Beginner (AKB48)

Limited Edition Type-A Cover	Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover	Regular Edition Type-B Cover

Theater Edition Cover

Artist

AKB48

Single

Beginner

Released

2010.10.27

Catalog Number

KIZM-90063/64 (Limited Edition Type-A)

KIZM-63/64 (Regular Edition Type-A)

KIZM-90065/66 (Limited Edition Type-B)

KIZM-65/66 (Regular Edition Type-B)

NMAX-1098 (Theater Edition)

Price

¥1,600 (Limited and Regular Editions)

¥1,000 (Theater Edition)

Type-A CD Tracklist

1. Beginner
2. Boku Dake no value (僕だけのvalue) (Undergirls (アンダーガールズ))
3. Kimi ni Tsuite (君について) (MINT)
4. Beginner (OFF VOCAL VER.)
5. Boku Dake no value (OFF VOCAL VER.)
6. Kimi ni Tsuite (OFF VOCAL VER.)

Type-A DVD Tracklist

1. Beginner Music Clip
2. Boku Dake no value Music Clip
3. Kimi ni Tsuite Music Clip
4. Beginner Formation Clip (Oshima Yuko Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（大島優子センターver.）)
5. Beginner Formation Clip (Shinoda Mariko Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（篠田麻里子センターver.）)
6. Beginner Formation Clip (Matsui Jurina & Watanabe Mayu Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（松井珠理奈・渡辺麻友センターver.）)

Type-B CD Tracklist

1. Beginner
2. Boku Dake no value (僕だけのvalue) (Undergirls)
3. Nakeru Basho (泣ける場所) (DIVA)
4. Beginner (OFF VOCAL VER.)
5. Boku Dake no value (OFF VOCAL VER.)
6. Nakeru Basho (OFF VOCAL VER.)

Type-B DVD Tracklist

1. Beginner Music Clip
2. Boku Dake no value Music Clip
3. Nakeru Basho Music Clip
4. Beginner Formation Clip (Maeda Atsuko Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（前田敦子センターver.）)
5. Beginner Formation Clip (Itano Tomomi Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（板野友美センターver.）)
6. Beginner Formation Clip (Takahashi Minami Center ver.) (Beginnerフォーメーション映像（高橋みなみセンターver.）)

Theater CD Tracklist

1. Beginner
2. Boku Dake no value (僕だけのvalue) (Undergirls)
3. Kimi ni Tsuite (君について) (MINT)
4. Nakeru Basho (泣ける場所) (DIVA)

Information

"Beginner" is the 19th single 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 an alternate cover and a ticket to attend a handshaking event, and all four type-A and type-B editions came with a serial number to vote for a song to be performed at AKB48's Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011 concert in January 2011. The single is currently the number 1 single for 2010.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single

Beginner

• 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 (SKE48): Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena

Boku Dake no value (Under Girls)

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Oota Aika, Katayama Haruka, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Kikuchi Ayaka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Matsui Sakiko, Yonezawa Rumi
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Oku Manami, Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Hirajima Natsumi, Miyazaki Miho
• Team S (SKE48): Kizaki Yuria, Yagami Kumi
• Team KII (SKE48): Ishida Anna, Takayanagi Akane, Mukaida Manatsu

Kimi ni Tsuite (MINT)

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

Nakeru Basho (DIVA)

• Team A: Ooya Shizuka, Kuramochi Asuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Uchida Mayumi, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nonaka Misato
• Team B: Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Masuda Yuka
• SKE48 Team S: Oya Masana

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	826,989
1	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	63,504
1	14	9	6	6	6	3	6	25,452
3	16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x,xxx
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x,xxx

Total Reported Sales: 915,945*

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Limited Edition Type-A | Regular Edition Type-A | Limited Edition Type-B | Regular Edition Type-B