Inochi wa Utsukushii

Limited Edition A Cover

Limited Edition B Cover

Limited Edition C Cover

Regular Edition Cover

Artist

Nogizaka46

Single

Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい; Life is Beautiful)

Released

2015.03.17 (Special Edition)

2015.03.18

Catalog Number

SRCL-8780~1 (Limited Edition A)

SRCL-8782~3 (Limited Edition B)

SRCL-8784~5 (Limited Edition C)

SRCL-8786 (Regular Edition)

Price

¥1,650 (Limited Editions)

¥1,050 (Regular Edition)

Limited Edition A CD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい)
2. Arakajime Katarareru Romance (あらかじめ語られるロマンス; Predestined Romance)
3. Tachinaorichuu (立ち直り中; In Recovery)
4. Inochi wa Utsukushii ~off vocal ver.~
5. Arakajime Katarareru Romance ~off vocal ver.~
6. Tachinaorichuu ~off vocal ver.~

Limited Edition A DVD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (Music Video)
2. Tachinaorichuu (Music Video)
3. Ikoma Rina & Ito Marika "Soshite Mou Nidoto, Au Koto wa Nakatta" (そしてもう二度と、会うことはなかった)
4. Eto Misa & Sakurai Reika "Soushun no Hatsunetsu" (早春の発熱)
5. Kawago Hina & Saito Chiharu "Betabome Hanami Club" (べた褒め花見クラブ)
6. Kawamura Mahiro & Sagara Iori "Kiki Ippatsu! Shinobi Yoru Onibaba no Kyoufu" (危機一髪！忍び寄る鬼婆の恐怖)
7. Takayama Kazumi & Noujo Ami "Zoo & Joe"
8. Nishino Nanase & Wakatsuki Yumi "Instant Camera" (インスタントカメラ)

Limited Edition B CD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい)
2. Arakajime Katarareru Romance (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)
3. Gomen ne Zutto... (ごめんね　ずっと・・・; Sorry for Always...) (Nishino Nanase solo)
4. Inochi wa Utsukushii ~off vocal ver.~
5. Arakajime Katarareru Romance ~off vocal ver.~
6. Gomen ne Zutto... ~off vocal ver.~

Limited Edition B DVD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (Music Video)
2. Gomen ne Zutto... (Music Video)
3. Ito Karin & Higuchi Hina "Pause A Moment"
4. Inoue Sayuri & Saito Yuuri "Ai no Tobigeri" (愛の飛び蹴り)
5. Saito Asuka & Hoshino Minami "Nicoichi" (二娘一【nicoichi】)
6. Shiraishi Mai & Hashimoto Nanami "Kodoku Kyoudai Legend" (孤独兄弟 Legend)
7. Shinuchi Mai & Fukagawa Mai "my Doukyo Hito" (my 同居人)

Limited Edition C CD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい)
2. Arakajime Katarareru Romance (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)
3. Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな; Would It Be Better If You Never Met Me?)
4. Inochi wa Utsukushii ~off vocal ver.~
5. Arakajime Katarareru Romance ~off vocal ver.~
6. Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana ~off vocal ver.~

Limited Edition C DVD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (Music Video)
2. Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (Music Video)
3. Akimoto Manatsu & Nakamoto Himeka "Switch" (スイッチ)
4. Ikuta Erika & Matsumura Sayuri "Karaage Shimai (III•IV)" (からあげ姉妹（Ⅲ・Ⅳ）)
5. Kitano Hinako & Wada Maaya "Wada to Kitano no Miwakekata" (和田と北野の見分け方)
6. Nakada Kana & Nagashima Seira "Kirei na Mono ni wa Sawaritai" (きれいなものには触りたい)
7. Hori Miona & Matsui Rena "Ikisugita Tomodachi" (いきすぎた友達)
8. Kenkyuusei "Sekai no Owari wa," (せかい の おわり は、)

Regular Edition CD Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい)
2. Arakajime Katarareru Romance (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)
3. Border (ボーダー)
4. Inochi wa Utsukushii ~off vocal ver.~
5. Arakajime Katarareru Romance ~off vocal ver.~
6. Border ~off vocal ver.~

Special Edition Tracklist

1. Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい)
2. Arakajime Katarareru Romance (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)
3. Tachinaorichuu (立ち直り中)
4. Gomen ne Zutto... (ごめんね　ずっと・・・) (Nishino Nanase solo)
5. Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな)
6. Border (ボーダー)

Information

"Inochi wa Utsukushii" is the eleventh single released by Nogizaka46. It was released in four versions: three limited CD+DVD editions and a regular CD-only edition. A special edition containing all available tracks was released digitally.

The single was certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500,000 copies.

