Shoot Sign

"Shoot Sign"
"Shoot Sign"
Single by AKB48
from the album Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru
A-side	"Shoot Sign"
Released	March 15, 2017
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:33
Label	You, Be Cool! / King; Genie Music; Stone Music Entertainment;
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics); Keiichi Kondo (music);
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music video
	"Shoot Sign" (Short Ver.) on YouTube

Shoot Sign (シュートサイン, Shūto Sain, "Finger Gun") is the 47th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on 15 March 2017.^[1] The title song is used as the theme song of their drama Tofu Pro-Wrestling premiered on January 21, 2017.^[2]

History

The release of the single was announced at an AKB48's handshake meeting held at Pacifico Yokohama on 4 February 2017.^[3] The list of the 32 members who will participate on the title track was also announced at the same meeting.^[4] Haruna Kojima was announced as the center performer for the title track, her first time in two years, and third time overall and also her final appearance on an AKB48 Single. This is the first single to release after Shimazaki Haruka graduated from the group.^[4]

It sold 933,969 copies on its first day, less than their previous single, "High Tension".

Four days before official release of "Shoot Sign", AKB48 performed for the first time their 48th and upcoming single "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" during NCON (a school choir contest promoted by NHK).^[5]

Music video

The complete version of the music video premiered on Japanese Space Shower TV on March 3, 2017. Lasting 7 minutes and 6 seconds, is directed by Yoshito Mori and is linked directly by the series^[clarify]. The main set for this music video is a WIP (World Idol Pro-Wrestling) ring.^[a]

Track listings

All lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto.

Type A

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)	Keiichi Kondo	Hiroshi Sasaki	4:33
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni..." (気づかれないように...) (performed by Haruna Kojima)
3.	"Vacancy" ((performed by SKE48)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Vacancy off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign Music Video"
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... Music Video"
3.	"Vacancy Music Video"

Type B

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni..." (気づかれないように...) (performed by Haruna Kojima)
3.	"Mayonaka no Tsuyogari" (真夜中の強がり) (performed by NMB48)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Mayonaka no Tsuyogari off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign Music Video"
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... Music Video"
3.	"Mayonaka no Tsuyogari Music Video"

Type C

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni..." (気づかれないように...) (performed by Haruna Kojima)
3.	"Tomaranai Kanransha" (止まらない観覧車) (performed by HKT48)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Tomaranai Kanransha off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign Music Video"
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... Music Video"
3.	"Tomaranai Kanransha Music Video"

Type D

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)
2.	"Accident Chu" (アクシデント中) (performed by AKB48 U-19)
3.	"Midori to Mori no Undokōen" (みどりと森の運動公園) (performed by NGT48)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Midori to Mori no Undokōen off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign Music Video"
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... Music Video"
3.	"Midori to Mori no Undokōen Music Video"

Type E

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)
2.	"Accident Chu" (アクシデント中) (performed by AKB48 U-19)
3.	"Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?" (誰のことを一番愛してる?)) (performed by Sakamichi AKB)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign Music Video"
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... Music Video"
3.	"Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? Music Video"

Theater Edition

CD only (the theater edition doesn't include a bonus DVD)
No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Shoot Sign" (シュートサイン)	Keiichi Kondo	Hiroshi Sasaki	4:33
2.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni..." (気づかれないように...) (performed by Haruna Kojima)
3.	"Kanashii Uta o Kikitaku Natta" (悲しい歌を聴きたくなった)) (performed by Mayu Yukirin)
4.	"Shoot Sign off vocal ver."
5.	"Kidzuka Renai yō ni... off vocal ver."
6.	"Kanashii Uta wo Kikitaku Natta off vocal ver."

Senbatsu

Shoot Sign

Team A: Haruna Kojima (Center), (Last Single), Anna Iriyama, Shizuka Ōya, Yui Yokoyama
Team K: Minami Minegishi, Mion Mukaichi, Tomu Muto
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rena Kato, Yuria Kizaki, Mayu Watanabe
Team 4: Nana Okada, Saya Kawamoto, Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Juri Takahashi
Team 8: Yui Oguri, Momoka Onishi
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team E: Rara Goto, Akari Suda
NMB48 Team N: Miori Ichikawa, Ayaka Yamamoto, Sayaka Yamamoto
NMB48 Team M: Miru Shiroma, Akari Yoshida
HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara
HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki
NGT48 Team NIII: Rie Kitahara, Rika Nakai

Kidzuka Renai you ni...

Sung by Haruna Kojima as her graduation song from the group.

Team A: Haruna Kojima

Accident Chu

Sung by AKB48's U-19 Senbatsu, with the members being under the age of 19 at the time of this single's release.

