Uza (song)

"Uza"
Type-A Regular Edition cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Tsugi no Ashiato
B-side	"Tsugi no Season" "Kodoku no Hoshizora" (Type-A) "Scrap & Build" (Type-K) "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (Type-B) "Otona e no Michi" (Theater Edition)
Released	October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop, electropop
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Composer(s)	Yoshimasa Inoue
Lyricist(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Gingham Check" (2012) "Uza" (2012) "Eien Pressure" (2012)
AKB48 songssingles chronology
"Sugar Rush" (2012)

CD

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora" (孤独な星空, "Lonely Starry Sky")	New Team A
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Kodoku no Hoshizora off vocal ver."

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-K

CD

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Scrap & Build" (スクラップ&ビルド)	New Team K
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Scrap & Build off vocal ver."

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Scrap & Build Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-B

CD

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー, "Hero who is not on the Side of Justice")	New Team B
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero off vocal ver."

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Theater Edition

CD

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Otona e no Michi" (大人への道, "Road to Adulthood")	Kenkyūsei
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Otona e no Michi off vocal ver." (大人への道 off vocal ver.)

Members

"Uza"

Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui. ^[5]

• Team A: Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima
• Team B: Haruna Kojima, Yuki Kashiwagi , Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Minegishi
• AKB48 Team A / NMB48 Team N: Yui Yokoyama
• SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
• SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
• NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
• NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
• HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki

"Tsugi no Season"

The song is performed by Under Girls. ^[6] Center: Rina Kawaei

• Team A: Karen Iwata, Yūka Tano, Anna Iriyama, Juri Takahashi, Rina Kawaei, Ryōka Ōshima
• Team K: Mariya Nagao, Tomu Muto
• Team B: Rena Katō, Miori Ichikawa, Miyu Takeuchi
• SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
• SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida
• SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
• NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada
• HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama

"Kodoku na Hoshizora"

• New Team A: Karen Iwata, Rina Izuta, Anna Iriyama, Ryōka Ōshima, Tomomi Kasai, Rina Kawaei , Ayaka Kikuchi, Riho Kotani, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Juri Takahashi, Minami Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe

"Scrap & Build"

• New Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima , Mayumi Uchida, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Mariya Nagao, Nana Fujita, Ami Maeda, Yuka Masuda, Jurina Matsui , Natsumi Matsubara, Kaoru Mitsumune, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Muto

"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero"

• New Team B: Anna Ishida, Haruka Ishida, Miori Ichikawa, Misaki Iwasa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Ōba, Shizuka Ōya, Yuki Kashiwagi , Haruka Katayama, Rena Katō, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Haruka Shimazaki, Miyu Takeuchi, Miku Tanabe, Mariko Nakamura, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe

"Otona e no Michi"

The song is performed by kenkyūsei (trainees).

Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Miyū Omori, Ayaka Okada, Nana Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Miki Nishino, Hikari Hashimoto, Rina Hirata, Mitsuki Maeda, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi

Charts

Oricon

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 31, 2012	Daily Chart	1 [7]	884,602	1,257,867
	Weekly Chart	1 [8]	1,128,696
	Monthly Chart	1	1,128,696
	Yearly Chart	4	1,215,079

G-music (Taiwan)

Chart	Peak Position
Combo	20 [9]

References

1. "大島優子＆松井珠理奈のWセンター!AKB新曲「UZA」お披露目" (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
2. "優子&珠理奈Wセンター! AKB新曲「UZA」初お披露目" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
3. St. Michel, Patrick (2019-11-15). "Through scandal and stellar sales, AKB48 dominated the past decade in Japan". The Japan Times .
4. "AKB48 Get Annoying". 9 October 2012.
5. "＜速報＞AKB48、28thシングルセンター決定" (in Japanese). modelpress. 2012-09-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
6. AKB48 28th Maxi Single「UZA」のジャケ写が解禁！ [AKB48 28th Maxi Single "UZA"' CD jacket revealed] (in Japanese). 14 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
7. @hisaka2u (October 31, 2012). "ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月31日の発言" (Tweet). Retrieved October 31, 2012– via Twitter.
8. "【オリコン】AKB48、女性初の10作目ミリオン CD総売上2000万枚突破" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
9. "G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜)". 2012-09-09. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

External links

• King Records profiles
  • Type-A First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-A Regular Edition
  • Type-K First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-K Regular Edition
  • Type-B First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-B Regular Edition
  • Theater Edition