Sakurazuki
{{Short description|2023 single by Sakurazaka46}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Sakurazuki
| cover = Sakurazaka46 - Sakurazuki.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Type A cover
| type = single
| artist = Sakurazaka46
| album =
| B-side = * "Cool" (all versions)
- "Sono Hi Made" (regular)
- "Munen" (Type A)
- "Moshikashitara Shinjitsu" (Type B)
- "Tamashii no Liar" (Type C)
- "Natsu no Chikamichi" (Type D)
| released = {{Start date|2023|2|15}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop
| length = 4:42
| label = Sony Music Japan
| composer = NAZCA
| lyricist = Yasushi Akimoto
| prev_title = Samidare yo
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = Start over!
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|zKLgrxHDgls|"Sakurazuki"}}
}}
}}
"Sakurazuki" (桜月) is the fifth single by the Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46 after their 2020 renaming. The song is written by Yasushi Akimoto and is composed by NAZCA. It was released on February 15, 2023 by Sony Music Entertainment.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-25 |title=櫻坂46の5thシングル「桜月」MV公開、監督は「僕のジレンマ」手がけた金野恵利香 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/510197 |access-date=2023-02-01 |work=音楽ナタリー |publisher=ナターシャ}}{{Cite web |title=桜月 櫻坂46 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/779500/products/1467251/1/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=ORICON NEWS |publisher=oricon ME}} The title track features Moriya Rena as the center.
Background and Release
The single was announced on the second day of Sakurazaka46's "2nd YEAR ANNIVERSARY ~ Buddies Thanksgiving ~" concert on December 9, 2022 which was held at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=5thシングル 発売決定！ |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/R00185 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=櫻坂46公式サイト |language=ja}} Following the single announcement, the formation of the title track was announced at the end of the 113th episode of Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka? which was aired on the December 25, 2023.Actual broadcast time is early morning of December 26, 2023 but Japan broadcasting adopts a timing system that goes past 24-hour so early morning of a certain day will still be counted as part of the previous date.
The single title was then announced on January 4, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title=5thシングルのタイトルは『桜月』に決定！最新アーティスト写真も公開！ |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/R00188 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=櫻坂46公式サイト |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title=櫻坂46、5thシングルタイトルは「桜月」 躍動感ある新ビジュアルも解禁 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2263071/full/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=ORICON NEWS}}
On January 18, 2023, the album artwork was revealed for the first time on Sakurazaka46's official site.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-18 |title=5thシングル『桜月』ジャケットアートワーク公開！ |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/R00190 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=櫻坂46公式サイト |language=ja}}
On February 1, 2023, the contents (track listing) of each CD types were revealed.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=5thシングル『桜月』商品収録内容決定！ |url=https://www.sakurazaka46.com/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=櫻坂46公式サイト |language=ja}} This single is released in five types: Limited edition features 4 types A, B, C, D with Blu-ray included, and a CD-only regular edition type.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=5thシングル『桜月』商品収録内容決定！ |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/R00194 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=櫻坂46公式サイト |publisher=Seed & Flower}}
This single was released 10 months after the release of their previous single "Samidare yo".{{Cite web |title=【深ヨミ】櫻坂46『桜月』5作連続CDシングル首位 地域別販売動向に変化は？ {{!}} Daily News |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/122184/2 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Billboard JAPAN |language=ja}} This is also the last single feature Yumiko Seki who will graduate from the group after this single.{{Cite web |title=櫻坂46 関有美子が卒業発表「自分を信じて進んでいきたい」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2260545/full/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ORICON NEWS}} Further, the 3rd generation members also participated in this single with the B-side song "Natsu no Chikamichi" (夏の近道).
