"Sustainable" (, ''Sasutenaburu'') is the 56th single by Japanese idol group
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 was released in Japan by
King Records on September 18, 2019, in seven versions. It debuted at number one on the
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ...
and
''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100, with over 1.6 million copies sold in Japan in its first week, making it the highest weekly sales of the year.
It was the best-selling single of 2019 in Japan.
The lead performer for the main track is Moeka Yahagi, and this is also her last single as well.
This single is released in four physical different version, Type A, Type B, Type C and Theater Edition.
Commercial performance
"Sustainable" is the 43rd consecutive single by AKB48 to debut at number one.
It is AKB48's first single of the
Reiwa period and first release in six months.
Personnel
"Sustainable"
(19 members, Moeka Yahagi center)
* Team A:
Mion Mukaichi,
Yui Yokoyama
* Team K:
Tomu Muto,
Moeka Yahagi
* Team B:
Yuki Kashiwagi
* Team 4:
Nana Okada,
Yuiri Murayama
* Team 8:
Rin Okabe,
Yui Oguri,
Narumi Kuranoo,
Nagisa Sakaguchi
*
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 ...
Team S:
Jurina Matsui
* Team E:
Akari Suda
*
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 ...
Team N:
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 ...
* Team M:
Miru Shiroma
*
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 ...
Team H:
Miku Tanaka
*
NGT48 1st Generation: Hinata Homma
*
STU48:
Chiho Ishida,
Yumiko Takino
"Sukida Sukida Sukida"
* Team 8's song. (16 members, Yui Oguri center)
* Team 8: Hatsuka Utada, Nao Ota, Momoka Onishi, Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Erina Oda, Narumi Kuranoo, Yurina Gyoten, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Akari Sato, Nanami Sato, Miu Shitao, Serika Nagano, Yui Yokoyama, Nanase Yoshikawa, Airi Rissen
"Seishun Da Capo"
*
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 ...
Coupling Senbatsu. (16 members, Nanami Asai center)
* Team A:
Rena Kato, Kurumi Suzuki,
Manaka Taguchi,
Erii Chiba,
Rei Nishikawa, Ayaka Maeda,
Suzuha Yamane
* Team K:
Haruka Komiyama
* Team B:
Saho Iwatate,
Satone Kubo,
Yukari Sasaki,
Megu Tanniguchi,
Yui Hiwatashi, Seina Fukuoka
* Team 4:
Nanami Asai, Kaori Inagaki
"Monica, Yoake Da"
* 48 Group NEXT12. (12 members, Mizuki Yamauchi & Cocona Umeyama centers)
* Team B: Maho Omori
* Team 4;
Mizuki Yamauchi
*
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 ...
Team E: Kaho Sato, Oka Suenaga
*
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 ...
Team BII:
Cocona Umeyama, Ayaka Yamamoto
*
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 ...
Team KIV:
Hirona Unjo
* Team TII: Hinata Matsumoto
*
NGT48 1st Generation:
Moeka Takakura
* Kenkyuusei: Saaya Kawagoe
*
STU48:
Mitsuki Imamura,
Hina Iwata
"Nagareboshi ni Nani wo Negaeba Ii no Darou"
* Soukantoku to Captains. (5 members,
Mion Mukaichi center)
* Team A:
Mion Mukaichi
* Team K:
Haruka Komiyama
* Team B:
Saho Iwatate
* Team 4:
Yuiri Murayama
* Team 8:
Rin Okabe
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
{{AKB48 singles
2019 singles
2019 songs
AKB48 songs
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles