Sakura (Arashi song)

"Sakura"
Regular edition cover
Single by Arashi
B-side
  • "Rise and Shine"
  • "Onaji Sora no Shita de"
  • "More and More"
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)
Recorded2015
Genre
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)eltvo
Arashi singles chronology
"Daremo Shiranai"
(2014) 		"Sakura"
(2015) 		"Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari"
(2015)

"Sakura" is the 45th single by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on February 25, 2015 under their record label J Storm. "Sakura" was used as the theme song for the television drama Ouroborous, starring actors Toma Ikuta and Shun Oguri. The single was released in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. The first press/limited edition contains the B-side "Rise and Shine" and the music video and making-of for "Sakura" while the regular edition contains two B-sides. The single sold 465,381 copies in its first week[2] and topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.[3] With over 520,000 copies sold, the single was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[4] The single placed 11th on Oricon's 2015 yearly singles ranking.[5]

  1. ^ "Arashi tugs at the patriotic heartstrings on 'Japonism'". The Japan Times. November 15, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "【オリコン】嵐、史上初の歌手&俳優で同時3冠" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年03月09日付" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "月次認定作品 認定年月：2015年 2月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "年間 CDシングルランキング 2015年度" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2016.