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"Inochi wa Utsukushii" B-side
"Arakajime Katarareru Romance"
"Tachinaori Chuu" (Type-A)
"Gomen ne Zutto..." (Type-B)
"Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (Type-C)
"Border" (Regular)
Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい , Life is Beautiful) is the 11th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 . It was released on March 18, 2015. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart ,[1] and as of May 25, 2015 (issue date), has sold 605,529 copies.[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 .[3]
This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. Type-C includes the undergroup member's song. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Nanase Nishino .[4]
Track listing
Type-A
All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto
CD[6] Title Music Arranger 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 3. "Tachinaori Chuu" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Takashi Fukuda TATOO 4:44 4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 6. "Tachinaori Chuu (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Takashi Fukuda TATOO 4:42 Total length: 29:52
DVD Title Director 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)" Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41 2. "Tachinaori Chuu (music video)" Hiroaki Yuasa 10:11 3. "Rina Ikoma & Marika Ito " Eiki Takahashi 8:32 4. "Misa Eto & Reika Sakurai" Rikiya Imaizumi 5:58 5. "Hina Kawago & Chiharu Saito" Renki Yamasaki 5:46 6. "Mahiro Kawamura & Iori Sagara" Yoshinori Asao 8:13 7. "Kazumi Takayama & Ami Noujou" Nozomu Nakajima 6:27 8. "Nanase Nishino & Yumi Wakatsuki" Hiroaki Yuasa 8:42 Total length: 59:22
Type-B
All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto
CD[8] Title Music Arranger 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 2. Untitled (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 3. "Gomen ne Zutto..." (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Tomokazu Yamada Shouhei Sumiya 5:31 4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 6. "Gomen ne Zutto... (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Tomokazu Yamada Shouhei Sumiya 5:28 Total length: 31:25
DVD Title Director 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)" Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41 2. "Gomen ne Zutto... (music video)" Yuki Yamato 7:26 3. "Karin Ito & Hina Higuchi" Kazuhiko Ito 4. "Sayuri Inoue & Yuuri Saito" Yusuke Koroyasu 5. "Asuka Saito & Minami Hoshino" Aya Maeda 6. "Mai Shiraishi & Nanami Hashimoto" Kazuma Ikeda 7. "Mai Shinuchi & Mai Fukagawa" Taikou Nakamura
Type-C
All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto
CD[10] Title Music Arranger 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 3. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Akira Sunset, ha-j Akira Sunset, ha-j 5:06 4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 6. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Akira Sunset, ha-j Akira Sunset, ha-j 5:03 Total length: 30:35
DVD Title Director 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)" Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41 2. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (music video)" Yamada Atsuhiro 5:10 3. "Manatsu Akimoto & Himeka Nakamoto" Hideaki Nakagawa, Yutaka Mizuochi, Naoya Ogata 4. "Erika Ikuta & Sayuri Matsumura" Shigeru Tsukita, Atuhiko Yamamoto, Shibatani Mai 5. "Hinako Kitano & Maaya Wada" Kazuhisa Anai 6. "Kana Nakada & Seira Nagashima" Takahashi Akihiro 7. "Miona Hori & Rena Matsui" Santa Yamagishi 8. "Trainee" Shujin Ito
Regular
All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto
CD[12] Title Music Arranger 1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 3. "Border" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Tomohiro Nakatsuchi Tomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:39 4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Hiroki Sagawa Hiroki Sagawa 5:17 5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) SoichiroK, Nozomu.S SoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56 6. "Border (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help ) ) Tomohiro Nakatsuchi Tomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:37 Total length: 29:42
Chart and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2015)
Peak position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart)
8[13]
Certifications
References
Further reading
Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015a). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8UM . CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015b). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8SO . CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015c). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8W0 . CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015r). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO988 . CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
External links
Members
Third generation
Riria Itō
Renka Iwamoto
Shiori Kubo
Hazuki Mukai
Reno Nakamura
Tamami Sakaguchi
Kaede Satō
Minami Umezawa (captain)
Yūki Yoda
Ayano-Christie Yoshida
Fourth generation
Sakura Endō
Runa Hayashi
Sayaka Kakehashi
Haruka Kaki
Saya Kanagawa
Haruka Kuromi
Miyu Matsuo
Rika Satō
Rei Seimiya
Yuna Shibata
Mayu Tamura
Ayame Tsutsui
Mio Yakubo
Nao Yumiki
Fifth generation
Mao Ioki
Teresa Ikeda
Miku Ichinose
Nagi Inoue
Hina Okamoto
Aya Ogawa
Iroha Okuda
Sakura Kawasaki
Satsuki Sugawara
Nao Tomisato
Aruno Nakanishi
Notable former
Studio albums Compilation albums Singles Promotional singles Television shows Sister groups Related articles