Kibouteki Refrain

Kibouteki Refrain RegA RegB RegC RegD Single by AKB48 Type A Cover Single by AKB48 Type B Cover Single by AKB48 Type C Cover Single by AKB48 Type D Cover Released: November 26, 2014 Genre: J-Pop Format: CD Single, CD+DVD Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS Producer: Akimoto Yasushi Limited Edition Covers LimA LimB LimC LimD Single by AKB48 Limited Type A Cover Single by AKB48 Limited Type B Cover Single by AKB48 Limited Type C Cover Single by AKB48 Limited Type D Cover AKB48 Singles Chronology Previous: Kokoro no Placard 37th Single (2014) Next: Green Flash 39th Single (2015)

Theater Edition

【MV】希望的リフレイン Short ver. AKB48 公式

Kibouteki Refrain (MV)

【MV】希望的リフレイン －LIVE ver.－ Short ver. AKB48 公式

Kibouteki Refrain Live Ver. (MV)

Kibouteki Refrain (希望的リフレイン  Hopeful Refrain^?) is the 38th major single (40th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in November 26, 2014.

Tracklist

• Type A
• Type B
• Type C
• Type D
• Theater

• CD
• DVD

1. Kibouteki Refrain
2. Ima, Happy
3. Juujun na Slave
4. Kibouteki Refrain (Off-vocal)
5. Ima, Happy (Off-vocal)
6. Juujun na Slave (Off-vocal)

Kibouteki Refrain PV

Kibouteki Refrain PV -Live ver.-

Ima, Happy PV

AKB48 Group Janken Taikai 2014 Weakest Queen Play-off Part 1

• CD
• DVD

1. Kibouteki Refrain
2. Ambulance
3. Hajimete no Drive
4. Kibouteki Refrain (Off-vocal)
5. Ambulance (Off-vocal)
6. Hajimete no Drive (Off-vocal)

Kibouteki Refrain PV

Kibouteki Refrain PV -Live ver.-

Ambulance PV

AKB48 Group Janken Taikai 2014 Weakest Queen Play-off Part 2

• CD
• DVD

1. Kibouteki Refrain
2. Utaitai
3. Loneliness Club
4. Kibouteki Refrain (Off-vocal)
5. Utaitai (Off-vocal)
6. Loneliness Club (Off-vocal)

Kibouteki Refrain PV

Kibouteki Refrain PV -Live ver.-

Utaitai PV

Team 8 Ha・Ji・Me・Te・No Throbbing One-Shot Lip Collection!

• CD
• DVD

1. Kibouteki Refrain
2. Seifuku no Hane
3. Me o Aketa Mama no First Kiss
4. Kaze no Rasen
5. Kibouteki Refrain (Off-vocal)
6. Seifuku no Hane (Off-vocal)
7. Me o Aketa Mama no First Kiss (Off-vocal)
8. Kaze no Rasen (Off-vocal)

Kibouteki Refrain PV

Kibouteki Refrain PV -Live ver.-

Seifuku no Hane PV

Kaze no Rasen PV

Kibouteki Refrain

Ima, Happy

Reborn

Kibouteki Refrain (Off-vocal)

Ima, Happy (Off-vocal)

Reborn (Off-vocal)

Included Members

AKB48 Promoting Single

"Kibouteki Refrain"

Senbatsu (選抜) (32 Members) (Watanabe Mayu & Miyawaki Sakura Center, Media Senbatsu in bold)

• Team A: Shimazaki Haruka, Kojima Haruna, Takahashi Minami, Kawaei Rina, Iriyama Anna, Muto Tomu
• Team K: Yokoyama Yui, Kojima Mako, Tano Yuuka
• Team B: Watanabe Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Takahashi Juri, Owada Nana, Oshima Ryoka, Kawamoto Saya
• Team 4: Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria
• Team 8: Nakano Ikumi
• Team S: Matsui Jurina
• Team E: Matsui Rena, Suda Akari
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team M: Shiroma Miru
• Team BII: Watanabe Miyuki
• Team H: Sashihara Rino, Kodama Haruka
• Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura, Moriyasu Madoka
• Team SII: Miyazawa Sae
• Nogizaka46: Ikoma Rina

"Ima, Happy"

Baragumi (ばら組) (16 Members) (Sakaguchi Nagisa & Okada Nana Centers)

