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"Inochi wa Utsukushii"
Song
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[5]

CD[5][6]
No.TitleMusicArrangerLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
2."Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
3."Tachinaori Chuu" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Takashi FukudaTATOO4:44
4."Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
5."Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
6."Tachinaori Chuu (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Takashi FukudaTATOO4:42
Total length:29:52
DVD[5]
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"Tsuyoshi Inoue5:41
2."Tachinaori Chuu (music video)"Hiroaki Yuasa10:11
3."Rina Ikoma & Marika Ito"Eiki Takahashi8:32
4."Misa Eto & Reika Sakurai"Rikiya Imaizumi5:58
5."Hina Kawago & Chiharu Saito"Renki Yamasaki5:46
6."Mahiro Kawamura & Iori Sagara"Yoshinori Asao8:13
7."Kazumi Takayama & Ami Noujou"Nozomu Nakajima6:27
8."Nanase Nishino & Yumi Wakatsuki"Hiroaki Yuasa8:42
Total length:59:22

Type-B

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto[7]

CD[7][8]
No.TitleMusicArrangerLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
2.Untitled (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
3."Gomen ne Zutto..." (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Tomokazu YamadaShouhei Sumiya5:31
4."Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
5."Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
6."Gomen ne Zutto... (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Tomokazu YamadaShouhei Sumiya5:28
Total length:31:25
DVD[7]
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"Tsuyoshi Inoue5:41
2."Gomen ne Zutto... (music video)"Yuki Yamato7:26
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[9]

CD[9][10]
No.TitleMusicArrangerLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
2."Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
3."Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Akira Sunset, ha-jAkira Sunset, ha-j5:06
4."Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
5."Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
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-jAkira Sunset, ha-j5:03
Total length:30:35
DVD[9]
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"Tsuyoshi Inoue5:41
2."Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (music video)"Yamada Atsuhiro5:10
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[11][12]
No.TitleMusicArrangerLength
1."Inochi wa Utsukushii" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
2."Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
3."Border" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Tomohiro NakatsuchiTomohiro Nakatsuchi4:39
4."Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa5:17
5."Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S4:56
6."Border (off vocal ver.)" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help))Tomohiro NakatsuchiTomohiro Nakatsuchi4:37
Total length:29:42

Chart and certifications

References

  1. ^ a b "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年03月30日付". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "AKB48 売上 命は美しい". Atwiki (in Japanese). Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/03/30". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ^ 乃木坂46が「命は美しい」ジャケ写公開 センター西野単独、アンダー盤も (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  5. ^ a b c Nogizaka46 2015a.
  6. ^ 命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  7. ^ a b c Nogizaka46 2015b.
  8. ^ 命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  9. ^ a b c Nogizaka46 2015c.
  10. ^ 命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  11. ^ Nogizaka46 2015r.
  12. ^ 命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  13. ^ オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2015年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  14. ^ ゴールドディスク認定 2015年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading

  • Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015a). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8UM. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015b). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8SO. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015c). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO8W0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (18 March 2015r). Inochi wa Utsukushii (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00SHVO988. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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