Sakura no Shiori

"Sakura no Shiori"
Type A cover, featuring Atsuko Maeda.
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side
  • "Choose Me!"
  • "Enkyori Poster"
  • "Majisuka Rock 'n Roll"
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
GenreJ-pop, choir
Length3:58
LabelYou, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroshi Uesugi
Producer(s)Kenichi Mitsuda
AKB48 singles chronology
"River"
(2009)
"Sakura no Shiori"
(2010)
"Ponytail to Shushu"
(2010)
Music videos
Sakura no Shiori on YouTube
Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll on YouTube
Enkyori Poster on YouTube
Choose me! on YouTube

"Sakura no Shiori" (桜の栞, "Cherry Blossom Bookmark") is the 15th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released on February 17, 2010.[1] The title track is a school graduation song. The song was used as the theme song to the AKB48-related drama Majisuka Gakuen, which stars Atsuko Maeda and many members from AKB48 and its sister groups.

In its first week, the song sold 318,000 copies - the biggest opening sales for a female group single since Morning Musume's "Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)" in July 2001. The song has been certified platinum for physical sales by the RIAJ.[2]

  1. ^ "2010.2.17(水)発売 「桜の栞<Type-A>」" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  2. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年2月. RIAJ (in Japanese). 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-05-09.