2016 single by AKB48
"Tsubasa wa Iranai " (翼はいらない , "Wings Aren't Needed") is the 44th
single by the
Japanese idol
girl group
AKB48 . It was released in Japan on June 1, 2016. It was
number-one on the
Oricon Weekly
Singles Chart with 1,441,000 copies sold.
[1] The song also reached
number-one on the
Billboard
Japan Hot 100 .
[2] It was
the best-selling single of 2016 in Japan , with 2.507 million copies according to
Billboard Japan
[3] and 1,519,387 copies according to
Oricon .
[4]
Background
The single marks the first time
Mion Mukaichi holds the center position in the choreography for the title track of a single by AKB48.
[5] It will also be the first time for
NMB48 member Ririka Sutō (
須藤凜々花 ) to participate in the title track of a single by
AKB48 .
[6] Tsubasa wa Iranai is the last AKB48 single to feature
NMB48 member
Miyuki Watanabe , prior to her departure from the AKB48 group in August 2016.
Shizuka Oya , who didn’t participate in any A-Sides since
Suzukake Nanchara , made her first management-chosen senbatsu appearance in the title track.
The "Theater Edition" of the single will feature a new song by
NGT48 . The song is titled "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" and will be the main theme of the upcoming TV drama series adaptation of
Higurashi When They Cry , to be premiered from May 20 on
BS Sky PerfecTV! .
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[8]
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Release
The single was released in several versions: Type A (two editions: limited and regular), Type B (limited and regular), Type C (limited and regular) and a version called the "Theater Edition". All versions, except the Theater Edition, include a DVD with several music videos.
The first presses of the single came with a ticket to vote in the AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Election (to choose the members to be featured in the AKB48 45th Single).
[13]
The full version music video premiered on M-On daily program "Sakidori!" on May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13 ) , and was officially released on YouTube on August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31 ) , same day as "
LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai " (45th single) official release.
Track listings
Type A
All lyrics by
Yasushi Akimoto .
CD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" (翼はいらない ) 4:35 2. "Set Me Free" (Set me free ) (performed by Team A) 3:29 3. "Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru" (恋をすると馬鹿を見る ) (performed by Team B) 4:21 4. "Tsubasa wa Iranai
off vocal ver. " 4:35 5. "Set Me Free off vocal ver." 3:29 6. "Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru off vocal ver." 4:20
DVD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 2. "Set Me Free" 3. "Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru" 4. "Chiyori Nakanishi Busu Series "Busu no Omoide.""
Type B
CD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 4:35 2. "Set Me Free" (performed by Team A) 3:29 3. "Kangaeru Hito" (考える人 ) (performed by Team 4) 3:53 4. "Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver." 4:35 5. "Set Me Free off vocal ver." 3:29 6. "Kangaeru Hito off vocal ver." 3:51
Type C
CD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 4:35 2. "Aishū no Trumpeter" (哀愁のトランペッター ) (performed by Team K) 4:17 3. "Yume e no Route" (夢へのルート ) (performed by Team 8) 4:00 4. "Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver." 4:35 5. "Aishū no Trumpeter off vocal ver." 4:17 6. "Yume e no Route off vocal ver." 3:58
DVD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 2. "Aishū no Trumpeter" 3. "Yume e no Route" 4. "Tsubasa wa Iranai -Complete Edition-"
Theater Edition
CD Title 1. "Tsubasa wa Iranai" 4:35 2. "Aishū no Trumpeter" (performed by Team K) 4:17 3. "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?" (君はどこにいる? ) (performed by
NGT48 ) 4:21 4. "Tsubasa wa Iranai off vocal ver." 4:35 5. "Aishū no Trumpeter off vocal ver." 4:17 6. "Kimi wa Doko ni Iru? off vocal ver." 4:20
Personnel
Tsubasa wa Iranai
The center (choreography center) is
Mion Mukaichi .
