Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby

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CD+DVD Type-A (Limited/Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Limited/Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-C (Limited/Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-D (Limited/Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby is the 42nd Single (44th overall) released by AKB48.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇に Be My Baby)

Release Date

2015.12.09

Label

Japan: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

Hong Kong/Taiwan: King Records Company Limited

South Korea: King/Genie Music/Stone Music Entertainment

Catalog Number/Price

KIZM-90401～1 (Limited Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-401～2 (Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90403～4 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-403～4 (Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90405～6 (Limited Edition Type-C, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-405～6 (Regular Edition Type-C, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90407～8 (Limited Edition Type-D, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-407～8 (Regular Edition Type-D, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1212 (Theater Edition, CD) / ￥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (唇に Be My Baby) / Senbatsu
2. 365nichi no Kamihikouki (365日の紙飛行機) / Asa ga Kita Senbatsu
3. • (Type-A) Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... (君を君を君を…) / Next Generation Senbatsu
   • (Type-B) Madonna no Sentaku (マドンナの選択) / Renacchi Sousenkyo Senbatsu
   • (Type-C) Ama Nojaku Batta (あまのじゃくバッタ) / Team 8
   • (Type-D) Senaka Kotoba (背中言葉)
4. • (Type-A) Yasashii place (やさしいplace) / Team A
   • (Type-B) Oneesan no Hitorigoto (お姉さんの独り言) / Team K
   • (Type-C) Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo (金の羽根を持つ人よ) / Team B
   • (Type-D) Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... (なんか、ちょっと、急に…) / Team 4
5. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (off-vocal)
6. 365nichi no Kamihikouki (off-vocal)
7. • (Type-A) Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) Madonna no Sentaku (off-vocal)
   • (Type-C) Ama Nojaku Batta (off-vocal)
   • (Type-D) Senaka Kotoba (off-vocal)
8. • (Type-A) Yasashii place (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) Oneesan no Hitorigoto (off-vocal)
   • (Type-C) Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo (off-vocal)
   • (Type-D) Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby Music Video
2. 365nichi no Kamihikouki Music Video
3. • (Type-A) Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo... Music Video
   • (Type-B) Madonna no Sentaku Music Video
   • (Type-C) Ama Nojaku Batta Music Video
   • (Type-D) Senaka Kotoba Music Video
4. • (Type-A) Yasashii place Music Video
   • (Type-B) Oneesan no Hitorigoto Music Video
   • (Type-C) Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo Music Video
   • (Type-D) Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni... Music Video
5. • (Type-A) WORDS ～Takahashi Minami speaks words of wisdom～
   • (Type-B) PARTY no Sono Saki e 〜Takahashi Minami Sotsugyou Chokuzen Interview〜
   • (Type-C) Tera Mina 〜812 Terabaito Kara Gensenshita Takahashi Minami Kessaku-shuu〜
   • (Type-D) Tabidatsu Kimi e. 〜Takahashi Minami e no AKB Group Member Oiwai Comment-shuu〜

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby
2. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki
3. Sakki Made wa Ice Tea (さっきまではアイスティー) / Mushi Kago
4. Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (off-vocal)
5. 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki (off-vocal)
6. Sakki Made wa Ice Tea (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Takahashi Minami Center)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui
• Team K: Minegishi Minami
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Watanabe Mayu
• Team S: Matsui Jurina
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team H: Sashihara Rino
• Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura
• NGT48: Kitahara Rie
• Team SII: Miyazawa Sae

"365nichi no Kamihikouki"

Asa ga Kita Senbatsu (あさが来た選抜) (16 Members) (Yamamoto Sayaka Center)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Watanabe Mayu
• Team S: Matsui Jurina
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team BII: Watanabe Miyuki
• Team H: Kodama Haruka, Sashihara Rino
• Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura
• NGT48: Kitahara Rie

"Kimi wo Kimi wo Kimi wo..."

