"Sakura no Hanabiratachi" (桜のはなびらたち; Cherry Blossom Petals) is AKB48's indie debut single. The title track was used as the ending theme for the TBS dorama Desu yo ne. and CM song for NTT DoCoMo "Terebi Denwa". The second track, Dear my teacher, was the ending for the TV Asahi variety show Mitake Uranai. This single reached #10 on the weekly Oricon charts, charted for eight weeks and sold 46,274 copies.
Tracklist
- Sakura no Hanabiratachi (桜の花びらたち; Cherry Blossom Petals)
- Dear my teacher
- Sakura no Hanabiratachi (Karaoke Version) (桜の花びらたち(カラオケバージョン))
- Dear my teacher (Karaoke Version) (Dear my teacher(カラオケバージョン))
Members
- Team A: Itano Tomomi, Usami Yuki, Urano Kazumi, Ooe Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Orii Ayumi, Kawasaki Nozomi, Kojima Haruna, Komatani Hitomi, Sato Yukari, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Nakanishi Rina, Narita Risa, Hirajima Natsumi, Hoshino Michiru, Maeda Atsuko, Masuyama Kayano, Minegishi Minami, Watanabe Shiho
Sales Information
- Oricon Chart-Run
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 8 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 22,011 |
36 | 41 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 34 | 19 | 23 | 8,575 |
27 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 31 | 43 | 30 | 25 | 6,842 |
30 | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 36 | 4,781 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | 1,708 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 122 | 909 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 169 | 453 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99 | 995 |
Total Reported Sales: 46,274
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 8
Trivia
- in 2010, an special Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2010 was made but the titled was changed later on. the reason given was that the special version was just going to be sung in a TV show and apparently there were no plans to release or sing this new version in the future.