"Influencer" (Japanese: インフルエンサー, Hepburn: Infuruensā) is the 17th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on 22 March 2017.[1] It reached number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 874,528 copies sold.[2][3] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[4] The song won the Grand Prix at the 59th Japan Record Awards.[5]

"Influencer"
Cover of the regular edition
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Umarete Kara Hajimete Mita Yume
B-side
  • "Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"
  • "Igai BREAK" (Type-A)
  • "Another Ghost" (Type-B)
  • "Fūsen wa Ikiteiru" (Type-C)
  • "Sanbanme no Kaze" (Type-D)
  • "Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi" (Regular)
Released22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
Length4:30
LabelN46Div.
Composer(s)
  • Shinya Sumida
  • APAZZI (arr.)
Lyricist(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Sayonara no Imi"
(2016)
"Influencer"
(2017)
"Nigemizu"
(2017)
Music video
"Influencer" on YouTube
"Influencer" (Sony Music Taiwan) on YouTube

Release

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This single was released in 5 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D and a regular edition.

Track listing

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Type-A[1]

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CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer" (インフルエンサー)Yasushi AkimotoShinya SumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru" (人生を考えたくなる)AkimotoShutaro KatagiriShutaro Katagiri4:29
3."Igai BREAK" (意外BREAK)AkimotoSumidaDaisuke Kahara4:15
4."Influencer -off vocal ver.-" SumidaAPAZZI4:30
5."Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-" KatagiriKatagiri4:29
6."Igai Break -off vocal ver.-" SumidaKahara4:14
Total length:26:27
DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Influencer Music Video"Takeshi Maruyama4:44
2."Igai BREAK Music Video"Shūto Itō4:37
3."Hinako Kitano"Tetsuya Karasawa5:31
4."Chiharu Saitō"Hiroshū2:38
5."Kotoko Sasaki"Kazuhisa Anai4:05
6."Kazumi Takayama"Hiroyuki Abe5:05
7."Ranze Terada"Yoshiyuki Shimada5:19
8."Nanase Nishino"Yasuhiro Arafune5:13
9."Sayuri Matsumura"Shōta Mori5:00
10."Māya Wada"Shingo Tanaka4:20
11."Renka Iwamoto"Itō5:05
12."Minami Umezawa"
  • Yukinori Makabe
  • Takashi Ītsuka
5:04
13."Shiori Kubo"Yūsuke Koroyasu5:09
Total length:1:01:50

Type-B[6]

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer"AkimotoSumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"AkimotoKatagiriKatagiri4:29
3."Another Ghost"AkimotoJunya MaesakoIshio Yasutaka3:53
4."Influencer -off vocal ver.-" SumidaAPAZZI4:30
5."Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-" KatagiriKatagiri4:29
6."Another Ghost -off vocal ver.-" MaesakoYasutaka3:51
Total length:25:42
DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Influencer Music Video"Maruyama4:44
2."Another Ghost Music Video"Tsuyoshi Inoue4:10
3."Rina Ikoma"Yūki Houe2:01
4."Hina Kawago"
  • Kento Takasaki
  • Mahomi Uno
3:33
5."Iori Sagara"Rikiya Imaizumi4:41
6."Reika Sakurai"Takeshi Izumida5:05
7."Mai Shiraishi"Keisuke Tamura4:20
8."Mai Shinuchi"Hiroto Hara5:37
9."Ami Nōjō"Kentarō Shima6:36
10."Minami Hoshino"Ryo Miyamoto5:05
11."Tatami Sakaguchi"Shōta Miyake5:13
12."Kaeda Satō"Natsuki Ie2:18
13."Mizuki Yamashita"Atsuhiro Yamada5:07
Total length:58:30

Type-C[7]

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer"AkimotoSumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"AkimotoKatagiriKatagiri4:29
3."Fūsen wa Ikiteiru" (風船は生きている)Akimoto
  • Yoshinobu Izumi
  • Shōta Miyoshi
  • Hirotaka Hayakawa
  • Shōta Miyoshi
4:33
4."Influencer -off vocal ver.-" SumidaAPAZZI4:30
5."Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-" KatagiriKatagiri4:29
6."Fūsen wa Ikiteiru -off vocal ver.-" 
  • Izumi
  • Miyoshi
  • Hayakawa
  • Miyoshi
4:32
Total length:27:03
DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Influencer Music Video"Maruyama4:44
2."Fūsen wa Ikiteiru Music Video"Takuya Tada4:44
3."Karin Itō"Kame Fukunaga5:05
4."Marika Itō"Maki Fukushima4:26
5."Sayuri Inoue"Santa Yamagishi5:25
6."Misa Etō"Kenta Hirai4:05
7."Asuka Saitō"Kentarō Kauchi4:40
8."Hina Higuchi"Hidenobu Abera5:12
9."Yumi Wakatsuki"Yūki Wakisaka4:17
10."Miria Watanabe"Taikō Nakamura5:05
11."Riria Itō"Takayuki Hayashi5:16
12."Momoko Ōzono"Yurugu Matsumoto4:59
13."Reno Nakamura"Eri Yoshikawa4:40
Total length:1:02:38

Type-D[8]

