Labrador Retriever

Promotional Image

CD+DVD Type-A (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-A (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-K (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-K (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-B (Regular Edition)

CD+DVD Type-4 (Limited Edition)

CD+DVD Type-4 (Regular Edition)

CD Only (Theater Edition)

General Information

Labrador Retriever is the 36th major single (38th overall) released by AKB48.

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー)

Release Date

2014.05.21

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

KIZM-90283～4 (Limited Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-283～4 (Regular Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90285～6 (Limited Edition Type-K, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-285～6 (Regular Edition Type-K, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90287～8 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-287～8 (Regular Edition Type-B, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-90289～90 (Limited Edition Type-4, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

KIZM-289～90 (Regular Edition Type-4, CD+DVD) / ￥1,676

NMAX-1166 (Theater Edition, CD) / ¥1,047

Regular Edition Details

CD

1. Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー) / Senbatsu
2. Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
3. • (Type-A) Kimi wa Kimagure (君は気まぐれ) / Team A
   • (Type-K) Itoshiki Rival (愛しきライバル) / Team K
   • (Type-B) B Garden (Bガーデン) / Team B
   • (Type-4) Heart no Dasshutsu Game (ハートの脱出ゲーム) / Team 4
4. Labrador Retriever (off-vocal)
5. Kyou Made no Melody (off-vocal)
6. • (Type-A) Kimi wa Kimagure (off-vocal)
   • (Type-K) Itoshiki Rival (off-vocal)
   • (Type-B) B Garden (off-vocal)
   • (Type-4) Heart no Dasshutsu Game (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Labrador Retriever Music Video
2. Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
3. • (Type-A) Kimi wa Kimagure Music Video
   • (Type-K) Itoshiki Rival Music Video
   • (Type-B) B Garden Music Video
   • (Type-4) Heart no Dasshutsu Game Music Video
4. • (Type-A) Nakamura Mariko Bonus Video
   • (Type-K) Making of Labrador Retriever MV Part 1
   • (Type-B) Making of Labrador Retriever MV Part 2
   • (Type-4) Kizaki Yuria's Team 4 MV Secret Report

Theater Edition Details

CD

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Kyou Made no Melody
3. Futari wa Dekiteru (2人はデキテル) / Kojima Haruna, Kitagawa Kenji
4. Labrador Retriever (off-vocal)
5. Kyou Made no Melody (off-vocal)
6. Futari wa Dekiteru (off-vocal)

Included Members

"Labrador Retriever"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (36 Members) (Watanabe Mayu Center (in italic), Media Senbatsu in bold)

• Team A: Iriyama Anna, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami
• Team K: Kitahara Rie, Kojima Mako, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Owada Nana, Takahashi Juri, Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Okada Nana, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Nishino Miki, Minegishi Minami
• Team S: Kitagawa Ryoha, Matsui Jurina
• Team KII: Oba Mina, Furuhata Nao
• Team E: Kimoto Kanon, Suda Akari, Matsui Rena
• Team N: Yamamoto Sayaka
• Team M: Yagura Fuuko
• Team BII: Ichikawa Miori, Shibuya Nagisa, Yabushita Shu, Watanabe Miyuki
• Team H: Kodama Haruka, Tashima Meru, Sashihara Rino
• Team KIV: Ota Aika, Tomonaga Mio, Miyawaki Sakura

"Kyou Made no Melody"

(27 Members) (Oshima Yuko Center)

• Team A: Kawaei Rina, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami
• Team K: Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Mako, Kobayashi Kana, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Kuramochi Asuka, Watanabe Mayu
• Team 4: Minegishi Minami
• Team S: Matsui Jurina
• Team BII: Umeda Ayaka
• Team H: Sashihara Rino
• Team SII: Miyazawa Sae
• Graduates: Akimoto Sayaka, Imai Yu, Ohori Megumi, Kasai Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, Takada Ayana, Noro Kayo, Hayano Kaoru, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi

"Kimi wa Kimagure"

Team A (チームA) (23 Members) (Shimazaki Haruka Center)

• Team A: Ichikawa Manami, Iriyama Anna, Iwata Karen, Katayama Haruka, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Natsuki, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Takita Kayoko, Tatsuya Makiho, Nakata Chisato, Nakanishi Chiyori, Nakamura Mariko, Nishiyama Rena, Fujita Nana, Furuhata Nao, Maeda Ami, Matsui Sakiko, Miyawaki Sakura, Muto Tomu, Morikawa Ayaka, Yagura Fuuko

"Itoshiki Rival"

Team K (チームK) (21 Members) (Matsui Jurina & Yamamoto Sayaka Centers)

