is the debut single by the Japanese female idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released in Japan on 6 April 2016 on the label

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. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by

Yurina Hirate is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a former member of the idol group Keyakizaka46. Early life and education Yurina Hirate was born on 25 June, 2001. In March 2017, she graduated from junior high school. Career Hirate was the choreo ...

. The single was number-one on the

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Weekly

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, with 261,580 copies sold, which is the No.1 debut song for female artist. It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan weekly chart and number-ten in yearly chart. It also has spent 149 weeks on the chart, which makes it sixth among the most weeks spent on the chart.

Release history

In February 2016 it was revealed that Keyakizaka46 would release their first single on April 6, 2016. Its title was later revealed to be "Silent Majority". It was also revealed that the title song would be used in a TV commercial for a mobile application named Mechakari. The single was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, and a "Regular edition". All versions, except the regular edition, include a DVD with music videos. The cover photo was taken in the

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Music video

The choreography for the title track was created by Takahiro Ueno. The music video for it was directed by and taken at the construction site near

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Track listings

All lyrics written by

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, all music composed by Bugbear.

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Regular Edition

Members

"Silent Majority"

Center:

* 1st row: Rika Watanabe, Miyu Suzumoto,

, Yui Imaizumi, Yui Kobayashi * 2nd row:

Mizuho Habu is a Japanese people, Japanese model. She is a former member of Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46 & was formerly represented by Sony Music Records. Career On August 21, 2015, Habu along with 21 other members were announced for the newly created ...

, Rika Ozeki, Akane Moriya,

Yūka Sugai is a Japanese ''tarento'', actress, radio personality and former Japanese idol, idol. She is the former captain of idol group Sakurazaka46, represented by Sony Music Records. Career Sakurazaka46 On August 21, 2015, Sugai along with 22 other ...

, Manaka Shida,

Risa Watanabe is a Japanese fashion model and former idol. She is an exclusive model for the women's magazine ''non-no'' and a former member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. Biography On August 21, 2015, Watanabe passed the audition for Keya ...

* 3rd row: Fuyuka Saito, Nana Oda, Rina Uemura, Nanako Nagasawa, Minami Koike, Shiori Sato, Aoi Harada, Nanami Yonetani, Nijika Ishimori

"Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka"

* Nijika Ishimori, Yui Imaizumi, Rina Uemura, Rika Ozeki, Nana Oda, Minami Koike, Yui Kobayashi, Fuyuka Saito, Shiori Sato, Manaka Shida, Yuuka Sugai, Miyu Suzumoto, Nanako Nagasawa, Mizuho Habu, Aoi Harada, Yurina Hirate, Akane Moriya, Nanami Yonetani, Rika Watanabe, Risa Watanabe

"Yamanotesen"

* Yurina Hirate

"Shibuyagawa"

* Yui Imaizumi, Yui Kobayashi

"Noriokureta Bus"

Center: Neru Nagahama ( Hiragana Keyakizaka46) * Back dancer: Yui Imaizumi, Yui Kobayashi, Miyu Suzumoto, Yurina Hirate, Rika Watanabe（Keyakizaka46）

"Kimi ga Inai"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

References

External links

Discography
on the official website of Keyakizaka46
List of videos included on the album's accompanying DVDs
on YouTube {{Authority control Keyakizaka46 songs 2016 debut singles Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto 2016 songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles