Namida Surprise!

"Namida Surprise!"
"Namida Surprise!"
	Regular Edition cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side	"Shonichi"; "First Love" / Erena Ono;
Released	June 24, 2009 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music video
	AKB48 "Namida Surprise!" on YouTube

"Namida Surprise!" (涙サプライズ!, Namida Sapuraizu!) is the 12th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on June 24, 2009.^[1] The single peaked at number 2 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.^[2]

It is a Birthday song

Track listing

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-33/4) and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1081). The first press of the Regular Edition came with a voting card for the AKB48 election, selecting the members who would participate in the next single,^[3] and a handshake event ticket.

Regular Edition

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Namida Surprise!" (涙サプライズ!)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue	Yoshimasa Inoue
2.	"Shonichi / Team B" (初日 / teamB)	Yasushi Akimoto, Mio Okada	Yūichi Ichikawa
3.	"First Love / Erena Ono" (First Love / 小野恵令奈)	Yasushi Akimoto, Akira Umehara	Yūichi "Masa" Nonaka
4.	"Namida Surprise! (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue
Total length:				19:11

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Namida Surprise! (music video)" (「涙サプライズ!」ビデオクリップ)
2.	"Making of" (メイキング映像)
3.	"Bonus" (特典映像)

Bonus (First press only)

AKB48 election voting card with a serial number
Handshake event ticket (Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo)

Theater Edition

CD

See Regular Edition CD

Members

(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)

Center: Atsuko Maeda

Team A: Tomomi Itano, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Reina Fujie, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki
Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rino Sashihara, Moeno Nitō, Mayu Watanabe
Kenkyūsei: Mika Komori
SKE48: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui

It was the first selection for Moeno Nitō. Mika Komori became the first trainee to be selected for an A-side.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	2
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[4]	5
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart)	28

Sales and certifications

Other versions

The Thai idol group BNK48, a sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Prakai Namta Lae Roiyim" (Thai: ประกายน้ำตาและรอยยิ้ม; IPA: [prà.ka:j ná:m.ta: lɛ́ʔ rɔ:j.jím]; "Sparkle of Tears and Smiles"). It was included on the group's third single, "Shonichi – Wan Raek", released on 7 May 2018.^[5]
The Vietnamese sister idol group SGO48 performed the song in Vietnamese at the AKB48 Group Asia Festival in Shanghai on August 24, 2019.

References

^ "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE 涙サプライズ！（マキシ＋ＤＶＤ複合）音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
^ "涙サプライズ！ＡＫＢ４８のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
^ ""AKB48選抜総選挙"開票！トップ当選の前田敦子「AKBに人生捧げる！」" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
^ "AKB48 Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "BNK48 เผย 16 เซ็นบัตสึ ซิงเกิ้ล 'Shonichi' พร้อมประกาศสำคัญต่าง ๆ". thairath.co.th. Bangkok: Thairath. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

[kingrecordsprofile-1] "KING RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE 涙サプライズ！（マキシ＋ＤＶＤ複合）音楽" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-06-19.

[2] "涙サプライズ！ＡＫＢ４８のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-19.

[3] ""AKB48選抜総選挙"開票！トップ当選の前田敦子「AKBに人生捧げる！」" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-27.

[sc_Billboardjapanhot100_AKB48-4] "AKB48 Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard.

[5] "BNK48 เผย 16 เซ็นบัตสึ ซิงเกิ้ล 'Shonichi' พร้อมประกาศสำคัญต่าง ๆ". thairath.co.th. Bangkok: Thairath. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

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