Next Generation Senbatsu (次世代選抜) (16 Members) (Kodama Haruka Center)

• Team A: Owada Nana, Taniguchi Megu
• Team K: Tano Yuka, Mukaichi Mion, Muto Tomu
• Team B: Oshima Ryoka
• Team 4: Okada Nana, Kawamoto Saya, Kojima Mako, Komiyama Haruka, Takahashi Juri, Nishino Miki, Murayama Yuiri
• Team 8: Sakaguchi Nagisa
• Team BII: Watanabe Miyuki
• Team H: Kodama Haruka

"Madonna no Sentaku"

Renacchi Sousenkyo Senbatsu (れなっち総選挙選抜) (16 Members) (Tanaka Natsumi Center)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Shimazaki Haruka, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Tano Yuka, Mukaichi Mion, Mogi Shinobu
• Team B: Oshima Ryoka, Kato Rena
• Team 8: Sato Nanami
• Team E: Sato Sumire
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team M: Shiroma Miru
• Team H: Kojina Yui, Tanaka Natsumi, Matsuoka Natsumi
• Team KIV: Murashige Anna

"Ama Nojaku Batta"

Team 8 (チーム8) (47 Members) (Nakano Ikumi Center)

• Team 8: Abe Mei, Iwasaki Moeka, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Ota Nao, Oda Erina, Onishi Momoka, Kita Reina, Gyoten Yurina, Kuranoo Narumi, Kondo Moeri, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Sato Akari, Sato Shiori, Sato Nanami, Shitao Miu, Shimizu Maria, Shimoaoki Karin, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Ayane, Tani Yuri, Tanikawa Hijiri, Cho Kurena, Nakano Ikumi, Nagano Serika, Hashimoto Haruna, Hattori Yuna, Hama Sayuna, Hamamatsu Riona, Hayasaka Tsumugi, Hitomi Kotone, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Hirose Natsuki, Fukuchi Rena, Fujimura Natsuki, Honda Hitomi, Miyazato Rira, Mogi Kasumi, Yoshida Karen, Yaguchi Moka, Yamada Nanami, Yamamoto Ai, Yamamoto Ruka, Yokomichi Yuri, Yokoyama Yui, Yoshikawa Nanase, Yoshino Miyu

"Senaka Kotoba"

(20 Members) (Takahashi Minami Center)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Owada Nana, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui
• Team K: Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Komiyama Haruka, Takahashi Juri
• Team S: Matsui Jurina
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team H: Sashihara Rino
• Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura
• NGT48: Kitahara Rie
• Team SII: Miyazawa Sae

"Yasashii place"

Team A (チームA) (22 Members) (Shimazaki Haruka & Miyawaki Sakura Centers)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen, Oya Shizuka, Owada Nana, Ogasawara Mayu, Kojima Natsuki, Kojima Haruna, Sasaki Yukari, Shimazaki Haruka, Shiroma Miru, Takahashi Minami, Takita Kayoko, Taniguchi Megu, Nakanishi Chiyori, Nakamura Mariko, Nishiyama Rena, Hirata Rina, Maeda Ami, Miyazaki Miho, Miyawaki Sakura, Yamada Nanami, Yokoyama Yui

"Oneesan no Hitorigoto"

Team K (チームK) (22 Members) (Mukaichi Mion Center)

• Team K: Aigasa Moe, Abe Maria, Ishida Haruka, Ichikawa Manami, Kodama Haruka, Shinozaki Ayana, Shimada Haruka, Shimoguchi Hinana, Suzuki Mariya, Takajo Aki, Tano Yuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakano Ikumi, Nagao Mariya, Fujita Nana, Matsui Jurina, Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion, Muto Tomu, Mogi Shinobu, Yumoto Ami, Yamamoto Sayaka

"Kin no Hane wo Motsu Hito yo"

Team B (チームB) (18 Members) (Kato Rena & Kizaki Yuria Centers)

• Team B: Iwasa Misaki, Uchiyama Natsuki, Umeta Ayano, Oshima Ryoka, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Kobayashi Kana, Goto Moe, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Takeuchi Miyu, Tatsuya Makiho, Tanabe Miku, Fukuoka Seina, Yabuki Nako, Yokoshima Aeri, Watanabe Mayu, Watanabe Miyuki

"Nanka, Chotto, Kyuu ni..."

