Zettaiteki Dairokkan Explained

Cover:Zettaiteki Dairokkan CD cover.jpg
Caption:Type-A CD cover
Type:single
Artist:Hinatazaka46
Genre:J-pop
Label:Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Lyricist:Yasushi Akimoto
Producer:Yasushi Akimoto
Prev Title:Kimi wa Honeydew
Prev Year:2024
Next Title:Sotsugyō Shashin Dake ga Shitteru
Next Year:2025

is the twelfth single by Japanese girl group Hinatazaka46, released on September 18, 2024, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It features Yōko Shōgenji and Kaho Fujishima as the first dual lead singer, or "double center", of a Hinatazaka46 title song. The single debuted atop the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with over 476,000 copies sold.[1]

Production and release

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan" is the last single to feature Shiho Katō, Mei Higashimura, Akari Nibu, and Hiyori Hamagishi, as they were set to leave Hinatazaka46 after promotions for the single have concluded.[2] Katō performed her farewell song and third solo song as a member, "Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?", while Higashimura and Nibu performed the duet "Mōsō Cosmos".

The single was released on physical media in five editions, consisting of four special editions (Types A to D) and a regular edition.

Track listing

  1. "Zettaiteki Dairokkan"
    1. Different tracks on each edition:
    • Type-A:
    • Type-B:
    • Type-C:
    • Type-D:
    • Regular:
  2. "Zettaiteki Dairokkan" (off vocal ver.)
  3. "Kimi o Oboetenai" (off vocal ver.)
  4. Off-vocal versions of track 3

Personnel

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan"

Centers: Yōko Shōgenji and Kaho Fujishima[3]

"Kimi o Oboetenai"

Center: Sumire Miyachi

"Eien no Sophia"

Same as "Zettaiteki Dairokkan"

"Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?"

Shiho Katō

"Mōsō Cosmos"

Mei Higashimura, Akari Nibu

"Yuki ga Furu, Kokoro no Sekai ni"

Same as "Kimi o Oboetenai"

"Yūhi Dance"

Center: Rina Watanabe

Charts

The single debuted atop the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with over 476,000 copies sold.

Notes

  1. Web site: 2024-09-24 . 日向坂46、前作超えの初週売上47.6万枚で12作連続シングル1位【オリコンランキング】 . 2024-10-29 . ORICON NEWS.
  2. Web site: 日向坂46、卒業の4人ブログで心境明かす 加藤史帆「突然の発表でごめんなさい」 . 2024-10-29 . ORICON NEWS.
  3. News: FORMATION . June 4, 2024 . ja . Hinatazaka46 Official Site.

References

  1. Web site: 2024-09-24 . 日向坂46、前作超えの初週売上47.6万枚で12作連続シングル1位【オリコンランキング】 . 2024-10-29 . ORICON NEWS.
  2. Web site: 日向坂46、卒業の4人ブログで心境明かす 加藤史帆「突然の発表でごめんなさい」 . 2024-10-29 . ORICON NEWS.
  3. News: FORMATION . June 4, 2024 . ja . Hinatazaka46 Official Site.