is the 43rd

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by the

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AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

. It marks the 10th annual anniversary of the group, and was released in Japan on March 9, 2016. It sold 1,133,179 copies on release day, topping the weekly sales of the previous single. This makes it the 30th single to reach 1st place in the Oricon Single Charts, and the 24th single to sell over a million copies in a week. The main song from this single, ''Kimi wa Melody'' has been redone in

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and in Thai by

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in 2018, and in Filipino by

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in 2019.

Background

The music video of the title song is directed by

Mika Ninagawa is a Japanese photographer and Film director, director, known for her brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes. Biography Daughter of acclaimed theatre director Yukio Ninagawa, she first came to prominence in the late ...

, who worked previously on "

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", "

Sayonara Crawl is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released in Japan on May 22, 2013. the CD single "Sayonara Crawl" had been shipped in 2.3 million copies, besting the group's previous record of 2.0 million from "Manatsu no Sound ...

" and " Sugar Rush". It was first performed live on January 24, on the last day of ''

AKB48 Group , or AKB48 sister groups, shortened to 48 Group or 48g, refers to the sister groups of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. Based on the same concept "idols you can meet", it currently consists of five sister groups in locations across Japan and ...

Request Hour 2016'', and its first TV performance was broadcast on February 22, on

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's ''

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''. The title track is performed by a group of 21 active members and ''centered'' (choreography center) by

Sakura Miyawaki Sakura Miyawaki (born March 19, 1998), also known mononymously as Sakura, is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim, and a former member of South Korean-Japanese girl group ...

. This single also marked the final appearance of two founding members,

Minami Takahashi is a Japanese idol, singer, tarento and a former member of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48. She is in Team A of AKB48. She became the first of AKB48 and its sister groups. In an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 produc ...

and

Sae Miyazawa is a Japanese actress, television personality and former singer, signed under the entertainment agency Horipro. She is best known for her affiliations with AKB48 and its various sister- and subgroups. Between 2006 and 2016, she was a part of the ...

. Both of them left the AKB48 Group shortly after this release, after having appeared in the promoting line up of 41 and 33 AKB48 singles, respectively, as well as

Karen Iwata is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A. Biography Iwata was born on May 13, 1998, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Her mother is Miwa Sugawara, who works as a TV personality in Sendai. As a child, Iwat ...

. On , Brazilian channel

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aired the music video from "Kimi wa Melody" on a

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segmented music video program ''Interferência Ichiban''.

Artwork

''Kimi wa Melody'' was released in five different issues (Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D, and Type-E) in which each issues have two different artwork for Regular edition and Limited edition. Only Theater version would issued only in one artwork, in total ''Kimi wa Melody'' released 11 different artworks. Type-A, Type-B, and Type-E limited version featured all 21 participating members, while Theater version featured all 16 participating members without the graduates. Type-C limited version is Sakura Miyawaki first ever solo cover.

Track listing

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Type-D

Type-E

Theater Edition

Personnel

"Kimi wa Melody"

The lineup for the A-side single performed by ''senbatsu'' of 21 members including 4 graduates, the first time since "

Flying Get is the 22nd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on August 24, 2011. Its members were chosen by the AKB48 2011 general election. It won the Grand Prix of Japan Record Awards, which was the first time a female group accomplished ...

" back in 2011. The center for this song is

. * AKB48:

Anna Iriyama is a Japanese actress and YouTuber active in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was part of the cast for th ...

Haruna Kojima is a Japanese entrepreneur, actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A. In 2018, she founded her own brand, "Her lip to". Career Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Pref ...

Haruka Shimazaki is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...

Yui Yokoyama is a Japanese actress, YouTuber and former singer. She is a former member of the idol group AKB48. She was the second General Manager of the AKB48 Group. She had served as the captain of AKB48 Team A, and was a former member of AKB48 sister grou ...

Minami Minegishi is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by :ja:プロダクション尾木, Production Ogi. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, and its subunit no3b. She is noted for having the longest tenure among the group's origina ...

Mion Mukaichi is a Japanese idol singer and former child actress. She is a member of the girl group AKB48, and was the third AKB48 Group . As an actress, she is best known for portraying Mio Sato in the '' Unfair'' television series and films. Biography Mu ...

Yuki Kashiwagi is a Japanese singer. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and was a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of Team B before she was replaced ...

, Rena Katō,

Yuria Kizaki is a Japanese actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was the captain of Team B. Biography Kizaki was born in Aichi Prefecture. On November 13, 2009, Kizaki passed SKE48's third-generation auditions. On Jun ...

Mayu Watanabe is a Japanese former singer and actress. Watanabe started her career as a member of the idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top membe ...

SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae, Nagoya, Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshi ...

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 to ...

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based ...