The title song "Sakurazuki" was performed for the first time on the February 10, 2023 broadcast of Music Station 2-hour SP (TV Asahi).{{Cite web |date=2023-02-10 |title=KAT-TUN、Mステで新曲「Fantasia」披露 カメラワークにも絶賛の声 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2267492/full/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ORICON NEWS}}
Album Artwork
| class="wikitable"
|+Members on the Jacket Picture |Type A |Rena Moriya |
| Type B
|Minami Koike, Yui Kobayashi |
| Type C
|Hono Tamura, Hikaru Morita, Ten Yamasaki, Karin Fujiyoshi, Rei Ōzono |
| Type D
|Rina Matsuda, Rena Moriya, Rina Inoue, Mizuho Habu, Kira Masumoto, Yui Takemoto |
| Regular Edition
|Akihō Onuma, Yumiko Seki, Fuyuka Saitō, Rei Ōzono, Marino Kōsaka, Rina Uemura, Hikari Endō |
Track listing
= Type A =
{{Track listing
| headline = CD - Disc 1
| title1 = Sakurazuki
| note1 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Cool
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Munen
| note3 = {{lang|ja|無念}}
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Sakurazuki
| note4 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}; off vocal version
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Cool
| note5 = off vocal version
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Munen
| note6 = {{lang|ja|無念}}; off vocal version
| length6 = 4:24
}}{{Track listing
| headline = W-KEYAKI FES.2022 Director's Cut Collections
| title1 = Taiyou wa miageru hito wo erabanai
| note1 = {{lang|ja|太陽は見上げる人を選ばない}}
| title2 = Overture
| note2 =
| title3 = Buddies
| note3 =
| title4 = Naze koi wo shitekonakattandarou?
| note4 = {{lang|ja|なぜ 恋をして来なかったんだろう?}}
| title5 = Utsukushiki Nervous
| note5 = {{lang|ja|美しきNervous}}
| title6 = I'm in
| note6 =
| title7 = Omottayori mo sabishikunai
| note7 = {{lang|ja|思ったよりも寂しくない}}
| title8 = BAN
| note8 =
| title9 = Masatsukeisu
| note9 = {{lang|ja|摩擦係数}}
| total_length =
}}
= Type B =
{{Track listing
| headline = CD - Disc 1
| title1 = Sakurazuki
| note1 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Cool
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Moshikashitara Shinjitsu
| note3 = {{lang|ja|もしかしたら真実}}
| length3 = 3:43
| title4 = Sakurazuki
| note4 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}; off vocal version
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Cool
| note5 = off vocal version
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Moshikashitara Shinjitsu
| note6 = {{lang|ja|もしかしたら真実}}; off vocal version
| length6 = 3:41
}}{{Track listing
| headline = W-KEYAKI FES.2022 Director's Cut Collections
| title1 = Samidare yo
| note1 = {{lang|ja|五月雨よ}}
| title2 = Mugon no Uchū
| note2 = {{lang|ja|無言の宇宙}}
| title3 = Concentration
| note3 = {{lang|ja|コンセントレーション}}
| title4 = Kaleidoscope
| note4 = {{lang|ja|カレイドスコープ}}
| title5 = Message from Aoi Harada and Rika Ozeki
| note5 =
| title6 = Ongaku Shitsu ni Kataomoi ~ Bathroom Travel
| note6 = {{lang|ja|音楽室に片想い～バスルームトラベル}}
| title7 = Ballet to Shōnen
| note7 = {{lang|ja|バレエと少年}}
| title8 = MC
| note8 =
| title9 = Abunakkashii Keikaku
| note9 = {{lang|ja|危なっかしい計画}}
| total_length =
}}
= Type C =
{{Track listing
| headline = CD - Disc 1
| title1 = Sakurazuki
| note1 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Cool
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Tamashii no Liar
| note3 = {{lang|ja|魂のLiar}}
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Sakurazuki
| note4 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}; off vocal version
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Cool
| note5 = off vocal version
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Tamashii no Liar
| note6 = {{lang|ja|魂のLiar}}; off vocal version
| length6 = 4:16
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Blu-ray - Disc 2
| title1 = Collection of secret videos of members lying on the manager's phone (2021 edition)
| note1 =
| total_length =
}}
= Type D =
{{Track listing
