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Sentimental Train

Limited Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-A (Complete) Cover
Regular Edition Type-A Cover
Limited Edition Type-B Cover
Regular Edition Type-B Cover
Limited Edition Type-C Cover
Regular Edition Type-C Cover
Limited Edition Type-D Cover
Regular Edition Type-D Cover
Limited Edition Type-E Cover
Regular Edition Type-E Cover
Theater Edition Cover
Theater Edition (Complete) Cover
Artist
AKB48
Single
Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
Released
2018.09.19
Catalog Number
KIZM-90575~6 (Limited Edition Type-A)
KIZM-575~6 (Regular Edition Type-A)
KIZM-90577~8 (Limited Edition Type-B)
KIZM-577~8 (Regular Edition Type-B)
KIZM-90579~80 (Limited Edition Type-C)
KIZM-579~80 (Regular Edition Type-C)
KIZM-90581~2 (Limited Edition Type-D)
KIZM-581~2 (Regular Edition Type-D)
KIZM-90583~4 (Limited Edition Type-E)
KIZM-583~4 (Regular Edition Type-E)
NMAX-1307 (Theater Edition)
Price
¥1,650 (Types-A, B, C, D, E)
¥1,050 (Theater Edition)
Type-A CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. Tomodachi ja nai ka? (友達じゃないか?) (Next Girls)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. Tomodachi ja nai ka? off vocal ver.
Type-A DVD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train Music Video
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Music Video
  3. Tomodachi ja nai ka? Music Video
Type-B CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. Aru Hi Fui ni... (ある日 ふいに…) (Future Girls)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. Aru Hi Fui ni... off vocal ver.
Type-B DVD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train Music Video
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Music Video
  3. Aru Hi Fui ni... Music Video
Type-C CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. Hitonatsu no Dekigoto (ひと夏の出来事) (Upcoming Girls)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. Hitonatsu no Dekigoto off vocal ver.
Type-C DVD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train Music Video
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Music Video
  3. Hitonatsu no Dekigoto Music Video
Type-D CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono (波が伝えるもの) (Dai 10 Kai Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo Kinen Waku)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono off vocal ver.
Type-D DVD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train Music Video
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Music Video
  3. Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono Music Video
Type-E CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. "Suki" no Tane (“好き”のたね) (SHOWROOM Senbatsu)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. "Suki" no Tane off vocal ver.
Type-E DVD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train Music Video
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Music Video
  3. "Suki" no Tane Music Video
Theater Edition CD Tracklist
  1. Sentimental Train (センチメンタルトレイン)
  2. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (サンダルじゃできない恋) (Under Girls)
  3. Yuri wo Sakaseru ka? (百合を咲かせるか?; Can You Make the Lilies Bloom?)
  4. Sentimental Train off vocal ver.
  5. Sandal ja Dekinai Koi off vocal ver.
  6. Yuri wo Sakaseru ka? off vocal ver.


Information

"Sentimental Train" is the 53rd major single (55th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in eleven versions: five limited and five regular CD+DVD editions in types A, B, C, D, and E and a CD-only theater edition. "Yuri wo Sakaseru ka?" was the theme song for the dorama Majimuri Gakuen starring AKB48.

The single is certified Million by RIAJ for shipment of 1,000,000 copies.

Selected Members

AKB48 promoting the single

Members for this single were decided by the AKB48 53rd Single Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo, which allowed fans to vote for the members who would participate in the single. The top 100 members were divided into five groups of sixteen and one group of twenty, with the top-ranking member of each group at the center position for the song's music video. Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings in the election.

Type-A Cover
Type-B Cover
Type-C Cover
Type-D Cover
Type-E Cover
Theater Edition Cover
  • Front: "Sentimental Train" 15 Senbatsu Members
  • Front (Complete): "Sentimental Train" 16 Senbatsu Members

"Sentimental Train"

Members who ranked 1st to 16th performed the single's title track as the Sekai Senbatsu members.

(Center: Matsui Jurina)

Matsui Jurina went on hiatus after the General Election and missed the initial production deadline for the single. The song, covers, and music video were reshot to include her after her return.

"Sandal ja Dekinai Koi"

Members who ranked 17th to 32nd performed a coupling track as Under Girls.

Artist: Under Girls (アンダーガールズ)

(Center: Matsumura Kaori)

"Tomodachi ja nai ka?"

Members who ranked 33rd to 48th performed a coupling track as Next Girls.

Artist: Next Girls (ネクストガールズ)

(Center: Taniguchi Megu)

"Aru Hi Fui ni..."

Members who ranked 49th to 64th performed a coupling track as Future Girls.

Artist: Future Girls (フューチャーガールズ)

(Center: Kuranoo Narumi)

"Hitonatsu no Dekigoto"

Members who ranked 65th to 80th performed a coupling track as Upcoming Girls.

Artist: Upcoming Girls (アップカミングガールズ)

(Center: Goto Moe)

"Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono"

Members who ranked 81st to 100th performed a coupling track as Dai 10 Kai Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo Kinen Waku.

Artist: Dai 10 Kai Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo Kinen Waku (第10回世界選抜総選挙記念枠; The 10th World General Election Commemorative Category)

(Center: Ueki Nao)

"'Suki' no Tane"

Artist: SHOWROOM Senbatsu (SHOWROOM選抜)

(Center: Nakai Rika)

This song is performed by the top sixteen members of the "AKB48 53rd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo x SHOWROOM" campaign. Listed in parentheses are the members' rankings.

"Yuri wo Sakaseru ka?"

Song Information

Lyrics
Akimoto Yasushi
Music
Himeno Hiroyuki
Other Information
Arrangement: Himeno Hiroyuki

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1,448,900
4 18 9 11 9 10 7 11 8,858
6 20 16 17 16 19 15 18 3,063
16 33 31 26 23 19 18 25 2,439
17 38 40 36 33 39 45 47 1,168
34 - 47 50 34 30 38 50 1,381
29 40 35 18 24 13 35 27 1,995
32 - - 43 37 37 36 57 1,013
48 - - - - - - 109 446
- - - - - - - 82 712
- - - 41 48 35 23 55 1,510
- - - - - - - 102 473
- - - - - - - 101 451
- - - 32 - 34 - 39 1,362
12 - - - - - - 44 1,185
- - - - - - - 104 263
- - - 45 - - 43 70 448
17 - - - - - - 77 409
- - - - - - - OUT 10 WEEKS
- - - - - - - 182 193
- - - - - - - 161 193
Year Month Month Sales
2018 September 1 1,457,758

Total Reported Sales: 1,476,462*
Total Sales of 2018: 1,471,958 (#2 single of the year)
Total Sales of 2019: 4,504 (#751 single of the year)

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 20

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