Sayaka Yamamoto is a Japanese singer-songwriter signed to Universal Sigma. She is a former member of the girl group NMB48, where she served as captain, and a former concurrent member of AKB48. She made her debut as a solo artist in October 2016 with her firs ...

HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Hakata-ku ward of Fukuoka, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the produc ...

NGT48 NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...

Rie Kitahara is a Japanese singer and actress formerly associated with the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 and former member of AKB48 and SKE48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and was later co-captain of Team K (2014). In March 2015, it was announced Kitahara ...

SNH48 SNH48 is a Chinese idol girl group based in Shanghai. Following AKB48's creator Yasushi Akimoto's concept of "idols you can meet", the group features over 200 female members around the age of 20 (15 to 30) across SNH48 and all its sister grou ...

* Graduated members:

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

Yūko Ōshima is a Japanese actress and former member of idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sa ...

Mariko Shinoda is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was the captain of Team A. Career In October 2005, she auditioned for AKB48's first generation roster but failed the audition. Shor ...

Tomomi Itano is a Japanese recording artist, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2011 she debuted solo with a single titled " Dear J", which wa ...

"LALALA Message"

Performed by selection "Next Generation Senbatsu", consisting of: * AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Nana Owada, Megu Taniguchi * AKB48 Team K: Yūka Tano, Mion Mukaichi ,

Tomu Muto is a Japanese tarento, actress, and former idol. She was a member of the idol group AKB48 under Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certified weather pre ...

* AKB48 Team B:

Ryōka Ōshima is a Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team B. Career Oshima passed AKB48's 13th generation auditions on 9 September 2011. Her debut was on 8 Decembe ...

, Rena Katō,

, Moe Goto * AKB48 Team 4:

Nana Okada is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor, represented by Avex Asunaro. She is a former member of the girl groups AKB48 and STU48. She was a fixture on AKB48's major single lineups from 2016 to 2022 and is considered one of the best singers t ...

, Saya Kawamoto,

Mako Kojima is a Japanese fashion producer and ''tarento'', represented by Sun Music Production. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and the founder of the fashion label Haluhiroine, which is distributed through Earth Music & Ecol ...

, Haruka Komiyama, Juri Takahashi, Yuiri Murayama

"Gonna Jump"

Performed by selection ''senbatsu'' members of SKE48, consisting of: * SKE48 Team S: Rion Azuma, Masana Ōya, Ryoha Kitagawa, Jurina Matsui * SKE48 Team KII: Yuna Ego,

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, Sarina Sōda,

Akane Takayanagi is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She joined SKE48 as a second-generation trainee in March 2009, before being promoted to Team KII. She was a member of SKE48 Team KII, and a former member of NMB48 Team BII. AKB48 genera ...

, Nao Furuhata * SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Haruka Kumazaki, Rara Goto , Aya Shibata, Maya Sugawara, Akari Suda, Marika Tani

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

Performed by selection ''senbatsu'' members of NMB48, consisting of: * NMB48 Team N: Yuuri Ōta,

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, Kei Jonishi, Ririka Sutō, Sayaka Yamamoto ,

Akari Yoshida is a Japanese YouTuber, ''tarento'', fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo. During her time at NMB48, she was affiliated with Showtitle. Career Yoshida passed NMB48's 1 ...

* NMB48 Team M: Azusa Uemura, Miru Shiroma, Airi Tanigawa,

Reina Fujie , is a Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member NMB48's Team BII and former member of AKB48. She is a cousin of Berryz Kobo was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Pro ...

, Sae Murase, Fuuko Yagura * NMB48 Team BII: Konomi Kusaka, Nagisa Shibuya, Shu Yabushita,

Miyuki Watanabe is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B. Career Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 Septem ...

"Make Noise"

Performed by selection ''senbatsu'' members of HKT48, consisting of: * HKT48 Team H: Chihiro Anai, Mashiro Ui, Yui Kōjina, Haruka Kodama, Riko Sakaguchi, Rino Sashihara , Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka,

Nako Yabuki is a Japanese actress and former singer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48 and the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One, having finished sixth in the competition television show ''Produce 48''. As an actress, she i ...

* HKT48 Team KIV:

Aika Ōta , is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48, the captain of its Team KIV. She has also been a member of AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai 7, Watarirouka Hashiritai, and portrayed Kazue Kae in ''Tomie Unlimited'' (2011). Career 2006ー2 ...

, Serina Kumazawa, Mio Tomonaga, Sakura Miyawaki, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu

"Max Toki 315go"

Performed by NGT48, consisting of: * NGT48 Team NIII:

Yuka Ogino is a Japanese tarento, ''tarento'' and model. She is former member of the Japanese idol girl group NGT48 as a first generation member. Career Ogino has shared in interviews and live streams that she has auditioned for many idol groups before, ...

