Sakura no Hanabiratachi
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| Single by AKB48 | ||||
| from the album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006-2007 & Kanzenban & 0 to 1 no Aida | ||||
| B-side | "Dear My Teacher" | |||
| Released | February 1, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | J-Pop, Pop | |||
| Length | 5:24 | |||
| Label | AKS, Avex Distribution | |||
| Writer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi | |||
| Producer(s) | Nobuhiko Kashiwara, Yasushi Kubota, Kotaro Shiba | |||
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Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008
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| from the album Set List: Greatest Songs Kanzenban & 0 to 1 no Aida | ||||||||||||
| B-side | "Saigo no Seifuku" | |||||||||||
| Released | February 27, 2008 | |||||||||||
| Format | CD Single | |||||||||||
| Genre | J-Pop, Pop | |||||||||||
| Length | 5:20 | |||||||||||
| Label | DefStar | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi | |||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Nobuhiko Kashiwara, Yasushi Kubota, Kotaro Shiba | |||||||||||
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"Sakura no Hanabiratachi" (桜の花びらたち Cherry Blossom Petals?) is Japanese idol group AKB48's debut single, released independently through AKS on February 1, 2006. The single was the highest debuting girl group single since Morning Musume's "Morning Coffee", released in 1998. The song was composed by Hiroshi Uesugi and written by Yasushi Akimoto. The song was re-recorded and released again in 2008 as the group's final single with major label DefStar Records. The song was sung by the original 21 members of AKB48 that later formed Team A. Center of 2006 version was Minami Takahashi. while 2008 version was Minami Takahashi and Maeda Atsuko.
The launching of "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" was held on February 1, 2006, at the AKB48 theater. During this event, a video presentation of the events that occurred during the formation of Team A was shown. 20 Members of AKB48 Team A then performed "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" and "Dear My Teacher," and later introduced themselves one by one to the public. Notable during this event was the absence of Tomomi Ōe due to school activities.
The song was used as the theme song of the TBS drama , along with being used in videophone commercials for NTT docomo. The B-side "Dear My Teacher" was used as the ending theme song for the variety show .
The re-released version had several tie-ups. The lead track was used as an ending theme song for the variety show , while the B-side "Saigo no Seifuku" was used as an image song for the 26th Yokohama International Women's Ekiden.
Inviting Team K and Team B members to join this song, a new, 2008 version, "Sakura no Habiratachi 2008" (桜の花びらたち2008?), was created. A poster was given for a purchase of any version of this single at the AKB48 Theater Café. Having only one member from AKB48 on each poster, there were a total of 44 different types of posters. These posters were handed out randomly to any purchaser. Anyone who has collected all 44 types were invited to a Spring Festival by AKB48. However, DefSTAR Records later announced that this offer would be cancelled due to the fact that this scandal, attracting purchasers by offering a special reward that would cost lots of money to achieve.
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