Team A: Megu Taniguchi, Yui Hiwatashi
Team K: Mion Mukaichi (Center)
Team B: Rena Kato, Moe Goto, Seina Fukuoka
Team 4: Nana Okada, Saya Kawamoto, Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Juri Takahashi, Yuiri Murayama
Team 8: Yui Oguri, Narumi Kuranoo, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Nanami Sato
Team Kenkyuusei: Satone Kubo, Erii Chiba

Vacancy

Sung by SKE48.

Team S: Ryoha Kitagawa, Haruka Futamura, Jurina Matsui (Center)
Team KII: Yuna Ego, Mina Oba, Yuna Obata, Sarina Souda, Akane Takayanagi, Nao Furuhata, Kaori Matsumura
Team E: Kanon Kimoto, Haruka Kumazaki, Rara Goto, Makiko Saito, Maya Sugawara, Akari Suda, Marika Tani

Mayonaka no Tsuyogari

Sung by NMB48.

Team N: Miori Ichikawa, Kei Jonishi, Ririka Sutou, Airi Tanigawa, Shu Yabushita, Ayaka Yamamoto, Sayaka Yamamoto
Team M: Yuuka Kato, Momoka Kinoshita, Miru Shiroma (Center), Nagisa Shibuya, Akari Yoshida
Team BII: Azusa Uemura, Yuuri Ota, Ayaka Okita, Reina Fujie, Sae Murase, Fuuko Yagura

Tomaranai Kanransha

Sung by HKT48.

Team H: Yuriya Inoue, Yui Kojina, Haruka Kodama (Center), Rino Sashihara, Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Natsumi Matsuoka, Nako Yabuki
Team KIV: Yuka Tanaka, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami, Sakura Miyawaki, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu
Team TII: Sae Kurihara, Hana Matsuoka, Emiri Yamashita
Team Kenkyuusei: Tomoka Takeda

Midori to Mori no Undokouen

Sung by NGT48.

Team NIII: Yuka Ogino, Tsugumi Oguma, Yuki Kashiwagi, Minami Kato, Rie Kitahara, Anju Sato, Riko Sugahara, Moeka Takakura (Center), Ayaka Tano, Rika Nakai, Marina Nishigata, Rena Hasegawa, Hinata Homma, Fuka Murakamo, Maho Yamaguchi, Noe Yamada
NGT48 Kenkyuusei: Yuria Otaki, Yuria Kado, Aina Kusakabe, Reina Seiji, Mau Takahashi, Ayuka Nakamura, Miharu Nara, Nanako Nishimura, Ayaka Mizusawa, Aya Miyajima

Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?

Sung by Sakamichi AKB, with the members consisting of AKB48 and Sakamichi Series members.

Team K: Mion Mukaichi
Team 4: Nana Okada, Mako Kojima
Team 8: Yui Oguri
Team S: Jurina Matsui
Nogizaka46 1st Generation: Marika Itō, Asuka Saitō, Minami Hoshino
Nogizaka46 2nd Generation: Hinako Kitano, Ranze Terada, Miona Hori
Kanji Keyakizaka46: Yui Imaizumi, Yūka Sugai, Yurina Hirate (Center), Rika Watanabe, Risa Watanabe
Hiragana Keyakizaka46: Neru Nagahama

Kanashii Uta wo Kikitaku Natta

Sung by Mayu Yukirin, who are known to have a good relationship with one another.

Team B: Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	March 15, 2017	CD digital download streaming	King Records (YOU BE COOL division)
Hong Kong, Taiwan	March 15, 2017	CD digital download streaming	King Records
South Korea	August 31, 2018	digital download streaming	Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music King

Notes

^ Brazilian cable channel PlayTV did not air the full version of "Shoot Sign" music video on Interferência Ichiban on March 6, 2017. The full version was released on June 1, but PlayTV declined to broadcast.

References

^ "AKB48 reveal jacket covers for 'Shoot Sign'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ "AKB48、「ガチで行く」新曲が『豆腐プロレス』主題歌に。本日『Mステ』で初披露". Ro69. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
^ "Details on Kojima Haruna's graduation single revealed". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "卒業の小嶋陽菜が最後のシングルで３作目センターに". Nikkan Sports. 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
^ "AKB48、「Nコン」合唱選抜発表 3・11課題曲を初披露". ORICON NEWS. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

External links

Profile on the AKB48 official website (in Japanese)

[6] Brazilian cable channel PlayTV did not air the full version of "Shoot Sign" music video on Interferência Ichiban on March 6, 2017. The full version was released on June 1, but PlayTV declined to broadcast.

[1] "AKB48 reveal jacket covers for 'Shoot Sign'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

[ro6920170210-2] "AKB48、「ガチで行く」新曲が『豆腐プロレス』主題歌に。本日『Mステ』で初披露". Ro69. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

[3] "Details on Kojima Haruna's graduation single revealed". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2021.

[nikkansports20170204-4] "卒業の小嶋陽菜が最後のシングルで３作目センターに". Nikkan Sports. 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-06.

[5] "AKB48、「Nコン」合唱選抜発表 3・11課題曲を初披露". ORICON NEWS. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

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