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Tsugi no Ashiato

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Artist
AKB48
Album
Tsugi no Ashiato (次の足跡; The Next Footsteps)
Released
2014.01.22
Catalog Number
KIZC-90240~2 (Type-A Limited Edition)
KICS-3014~5 (Type-A Regular Edition)
KICS-3016~7 (Type-B)
NKCD-6655 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥3,570 (Type-A Limited Edition)
¥2,835 (Type-A Regular Edition and Type-B)
¥2,000 (Theater Edition)
Type-A and B CD Tracklist
  • Disc 1
  1. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (恋するフォーチュンクッキー; Love Fortune Cookie)
  2. LOVE Shugyou (LOVE修行; Love Training) (Kenkyuusei)
  3. Sayonara Crawl (さよならクロール; Goodbye Crawl)
  4. Tsuyoi Hana (強い花; Strong Flower) (Kenkyuusei)
  5. Ano Hi no Fuurin (あの日の風鈴; The Windchime That Day) (Waiting Girls)
  6. Eien Pressure (永遠プレッシャー; Eternal Pressure)
  7. Aozora Café (青空カフェ; Blue Sky Café)
  8. UZA
  9. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa... (君のために僕は…; For You, I'll...)
  10. Watashitachi no Reason (私たちのReason; Our Reason)
  11. So long!
  12. Gingham Check (ギンガムチェック)
  13. Manatsu no Sounds good! (真夏のSounds good!; Midsummer Sounds good!)
  14. Otona e no Michi (大人への道; The Road to Adulthood) (Kenkyuusei)
  • Disc 2 (Type-A)
  1. After rain
  2. Gugutasu no Sora (ぐぐたすの空; The Sky of Google+)
  3. Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu (ボーイハントの方法 教えます; I'll Teach You How to Boy Hunt) (Kizaki Yuria, Sashihara Rino, Shimazaki Haruka, Yagura Fuuko)
  4. JJ ni Karitamono (JJに借りたもの; Things Borrowed from JJ) (Umeda Ayaka, Kitahara Rie, Kuramochi Asuka, Takahashi Minami, Takayanagi Akane, Yamada Nana)
  5. Shower no Ato Dakara (シャワーの後だから; After the Shower) (Kashiwagi Yuki, Kojima Haruna, Matsui Rena)
  6. 10 Krone to Pan (10クローネとパン; 10 Krone and Bread) (Kodama Haruka, Fujie Reina, Furuhata Nao, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui)
  7. Kakushin ga Moterumono (確信がもてるもの) (Yokoyama Team A)
  8. Team Saka (チーム坂; Slope Team) (Minegishi Team 4)
  9. Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de (強さと弱さの間で; Between Strength and Weakness)
  10. Boku wa Ganbaru (僕は頑張る; I'll Do My Best)
  11. Eien Yori Tsuzuku You ni (永遠より続くように; Continue for Longer than an Eternity) (OKL48)
  • Disc 2 (Type-B)
  1. Smile Kamikakushi (スマイル神隠し; Smile Spiriting Away) (Tentoumu Chu!)
  2. Taningyougi na Sunset beach (他人行儀なSunset beach) (Ota Aika, Suda Akari, Yamauchi Suzuran, Watanabe Miyuki)
  3. Hasute to Wasute (ハステとワステ; Haste and Waste) (BKA48)
  4. Watashi Leaf (わたし リーフ; I am a Leaf) (Iriyama Anna, Kato Rena, Kawaei Rina, Matsui Jurina)
  5. Stoic na Bigaku (Stoicな美学; The Stoic Aesthetics) (Ichikawa Miori, Oba Mina, Kimoto Kanon, Miyawaki Sakura, Yabuki Nako, Yabushita Shu, Watanabe Mayu)
  6. Ponkotsu Blues (ぽんこつブルース)
  7. Ichi Ni no San (イチニノサン; One, Two, and Three) (Oshima Yuko, Takajo Aki, Nagao Mariya, Furukawa Airi, Minegishi Minami)
  8. Kyouhansha (共犯者; Accomplice) (Oshima Team K)
  9. Douki (動機; Motive) (Shimazaki Haruka solo)
  10. Kanashiki Kinkyori Ren'ai (悲しき近距離恋愛; Sad Short Distance Relationship) (Umeda Team B)
  11. Yume no Kawa (夢の河; River of Dreams)
Type-A Limited Edition DVD Tracklist
  1. AKB48 Group Member Air-Handshake Event (AKB48グループメンバー エア握手会)
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (恋するフォーチュンクッキー)
  2. LOVE Shugyou (LOVE修行)
  3. Sayonara Crawl (さよならクロール)
  4. Tsuyoi Hana (強い花)
  5. Ano Hi no Fuurin (あの日の風鈴)
  6. Eien Pressure (永遠プレッシャー)
  7. Aozora Café (青空カフェ)
  8. UZA
  9. Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa... (君のために僕は…)
  10. Watashitachi no Reason (私たちのReason)
  11. So long!
  12. Gingham Check (ギンガムチェック)
  13. Manatsu no Sounds good! (真夏のSounds good!)
  14. Otona e no Michi (大人への道)
  15. Chireba Ii no ni... (散ればいいのに・・・)


Information

Tsugi no Ashiato is the fifth album (third original album) released by AKB48.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the album
Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Theater Edition Cover

"After rain"

(Center: Oshima Yuko, Watanabe Mayu)

"Kakushin ga Moterumono"

Artist: Yokoyama Team A (横山チームA)

"Team Saka"

Artist: Minegishi Team 4 (峯岸チーム4)

"Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de"

(Center: Akimoto Sayaka)

This song commemorated Akimoto Sayaka's graduation from AKB48 in August 2013.

"Boku wa Ganbaru"

(Center: Kawaei Rina)

"Smile Kamikakushi"

Artist: Tentoumu Chu! (てんとうむChu!)

(Center: Kojima Mako)

"Ponkotsu Blues"

(Center: Shimazaki Haruka, Matsui Jurina)

"Kyouhansha"

Artist: Oshima Team K (大島チームK)

"Kanashiki Kinkyori Ren'ai"

Artist: Umeda Team B (梅田チームB)

"Chireba Ii no ni..."

(Center: Owada Nana)

This song is performed by all Kenkyuusei members at the time of release.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 961,531
1 6 3 3 2 1 1 3 32,156
1 6 6 4 3 3 1 6 11,975
6 6 5 7 4 5 4 6 7,968
5 27 18 11 12 12 9 12 4,965
8 42 35 25 24 20 19 30 4,096
17 - - 39 40 28 17 46 2,630
22 - 50 46 43 31 32 49 1,914
31 - - - 49 - 45 70 1,664
40 - - - - - - 106 1,357
- - - - - - - 87 1,054
- - - - - - - 107 739
- - - - - - - 99 656
- - - - - - - 118 742
- - - - - - - 90 771
- - - - - - - 105 604
- - - - - - - 109 532
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- - - - - - - 153 456
- - - - - - - 100 644
- - - - - - - 167 431
- - - - - - - 254 335
- - - - - - - 210 373
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- - - - - - - 235 349
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- - - - - - - 207 356
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- - - - - - - 170 433
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17 weeks OUT
- - - - - - - 209 367
- - - - - - - 293 229

Total Reported Sales: 1,041,951*
Total Sales of 2014: 1,041,355 (#1 album of the year)

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