| "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" | ||||
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| Single by AKB48 | ||||
| from the album Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007 and 0 to 1 no Aida | ||||
| B-side | "Dear My Teacher" | |||
| Released | February 1, 2006 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 5:24 | |||
| Label | AKS, Avex Distribution | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi | |||
| Producer(s) | Nobuhiko Kashiwara, Yasushi Kubota, Kotaro Shiba | |||
| AKB48 singles chronology | ||||
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"Sakura no Hanabiratachi" (桜の花びらたち, Cherry Blossom Petals) is Japanese idol group AKB48's debut single, released independently through AKS on February 1, 2006.[1] The single was the highest debuting girl group single since Morning Musume's "Morning Coffee", released in 1998.[2] The song was composed by Hiroshi Uesugi and written by Yasushi Akimoto.[3] The song was re-recorded and released again in 2008 as the group's final single with major label DefStar Records. The song was sung by the original 21 members of AKB48 that later formed Team A. The center of the 2006 version was Minami Takahashi. while the center of the 2008 version was Atsuko Maeda.[4]
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