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Sakura no Ki ni Narou

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Theatre Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)
Released
2011.02.16
Catalog Number
KIZM-90081/2 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-81/2 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90083/4 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-83/4 (Regular Edition Type-B)
NMAX-1104 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,600 (Limited and Regular Editions)
¥1,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)
  2. Guuzen no Juujiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
  3. Kiss Made 100 Mile (キスまで100マイル) (MINT)
  4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
  5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
  6. Kiss Made 100 Mile off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou MUSIC CLIP
  2. Guuzen no Juujiro MUSIC CLIP
  3. Kiss Made 100 Mile MUSIC CLIP
  4. Members' Personal Clothes Fashion Show (Type-A) (ガチ私服ファッションショー(Type-A))
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)
  2. Guuzen no Juujiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
  3. Area K (エリアK) (DIVA)
  4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
  5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
  6. Area K off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou MUSIC CLIP <Complete Version> (桜の木になろう MUSIC CLIP<完全版>)
  2. Guuzen no Juujiro MUSIC CLIP
  3. Area K MUSIC CLIP
  4. Members' Personal Clothes Fashion Show (Type-B) (ガチ私服ファッションショー(Type-B))
Theatre CD Tracklist
  1. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)
  2. Guuzen no Juujiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
  3. Ougon Center (黄金センター) (team Kenkyuusei)
  4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
  5. Guuzen no Juujiro off vocal ver.
  6. Ougon Center off vocal ver.


Information

"Sakura no Ki ni Narou" 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.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single
Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover

"Sakura no Ki ni Narou"

(Center: Maeda Atsuko)

"Guuzen no Juujiro"

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Yokoyama Yui, Kimoto Kanon)

"Kiss Made 100 Mile"

Artist: MINT

(Center: Maeda Atsuko)

"Area K"

Names in bold indicate the vocalist team, while the remaining members participated as the dance team.

Artist: DIVA

(Center: Akimoto Sayaka)

"Ougon Center"

Artist: team Kenkyuusei (チーム研究生)

(Center: Takeuchi Miyu)

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Yoko Kensuke
Other Information
Arrangement: Nonaka "Masa" Yuichi

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 942,479
1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 55,484
2 8 6 6 6 4 5 6 24,519
4 14 11 10 8 3 3 8 11,105
3 9 11 10 10 7 6 9 5,973
4 10 10 4 4 4 3 4 6,753
3 5 5 5 5 6 3 5 5,987
5 24 22 19 17 11 9 17 4,794
7 15 13 11 9 7 8 11 7,382
9 30 25 10 8 14 13 14 3,880
16 - - - 44 45 27 45 1,931
34 34 35 27 35 32 31 34 2,105
32 - - 46 40 39 44 46 1,460
- - - - - - - 81 712
- - - - - - - 90 965
- - - - - - - 109 693
- - - - - - - 99 694
- - - - - - - 127 455
- - - - - - - 155 410
- - - - - - - 164 336
- - - - - - - 186 260
OUT 13 weeks
- - - - - - - 196 234
OUT 1 week
- - - - - - - 101 533
- - - - - - - 160 316
OUT 6 weeks
- - - - - - - 176 362
- - - - - - - 184 267
- - - - - - - 140 422
- - - - - - - 151 342
- - - - - - - 159 297
- - - - - - - 187 286
- - - - - - - 178 250
Year Month Month Rank Sales
2011 February 1 997,963
2011 March 9 54,337
2011 April 23 17,987

Total Reported Sales: 1,081,686
Total Sales in 2011: 1,079,460 (#5 single of the year)
Total Sales in 2012: 2,226

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 31

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