is the 11th major single by the Japanese idol group

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, released on March 4, 2009. It's a school graduation song. The single peaked at number 3 in the

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Weekly Singles Chart. 10 years after the song was released, as well as the same day, the other center and now graduate,

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, gave birth to her son. Some of the fans jokingly said that they had named Sakura/Zakura in commemoration of the anniversary.

Track listing

The single was released in two versions: (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-25/6) and (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1080).

Regular Edition

;CD ;DVD Bonus (First press limited edition only) * Nationwide handshake meeting entry ticket (location of your choice)

Theater Edition

;CD See Regular Edition CD ;Bonus * Handshake meeting ticket * Random photo of a member (Teams A, K, B, Kenkyūsei, SKE48)

Members

(Team affiliation at the time of the release. The members featured on the cover of the Theater Edition are in bold.) Centers:

and

Jurina Matsui is a Japanese TV personality, singer, actress, and YouTuber. She is a former member of Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and former concurrent member of AKB48 (in 2012–2015). She is recognized as SKE48's absolute "ace", having placed in the top 1 ...

* Team A: Tomomi Itano,

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, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima,

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, Reina Fujie,

, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki * Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Asuka Kuramochi, Sae Miyazawa,

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* Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi,

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, Mayu Watanabe * SKE48:

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Charts

Sales and certifications

References

External links

AKB48 - 10nen Sakura (Music Video)
(AKB48 official YouTube channel)
AKB48 - 10nen Sakura (Music Video Making-of)
(AKB48 official YouTube channel) {{DEFAULTSORT:10nen Sakura Songs about school Songs about cherry blossom 2009 singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto AKB48 songs King Records (Japan) singles 2009 songs MNL48 songs