Romance, Irane

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CD+DVD (Limited Edition)

CD Only (Limited Edition)

CD Only (Regular Edition)

CD Information

Artist

AKB48

Single

Romance, Irane (ロマンス、イラネ)

Release Date

2008.02.27

Label/Catalog Number/Price

Label: DefSTAR RECORDS/Sony Music Japan

DFCL-1433～34 (Limited Edition Type-A, CD+DVD) / ￥1,500

DFCL-1435 (Limited Edition Type-B, CD) / ￥1,300

DFCL-1436 (Regular Edition, CD) / ￥1,200

Limited Edition Details

CD

1. Romance, Irane (ロマンス、イラネ) / Senbatsu
2. Ai no Moufu (愛の毛布) / Senbatsu
3. (Type-B) Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.0 Mix) (ロマンス、イラネ (ひまわり2.0Mix))
4. (Type-B) Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.1 Mix) (ロマンス、イラネ (ひまわり2.1Mix))
5. Romance, Irane (off-vocal)
6. Ai no Moufu (off-vocal)

DVD

1. Romance, Irane Music Video
2. Romance, Irane Making-of

Included Members

"Romance, Irane"

★ Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members) (Kojima Haruna & Maeda Atsuko Centers (in italic), Front members in bold)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari , Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Kikuchi Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu

"Ai no Moufu"

Senbatsu (選抜) (16 Members)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Tojima Hana, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kasai Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae
• Team B: Kikuchi Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu

"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.0)"

(16 Members)

• Team A: Itano Tomomi, Oshima Mai, Kojima Haruna, Sato Yukari, Takahashi Minami, Narita Risa, Sato Amina, Fujie Reina
• Team K: Oku Manami, Ohori Megumi, Kasai Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, Hayano Kaoru, Masuda Yuka, Matsubara Natsumi, Naruse Risa

"Romance, Irane (Himawari 2.1)"

(16 Members)

• Team A: Ohe Tomomi, Kawasaki Nozomi, Komatani Hitomi, Shinoda Mariko, Tojima Hana, Nakata Chisato, Nakanishi Rina, Maeda Atsuko, Minegishi Minami,
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Oshima Yuko, Ono Erena, Kobayashi Kana, Noro Kayo, Miyazawa Sae, Kuramochi Asuka,

General Information

Romance, Irane! is the 7th single released by AKB48 (9th overall). Like in AKB48's 6th single the limited type-B edition features 2 special versions of the main song. Both Romance Irane and Saigo no Seifuku were part of H2 later on.

Oricon Chart Positions

Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week	Sales	Releases
08.01.21	--	*6	*6	*6	*9	*5	*6	**6	*19,303
08.01.28	25	22	46	50	41	--	50	*41	**2,105
08.02.04	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	111	***,823
08.02.11	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	135	***,576
08.02.18	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	172	***,402

Total Reported Sales: 23,209*
Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 5

Trivia

• First Senbatsu of Kikuchi Ayaka
• Non-Senbatsu Members Sato Natsuki and Noro Kayo (Nachinon) made an appearance in the PV and in the Making-of included in the Limited Edition A-Type. They also did the narration for the CM of this single.

AKB48 Singles Chronology
Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? (2007)	Romance, Irane (2008)	Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008 (2008)