is a 20th single by Japanese idol

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

 girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

, released on February 16, 2011.

Release information

It is the 20th major-label single (22nd overall) released by AKB48. It was released in five versions: a limited type-A CD+DVD edition, a regular type-A CD+DVD edition, a limited type-B CD+DVD edition, a regular type-B CD+DVD edition, and a limited CD-only theater edition. The limited type-A and type-B editions came with a national handshaking event ticket, while the theater edition came with a "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" handshaking event ticket and one member picture at random. The title track was used as the theme song for the drama Sakura Kara no Tegami: AKB48 Sorezore no Sotsugyō Monogatari, which starred all AKB48 members. The single sold 655,344 copies on its first day of release, which is at the time, the most that any artist has sold in a single day since Oricon started reporting daily sales in March 2009.

Type-A CD tracklist

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narō (桜の木になろう)
2. Gūzen no Jūjiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
3. Kiss Made 100 Mile (キスまで100マイル) (MINT)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narō off vocal ver.
5. Gūzen no Jūjiro off vocal ver.
6. Kiss Made 100 Mile off vocal ver.

Type-A DVD tracklist

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narō Music Clip
2. Gūzen no Jūjiro Music Clip
3. Kiss Made 100 Mile Music Clip
4. Members' Personal Clothes Fashion Show (Type-A) (ガチ私服ファッションショー（Type-A）)

Type-B CD tracklist

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narō (桜の木になろう)
2. Gūzen no Jūjiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
3. Area K (エリアK) (DIVA)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narō off vocal ver.
5. Gūzen no Jūjiro off vocal ver.
6. Area K off vocal ver.

Type-B DVD tracklist

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narō Music Clip (桜の木になろう　Music Clip＜完全版＞)
2. Gūzen no Jūjiro Music Clip
3. Area K Music Clip
4. Members' Personal Clothes Fashion Show (Type-B) (ガチ私服ファッションショー（Type-B）)

Theatre CD tracklist

1. Sakura no Ki ni Narō (桜の木になろう)
2. Gūzen no Jūjiro (偶然の十字路) (Undergirls)
3. Ōgon Center (黄金センター) (team Kenkyuusei)
4. Sakura no Ki ni Narou off vocal ver.
5. Gūzen no Jūjiro off vocal ver.
6. Ōgon Center off vocal ver.

"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"

• Team A: Haruna Kojima
  Haruna Kojima
  is a singer, actress, and a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.- Career :Kojima started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an idol group under Stardust Promotion that disbanded in 2001...
  
  , Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda
  Mariko Shinoda
  is a singer, actress, fashion model, and one of members of the Japanese idol group AKB48.- Life and career :In October 2005 she failed an audition to be one of founding members of AKB48. She started working at a café in then-Akihabara 48 Theater as a staff member...
  
  , Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
• Team K: Tomomi Itano
  Tomomi Itano
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist.- Biography :In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010...
  
  , Yuko Oshima
  Yūko Ōshima
  is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48's Team K, and a subunit of the group Not yet. She has been a contributing member for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006, except for 2010's "Chance no Junban". Oshima has participated in four number 1 singles: "River", "Ponytail to...
  
  , Minami Minegishi
  Minami Minegishi
  is a Japanese idol singer and actress, member of the group AKB48.She is one of its original members, debuting with "team A" in 2005, produced by Yasushi Akimoto...
  
  , Sae Miyazawa
  Sae Miyazawa
  , is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She has been part of the "Senbatsu" group in the all singles except "Chance no Junban", released as AKB48. She is one of three members of Chocolove from AKB48, which became defunct after Rina Nakanishi's graduation from AKB48...
  
  
• Team B: Tomomi Kasai
  Tomomi Kasai
  , born November 16, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan, is a singer, actress, footsal player and a member of idol group AKB48 under Team B. She had a recurring role on Kamen Rider W as Elizabeth, alongside group member Tomomi Itano...
  
  , Yuki Kashiwagi
  Yuki Kashiwagi
  , is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now captain of Team B. Her talent agency is Watanabe Productions.- Career :...
  
  , Rie Kitahara
  Rie Kitahara
  is a Japanese singer, actor and voice actor. member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She debuted in 2008 in Team A and now is in Team B. She is part of the senbatsu, having been voted number 13, 16 and 13 in the AKB48 sembatsu elections...
  
  , Mayu Watanabe
  Mayu Watanabe
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is also a member of Watarirouka Hashiritai and Team Dragon from AKB48.- 2007–2009 :In 2006, Watanabe was chosen out of 13,000 applicants to become a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48....
  
  
• Team S (SKE48): Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui

"Gūzen no Jūjiro"

Credited as "Undergirls"

• Team A: Oota Aika, Nakagawa Haruka, Maeda Ami
• Team K: Uchida Mayumi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Nito Moeno, Fujie Reina, Yokoyama Yui
• Team B: Ishida Haruka, Oku Manami (last single), Komori Mika, Sato Sumire, Miyazaki Miho
• Team S (SKE48): Oya Masana, Yagami Kumi
• Team KII (SKE48): Takayanagi Akane, Mukaida Manatsu
• Team E (SKE48): Kimoto Kanon

"Kiss Made 100 Mile"

Credited as "Mint"

• Team A: Katayama Haruka, Maeda Atsuko
• Team K: Nito Moeno, Matsui Sakiko
• Team B: Kasai Tomomi

"Area K"

Credited as "Diva"

• Team A: Iwasa Misaki, Ooya Shizuka, Kuramochi Asuka, Nakata Chisato, Nakaya Sayaka, Matsubara Natsumi
• Team K: Akimoto Sayaka, Umeda Ayaka, Tanabe Miku, Nakatsuka Tomomi, Nonaka Misato, Yonezawa Rumi
• Team B: Kobayashi Kana, Sato Amina, Sato Natsuki, Suzuki Mariya, Chikano Rina, Hirajima Natsumi, Masuda Yuka

"Ōgon Center"

Credited as "Team Kenkyūsei"

• 9th Generation: Oba Mina, Shimazaki Haruka, Shimada Haruka, Takeuchi Miyu, Nagao Mariya, Nakamura Mariko, Mori Anna, Yamauchi Suzuran
• 10th Generation: Abe Maria, Izuta Rina, Ichikawa Miori, Iriyama Anna, Kato Rena, Kanazawa Yuki, Kobayashi Marina, Nakamata Shiori, Fujita Nana
• 11th Generation: Ushikuba Sara, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Natsuki, Suzuki Shihori, Natori Wakana, Morikawa Ayaka, Yamaguchi Nau

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
16 February 2011	Daily Chart	1	861,050
	Weekly Chart	1	942,479	1,022,482
	Monthly Chart	1	997,963