| headline = CD - Disc 1
| title1 = Sakurazuki
| note1 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Cool
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Natsu no Chikamichi
| note3 = {{lang|ja|夏の近道}}
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = Sakurazuki
| note4 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}; off vocal version
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Cool
| note5 = off vocal version
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Natsu no Chikamichi
| note6 = {{lang|ja|夏の近道}}; off vocal version
| length6 = 5:07
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Blu-ray - Disc 2
| title1 = マネージャーのスマホに眠るメンバーの秘蔵動画集<2022年編>
| note1 = Collection of secret videos of members lying on the manager's phone (2022 edition)
}}
= Regular Edition =
{{Track listing
| headline = CD - Disc 1
| title1 = Sakurazuki
| note1 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Cool
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Sono Hi Made
| note3 = {{lang|ja|その日まで}}
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Sakurazuki
| note4 = {{lang|ja|桜月}}; off vocal version
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Cool
| note5 = off vocal version
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Sono Hi Made
| note6 = {{lang|ja|その日まで}}; off vocal version
| length6 = 4:25
}}
Participating Members
= Sakurazuki =
Center: Rena Moriya{{Cite web |title=FORMATION |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/page/formation |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=櫻坂46 公式サイト |publisher=Seed & Flower}}
- 3rd Row: Yui Takemoto, Rina Matsuda, Mizuho Habu, Kira Masumoto, Rina Inoue
- 2nd Row: Ten Yamasaki, Rei Ōzono, Hikaru Morita, Hono Tamura, Karin Fujiyoshi
- 1st Row: Yui Kobayashi, Rena Moriya, Minami Koike
This is Rena Moriya's (2nd Generation) first time holding the center position.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-26 |title=櫻坂46、新センターは坂道研修生出身初の守屋麗奈 歴代センターが2列目【フォーメーション発表】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2262167/full/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=ORICON NEWS |publisher=oricon ME}} Among members coming from Sakamichi Kenshusei (including those in Nogizaka46 and Hinatazaka46), Rena Moriya is the first one to serve as a center for a group single. Further, Rei Ōzono (2nd generation) who was also part of Sakamichi Kenshusei participated as Sakura Eight for the first time and this is also Kira Masumoto's first time making it into senbatsu. In addition, the second row members have all had previous experience as centers.
= Cool =
= Munen (無念) =
Center: Rina Matsuda
- Rina Uemura, Fuyuka Saitō, Mizuho Habu, Rina Inoue, Hikari Endō, Akiho Ōnuma, Marino Kōsaka, Yumiko Seki, Yui Takemoto, Kira Masumoto, Rina Matsuda{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=5thシングル『桜月』の作品に三期生の参加が決定！ |url=https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/R00199?ima=0224 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=櫻坂46 公式サイト |publisher=Seed & Flower}}
= Moshikattara Shinjitsu (もしかしたら真実) =
= Tamashii no Liar (魂のLiar) =
= Natsu no Chikamichi (夏の近道) =
= Sono Hi Made (その日まで) =
Center: Yūka Sugai
Chart performance
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Chart positions, sales, and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
| style="width:2.7em;font-size:85%;" | JPN Oricon Singles Chart:
! style="width:2.7em;font-size:85%;" | JPN
|
|---|
| scope="row" | Sakurazuki {{nihongo||桜月}}
| rowspan="1" | 2023 | 1 || 2 |
|
|
Notes
External links
- [https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/page/5th_single "Sakurazuki" Single Official Page] - Sakurazaka46 Official Site
- Music Video
- {{YouTube|zKLgrxHDgls|櫻坂46『桜月』}} (January 25, 2023)
- {{YouTube|XEKPn3WbksE|櫻坂46『Cool』}} (February 7, 2023)
- {{YouTube|nV1DHIWSdEo|櫻坂46『夏の近道』}} (February 11, 2023)
- {{YouTube|F2lWsUJotmc|櫻坂46『その日まで』}} (October 26, 2022)