[18]
AKB48 Team A:
Anna Iriyama ,
Shizuka Ōya ,
Haruna Kojima ,
Haruka Shimazaki ,
Yui Hiwatashi ,
Miho Miyazaki ,
Yui Yokoyama
AKB48 Team A/Team 8:
Nanami Yamada
AKB48 Team A/
NMB48 Team M:
Miru Shiroma
AKB48 Team A/
HKT48 Team KIV:
Sakura Miyawaki
AKB48 Team K:
Minami Minegishi ,
Mion Mukaichi ,
Tomu Mutō
AKB48 Team K/NMB48 Team N:
Sayaka Yamamoto
AKB48 Team K/HKT48 Team H:
Haruka Kodama
AKB48 Team B:
Ryōka Ōshima ,
Rena Katō ,
Yuria Kizaki ,
Mayu Watanabe
AKB48 Team B/
NGT48 Team NIII:
Yuki Kashiwagi
AKB48 Team 4:
Nana Okada ,
Saya Kawamoto ,
Mako Kojima ,
Juri Takahashi
AKB48 Team 4/
SKE48 Team S:
Ryoha Kitagawa
SKE48 Team S:
Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team E: Rara Gotō
NMB48 Team N:
Ririka Sutō
HKT48 Team H:
Rino Sashihara
NGT48 Team NIII:
Minami Kato ,
Rie Kitahara ,
Moeka Takakura
Set Me Free
Sung by Team A members.
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AKB48 Team A:
Anna Iriyama ,
Shizuka Ōya ,
Nana Ōwada ,
Mayu Ogasawara ,
Natsuki Kojima ,
Haruna Kojima ,
Yukari Sasaki ,
Haruka Shimazaki ,
Miru Shiroma ,
Kayoko Takita ,
Megu Taniguchi ,
Chiyori Nakanishi ,
Mariko Nakamura ,
Rina Hirata ,
Yui Hiwatashi , Ami Maeda,
Miho Miyazaki ,
Sakura Miyawaki , Nanami Yamada,
Yui Yokoyama
Koi o Suru to Baka o Miru
Sung by Team B members.
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AKB48 Team B: Ayano Umeta,
Ryōka Ōshima ,
Yuki Kashiwagi ,
Rena Katō ,
Yuria Kizaki ,
Moe Gotō ,
Nagisa Sakaguchi ,
Miyu Takeuchi ,
Makiho Tatsuya ,
Miku Tanabe , Seina Fukuoka,
Ma Chia-ling ,
Nako Yabuki , Aeri Yokoshima,
Mayu Watanabe ,
Miyuki Watanabe (Last Single)
Kangaeru Hito
Sung by Team 4 members.
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AKB48 Team 4: Miyabi Iino,
Rina Izuta ,
Saho Iwatate , Rio ŌKawa,
Miyū Ōmori , Ayaka Okada,
Nana Okada ,
Saya Kawamoto , Ryōha Kitagawa, Saki Kitazawa,
Mako Kojima ,
Haruka Komiyama ,
Kiara Satō ,
Nagisa Shibuya ,
Juri Takahashi ,
Mio Tomonaga ,
Miki Nishino ,
Rena Nozawa ,
Yuiri Murayama
Aishū no Trumpeter
Sung by Team K members.
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AKB48 Team K:
Moe Aigasa ,
Maria Abe ,
Haruka Ishida , Manami Ichikawa,
Haruka Kodama ,
Ayana Shinozaki ,
Haruka Shimada , Hinana Shimoguchi,
Mariya Suzuki ,
Yūka Tano ,
Chisato Nakata , Ikumi Nakano,
Nana Fujita ,
Minami Minegishi ,
Mion Mukaichi ,
Tomu Mutō ,
Shinobu Mogi ,
Sayaka Yamamoto , Ami Yumoto
Yume e no Route
Sung by Team 8 members.
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AKB48 Team 8: Nagisa Sakaguchi, Yui Yokoyama, Hijiri Tanikawa, Nanami Satō, Tsumugi Hayasaka, Akari Satō, Kasumi Mougi, Rin Okabe, Hitomi Honda, Maria Shimizu, Ayane Takahashi, Nanase Yoshikawa, Yui Oguri, Erina Oda, Shiori Satō, Ayaka Hidaritomo, Natsuki Fujimura, Yuri Yokomichi, Yūna Hattori, Ai Yamamoto, Haruna Hashimoto, Reina Kita, Kurena Chō, Moeri Kondō, Serika Nagano, Nao Ōta, Nanami Yamada, Ruka Yamamoto, Momoka Ōnishi, Sayuna Hama, Ikumi Nakano, Mei Abe, Kotone Hitomi, Yūri Tani, Miu Shitao, Riona Hamamatsu, Yurina Gyōten, Kaoru Takaoka, Natsuki Hirose, Karen Yoshida, Rena Fukuchi, Moeka Iwasaki, Narumi Kuranoo, Miyu Yoshino, Moka Yaguchi, Karin Shimoaoki, Rira Miyazato
Kimi wa Doko ni Iru?