• Team A: Tatsuya Makiho
• Team K: Gotou Moe
• Team B: Fukuoka Seina
• Team 4: Okada Nana, Nishino Miki, Murayama Yuiri
• Team 8: Sakaguchi Nagisa
• Team S: Kitagawa Ryoha
• Team KII: Ego Yuna
• Team N: Ota Yuuri
• Team BII: Shibuya Nagisa, Yabushita Shu
• Team H: Tashima Meru, Tanaka Miku, Yabuki Nako
• Team KIV: Tomonaga Mio

"Ambulance"

Yurigumi (ゆり組) (16 Members) (Sato Sumire Center)

• Team K: Nagao Mariya
• Team B: Uchiyama Natsuki
• Team 4: Iwatate Saho, Sasaki Yukari, Shinozaki Ayana, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki
• Team S: Azuma Rion
• Team KII: Furuhata Nao
• Team E: Sato Sumire
• Team N: Kinoshita Haruna, Yoshida Akari
• Team M: Fujie Reina, Yagura Fuuko
• Team H: Anai Chihiro, Kojina Yui, Matsuoka Natsumi

"Utaitai"

Katareagumi (カトレア組) (26 Members) (Shibata Aya Center)

• Team A: Iwata Karen, Nakanishi Chiyori
• Team K: Ishida Haruka, Iwasa Misaki, Kitahara Rie, Miyazaki Miho
• Team B: Oya Shizuka, Ogasawara Mayu, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Tanabe Miku
• Team S: Yamauchi Suzuran
• Team KII: Oba Mina, Takayanagi Akane, Furukawa Airi
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon, Shibata Aya, Tani Marika
• SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Matsumura Kaori
• Team N: Kotani Riho
• Team M: Yamada Nana
• Team BII: Ichikawa Miori, Umeda Ayaka
• Team KIV: Ota Aika, Motomura Aoi

"Juujun na Slave"

Team A (チームA) (24 Members) (Kojima Haruna & Takahashi Minami Centers)

• Team A: Ichikawa Manami, Iriyama Anna, Ino Miyabi, Iwata Karen, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Natsuki, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Takita Kayoko, Tatsuya Makiho, Taniguchi Megu, Nakata Chisato, Nakanishi Chiyori, Nakamura Mariko, Nishiyama Rena, Fujita Nana, Furuhata Nao, Maeda Ami, Matsui Sakiko, Miyawaki Sakura, Muto Tomu, Morikawa Ayaka, Yagura Fuuko

"Hajimete no Drive"

Team K (チームK) (21 Members) (Matsui Jurina & Yamamoto Sayaka Centers)

• Team K: Aigasa Moe, Abe Maria, Ishida Haruka, Iwasa Misaki, Uchida Mayumi, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Mako, Kodama Haruka, Kobayashi Kana, Gotou Moe, Shimada Haruka, Shimoguchi Hinana, Suzuki Shihori, Suzuki Mariya, Tano Yuka, Nagao Mariya, Matsui Jurina, Miyazaki Miho, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yumoto Ami, Yokoyama Yui

"Loneliness Club"

Team B (チームB) (23 Members) (Kashiwagi Yuki & Watanabe Mayu Centers)

• Team B: Ikoma Rina, Izuta Rina, Uchiyama Natsuki, Umeta Ayano, Oshima Ryoka, Oya Shizuka, Owada Nana, Ogasawara Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kawamoto Saya, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Juri, Takeuchi Miyu, Tanabe Miku, Tomonaga Mio, Natori Wakana, Nozawa Rena, Hashimoto Hikari, Hirata Rina, Fukuoka Seina, Yokoshima Aeri, Watanabe Mayu

"Me wo Akete Mama no First Kiss"

Team 4 (チーム4) (23 Members) (Kato Rena & Kizaki Yuria Centers)

• Team 4: Iwatate Saho, Okawa Rio, Omori Miyu, Okada Ayaka, Okada Nana, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Kitazawa Saki, Kotani Riho, Kobayashi Marina, Komiyama Haruka, Sasaki Yukari, Sato Kiara, Shinozaki Ayana, Shibuya Nagisa, Takashima Yurina, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki, Nishino Miki, Maeda Mitsuki, Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion, Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu

"Seifuku no Hane"

Team 8 (チーム8) (47 Members) (Nakano Ikumi Center)