Team 4 (チーム4) (19 Members) (Kawamoto Saya & Kojima Mako Centers)

• Team 4: Iino Miyabi, Izuta Rina, Iwatate Saho, Okawa Rio, Omori Miyuu, Okada Ayaka, Okada Nana, Kawamoto Saya, Kitagawa Ryoha, Kitazawa Saki, Kojima Mako, Komiyama Haruka, Sato Kiara, Shibuya Nagisa, Takahashi Juri, Tomonaga Mio, Nishino Miki, Nozawa Rena, Murayama Yuiri

Sakki Made wa Ice Tea

Mushi Kago (虫かご) (12 Members) (Komiyama Haruka & Yabushita Shu Centers)

• Team B: Goto Moe, Fukuoka Seina
• Team 4: Komiyama Haruka
• Team 8: Sakaguchi Nagisa
• SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Obata Yuna, Goto Rara
• Team M: Uemura Azusa
• Team BII: Yabushita Shu
• HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Aramaki Misaki, Imamura Maria
• NGT48 Kenkyuusei: Oguma Tsugumi, Takakura Moeka

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Releases
15.12.07	**	*1 813,044	*1 31,921	*1 18,018	*1 11,994	*1 10,444	*1 13,883	**1	905,490
15.12.14	*3 4,461	11	*4	*4	*5	*5	*6	**4	*25,800
15.12.21	*6	11	10	*8	*7	*8	*1 60,795	**1	*70,788
15.12.28	*5	*5	*5	*3 1,098	*2 1,020	*2 1,221	*3 1,335	**4	**8,440
16.01.04	*3 1,113	*8	*6	*4	*5	*5	*7	**9	**6,633
16.01.11	*1 951	16	*8	*5	*4	*9	*8	**7	**5,174
16.01.18	*5	22	14	11	*8	*9	*9	*12	**3,847
16.01.25	*8	41	24	15	10	*8	10	*22	**5,618
16.02.01	*5	17	13	12	*9	*6	*5	*14	**5,373
16.02.08	*6	25	14	*9	*8	*6	*9	*15	**4,600
16.02.15	*7	32	22	11	11	11	11	*17	**4,604
16.02.22	*5	35	26	18	13	11	16	*28	**4,198
16.02.29	*6	29	25	19	18	17	18	*24	**3,363
16.03.07	*7	24	15	14	14	13	14	*17	**3,619	Kimi wa Melody single
16.03.14	*8	25	22	16	15	13	19	*19	**2,802
16.03.21	11	34	27	24	23	10	15	*24	**2,792
16.03.28	12	29	25	20	18	17	18	*23	**3,154
16.04.04	12	27	29	26	22	21	24	*28	**2,229
16.04.11	11	33	30	26	21	21	22	*24	**1,717
16.04.18	19	44	40	37	39	36	35	*42	**1,387
16.04.25	27	**	49	33	43	37	39	*49	**1,295
16.05.02	38	35	32	24	21	23	28	*30	**1,479
16.05.09	13	**	49	46	**	42	45	*52	***,999
16.05.16	44	**	**	**	**	**	**	*77	***,726
16.05.23	48	**	**	**	**	**	**	*98	***,635
16.05.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*89	***,635	Tsubasa wa Iranai single
16.06.06	48	**	**	**	**	**	**	*74	***,639
16.06.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*84	***,545
16.06.20	50	**	**	**	**	**	**	106	***,580
16.06.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*89	***,522
16.07.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	103	***,563
16.07.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*91	***,463
16.07.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*93	***,540
16.07.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	150	***,431
16.08.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	147	***,381
16.08.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	137	***,368
16.08.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	141	***,415
16.08.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	199	***,357
16.08.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	122	***,510	LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai single
16.09.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	133	***,421
16.09.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	128	***,369
16.09.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	132	***,390
16.09.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	162	***,334
16.10.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*97	***,425
16.10.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	108	***,365
16.10.17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	165	***,272
16.10.24	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	176	***,324
16.10.31	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	164	***,341
16.11.07	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,240
16.11.14	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	188	***,259	High Tension single
16.11.21	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	200	***,279
16.11.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	182	***,272
16.12.05	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	188	***,274
16.12.12	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	143	***,326
16.12.19	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	145	***,356
16.12.26	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	106	***,333
17.01.02	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*75	***,460
17.01.09	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*75	***,420
17.01.16	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*84	***,386
17.01.23	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	138	***,317	Thumbnail album
17.01.30	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	130	***,280
17.02.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	144	***,261
17.02.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	158	***,253
17.02.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	194	***,260
17.02.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	198	***,220
OUT	1 week
17.03.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	171	***,214	Shoot Sign single
17.03.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	195	***,209
OUT	1 week
17.04.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	170	***,190
17.04.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	187	***,164
OUT	2 weeks
17.05.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	199	***,187
17.05.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	196	***,160
OUT	15 weeks									Negaigoto no Mochigusare single
17.08.28	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	173	***,287	＃SukiNanda single

