Sakura no Ki ni Narou

Sakura no Ki ni Narou
Single by AKB48 Type A Cover Single by AKB48 Type B Cover Single by AKB48 Theater Edition Cover
Released:	February 16, 2011
Genre:	J-Pop
Format:	CD Single, CD+DVD
Label:	You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS
Producer:	Akimoto Yasushi
Limited Edition Covers
Single by AKB48 Limited Edition A Cover Single by AKB48 Limited Edition B Cover
AKB48 Singles Chronology
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Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう; Let's Become a Cherry Tree) is the 20th major-label single (22nd overall) released by AKB48. It was released in five versions: a limited type-A CD+DVD edition, a regular type-A CD+DVD edition, a limited type-B CD+DVD edition, a regular type-B CD+DVD edition, and a limited CD-only theater edition. The limited type-A and type-B editions came with a national handshaking event ticket, while the theater edition came with a "Sakura no Ki ni Narou" handshaking event ticket and one member picture at random. The title track was used as the theme song for the drama Sakura Kara no Tegami~AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyou Monogatari~, which starred all AKB48 members. The single sold 655,344 copies on its first day of release, which is the most that any artist has sold in a single day since Oricon started reporting daily sales in March 2009.

Tracklist

Selected Members

Sakura no Ki ni Narou

★ Senbatsu (16 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center (in italic), Front Members in bold)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna, Maeda Atsuko, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Takajo Aki
• Team K: Itano Tomomi, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, Oshima Yuko
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Watanabe Mayu
• Team S: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena

Guuzen no Juujiro

Undergirls (アンダーガールズ) (18 Members) (Kimoto Kanon & Yokoyama Yui Centers)

• Team A: Oota Aika, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Uchida Mayumi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Oku Manami, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Miyazaki Miho
• Team S: Oya Masana, Yagami Kumi
• Team KII: Takayanagi Akane, Mukaida Manatsu
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon

Kiss Made 100 Mile

MINT (5 Members) (Maeda Atsuko Center)

• Team A: Katayama Haruka, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Nito Moeno, Matsui Sakiko
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi

Area K

DIVA (18 Members) (Akimoto Sayaka Center)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ooya Shizuka, Kuramochi Asuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nonaka Misato, Yonezawa Rumi
• Team B: Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka

Ougon Center

Kenkyuusei (研究生) (24 Members) (Takeuchi Miyu Center)

• Kenkyuusei: Abe Maria, Izuta Rina, Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Ushikubo Sara, Oba Mina, Kato Rena, Kanazawa Yuuki, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Natsuki, Kobayashi Marina, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Suzuki Shihori, Takeuchi Miyu, Nakamata Shiori, Nakamura Mariko, Nagao Mariya, Natori Wakana, Fujita Nana, Mori Anna, Morikawa Ayaka, Yamauchi Suzuran, Yamaguchi Nau

TV Performances

• [2011.02.13] Music Japan
• [2011.02.16] Happy Music
• [2011.02.18] Music Station

Oricon Chart Positions

Total Reported Sales: 1,081,886
Total Sales in 2011: 1,079,460 (#5 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 2,226*
Total Charting Weeks: 31

• 7th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings.

Trivia

• After Chance no Junban, this single comes back with the same release pattern Beginner introduced. There are 2 Limited Editions and 2 Regular Editions, with the National Handshaking Events being part of the Limited Editions only.
• This single was released exactly 1 year after the last "sakura themed" single, Sakura no Shiori.
• Following Chance no Junban, the Theater Edition will once again include a new song. This brings the total of new songs included in this single to five. The new song was once again a Team Kenkyuusei Original Song.
• Once again, recognized artists were in charge of the artwork of this single. The covers were designed by artist Morimoto Chie (森本千絵), while the PV was directed by the famous director Koreda Hirokazu (是枝裕和).
• This single was originally planned to have a 21-nin Senbatsu, but was changed later on to the same 16-nin Senbatsu used for Beginner.
• The first time in AKB48 had included the exact same Members as Senbatsu for 2 Singles consecutively.
• This single outsold Beginner's first week, marking it as the highest first week numbers for AKB48 release so far.
• The single sold 655,344 copies on its first day of release. At the time this record was the most that any artist has sold in a single day, since Oricon started reporting daily sales in March 2009.
• This was Oku Manami's last single before graduating AKB48. 
• This is the second AKB48 single after Beginner to sell 1,000,000 copies. 

Videos

AKB48 桜の木になろう CM

Sakura no Ki ni Narou (CM)

AKB48 20thシングル 桜の木になろう CM

Sakura no Ki ni Narou (CM)

【MV】 桜の木になろう ダイジェスト映像 AKB48 公式

Sakura no Ki ni Narou (Short MV)

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