Kaze wa Fuite Iru#JKT48 Version

{{Infobox song

| name = Kaze wa Fuite Iru

| cover = Kaze wa Fuiteiru album cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = AKB48

| album = 1830m

| B-side = {{ubl|"Kimi no Senaka"|"Vamos" (Type A)|"Gondola Lift" (Type B)|"Tsubomitachi" (Theater Edition)}}

| released = {{Start date|2011|10|26}} (Japan)

| recorded = 2011

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|folk rock}}

| length =

| label = You, Be Cool! / King

| writer = Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)

| producer = Yasushi Akimoto

| prev_title = Flying Get

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Ue kara Mariko

| next_year = 2011

| misc = {{External music video|1= {{YouTube|fgESmgZ4ld8|Kaze wa Fuite Iru (Dance! Dance! Dance! Ver.)}}|header=Music videos}}

{{External music video|1= {{YouTube|twsL-qBix0g|Kimi no Senaka (preview)}}|header=no}}

}}

{{nihongo|"Kaze wa Fuite Iru" or "Kaze wa Fuiteiru"|風は吹いている||"The Wind Is Blowing"}}, is the 23rd single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released on October 26, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110904-00000044-dal-ent|script-title=ja:ＡＫＢ次のシングルは「風は吹いている」|date=2011-09-04|access-date=2011-09-22|work=Daily Sports|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=ja}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/09/05/kiji/K20110905001556410.html|script-title=ja:ＡＫＢ４８次作新曲タイトルは「風は吹いている」|date=2011-09-05|access-date=2011-09-22|work=SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS|publisher=Sports Nippon|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170158/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/09/05/kiji/K20110905001556410.html|archive-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/entertainment/news/CK2011090502000143.html|script-title=ja:ＡＫＢ次曲「風は吹いている」１０・２６発売|date=2011-09-05|access-date=2011-09-22|work=The Chunichi Shimbun|publisher=Chunichi Shimbun|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20111202121916/http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/entertainment/news/CK2011090502000143.html|archive-date=2011-12-02}}

Release history and information

The title of the upcoming October single by AKB48 was first announced to 20,000 fans present at the handshake event held to celebrate the launch of the group's 22nd single, "Flying Get", at the Nagoya Dome on September 4.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2001403/full/|title=AKB48、10月発売の新曲タイトル発表 2万人のファン喝采|date=2011-09-04|access-date=2011-09-22|work=Melos no michi|publisher=Melos no Michi}}

The single was released in 5 versions: Type A Regular and Limited editions, Type B Regular and Limited editions, and a Theater Edition.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=34767|title=AKB48's discography|publisher=King Records|access-date=2011-10-22|language=ja}}

It was written with lyric meant to ease the pain of the tsunami victims from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as well as part of the large relief process to help out with restoration as the group has donated over 1.25 billion yen, and continue to hold monthly trip visit to tsunami areas to perform free concerts for the children and elderly in those areas.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-26/akb48-post-quake-support-song-sells-1-million-on-1st-day|title=AKB48's post-quake support song sells 1 million on the first day|access-date=2011-10-26|work=Anime News Network|publisher=Anime News Network}}{{cite web|url=http://melosnomichi.blogspot.com/2012/02/dareka-no-tame-ni-project-exceeds-125.html|title=AKB48's Dareka no Tame ni project donated over 1.25 billion yen|access-date=2012-02-21|work=Melos no Michi|date=21 February 2012 }}{{Current event inline|date=May 2022}}

Track listing

= Type A =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length =

| title1 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru

| note1 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている}}

| lyrics1 =

| music1 =

| length1 =

| title2 = Kimi no Senaka

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君の背中}}

| extra2 = {{nihongo|Under Girls|アンダーガールズ}}

| lyrics2 =

| music2 =

| length2 =

| title3 = Vamos

| note3 = {{nihongo2|Vamos}}

| extra3 = {{nihongo|Under Girls Baragumi|アンダーガールズばら組}}

| lyrics3 =

| music3 =

| length3 =

| title4 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics4 =

| music4 =

| length4 =

| title5 = Kimi no Senaka off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|君の背中 off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics5 =

| music5 =

| length5 =

| title6 = Vamos off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|Vamos off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics6 =

| music6 =

| length6 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = DVD

| extra_column =

| total_length =

| title1 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru Music Video

| note1 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている Music Video}}

| length1 =

| title2 = Kimi no Senaka Music Video

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君の背中 Music Video}}

| length2 =

| title3 = Vamos Music Video

| note3 = {{nihongo2|Vamos Music Video}}

| length3 =

| title4 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru Music Video (DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! ver.)

| note4 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている　Music Video（DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! ver.）}}

| length4 =

| title5 = Tokuten eizō AKB48 conte 'Feromon Keiji'-hen

| note5 = {{nihongo2|特典映像　AKB48コント　「フェロモン刑事」編}}

| length5 =

}}

= Type B =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length =

| title1 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru

| note1 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている}}

| lyrics1 =

| music1 =

| length1 =

| title2 = Kimi no Senaka

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君の背中}}

| extra2 = {{nihongo|Under Girls|アンダーガールズ}}

| lyrics2 =

| music2 =

| length2 =

| title3 = Gondola Lift

| note3 = {{nihongo2|ゴンドラリフト}}

| extra3 = {{nihongo|Under Girls Yurigumi|アンダーガールズゆり組}}

| lyrics3 =

| music3 =

| length3 =

| title4 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics4 =

| music4 =

| length4 =

| title5 = Kimi no Senaka off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|君の背中 off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics5 =

| music5 =

| length5 =

| title6 = Gondola Lift off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|ゴンドラリフト off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics6 =

| music6 =

| length6 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = DVD

| extra_column =

| total_length =

| title1 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru Music Video

| note1 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている Music Video}}

| length1 =

| title2 = Kimi no Senaka Music Video

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君の背中 Music Video}}

| length2 =

| title3 = Gondola Lift Music Video

| note3 = {{nihongo2|ゴンドラリフト Music Video}}

| length3 =

| title4 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru music video (DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! ver.)

