me!" / Team YJ

"Sakura no Shiori" (桜の栞?, "Cherry Blossom Bookmark") is the 15th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released on February 17, 2010.[1] The title track is a school graduation song. The song was used as the theme song to the AKB48-related drama Majisuka Gakuen, which stars Atsuko Maeda and many members from AKB48 and its sister groups.

In its first week, the song sold 318,000 copies - the biggest opening sales for a female group single since Morning Musume's "Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)" in July 2001. The song has been certified platinum for physical sales by the RIAJ.[2]

Composition

The song is composed by Hiroshi Uesugi and written by Yasushi Akimoto.[3] It is sung with AKB48 members singing together in a school choir.[4] The song is a graduation song, with a theme of cherry blossoms.[4]

Tie-in

"Sakura no Shiori" was used not only as the theme song for the drama Majisuka Gakuen, but also in commercials for Aoki and Recochoku.[5] The B-side "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll" was used as the opening theme song for the same drama.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. 

Type A tracklist
No. Title Music Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori (桜の栞 Cherry Blossom Bookmark?)"   Hiroshi Uesugi Kenichi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (マジスカロックンロール Majisuka Rokkun Rōru?)"   Candy&Megane Yuichi "Masa" Nonaka 3:37
3. "Enkyori Poster (遠距離ポスター Long Distance Poster?)" (Team Play-Boy) Kōta Ogawa Nonaka 3:18
4. "Sakura no Shiori (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
5. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
Total length:
 18:42

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. 

Type B tracklist
No. Title Music Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori"   Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"   Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
3. "Choose Me!" (Team Young Jump) Yusuke Yamamoto Yūichi Ichikawa 4:04
4. "Sakura no Shiori (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
5. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll (Off Vocal Ver.)"   Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
Total length:
 19:27

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. 

Theatre version tracklist
No. Title Music Arranger Length
1. "Sakura no Shiori"   Uesugi Mitsuda 3:58
2. "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"   Candy&Megane Nonaka 3:37
3. "Enkyori Poster" (Team Play-Boy) Ogawa Nonaka 3:18
4. "Choose Me!" (Team Young Jump) Yamamoto Ichikawa 4:04
Total length:
 14:57

Personnel

Sakura no Shiori

"Sakura no Shiori" was performed by the following members:[6]

The center for the track was Atsuko Maeda.[6]

Majisuka Rock 'n Roll

The song centred on Atsuko Maeda.[importance?]

Enkyori Poster

The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name "Team Play-Boy." The song centred on Yuki Kashiwagi.[importance?]

  • Team A: Aki Takajō, Aika Oota, Ami Maeda
  • Team K: Sae Miyazawa, Moeno Nito
  • Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Miho Miyazaki

Choose Me!

The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name "Team Young Jump." The song centred on Rie Kitahara.[importance?]

Chart rankings

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay[7] 13
Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] 1
Billboard yearly Japan Hot 100[9] 43
Oricon weekly singles[10] 1
Oricon yearly singles[11] 12
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100[12] 15
RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100[13] 96

Reported sales

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[10] 398,000

Chart precession and succession

Preceded by Oricon weekly number-one single
March 1, 2010		 Succeeded by
"Hitomi no Screen" by Hey! Say! JUMP
Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single
March 1, 2010

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