Kaze wa Fuite Iru explained

Kaze wa Fuite Iru
Cover:	Kaze wa Fuiteiru album cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	AKB48
Album:	1830m
Released:	(Japan)
Recorded:	2011
Label:	You, Be Cool! / King
Producer:	Yasushi Akimoto
Prev Title:	Flying Get
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Ue kara Mariko
Next Year:	2011

, is the 23rd single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released on October 26, 2011.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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.^[4]

The single was released in 5 versions: Type A Regular and Limited editions, Type B Regular and Limited editions, and a Theater Edition.^[5]

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.^{[6] [7]}

Track listing

Theater Edition

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 GirlsCenter: 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 YurigumiCenter: 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

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 26, 2011	Daily Chart	1^[8]	1,045,937	1,457,113
	Weekly Chart	1^[9]	1,300,482
	Monthly Chart	1	1,300,482

Billboard Japan

Chart	Position
Hot100	1
Hot Top Airplay	1

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

Date	Position
October 25, 2011	1
November 1, 2011	1

Other major charts outside Japan

Region	Chart	Peak position
	G-music Combo Chart	15^[10]
Spain	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.^{[11] [12]}

External links

• "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the King Records website
• "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the Oricon website

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110904-00000044-dal-ent. ja:ＡＫＢ次のシングルは「風は吹いている」. 2011-09-04. 2011-09-22. Daily Sports. Yahoo Japan Corporation. ja.
2. Web site: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/09/05/kiji/K20110905001556410.html. ja:ＡＫＢ４８次作新曲タイトルは「風は吹いている」. 2011-09-05. 2011-09-22. SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS. Sports Nippon. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170158/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/09/05/kiji/K20110905001556410.html. 2011-09-27. dead.
3. Web site: http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/entertainment/news/CK2011090502000143.html. ja:ＡＫＢ次曲「風は吹いている」 １０・２６発売. 2011-09-05. 2011-09-22. The Chunichi Shimbun. Chunichi Shimbun. ja. dead. https://archive.today/20111202121916/http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/entertainment/news/CK2011090502000143.html. 2011-12-02.
4. Web site: AKB48、10月発売の新曲タイトル発表 2万人のファン喝采. 2011-09-04. 2011-09-22. Melos no michi. Melos no Michi.
5. Web site: AKB48's discography. King Records. 2011-10-22. ja.
6. Web site: AKB48's post-quake support song sells 1 million on the first day. 2011-10-26. Anime News Network. Anime News Network.
7. Web site: AKB48's Dareka no Tame ni project donated over 1.25 billion yen. 2012-02-21. Melos no Michi. 21 February 2012 .
8. Web site: AKB48、2作連続"初日ミリオン" 初日売上歴代最高の104.6万枚. 2011-10-26. 2011-10-26. Oricon. ja.
9. Web site: 【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. 2011-11-01. 2011-11-01. Oricon. ja.
10. Web site: g-music combo chart . https://web.archive.org/web/20111102203623/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillBoard0.aspx . dead . 2011-11-02 .
11. Web site: The Announcements from Kokopla's HS Festival. 8 December 2014. JKT48 Stuff.
12. Web site: Ini Dia Singel ke-8 dari JKT48, "Angin sedang Berhembus". Triyanisya. Medcom.id. Metrotvnews.com. Media Group. 24 December 2014. 6 June 2020 . id.