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PV RIVER AKB48 公式
RIVER
"RIVER" is the 14th major single (16th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in two versions: a regular CD+DVD edition and a theater CD-only edition. The first press of the regular edition came with a nationwide handshake event ticket and a ticket to vote for a song to be performed at AKB48 Request Hour Setlist 100 2010, while all theater editions came with a "RIVER" handshake event ticket, an application ticket for a special "RIVER" event, and one member picture at random. The single debuted at #1 on the Oricon weekly chart, making it AKB48's first #1 single. It was the best-selling single by an idol group in the past seven years and also the second best-selling female artist single of 2009. The title track has been certified platinum by the RIAJ for full-song downloads of over 250,000.
- Motto
「向う岸には夢がある。」 ("Mukou Kishi ni wa Yume ga aru.")
Translation: "In the other side of the coast there is a dream."
Tracklist
PV 君のことが好きだから AKB48 公式
Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara
PV ひこうき雲（シアターガールズver） AKB48 公式
Hikoukigumo Theater Grils Ver.
- RIVER
- Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (君のことが好きだから)/Undergirls (アンダーガールズ)
- Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.) (ひこうき雲（シアターガールズver.）)/Theater Girls (シアターガールズ)
- RIVER (off vocal ver.)
- Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara (off vocal ver.) (君のことが好きだから（off vocal ver.))
Selected Members
RIVER
- Senbatsu (16 Members, Members bolded are part of the front girls of this single, Maeda Atsuko and Takahashi Minami Centers)
- Team A: Itano Tomomi, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami, Miyazaki Miho
- Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae
- Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
- SKE48 Team S: Matsui Jurina
Kimi no Koto ga Suki dakara
- Team A: Sato Amina, Takajo Aki, Fujie Reina
- Team K: Oku Manami, Kuramochi Asuka
- Team B: Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Sashihara Rino, Nakagawa Haruka, Nito Moeno,
- Kenkyuusei: Ishida Haruka, Kikuchi Ayaka, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Maeda Ami
- SKE48 Team S: Matsui Rena
Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.)
- Team A: Nakata Chisato
- Team K: Umeda Ayaka, Kobayashi Kana, Chikano Rina, Matsubara Natsumi, Masuda Yuka
- Team B: Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nakaya Sayaka, Hirajima Natsumi, Yonezawa Rumi
- Kenkyuusei: Iwasa Misaki, Uchida Mayumi, Ooya Shizuka, Suzuki Mariya, Nonaka Misato, Matsui Sakiko
TV Performances
- [2009.10.07] AKBINGO!
- [2009.10.14] AKBINGO!
- [2009.10.21] AKBINGO!
- [2009.10.23] Music Fighter
- [2009.10.25] MUSIC JAPAN
- [2009.10.28] AKBINGO!
- [2009.10.30] Music Station
- [2009.11.04] AKBINGO!
- [2009.11.21] Mnet Asian Music Awards 2009 (Korea)
- [2009.11.26] Best Hit Kayousai 2009
- [2009.12.02] AKBINGO!
- [2009.12.25] Music Station Super Live 2009
- [2012.09.24] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ
- [2013.12.27] Music Station Super Live 2013
Oricon Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 87,795 |
1 54,049 |
1 14,259 |
1 4,707 |
1 7,085 |
5 | 1 | 178,579 |
| 5 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 16,943 |
| 19 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 9,483 |
| 19 | 48 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 39 | 28 | 41 | 2,556 |
| 29 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 44 | 59 | 1,895 |
| 26 | - | - | 41 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 2,363 |
| 22 | - | - | - | 36 | 33 | 18 | 37 | 2,630 |
| 46 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 19 | 36 | 2,078 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | 787 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 61 | 1,091 |
| 38 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 5,503 |
| 15 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 1,991 |
| 27 | - | - | 47 | - | 40 | 31 | 53 | 1,544 |
| 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 1,415 |
| 49 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 79 | 953 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 857 |
| - | - | - | 50 | 50 | - | 46 | 62 | 1,169 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 91 | 914 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 659 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | 592 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 443 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 488 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 559 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | 710 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | 529 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 | 418 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 508 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 122 | 508 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 416 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 172 | 312 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 569 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 504 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 415 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 141 | 443 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for one week | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 179 | 303 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 308 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 138 | 369 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 158 | 418 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 167 | 340 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 193 | 302 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 386 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 131 | 466 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 145 | 544 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 457 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 120 | 482 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 417 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 442 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 413 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150 | 365 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 448 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 328 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 434 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150 | 423 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 394 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 165 | 381 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out for two weeks | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 412 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 158 | 409 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 126 | 527 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 649 |
| - | - | - | 33 | 41 | 46 | - | 53 | 1,167 |
| 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 59 | 929 |
| 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 875 |
| 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | 800 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Unknown how many weeks after | |
Total Reported Sales: 346,975*
Total Sales in 2009: 216,527
Total Sales in 2010: 33,129
Total Sales in 2011: 97,319*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 72
- Certificated Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
- Certificated Gold in the Chaku-uta full category.
- Chart Records (Oricon)
- 2nd best-selling single of October 2009.
- 22nd best-selling single of 2010.
- This single outsold all the singles released before it in its first week.
- This was the first AKB48 Single to hit #1 in the Oricon Weekly Charts.
- Surpassing solo singer-songwriter YUI's single "again", this single was the best selling female single of 2009.
Trivia
- This is the second AKB48 single after BINGO! with an English name.
Videos