• Team K: Aigasa Moe, Abe Maria, Ishida Haruka, Iwasa Misaki, Uchida Mayumi, Kitahara Rie, Kojima Mako, Kodama Haruka, Kobayashi Kana, Goto Moe, Shimada Haruka, Shimoguchi Hinana, Suzuki Shihori, Suzuki Mariya, Tano Yuka, Nagao Mariya, Matsui Jurina, Miyazaki Miho, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yumoto Ami, Yokoyama Yui

"B Garden"

Team B (チームB) (23 Members) (Watanabe Mayu Center)

• Team B: Ikoma Rina, Izuta Rina, Uchiyama Natsuki, Umeta Ayano, Oshima Ryoka, Oya Shizuka, Owada Nana, Ogasawara Mayu, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kawamoto Saya, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Juri, Takeuchi Miyu, Tanabe Miku, Tomonaga Mio, Natori Wakana, Nozawa Rena, Hashimoto Hikari, Hirata Rina, Fukuoka Seina, Yokoshima Aeri, Watanabe Mayu

"Heart no Dasshutsu Game"

Team 4 (チーム4) (23 Members) (Kizaki Yuria Center)

• Team 4: Iwatate Saho, Okawa Rio, Omori Miyuu, Okada Ayaka, Okada Nana, Kato Rena, Kizaki Yuria, Kitazawa Saki, Kotani Riho, Kobayashi Marina, Komiyama Haruka, Sasaki Yukari, Sato Kiara, Shinozaki Ayana, Shibuya Nagisa, Takashima Yurina, Tsuchiyasu Mizuki, Nishino Miki, Maeda Mitsuki, Minegishi Minami, Mukaichi Mion, Murayama Yuiri, Mogi Shinobu

"Futari wa Dekiteru"

(2 Members)

• Team A: Kojima Haruna
• AKB48 Staff: Kitagawa Kenji

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales	Releases
14.05.19	--	*1 1,462,156	*1 61,451	*1 37,612	*1 33,141	*1 26,286	*1 27,666	**1	1,662,265
14.05.26	*1 10,123	*8	*2 9,117	*2 8,877	*2 6,042	*2 9,595	*2 9,243	**2	*62,802
14.06.02	*2 6,797	*9	*2 8,058	*2 10,510	*2 4,414	*6	*7	**5	*39,422
14.06.09	*6	22	19	20	12	14	13	*20	**4,251
14.06.16	12	41	33	33	37	24	26	*32	**2,287
14.06.23	25	**	36	34	23	22	28	*38	**1,834
14.06.30	18	37	45	33	26	24	29	*38	**1,605
14.07.07	17	48	46	40	42	32	35	*45	**1,177
14.07.14	25	48	**	49	47	49	**	*56	***,989
14.07.21	26	**	**	**	**	**	**	*70	***,916
14.07.28	45	**	**	**	33	34	41	*62	**1,044
14.08.04	34	**	**	25	29	32	34	*47	**2,320
14.08.11	47	**	**	**	**	**	**	*75	***,829
14.08.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	124	***,550
14.08.25	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	114	***,704	Kokoro no Placard single
14.09.01	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	139	***,473
14.09.08	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	150	***,379
14.09.15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	164	***,344
14.09.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	155	***,340
14.09.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	174	***,242
14.10.06	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	*96	***,471
14.10.13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	107	***,365
14.10.20	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	133	***,342
14.10.27	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	135	***,314
14.11.03	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	170	***,276
14.11.10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	157	***,284
OUT	5 weeks									Kibouteki Refrain single
14.12.22	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	192	***,278
14.12.29	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	154	***,264

Total Reported Sales: 1,787,367*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 28

Trivia

• Oshima Yuko and Katayama Haruka's last single.
• First Senbatsu of Owada Nana, Okada Nana, and Nishino Miki.
• First AKB48 Senbatsu of Kitagawa Ryoha, Yabushita Shu and Shibuya Nagisa.
• Largest number of members from SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 in AKB48 Senbatsu.
• The first time sister group members outnumbered AKB48 members in Senbatsu.
• The Type 4 Regular Edition cover is Watanabe Mayu's first ever solo cover.
• First single to include 1st Generation Draftees.
• First AKB48 single after the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri
• This is the ninth AKB48 single with an English name. The first one being BINGO!, the second being RIVER, the third one being Heavy Rotation, fourth being Beginner, fifth being Flying Get, sixth being GIVE ME FIVE!, seventh being Gingham Check, and eighth being So long!.
• Sold 1,462,156 copies on first day sales, the group's highest first day sales, until the release of Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai.
• Currently the last "bikini" single as an A-Side

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Mae Shika Mukanee ((2014))	Labrador Retriever (2014)	Kokoro no Placard (2014)