"Nobody's Fault" (stylized in sentence case) is the first single from Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46 after their renaming and repositioning from Keyakizaka46. It was released on December 9, 2020.[1][2] The title track features Hikaru Morita as center.[1][3] The single debuted atop the Oricon Singles Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100, selling over 408,000 copies in Japan in its first week of release.[4]
"Nobody's Fault" | ||||
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Single by Sakurazaka46 | ||||
from the album As You Know? | ||||
B-side |
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Released | December 9, 2020 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Composer(s) | Derek Turner | |||
Lyricist(s) | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
Producer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (exec.) | |||
Sakurazaka46 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Nobody's Fault" on YouTube |
Background and release
edit"Nobody's Fault" was premiered during Keyakizaka46's Last Live KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU! on October 13, 2020.[1][5] Hikaru Morita was featured as centre position in the choreography for the title song, making her the first second-generation member to hold such position after the departure of Yurina Hirate, the most renowned member of the group.[1][6] Karin Fujiyoshi and Ten Yamasaki also took center positions in coupling tracks as the management committee set forth, made it technically a trio-center.[6][7] The formation was announced on the Sakurazaka46 starring variety show Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka? prior to the premiere. There is no "unit song" and "solo song" on this release though a three-row formation was kept. Apart from the third-row members being rotated in different songs, the first and second row members, named "Sakura Eight" (櫻エイト), were featured in all tracks.[3]
Music video
editThe music video for the title song was taken in Sadogashima, west of Niigata Prefecture.[8][9] It was directed by Shohei Goto, also known as the director of Mizkan, Shiseido, Sony and Uniqlo commercials.[9][10] It reached 1 million views in 2 days after released on YouTube.[11]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto, except off vocal version track.
Type-A
editCredits adapted from album liner notes.[12]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Derek Turner | Yūichi "Masa" Nonaka | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (なぜ 恋をして来なかったんだろう?) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Hanshinhangi" (半信半疑) | Haruyuki |
| 4:52 |
4. | "Nobody's Fault" (off vocal version) | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
5. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (off vocal version) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
6. | "Hanshinhangi" (off vocal version) | Haruyuki |
| 4:51 |
Total length: | 25:39 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" (music video) | Shohei Goto | 4:24 |
2. | "Overture" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 1:29 | |
3. | "Taiyō wa Miageru Hito o Erabanai" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 4:36 | |
4. | "Eccentric" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 4:29 | |
5. | "Tōkyō Tower wa Doko Kara Mieru?" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 4:12 | |
6. | "Student Dance" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 4:15 | |
7. | "Nobody" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 3:43 | |
8. | "Ambivalent" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part I) | 4:30 | |
Total length: | 31:38 |
Type-B
editCredits adapted from album liner notes.[13]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Plastic Regret" | Ryuta Sakamoto | Sakamoto | 3:41 |
4. | "Nobody's Fault" (off vocal version) | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
5. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (off vocal version) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
6. | "Plastic Regret" (off vocal version) | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | 3:40 |
Total length: | 23:17 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" (music video) | Goto | 4:24 |
2. | "Otona wa Shinjitekurenai" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part II) | 3:31 | |
3. | "Hiraishin" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part II) | 4:00 | |
4. | "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part II) | 4:29 | |
5. | "Glass wo Ware!" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part II) | 3:42 | |
6. | "Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?" (KEYAKIZAKA46 Live Online, but with YOU!: Part II) | 4:58 | |
Total length: | 24:12 |
Type-C
editCredits adapted from album liner notes.[14]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Saishū no Chikatetsu ni Notte" (最終の地下鉄に乗って) | Aokado | Aokado | 3:41 |
4. | "Nobody's Fault" (off vocal version) | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
5. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (off vocal version) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
6. | "Saishū no Chikatetsu ni Notte" (off vocal version) | Aokado | Aokado | 3:40 |
Total length: | 25:25 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" (music video) | Goto | 4:24 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (music video) | Hidejin Kato | 3:24 |
3. | "Rina Inoue" (井上梨名) | Hiroki Sugiyama | |
4. | "Yui Takamoto" (武元唯衣) | Mitsuaki Matsunaga | |
5. | "Karin Fujiyoshi" (藤吉夏鈴) | Keisuke Tamura | |
6. | "Riko Matsudaira" (松平璃子) | Yujirō Hashimoto | |
7. | "Ten Yamasaki" (山﨑天) | Katsuaki Ishii | |
8. | "Rei Ōzono" (大園玲) | Kei Asahina | |
9. | "Marino Kōsaka" (幸阪茉里乃) | Yoshihiro Nagata | |
10. | "Rena Moriya" (守屋麗奈) | Tsugumi Matsunaga |
Type-D
editCredits adapted from album liner notes.[15]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Buddies" | Daisuke Nakamura | Nakamura | 5:02 |
4. | "Nobody's Fault" (off vocal version) | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
5. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (off vocal version) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
6. | "Buddies" (off vocal version) | Aokado | Aokado | 5:00 |
Total length: | 25:58 |
No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" (music video) | Goto | 4:24 |
2. | "Buddies" (music video) | Yudai Maruyama | 3:24 |
3. | "Yumiko Seki" (関有美子) | Takuya Ohata | |
4. | "Hono Tamura" (田村保乃) | ||
5. | "Rina Matsuda" (松田里奈) | ||
6. | "Hikaru Morita" (森田ひかる) | Raita Kuramoto | |
7. | "Hikari Endō" (遠藤光莉) | ||
8. | "Akiho Onuma" (大沼晶保) | ||
9. | "Kira Masumoto" (増本綺良) | Shōkei Katō |
Regular edition
editCredits adapted from album liner notes.[16]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Blue Moon Kiss" (ブルームーンキス) | Yoichiro Nomura | Nomura | 5:22 |
4. | "Nobody's Fault" (off vocal version) | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
5. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" (off vocal version) |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
6. | "Blue Moon Kiss" (off vocal version) | Nomura | Nomura | 5:22 |
Total length: | 26:40 |
Special edition
editCredits adapted from Apple Music[17]
No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Nobody's Fault" | Turner | Masa | 4:29 |
2. | "Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?" |
| Soulife | 3:29 |
3. | "Hanshinhangi" | Haruyuki |
| 4:52 |
4. | "Plastic Regret" | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | 3:41 |
5. | "Saishū no Chikatetsu ni Notte" | Aokado | Aokado | 3:41 |
6. | "Buddies" | Nakamura | Nakamura | 5:02 |
7. | "Blue Moon Kiss" | Nomura | Nomura | 5:22 |
Total length: | 31:40 |
Participating members
editNobody’s Fault
edit3rd row: Yui Takemoto, Rei Ozono, Akane Moriya, Rina Matsuda, Mizuho Habu
2nd row: Yūka Sugai, Karin Fujiyoshi, Minami Koike, Ten Yamasaki, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Hikaru Morita (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Naze Koi wo Shite Konakattan darou?
edit3rd row: Rina Inoue, Marino Kousaka, Aoi Harada, Rika Watanabe, Kira Masumoto, Yumiko Seki
2nd row: Yuuka Sugai, Hikaru Morita, Minami Koike, Ten Yamasaki, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Karin Fujiyoshi (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Hanshinhangi
edit3rd row: Hikari Endo, Rina Uemura, Akiho Onuma, Rena Moriya, Riko Matsudaira, Fuyuka Saito
2nd row: Yuuka Sugai, Karin Fujiyoshi, Minami Koike, Hikaru Morita, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Ten Yamasaki (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Plastic Regret
edit3rd row: Rina Inoue, Marino Kousaka, Aoi Harada, Rika Watanabe, Kira Masumoto, Yumiko Seki
2nd row: Yuuka Sugai, Hikaru Morita, Minami Koike, Ten Yamasaki, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Karin Fujiyoshi (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Saishuu no Chikatetsu ni Notte
edit3rd row: Yui Takemoto, Rei Ozono, Akane Moriya, Rina Matsuda, Mizuho Habu
2nd row: Yūka Sugai, Karin Fujiyoshi, Minami Koike, Ten Yamasaki, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Hikaru Morita (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Buddies
edit3rd row: Hikari Endo, Rina Uemura, Akiho Onuma, Rena Moriya, Riko Matsudaira, Fuyuka Saito
2nd row: Yuuka Sugai, Karin Fujiyoshi, Minami Koike, Hikaru Morita, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Ten Yamasaki (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Blue moon kiss
edit3rd row: Yui Takemoto, Rei Ozono, Akane Moriya, Rina Matsuda, Mizuho Habu
2nd row: Yūka Sugai, Karin Fujiyoshi, Minami Koike, Ten Yamasaki, Hono Tamura
1st row: Yui Kobayashi, Hikaru Morita (centre), Risa Watanabe[18]
Charts
editReferences
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- ^ a b 櫻坂46「Nobody's fault」MV公開 ”渋谷から佐渡島へ”新たな挑戦象徴|文化・芸能|PICKUPニュース|徳島新聞 (in Japanese). The Tokushima Shimbun. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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- ^ Nobody's Fault (Type-A) (CD, Blu-ray). Sakurazaka46. Sony Music Records. 2020. SRCL-11620, SRCL-11621.
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