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer"AkimotoSumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"AkimotoKatagiriKatagiri4:29
3."Sanbanme no Kaze" (三番目の風)AkimotoManabu MirutaniMirutani5:07
4."Influencer -off vocal ver.-" SumidaAPAZZI4:30
5."Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-" KatagiriKatagiri4:29
6."Sanbanme no Kaze -off vocal ver.-" MirutaniMirutani5:06
Total length:28:11
DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Influencer Music Video"Maruyama4:44
2."Sanbanme no Kaze Music Video"Tarō Okagawa5:19
3."Manatsu Akimoto"Hiroaki Yuasa4:59
4."Erika Ikuta"Jikan5:47
5."Junna Itō"Naoto Kawashima5:05
6."Mahiro Kawamura"Hiroki Mayama4:50
7."Yuri Saitō"Chiaki Matsumoto5:06
8."Ayane Suzuki"
  • Kenu Nomura
  • Takeshi Ōishi
3:01
9."Kana Nakada"Atsuhiko Yamamoto4:25
10."Miona Hori"
  • Shigeru Tsukita
  • Makoto Shibatani
5:05
11."Rena Yamazaki"Tomohiko Saegusa3:38
12."Hazuki Mukai"
  • Yurie Yano
  • Kento Yamaguchi
2:23
13."Ayano Christie Yoshida"Seiji Kofune4:32
14."Yūki Yoda"
  • Tsukita
  • Shibatani
5:12
Total length:1:04:06

Regular Edition[9]

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer"AkimotoSumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"AkimotoKatagiriKatagiri4:29
3."Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi" (当たり障りのない話)AkimotoJun KoamiYuichi "Masa" Nonaka4:30
4."Influencer -off vocal ver.-" SumidaAPAZZI4:30
5."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-" KatagiriKatagiri4:29
6."Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi -off vocal ver.-" KoamiNonaka4:28
Total length:26:56

Special Edition[10]

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All tracks are written by Yasushi Akimoto

Digital download
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Influencer"SumidaAPAZZI4:30
2."Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"KatagiriKatagiri4:29
3."Igai BREAK"SumidaKahara4:15
4."Another Ghost"MaesakoYasutaka3:53
5."Fūsen wa Ikiteiru"
  • Izumi
  • Miyoshi
  • Hayakawa
  • Miyoshi
4:33
6."Sanbanme no Kaze"MirutaniMirutani5:07
7."Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi"KoamiNonaka4:30
Total length:31:17

Participating members

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Note: Center position of each song in bold

"Influencer"

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Performing by selected members (Senbatsu)[11]

"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"

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Performing by Joshikō Quartet unit

  • Kana Nakada, Manatsu Akimoto, Reika Sakurai, Yumi Wakatsuki

"Igai BREAK"

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Performing by Anegozaka unit

  • Kazumi Takayama, Mai Shiraishi, Misa Etō, Sayuri Matsumura

"Another Ghost"

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Performing by Nasuka unit

  • Asuka Saitō, Marika Itō, Nanase Nishino

"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru"

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Performing by non-selected members (Under Members)

  • Ami Nōjō, Ayane Suzuki, Chiharu Saitō, Hina Kawago, Iori Sagara, Junna Itō, Karin Itō, Kotoko Sasaki, Mahiro Kawamura, Māya Wada, Miria Watanabe, Rena Yamazaki

"Sanbanme no Kaze"

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Performing by all third generation members

  • Ayano Christie Yoshida, Hazuki Mukai, Kaede Satō, Minami Umezawa, Mizuki Yamashita, Momoko Ōzono, Renka Iwamoto, Reno Nakamura, Riria Itō, Shiori Kubo, Tamami Sakaguchi, Yūki Yoda

"Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi"

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Performing by Kasumi Kusa unit

  • Minami Hoshino, Miona Hori, Rina Ikoma, Sayuri Inoue

Chart performance

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Oricon

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Chart Peak Sales
Weekly Singles Chart 1[1] 874,528[3]
Yearly Singles Chart 6 1,028,173[12]

Billboard Japan

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Weekly Chart Peak
Japan Hot 100 1[4]
Radio Songs 4[13]
Top Singles Sales 1[14]
Yearly Chart Peak
Hot 100 7
Download song 60
Streaming song 34

References

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  1. ^ a b c "インフルエンサー(TYPE-A)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2017年04月03日付". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Oricon Weekly Charts of 3/20 ~ 03/26". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. ^ Ronald (31 December 2017). "Nogizaka46 Wins the Grand Prix at the 59th Japan Record Awards + Full Show". ARAMA! JAPAN. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ "インフルエンサー(TYPE-B)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. ^ "インフルエンサー(TYPE-C)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  8. ^ "インフルエンサー(TYPE-D)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  9. ^ "インフルエンサー". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  10. ^ "3/15(水)~New Single 『インフルエンサー』が配信限定スペシャル・エディションで先行フル配信スタート!". Nogizaka46 Official Website. Nogizaka46 LLC. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  11. ^ "21 members make senbatsu for Nogizaka46's 17th single". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  12. ^ ORICON MUSIC TOP【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成!. ORICON NEWS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Radio Songs 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Top Singles Sales 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
Preceded by
"Anata no Suki na Tokoro"
(Kana Nishino)
Japan Record Award Grand Prix
2017
Succeeded by
"Synchronicity"
(Nogizaka46)