Shiawase no Hogoshoku

"Shiawase no Hogoshoku"
Type A cover
Type A cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Time Flies
B-side
  • "Sayonara Stay With Me"
  • "Jyāne" (Type-A)
  • "Anastasia" (Type-B)
  • "Mainichi ga Brand New Day" (Type-C)
  • "I See..." (Type-D)
  • "Fantastic Sanshoku Pan" (Regular)
Released25 March 2020 (2020-03-25) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
LabelN46Div.
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Yoake Made Tsuyogaranakutemoii"
(2019) 		"Shiawase no Hogoshoku"
(2020) 		"Sekaijū no Rinjin yo"
(2020)
Music video
"Shiwase no Hogoshoku" on YouTube
"Jyāne" on YouTube
"Anastasia" on YouTube
"Mainichi ga Brand new day" on YouTube
"I see…" on YouTube

"Shiawase no Hogoshoku" (Japanese: しあわせの保護色, literally "The Protective Coloration of Happiness", or more colloquially "Happiness in Disguise") is the 25th single by Japanese idol group Nogizaka46. The single was released on 25 March 2020.

The center position of the title track was held by Mai Shiraishi. This single was intended to be the last one that Shiraishi performs in before she leaves Nogizaka46, and as such was written as a tribute to her;[1][2] however, she delayed her graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was present in "Sekaijū no Rinjin yo", the next song released.[3] Shiraishi also wrote and performed solo the Type-A coupling song "Jyāne" (じゃあね, lit. 'See you again'), marking the first time someone other than Yasushi Akimoto has written a song for Nogizaka46.[4]

  1. ^ "＜乃木坂46新選抜メンバー発表＞1期生全員福神・生田絵梨花＆松村沙友理の両シンメ・次期エース大園桃子3列目センター…「今」と「歴史」を象徴するフォーメーションに絶賛の嵐". Modelpress (in Japanese). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ "乃木坂46、「しあわせの保護色」のMV公開 白石麻衣の涙を堪える表情も | SPICE - エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス". SPICE (in Japanese). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ^ "乃木坂46新曲で現役×OG初タッグ 白石・西野・生駒に市來&斎藤アナもコロナ感染拡大防止呼びかけ" (in Japanese). Oricon. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "乃木坂46白石麻衣が初作詞「じゃあね。」 ラストシングルに収録" (in Japanese). Oricon. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.