, Tsugumi Oguma, Minami Katō, Rie Kitahara, Anju Satō, Riko Sugahara, Moeka Takakura , Ayaka Tano, Rika Nakai, Marina Nishigata, Rena Hasegawa, Hinata Honma, Fūka Murakumo, Maho Yamaguchi, Noe Yamada * NGT48 Kenkyūsei: Yuria Ōtaki, Yuria Kado, Aina Kusakabe, Reina Seiji, Mau Takahashi, Ayuka Nakamura, Miharu Nara, Nanako Nishimura, Ayaka Mizusawa, Aya Miyajima

"Mazariau Mono"

Performed by selection members of

and

Nogizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the "official rival" of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshim ...

, consisting of: * AKB48 : Anna Iriyama, Haruna Kojima , Haruka Shimazaki, Nana Ōwada, Yui Yokoyama, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Katō * SKE48 : Jurina Matsui * HKT48 : Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki *

: Erika Ikuta, Reika Sakurai,

Mai Shiraishi is a Japanese actress, model, YouTuber, and a former first generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. She was an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazines ''LARME'' and '':ja:Ray (雑誌), Ray''. Career After gradu ...

Nanase Nishino is a Japanese actress, model, television host, and former first generation member of Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Her lead roles in TV and film have included Asahi Tōjima in '' Asahinagu'' and Ai Amano in '' Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 20 ...

, Mai Fukagawa, Sayuri Matsumura

"M.T. ni Sasagu"

AKB Team A's song (excluding Minami Takahashi). Yui Yokoyama serve as center for this song. It is also a name from current stage from Team A. * AKB48 Team A:

, Shizuka Ōya, Nana Owada, Mayu Ogasawara, Natsuki Kojima,

, Yukari Sasaki,

, Miru Shiroma, Kayoko Takita, Megu Taniguchi, Chiyori Nakanishi, Mariko Nakamura, Rena Nishiyama, Rina Hirata, Yui Hiwatashi, Ami Maeda,

Miho Miyazaki is a Japanese singer, actress and former member of the idol girl group AKB48 where she was active in Team A. She also participated in the Korean-Japanese show '' Produce 48''. Biography In 2007, Miyazaki passed an audition for AKB48 and becam ...

Charts

Release history

Dirimu Melody

Dirimu Melody is the 18th single from the idol group

which was released in Indonesia on December 16, 2017 (for Music Cards, coinciding with the day before the 6th anniversary of JKT48 and Sonia Natalia's 20th) and January 12, 2018 (for CD and DVD, also available via Spotify and iTunes) by Hits Records and JKT48 Project, also distributed by Universal Music Indonesia and Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia. Previously, this single was released on CD and DVD planned for December 23, 2017 (to coincide with Team J's 5th birthday, as well as the celebration of JKT48's 6th anniversary concert at Bigbang Jakarta 2017 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Central Jakarta , DKI Jakarta, Indonesia), but was canceled due to technical problems. This single was recycled from the 43rd single from AKB48. This single is a keepsake single as a sign of farewell to Melody who will be declared graduated from JKT48 on March 31, 2018 (before being replaced by Ayana as the dual position of Team KIII and Team T members as Captain and Shania as Captain of JKT48), and also occupies the center position. for the last.

Tracklisting

* Bold indicates centers.

Kimi wa Melody - เธอคือ...เมโลดี้ (BNK48 version)

The Thai idol group

, a sister group of

, covered the song with the same title. It is their Fourth single released on September 28, 2018, and the first single to feature 21 senbatsu members.

Tracklisting

* Bold indicates centers.

Ikaw ang Melody

Ikaw ang Melody ( English: You Are the Melody) is the fourth single of the all-girl Filipino idol group,

. It is a cover of AKB48's "Kimi wa Melody". The single was released on July 26, 2019, and the single released for the group's 4th single Election.

Tracklisting

* Bold indicates centers.

Notes

:1.Concurrent position with AKB48's Team A. :2.Concurrent position with NGT48's Team N. :3.Concurrent position with AKB48's Team K. :4.Concurrent position with SKE48's Team S.

References

External links

Type A Limited Edition
— AKB48 discography on the official website {{authority control AKB48 songs MNL48 songs 2016 singles 2016 songs Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto King Records (Japan) singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles

Background

Artwork

Track listing

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Type-D

Type-E

Theater Edition

Personnel

"Kimi wa Melody"

"LALALA Message"

"Gonna Jump"

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

"Make Noise"

"Max Toki 315go"

"Mazariau Mono"

"M.T. ni Sasagu"

Charts

Release history

Dirimu Melody

Tracklisting

Kimi wa Melody - เธอคือ...เมโลดี้ (BNK48 version)

Tracklisting

Ikaw ang Melody

Tracklisting

Notes

Further reading

References

External links