3-2 (song)

"3-2"
Type-A cover
Type-A cover
Single by HKT48
B-side
  • "Oshaberi Jukebox"
  • "Kiss no Hanabira" (Type A)
  • "How about you?" (Type B)
  • "Seishun no Deguchi" (Theater Edition)
ReleasedApril 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)
GenreJ-pop
LabelMercury (Universal Music)
Songwriter(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
HKT48 singles chronology
"Ishi"
(2019)
"3-2"
(2020)
"Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai"
(2021)
Alternative cover
Cover for Special Edition issue for digital distribution
Cover for Special Edition issue for digital distribution
Music videos
"3-2" on YouTube
"おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox) (short version)" on YouTube
"キスの花びら (Kiss no Hanabira) (Chou)" on YouTube
"How about you?" on YouTube

"3-2" (さんひくに) is the 13th single by the Japanese idol girl group HKT48. It was released on April 22, 2020. The choreographic center is performed by Hirona Unjo.

This single was released in three different version, Type A, Type B and Theater Edition version. Every version contain a physical CD and DVD except the version of Theater Edition.[1]

The single was ranked first regarding the first week sales based on Oricon and Billboard Japan Hot 100.[2][3]

Release

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This single is released a year after the group last single Ishi in 2019 and also the first single after the graduate member Rino Sashihara. The announcement of single releases was streamed through the group official SHOWROOM channel on March 7, 2020. Meanwhile, the track list of the single was announced a week later.[4]

Track listing

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3-2Digital Special Edition[5]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."3-2"Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhito Sugiyama3:34
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)"Yasushi AkimotoHRK5:02
3."キスの花びら (Kiss no Hanabira)"Yasushi AkimotoAyumu Nakamura, Hiroto Kikuchi4:37
4."How about you?"Yasushi AkimotoOICHAN4:46
5."青春の出口 (Seishun no Deguchi)"Yasushi AkimotoKento Yamada4:46
Total length:22:45
3-2CD Type A (UPCH-80539[6])
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."3-2"Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhito Sugiyama3:34
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)"Yasushi AkimotoHRK5:02
3."キスの花びら (Kiss no Hanabira)"Yasushi AkimotoAyumu Nakamura, Hiroto Kikuchi4:37
4."3-2 (Instrumental)"  3:34
5."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox) (Instrumental)"  5:02
6."キスの花びら (Kiss no Hanabira) (Instrumental)"  4:39
Total length:26:28
3-2  – DVD Type A
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."3-2" (Music video)KASICO3:43
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)" (Music video) 5:07
3."キスの花びら (Kiss no Hanabira)" (Music video) 4:39
4."HKT48 TikTok ショートビデオ ノンテロップver. Part 1 (HKT48 TikTok Short Video Nonteroppu ver. Part 1)" 13:50
3-2CD Type B (UPCH-80540[7])
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."3-2"Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhito Sugiyama3:34
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)"Yasushi AkimotoHRK5:02
3."How about you?"Yasushi AkimotoOICHAN4:46
4."3-2 (Instrumental)"  3:34
5."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox) (Instrumental)"  5:02
6."How about you?"  4:48
Total length:26:46
3-2  – DVD Type B
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."3-2" (Music video)KASICO3:43
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)" (Music video) 5:07
3."How about you?" (Music video) 4:57
4."HKT48 TikTok ショートビデオ ノンテロップver. Part 2 (HKT48 TikTok Short Video Nonteroppu ver. Part 2)" 13:29
3-2CD Theater Edition (PRON-5085)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."3-2"Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhito Sugiyama3:34
2."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox)"Yasushi AkimotoHRK5:02
3."青春の出口 (Seishun no Deguchi)"Yasushi AkimotoKento Yamada4:46
4."3-2 (Instrumental)"   
5."おしゃべりジュークボックス (Oshaberi Jukebox) (Instrumental)"   
6."青春の出口 (Seishun no Deguchi) (Instrumental)"   

Personnel

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"3-2"

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"3-2" was performed by selection senbatsu performer, consisting of:

  • Team H: Yui Kojina, Meru Tashima, Miku Tanaka, Aki Toyonaga, Natsumi Matsuoka, Akari Watanabe
  • Team KIV: Hirona Unjo, Nene Jitoe, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu
  • Team TII: Hana Matsuoka, Hinata Matsumoto, Emiri Yamashita
  • Kenkyuusei: Kaede Kamijima, Rimika Mizukami

"おしゃべりジュークボックス" (Oshaberi Jukebox)

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"おしゃべりジュークボックス" (Oshaberi Jukebox) was performed by HKT48 栄光のラビリンス CM選抜2020 (HKT48 Eikou no Labyrinth CM Senbatsu 2020), consisting of:

  • Team H: Yuka Akiyoshi, Haruka Ueno, Riko Sakaguchi, Meru Tashima, Aki Toyonaga, Akari Watanabe
  • Team KIV: Nene Jitoe, Mai Fuchigami
  • Team TII: Misaki Aramaki, Ayaka Oda, Sae Kurihara, Moeka Sakai, Erena Sakamoto, Rio Shimizu, Tomoka Takeda
  • Kenkyuusei: Kaede Kamijima

"キスの花びら" (Kiss no Hanabira)

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"キスの花びら" (Kiss no Hanabira) was performed by Chou, consisting of:

  • Team H: Yui Kojina, Natsumi Matsuoka
  • Team KIV: Madoka Moriyasu
  • Team TII: Sae Kurihara, Hinata Matsumoto, Sono Miyazaki, Emiri Yamashita

"How about you?"

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"How about you?" was performed by Lit Charm, consisting of:

  • Team H: Haruka Ueno, Riko Sakaguchi
  • Team KIV: Mina Imada, Serina Kumazawa, Yuki Shimono, Aoi Motomura
  • Team TII: Maria Imamura, Hana Matsuoka
  • Kenkyuusei: Kurumi Takemoto

"青春の出口" (Seishun no Deguchi)

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"青春の出口" (Seishun no Deguchi) was performed by all active members of HKT48

References

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  1. ^ "HKT48 13thシングル リリース決定!収録歌唱メンバー発表!" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2020年05月18日付" [Weekly CD Single Ranking for May 18, 2020]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2020/5/04". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "HKT48 13th シングル「3-2」詳細発表!" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "3-2 (Special Edition) - EP". Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  6. ^ "3-2 [CD+DVD / Type A]". Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  7. ^ "3-2 [CD+DVD / Type B]". Retrieved 2020-06-12.