| note4 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている　Music Video（DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! ver.）}}

| length4 =

| title5 = Tokuten eizō AKB 48 conte `Taxi'-hen

| note5 = {{nihongo2|特典映像 AKB48コント「タクシー」編}}

| length5 =

}}

= Theater Edition =

{{Track listing

| headline = CD

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| lyrics_credits =

| music_credits =

| total_length =

| title1 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru

| note1 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている}}

| lyrics1 =

| music1 =

| length1 =

| title2 = Kimi no Senaka

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君の背中}}

| extra2 = {{nihongo|Under Girls|アンダーガールズ}}

| lyrics2 =

| music2 =

| length2 =

| title3 = Tsubomitachi

| note3 = {{nihongo2|蕾たち}}

| extra3 = {{nihongo|Team 4+Kenkyusei|Team 4＋研究生}}

| lyrics3 =

| music3 =

| length3 =

| title4 = Kaze wa Fuite Iru off vocal ver.

| note4 = {{nihongo2|風は吹いている off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics4 =

| music4 =

| length4 =

| title5 = Kimi no Senaka off vocal ver.

| note5 = {{nihongo2|君の背中 off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics5 =

| music5 =

| length5 =

| title6 = Tsubomitachi off vocal ver.

| note6 = {{nihongo2|蕾たち off vocal ver.}}

| lyrics6 =

| music6 =

| length6 =

}}

Members

= "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" =

Centers: Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima

Team A: Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto

= "Kimi no Senaka" =

;Under Girls

Center: Aika Ōta

Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Aika Ōta, Haruka Nakagawa, Ami Maeda
Team K: Ayaka Kikuchi, Reina Fujie
Team B: Haruka Ishida, Mika Komori, Sumire Satō, Miho Miyazaki
Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Suzuran Yamauchi
Kenkyūsei: Rena Katō
SKE48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB48 Kenkyūsei: Eriko Jō

= "Vamos" =

;Under Girls Baragumi

Team A: Shizuka Ōya, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Natsumi Matsubara
Team K: Mayumi Uchida, Miku Tanabe, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Misato Nonaka, Rumi Yonezawa
Team B: Kana Kobayashi, Shihori Suzuki, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima
Team 4: Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Shiori Nakamata, Mariya Nagao

= "Gondola Lift" =

;Under Girls Yurigumi

Center: Ayaka Umeda

Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Ayaka Umeda, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui
Team B: Amina Satō, Natsuki Satō, Yuka Masuda
Team 4: Mariko Nakamura

= "Tsubomitachi" =

;Team4+Kenkyūsei

Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Shiori Nakamata, Mariko Nakamura, Mariya Nagao, Suzuran Yamauchi
Kenkyūsei: Rina Izuta, Karen Iwata, Miyu Ōmori, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Natsuki Kojima, Marina Kobayashi, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Rika Suzuki, Juri Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita, Tomu Muto, Ayaka Morikawa

Chart performance

=Oricon Charts=

class="wikitable"

!Release

!Oricon Singles Chart

!Peak position

!Debut sales (copies)

!Sales total (copies)

rowspan="3"|October 26, 2011

|Daily Chart

|align="center"|1{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2003129/full/|title=AKB48、2作連続"初日ミリオン" 初日売上歴代最高の104.6万枚|date=2011-10-26|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}

|align="center"|1,045,937

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|1,457,113

Weekly Chart

|align="center"|1{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/2003283/full/|title=【オリコン】史上初！AKB48が3作連続初週ミリオン歴代シングル初週売上TOP3独占|date=2011-11-01|access-date=2011-11-01|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}

|align="center"|1,300,482

Monthly Chart

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|1,300,482

=Billboard Japan=

class="wikitable"

!Chart

!Position

Hot100

|align="center"|1

Hot Top Airplay

|align="center"|1

=RIAJ Digital Track Chart=

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!Date

!Position

October 25, 2011

|align="center"|1

November 1, 2011

|align="center"|1

= Other major charts outside Japan =

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!Region

!Chart

!Peak position

|G-music Combo Chart

|align="center"|15{{cite web |title=g-music combo chart |url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillBoard0.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102203623/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillBoard0.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-02 }}

| Los 40 Principales España (Spanish Top 40)

| Unknown (November 12, 2011)

JKT48 version

A version of the song was released by the Indonesian idol group JKT48 as their 8th single. It was released on 24 December 2014.{{Cite web | url=https://www.jkt48stuff.com/2014/12/announcements-kokoplas-hs-festival/ | title=The Announcements from Kokopla's HS Festival| date=8 December 2014|publisher=JKT48 Stuff}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.medcom.id/hiburan/musik/GKdD7arK-ini-dia-singel-ke-8-dari-jkt48-angin-sedang-berhembus|author=Triyanisya|title=Ini Dia Singel ke-8 dari JKT48, "Angin sedang Berhembus"|website=Medcom.id|via=Metrotvnews.com|publisher=Media Group|date=24 December 2014|access-date=6 June 2020 |language=id}}

References

External links

[http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/g/gKIZM-131/ "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the King Records website] {{in lang|ja}}
[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/385015/products/music/935231/1/ "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the Oricon website] {{in lang|ja}}

Category:2011 singles

Category:AKB48 songs

Category:Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto

Category:Songs about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles

Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles

Category:King Records (Japan) singles