Total Reported Sales: 1,093,559*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 72

Trivia

• In the theater edition covers, the members carry cardboard figures of Takahashi Minami from past AKB48 singles (listed left to right, top to bottom).
  • Yokoyama Yui - Beginner
  • Matsui Jurina - Halloween Night
  • Kitahara Rie - Manatsu no Sounds Good!
  • Sashihara Rino - Flying Get
  • Minegishi Minami - RIVER
  • Yamamoto Sayaka - Koi Suru Fortune Cookie
  • Kojima Haruna - Heart Ereki
  • Kashiwagi Yuki - Kokoro no Placard
  • Shimazaki Haruka - Kibouteki Refrain
  • Miyazawa Sae - Heavy Rotation
  • Watanabe Mayu - UZA
  • Kato Rena - Labrador Retriever
  • Iriyama Anna - Sayonara Crawl
  • Kizaki Yuria - GIVE ME FIVE!
  • Miyawaki Sakura - Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai
• Nishiyama Rena, Uchiyama Natsuki, Takajo Aki, Iwasa Misaki, Nagao Mariya, and Kobayashi Kana's last single.
• Takahashi Minami's first Center since Ponytail to Shushu, this is also her first solo Center since Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou.
• First AKB48 single to include NGT48 members (aside from Kitahara Rie).
• First single since Ue Kara Mariko to feature only one SKE48 member (aside from Miyazawa Sae's kennin with Team S).
• Matsui Jurina's last and Yabuki Nako's first single participation as AKB48 members,
• 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki was used as the theme song for the NHK dorama Asa ga Kita. Due to the drama's popularity, this song often received more praise than the title track.
• The single's first-day sales of 813,044 copies made AKB48 outrank B'z in becoming the best selling artist, with 36.158 million copies sold.
• The first single since Sakura no Ki ni Narou in 2011 that doesn't sell 1 Million copies in the first week.
• This single marks the return for many AKB48 members whose last appearance in a single was Kibouteki Refrain, released a year ago.
• This single contains the largest number of songs, along with Kibouteki Refrain. Both singles contain a total of 11 songs.
• Shimazaki Haruka and Minegishi Minami do not appear entirely for the PV of Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby.
  • Due to her foot injury, Shimazaki doesn't appear in the lighthouse group scenes. She also doesn't participate in the dance scenes for the PVs of the songs she participates in. She is given a special solo shot in the title track's PV.
  • Minegishi doesn't appear in the dance scenes and the lighthouse group scenes due to other work commitment. She does appear in the story scenes and has a solo shot.
• On December 15, 2015, it was announced that a new theater edition of Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby would be released and that a AKB48-exclusive handshake event for this single would be held on April 24, 2016. In response, the single ranked #1 in the Oricon daily chart of December 27, 2015, with a total of 60,795 units, causing the single to rank back to #1 in its third week in the weekly chart with a total of 70,788 units. This also makes Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby the second AKB48 single to rank #1 for two weeks.
• Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby was meant to be Takahashi Minami's last single and Senbatsu, as her graduation was originally slated for December 8, 2015, the day of AKB48's 10th Anniversary. Due to the postponing of her graduation ceremony to March 26-27th, 2016 with the last performance on April 8, 2016, and the nature of the group's 43rd single, Kimi wa Melody, in which it would be released before her graduation date and that she would become a Senbatsu member, Takahashi Minami's last single and Senbatsu would instead be in Kimi wa Melody.
• First AKB48 single participation of Obata Yuna, Goto Rara, Uemura Azusa, Aramaki Misaki, Imamura Maria, Oguma Tsugumi and Takakura Moeka.
• First single to include Yoshida Karen.
• This would be the last management chosen 16-member senbatsu for 7 years (Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss).

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Halloween Night ((2015))	Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (2015)	Kimi wa Melody (2016)