Sung by NGT48 members.
[22]
NGT48: Yuria Ōtaki,
Yuka Ogino ,
Tsugumi Oguma ,
Yuki Kashiwagi ,
Minami Katō , Yuria Kado,
Rie Kitahara ,
Aina Kusakabe , Anju Satō, Riko Sugahara, Reina Seiji, Moeka Takakura, Mau Takahashi, Ayaka Tano,
Rika Nakai , Ayuka Nakamura, Miharu Nara,
Marina Nishigata , Nishimura Nanako,
Rena Hasegawa ,
Hinata Honma , Ayaka Mizusawa, Aya Miyajima,
Fūka Murakumo ,
Maho Yamaguchi ,
Noe Yamada
Charts
Release history
Further reading
AKB48 (1 June 2016a). Tsubasa wa Iranai (Type-A ed.). You, Be Cool! / King.
ASIN
B01D8SZECE . KIZM-90429/30. {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
AKB48 (1 June 2016b). Tsubasa wa Iranai (Type-B ed.). You, Be Cool! / King.
ASIN
B01D8SZETC . KIZM-90431/2. {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
AKB48 (1 June 2016c). Tsubasa wa Iranai (Type-C ed.). You, Be Cool! / King.
ASIN
B01D8SZEFQ . KIZM-90433/4. {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
AKB48 (1 June 2016t). Tsubasa wa Iranai (Theater ed.). You, Be Cool! / King.
ASIN
B01GDMCQ14 . NMAX-1233. {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
References
External links
Members
Team S
Hinano Aoumi
Kimie Akahori
Himeka Arano
Yuzuki Ishiguro
Mizuki Ishizuka
Ruka Inoue
Ayuka Kamimura (vice leader)
Yoshino Kitagawa
Mikuru Kito
Marin Sakamoto
Anan Sugiyama
Nanami Takeuchi
Rika Tsuzuki
Miyu Nakasaka
Izumi Nakamura
Miyo Nomura
Chikako Matsumoto (leader)
Team KII
Shiori Aoki (vice leader)
Rika Aoki
Yuki Arai
Miki Ito
Sayaka Iriuchijima
Ayaka Ōta (leader)
Ayaka Okamoto
Ruka Kitano
Ena Suzuki
Airi Nakano
Mio Nishii
Fuyuka Fujimoto
Airi Mizuno
Team E
Honoka Aikawa
Yūka Asai
Kaede Ikeda
Reona Ida
Natsuki Kamata
Haruka Kumazaki
Ami Kurashima
Makiko Saitō (general captain)
Kaho Satō
Kanon Sawada
Ōka Suenaga
Maya Sugawara
Yūki Takahata
Mizuki Tanabe
Marika Tani
Mirei Hayashi
Nao Fukushi (vice leader)
Trainee Members
Anzu Omura
Kyoka Shinohara
Riina Sugimoto
Yune Hara
Kurumi Morimoto
Sakura Yamamura
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Team H
Yuka Akiyoshi (Captain)
Yueru Ito
Rina Kuriyama
Miku Tanaka
Aki Toyonaga
Wakana Murakami
Akari Watanabe
Team KIV
Ibuki Ishibashi
Airi Ichimura
Hirona Unjo
Hijiri Kawahira
Kurumi Takemoto
Iori Tanaka
Nene Jitoe
Miyabi Nagano
Sayaka Baba
Mai Fuchigami
Aoi Motomura (Captain)
Team TII
Misaki Aramaki
Maria Imamura
Ayaka Oda
Sae Kurihara
Hinano Goto
Moeka Sakai
Erena Sakamoto
Rio Shimizu
Tomoka Takeda
Hana Matsuoka
Yuna Yamauchi
Emiri Yamashita (Captain)
Trainee
Rina Ikuno
Miyu Izawa
Yuina Ishimatsu
Hanna Ihara
Kokoha Eguchi
Rinka Ouchi
Risaki Oba
Yuna Kawashima
Hiiro Kitagawa
Mina Shibui
Kokoro Tachibana
Karen Fukui
Kokoha Fujino
Urara Matsumoto
Nanaka Mogami
Saaya Morisaki
Hina Yasui
Reia Yanase
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