Uza (song)

"Uza" (stylized in Japanese as "UZA", meaning "Annoying" and pronounced "oo-zah") is the 28th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on October 31, 2012.^[1]

Background

The single was first announced on Yasushi Akimoto's Google+ and the title song premiered live on September 18, 2012, at the AKB48's rock-paper-scissors tournament at Nippon Budokan.^[2]

Mayu Watanabe was originally one of the centers however, due to heavy choreography involved in this song, Yuko Oshima and Jurina Matsui later replaced Watanabe's center position.

It was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-K, Type-B, and Theater Edition.

The music video for the title song was directed by Joseph Kahn, the director of the music video for "Gingham Check". Instead releasing a normal MV, an alternative dance shot version was published.

Track listing

Type-A

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora" (孤独な星空, "Lonely Starry Sky")	New Team A
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Kodoku no Hoshizora off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Kodoku na Hoshizora Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-K

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Scrap & Build" (スクラップ&ビルド)	New Team K
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Scrap & Build off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Scrap & Build Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Type-B

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー, "Hero who is not on the Side of Justice")	New Team B
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero off vocal ver."

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uza Music Video"
2.	"Uza Music Video -Dance ver.-"
3.	"Tsugi no Season Music Video"
4.	"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero Music Video"
5.	"Gingham Check Music Video (Directed by Eiki Takahashi)" (ギンガムチェック Music Video 〜高橋栄樹監督ver.〜)

Theater Edition

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Uza" (UZA, "Annoying")
2.	"Tsugi no Season" (次のSeason, "Next Season")	Under Girls
3.	"Otona e no Michi" (大人への道, "Road to Adulthood")	Kenkyūsei
4.	"Uza off vocal ver."
5.	"Tsugi no Season off vocal ver."
6.	"Otona e no Michi off vocal ver." (大人への道 off vocal ver.)

Members

"Uza"

Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui.^[3]

Team A: Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe
Team 4: Haruka Shimazaki
SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team S: Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara, Sakura Miyawaki

"Tsugi no Season"

The song is performed by Under Girls.^[4] Center: Rina Kawaei

Team 4: Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi, Miyu Takeuchi, Yūka Tano, Mariya Nagao
Promoted Kenkyūsei: Ryōka Ōshima, Tomu Mutō
SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB48 Team N: Nana Yamada
HKT48 Team H: Haruka Kodama

"Kodoku na Hoshizora"

New Team A: Karen Iwata, Rina Izuta, Anna Iriyama, Ryōka Ōshima, Tomomi Kasai, Rina Kawaei, Ayaka Kikuchi, Riho Kotani, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Mariko Shinoda, Juri Takahashi, Minami Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe

"Scrap & Build"

New Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Maria Abe, Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Mayumi Uchida, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Mariya Nagao, Nana Fujita, Ami Maeda, Yuka Masuda, Jurina Matsui, Natsumi Matsubara, Kaoru Mitsumune, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Mutō

"Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero"

New Team B: Anna Ishida, Haruka Ishida, Miori Ichikawa, Misaki Iwasa, Ayaka Umeda, Mina Ōba, Shizuka Ōya, Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Katayama, Rena Katō, Natsuki Kojima, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Haruka Shimazaki, Miyu Takeuchi, Miku Tanabe, Mariko Nakamura, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe

"Otona e no Michi"

The song is performed by kenkyūsei (trainees).

Oricon charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 31, 2012	Daily Chart	1^[5]	884,602	1,257,867
	Weekly Chart	1^[6]	1,128,696
	Monthly Chart	1	1,128,696
	Yearly Chart	4	1,215,079

References

↑ "大島優子＆松井珠理奈のWセンター!AKB新曲「UZA」お披露目" (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ "優子&珠理奈Wセンター! AKB新曲「UZA」初お披露目" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ "＜速報＞AKB48、28thシングルセンター決定" (in Japanese). modelpress. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ AKB48 28th Maxi Single「UZA」のジャケ写が解禁！ [AKB48 28th Maxi Single "UZA"' CD jacket revealed] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-10-16.
↑ ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月31日の発言 on Twitter. October 31, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
↑ "【オリコン】AKB48、女性初の10作目ミリオン　CD総売上2000万枚突破" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

External links

King Records profiles

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Rina Hirata Yui Hiwatashi Ami Maeda Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Haruka Ishida Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Nana Fujita Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Sayaka Yamamoto Ami Yumoto

Team B	Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Moe Gotō Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Ma Chia-ling Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe Miyuki Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Wakana Natori Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Natsuki Fujimura Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Ai Yamamoto Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Moeka Iwasaki Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Ōshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Ayaka Umeda (Moved to NMB48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida Aki Takajō Rena Nishiyama Jurina Matsui Natsuki Uchiyama Misaki Iwasa Karen Iwata Mariya Nagao Kana Kobayashi Minami Takahashi (former general director)

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss (Disbanded)
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

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