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"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー, Kimi wa Merodī, You Are a Melody) is the 43rd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It marks the 10th annual anniversary of the group, and was released in Japan on March 9, 2016.[1] 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.[2]

"Kimi wa Melody"
Type-C Limited Cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Thumbnail
A-side	"Kimi wa Melody"
B-side	"LALALA Message" "Shigamitsuita Seishun" (Type A) "Gonna Jump" (Type B) "Make Noise" (Type C) "Max Toki 315go" (Type D) "Mazariau Mono" (Type E) "M.T. ni Sasagu" (Theater)
Released	March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
Recorded	2015-16
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:43
Label	You, Be Cool! / King Genie Music Stone Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Title Track Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto Music: you-me Arrangement: Yuuichi Nonaka
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" (2015) "Kimi wa Melody" (2016) "Tsubasa wa Iranai" (2016)
Alternative cover
Cover for Theater version
Music videos
"Kimi wa Melody" (君はメロディー) on YouTube
"LALALA Message" (LALALAメッセージ) on YouTube
"Gonna Jump" (Short ver.) on YouTube
"Shigamitsuita Seishun" (しがみついた青春) Short ver. on YouTube
"Make noise" (Short ver.) on YouTube
"Max Toki 315go" (Maxとき315号) Short ver. on YouTube
"混ざり合うもの" (Mazariau Mono) on YouTube

The main song from this single, Kimi wa Melody has been redone in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48 and in Thai by BNK48 in 2018, and in Filipino by MNL48 in 2019.[3][4][5]

Background

The music video of the title song is directed by Mika Ninagawa, who worked previously on "Heavy Rotation", "Sayonara Crawl" and "Sugar Rush". It was first performed live on January 24, on the last day of AKB48 Group Request Hour 2016, and its first TV performance was broadcast on February 22, on NHK's Music Japan. The title track is performed by a group of 21 active members and centered (choreography center) by Sakura Miyawaki.

This single also marked the final appearance of two founding members, Minami Takahashi and Sae Miyazawa. 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.

On July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18), Brazilian channel PlayTV aired the music video from "Kimi wa Melody" on a J-Pop 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,[13] the first time since "Flying Get" back in 2011. The center for this song is Sakura Miyawaki.[14]

• AKB48: Anna Iriyama, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama, Minami Minegishi, Mion Mukaichi, Yuki Kashiwagi^ , Rena Katō, Yuria Kizaki, Mayu Watanabe
• SKE48 : Jurina Matsui
• NMB48 : Sayaka Yamamoto^
• HKT48 : Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki^ (Center)
• NGT48 : Rie Kitahara
• SNH48 : Sae Miyazawa^
• Graduated members: Atsuko Maeda, Yūko Ōshima, Mariko Shinoda, Tomomi Itano

"LALALA Message"

Performed by selection "Next Generation Senbatsu",[13] consisting of:

• AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama, Nana Owada, Megu Taniguchi
• AKB48 Team K: Yūka Tano, Mion Mukaichi (Center), Tomu Muto
• AKB48 Team B: Ryōka Ōshima, Rena Katō, Yuria Kizaki, Moe Goto
• AKB48 Team 4: Nana Okada, Saya Kawamoto, Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Juri Takahashi, Yuiri Murayama

"Gonna Jump"

Performed by selection senbatsu members of SKE48,[13] consisting of:

• SKE48 Team S: Rion Azuma, Masana Ōya, Ryoha Kitagawa, Jurina Matsui
• SKE48 Team KII: Yuna Ego, Mina Ōba, Sarina Sōda, Akane Takayanagi, Nao Furuhata
• SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Haruka Kumazaki, Rara Goto (Center), Aya Shibata, Maya Sugawara, Akari Suda, Marika Tani

"Shigamitsuita Seishun"

Performed by selection senbatsu members of NMB48,[15] consisting of:

• NMB48 Team N: Yuuri Ōta, Yuuka Kato, Kei Jonishi, Ririka Sutō, Sayaka Yamamoto (Center), Akari Yoshida
• NMB48 Team M: Azusa Uemura, Miru Shiroma, Airi Tanigawa, Reina Fujie, Sae Murase, Fuuko Yagura
• NMB48 Team BII: Konomi Kusaka, Nagisa Shibuya, Shu Yabushita, Miyuki Watanabe

"Make Noise"

Performed by selection senbatsu members of HKT48,[16] consisting of:

• HKT48 Team H: Chihiro Anai, Mashiro Ui, Yui Kōjina, Haruka Kodama, Riko Sakaguchi, Rino Sashihara (Center), Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka, Nako Yabuki
• HKT48 Team KIV: Aika Ōta, Serina Kumazawa, Mio Tomonaga, Sakura Miyawaki, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu

"Max Toki 315go"

Performed by NGT48,[17] consisting of:

• NGT48 Team NIII: Yuka Ogino, Tsugumi Oguma, Minami Katō, Rie Kitahara, Anju Satō, Riko Sugahara, Moeka Takakura (Center), 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 AKB48 and Nogizaka46,[18] consisting of:

• AKB48 : Anna Iriyama, Haruna Kojima (Center), Haruka Shimazaki, Nana Ōwada, Yui Yokoyama, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Katō
• SKE48 : Jurina Matsui
• HKT48 : Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki
• Nogizaka46: Erika Ikuta, Reika Sakurai, Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, 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: Anna Iriyama, Karen Iwata (Last Single), Shizuka Ōya, Nana Owada, Mayu Ogasawara, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Yukari Sasaki, Haruka Shimazaki, Miru Shiroma, Kayoko Takita, Megu Taniguchi, Chiyori Nakanishi, Mariko Nakamura, Rena Nishiyama, Rina Hirata, Yui Hiwatashi, Ami Maeda, Miho Miyazaki, Sakura Miyawaki, Yui Yokoyama

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1[19]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1[20]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	March 9, 2016	CD digital download streaming	King Records (YOU BE COOL division)
Hong Kong, Taiwan			King Records
South Korea	October 26, 2018	digital download streaming	Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music King

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.

Further reading

• AKB48 (9 March 2016a). Kimi wa Melody (Type-A ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B019EWU3U6. KIZM-90413/90414.
• AKB48 (9 March 2016b). Kimi wa Melody (Type-B ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B019EWU2LQ. KIZM-90415/90416.
• AKB48 (9 March 2016c). Kimi wa Melody (Type-C ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B019EWU2KM. KIZM-90417/90418.
• AKB48 (9 March 2016d). Kimi wa Melody (Type-D ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B019EWU3VU. KIZM-90419/90420.
• AKB48 (9 March 2016e). Kimi wa Melody (Type-E ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B019EWU2NY. KIZM-90421/90422.
• AKB48 (9 March 2016t). Kimi wa Melody (Theater ed.). You, Be Cool! / King. ASIN B01COJ6ASA. NMAX-1222.

References

External links

• Type A Limited Edition — AKB48 discography on the official website

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