Selected Members

Nogizaka46 promoting the single

Limited Edition A Cover

• Front: Nishino Nanase
• Back: Wakatsuki Yumi, Akimoto Manatsu, Ikoma Rina, Sakurai Reika, Fukagawa Mai

Limited Edition B Cover

• Front: Matsui Rena, Shiraishi Mai, Nishino Nanase, Hashimoto Nanami, Ikuta Erika
• Back: Matsumura Sayuri, Sagara Iori, Saito Asuka, Ito Marika, Hori Miona, Hoshino Minami, Eto Misa, Takayama Kazumi

Limited Edition C Cover

• Front and Back: 11th Single Under Members

Regular Edition Cover

• Front and Back: 11th Single Senbatsu Members

"Inochi wa Utsukushii"

Names in bold indicate the Juu Fukujin.

(Center: Nishino Nanase)

• Nogizaka46 1st gen: Akimoto Manatsu, Ikuta Erika, Ito Marika, Eto Misa, Saito Asuka, Sakurai Reika, Shiraishi Mai, Takayama Kazumi, Nishino Nanase, Hashimoto Nanami, Fukagawa Mai, Hoshino Minami, Matsumura Sayuri, Wakatsuki Yumi
• Nogizaka46 1st gen / AKB48 Team B: Ikoma Rina
• Nogizaka46 2nd gen: Sagara Iori, Hori Miona
• SKE48 Team E / Nogizaka46: Matsui Rena

"Arakajime Katarareru Romance"

(Center: Saito Asuka, Hoshino Minami)

• Nogizaka46 1st gen: Ikuta Erika, Ito Marika, Saito Asuka, Hoshino Minami
• Nogizaka46 1st gen / AKB48 Team B: Ikoma Rina
• Nogizaka46 2nd gen: Hori Miona

"Tachinaorichuu"

(Center: Shiraishi Mai, Hashimoto Nanami)

• Nogizaka46 1st gen: Akimoto Manatsu, Eto Misa, Shiraishi Mai, Takayama Kazumi, Hashimoto Nanami, Fukagawa Mai, Matsumura Sayuri

"Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana"

(Center: Nakamoto Himeka)

• Nogizaka46 1st gen: Inoue Sayuri, Kawago Hina, Kawamura Mahiro, Saito Chiharu, Saito Yuuri, Nagashima Seira, Nakada Kana, Nakamoto Himeka, Noujo Ami, Higuchi Hina, Wada Maaya
• Nogizaka46 2nd gen: Ito Karin, Kitano Hinako, Shinuchi Mai

This song is performed by the 11th single Under Members.

"Border"

(Center: Terada Ranze)

• Nogizaka46 2nd gen: Ito Junna, Sasaki Kotoko, Suzuki Ayane, Terada Ranze, Yamazaki Rena, Watanabe Miria

Song Information

Lyrics

Akimoto Yasushi

Music

Hiroki Sagawa

Other Information

Arrangement: Hiroki Sagawa

Disambiguation

There are currently two recorded versions of "Inochi wa Utsukushii" found in Nogizaka46's discography. These versions are:

Inochi wa Utsukushii (Original)

Found on the "Inochi wa Utsukushii" single as track #1 and the Sorezore no Isu album as track #1.

Inochi wa Utsukushii ~off vocal ver.~

Found on the "Inochi wa Utsukushii" single as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	500,297
1	11	5	4	5	4	4	6	23,914
3	13	11	9	12	14	11	9	14,240
1	15	10	13	13	11	10	10	8,740
2	18	13	15	17	18	19	9	11,382
1	17	14	18	14	27	23	10	16,017
2	28	36	14	12	3	39	15	13,966
25	17	2	3	-	-	-	9	8,454
2	19	17	-	-	-	-	13	8,519
3	40	36	-	-	-	-	21	4,713
6	32	27	-	-	-	-	26	3,238
5	47	-	-	-	-	-	37	1,969
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	161	303
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	442
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	525
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	423
49	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	420
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	107	366
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	473
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	387
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186	286
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150	351
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	329
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 4 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135	323
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 2 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	184	217
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 1 week
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	181	261
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 7 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	166	329
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110	334
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137	260
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	193	212
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	167	197
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 49 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	163	201
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	181	160
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 102 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	192	140

Year	Month	Month	Sales
2015	March	3	538,451
2015	April	10	50,105
2015	May	20	24,924

Total Reported Sales: 622,388*
Total Sales of 2015: 620,555 (#8 single of the year)
Total Sales of 2016: 1,332

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 34

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Limited Edition A | Limited Edition B | Limited Edition C | Regular Edition
• YouTube: "Inochi wa Utsukushii (Short Ver.)" MV
• STUDIO48: "Inochi wa Utsukushii" lyrics