• Team 8: Abe Mei, Iwasaki Moeka, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Ota Nao, Oda Erina, Onishi Momoka, Kita Reina, Gyouten Yurina, Kuranoo Narumi, Kondo Moeri, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Sato Akari, Sato Shiori, Sato Nanami, Shitao Miu, Shimizu Maria, Shimoaoki Karin, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Ayane, Tani Yuri, Tanikawa Hijiri, Chou Kurena, Nakano Ikumi, Nagano Serika, Hashimoto Haruna, Hattori Yuna, Hama Sayuna, Hamamatsu Riona, Hayasaka Tsumugi, Hitomi Kotone, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Hirose Natsuki, Fukuchi Rena, Fujimura Natsuki, Honda Hitomi, Miyazato Rira, Mogi Kasumi, Moriwaki Yui, Yaguchi Moka, Yamada Nanami, Yamamoto Ai, Yamamoto Ruka, Yokomichi Yuri, Yokoyama Yui, Yoshikawa Nanase, Yoshino Miyu

"Kaze no Rasen"

Kojizaka46 (こじ坂46) (16 Members) (Kojima Haruna Center)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna
• Nogizaka46: Ikoma Rina, Ito Junna, Kawago Hina, Kawamura Mahiro, Saito Yuri, Sagara Iori, Sasaki Kotoko, Suzuki Ayane, Terada Ranze, Nakada Kana, Nagashima Seira, Noujou Ami, Yamazaki Rena, Watanabe Miria, Wada Maaya

"Reborn"

Team Surprise (チームサプライズ) (19 Members) (Izuta Rina Center)

• Team A: Kojima Natsuki, Nakata Chisato, Nakamura Mariko, Maeda Ami, Matsui Sakiko, Morikawa Ayaka
• Team K: Ishida Haruka, Iwasa Misaki, Uchida Mayumi, Suzuki Mariya, Suzuki Shihori
• Team B: Izuta Rina, Oya Shizuka, Tanabe Miku, Natori Wakana
• Team 4: Iwatate Saho, Kobayashi Marina, Sasaki Yukari, Shinozaki Ayana

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1 1,017,160	1 37,812	1 20,473	1 14,839	1 13,362	2 15,110	1	1,130,312
4	10	4	3 2,665	2 2,377	3 2,616	3 3,328	3	26,394
5	13	8	8	8	6	5	9	12,545
5	20	9	5	10	6	8	11	6,897
17	24	22	15	12	11	13	20	4,411
14	10	10	11	12	11	13	14	3,581
11	27	24	20	22	19	21	27	2,412
16	34	30	24	24	28	23	31	1,716
11	35	40	31	25	27	21	32	1,916
22	-	35	25	25	42	45	35	2,067
28	-	-	-	-	-	41	62	1,113
17	43	38	24	15	23	48	29	1,899
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	88	710
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	161	381
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131	484
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	348
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	296
1 week							OUT
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	149	281
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120	322
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186	194
2 weeks							OUT
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	171	244
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	299
11 weeks							OUT
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	182	295
1 week							OUT
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	174	312

Year	Month	Rank	Sales
2014	November	1	1,130,312
2014	December	8	50,247
January	36	11,692

Total Reported Sales: 1,199,429*

Trivia

• Graduated AKB48 members Maeda Atsuko, Oshima Yuko, Itano Tomomi, and Shinoda Mariko appear in the music video.
• This is the twentieth AKB48 single; after Beginner, Sakura no Ki ni Narou, Everyday, Katyusha, Flying Get, Kaze wa Fuiteiru, Ue Kara Mariko, GIVE ME FIVE!, Manatsu no Sounds Good!, Gingham Check, UZA, Eien Pressure, So long!, Sayonara Crawl, Koi Suru Fortune Cookie, Heart Ereki, Suzukake Nanchara, Mae Shika Mukanee, and Labrador Retriever; to sell 1,000,000 copies.
• This is the nineteenth AKB48 single; after Everyday, Katyusha, Flying Get, Kaze wa Fuiteiru, Ue Kara Mariko, GIVE ME FIVE!, Manatsu no Sounds Good!, Gingham Check, UZA, Eien Pressure, So long!, Sayonara Crawl, Koi Suru Fortune Cookie, Heart Ereki, Suzukake Nanchara, Mae Shika Mukanee, and Labrador Retriever; to sell 1,000,000 copies on the first week.
• This is the eighth AKB48 single; after Flying Get, Kaze wa Fuiteiru, Manatsu no Sounds Good!, Sayonara Crawl, Koi Suru Fortune Cookie, Heart Ereki, and Labrador Retriever; to sell 1,000,000 copies on the first day.
• Kibouteki Refrain debuted in 『オールスター感謝祭'14秋 アノ話題の人がナマで大暴れSP』 (TBS TV) October, 2014.

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