Inochi wa Utsukushii

"Inochi wa Utsukushii"

Cover of Type-A edition.
Single by Nogizaka46
Released March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) (Japan)
Format CD single
Length 5:17
Label Sony Music Records
Writer(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroki Sagawa
Producer(s) Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Nandome no Aozora ka?"
(2014)		 "Inochi wa Utsukushii"
(2015)		 "Taiyō Nokku"
(2015)

Inochi wa Utsukushii (命は美しい, Life is Beautiful) is the 11th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on March 18, 2015. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart,[1] and as of May 25, 2015 (issue date), has sold 605,529 copies.[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Track listing

Type-A

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto[4]. 

CD
No. TitleMusicArranger Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
3. "Tachinaori Chuu" (立ち直り中)Takashi FukudaTATOO 4:44
4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
6. "Tachinaori Chuu (off vocal ver.)" (立ち直り中 off vocal ver.)Takashi FukudaTATOO 4:42
Total length:
 29:52
DVD
No. TitleDirector Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"  Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41
2. "Tachinaori Chuu (music video)"  Hiroaki Yuasa 10:11
3. "Rina Ikoma & Marika Ito"  Eiki Takahashi 8:32
4. "Misa Eto & Reika Sakurai"  Rikiya Imaizumi 5:58
5. "Hina Kawago & Chiharu Saito"  Renki Yamasaki 5:46
6. "Mahiro Kawamura & Iori Sagara"  Yoshinori Asao 8:13
7. "Kazumi Takayama & Ami Noujou"  Nozomu Nakajima 6:27
8. "Nanase Nishino & Yumi Wakatsuki"  Hiroaki Yuasa 8:42
Total length:
 59:22

Type-B

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto[5]. 

CD
No. TitleMusicArranger Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
2. Untitled (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
3. "Gomen ne Zutto..." (ごめんね ずっと…)Tomokazu YamadaShouhei Sumiya 5:31
4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
6. "Gomen ne Zutto... (off vocal ver.)" (ごめんね ずっと… off vocal ver.)Tomokazu YamadaShouhei Sumiya 5:28
Total length:
 31:25
DVD
No. TitleDirector Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"  Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41
2. "Gomen ne Zutto... (music video)"  Yuki Yamato 7:26
3. "Karin Ito & Hina Higuchi"  Kazuhiko Ito  
4. "Sayuri Inoue & Yuuri Saito"  Yusuke Koroyasu  
5. "Asuka Saito & Minami Hoshino"  Aya Maeda  
6. "Mai Shiraishi & Nanami Hashimoto"  Kazuma Ikeda  
7. "Mai Shinuchi & Mai Fukagawa"  Taikou Nakamura  

Type-C

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto[6]. 

CD
No. TitleMusicArranger Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
3. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな)Akira Sunset, ha-jAkira Sunset, ha-j 5:06
4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
6. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (off vocal ver.)" (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな off vocal ver.)Akira Sunset, ha-jAkira Sunset, ha-j 5:03
Total length:
 30:35
DVD
No. TitleDirector Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"  Tsuyoshi Inoue 5:41
2. "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (music video)"  Yamada Atsuhiro 5:10
3. "Manatsu Akimoto & Himeka Nakamoto"  Hideaki Nakagawa, Yutaka Mizuochi, Naoya Ogata  
4. "Erika Ikuta & Sayuri Matsumura"  Shigeru Tsukita, Atuhiko Yamamoto, Shibatani Mai  
5. "Hinako Kitano & Maaya Wada"  Kazuhisa Anai  
6. "Kana Nakada & Seira Nagashima"  Takahashi Akihiro  
7. "Miona Hori & Rena Matsui"  Santa Yamagishi  
8. "Trainee"  Shujin Ito  

Regular

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto[7]. 

CD
No. TitleMusicArranger Length
1. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
2. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
3. "Border" (ボーダー)Tomohiro NakatsuchiTomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:39
4. "Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)Hiroki SagawaHiroki Sagawa 5:17
5. "Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)SoichiroK, Nozomu.SSoichiroK, Nozomu.S 4:56
6. "Border (off vocal ver.)" (ボーダー off vocal ver.)Tomohiro NakatsuchiTomohiro Nakatsuchi 4:37
Total length:
 29:42

References

  1. ↑ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年03月30日付". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "AKB48 売上 命は美しい". Atwiki (in Japanese). Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/03/30". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Nogizaka46 2015a.
  5. ↑ Nogizaka46 2015b.
  6. ↑ Nogizaka46 2015c.
  7. ↑ Nogizaka46 2015d.

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