is the fifth single by the Japanese girl

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group

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, released in Japan on April 22, 2015. It reached

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on the

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weekly singles chart. As of June 1, 2015, it had sold 296,698 copies.

Details

The centers in the title song are

Haruka Kodama is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H. She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...

and

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had previously had the center position in a HKT48 single (in the 4th single " Hikaeme I Love You!"), while for

(who had already been a center in

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's 38th single "

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", together with

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), it was the first center position in a single by HKT48.

Track listing

Type A

Type B

Type C

Theater Edition

Members

; "Hohoemi Popcorn" Performed by . * Team H:

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* Team Kenkyūsei:

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, Sae Kurihara, Erena Sakamoto,

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, Yūna Yamauchi, Emili Yamashita ;"Daite Twintails" Performed by . * Team H :

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* Team Kenkyūsei :

, Sae Kurihara

Charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Profile
on the HKT48 official website * Music videos on

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"12 Byō" (short version)
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"12 Byō" (full length version)
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"Chameleon Joshikōsei" (short version)
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"Hawaii e Ikō" (short version)
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