Uza (song) explained

"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] This is also the first single without ace Maeda Atsuko, and this is also the first senbatsu participation of Sakura Miyawaki.

Mayu Watanabe was originally one of the centers, along with Jurina Matsui, however due to heavy choreography involved in this song, Yuko Oshima, a more experienced dancer, 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".^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

Theater Edition

Members

"Uza"

Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui.^[5]

• Team A: Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe
• Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima
• Team B: Haruna Kojima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Minegishi
• AKB48 Team A / NMB48 Team N: Yui Yokoyama
• 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.^[6] Center: Rina Kawaei

• Team A: Karen Iwata, Yūka Tano, Anna Iriyama, Juri Takahashi, Rina Kawaei, Ryōka Ōshima
• Team K: Mariya Nagao, Tomu Muto
• Team B: Rena Katō, Miori Ichikawa, Miyu Takeuchi
• 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 Muto

"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).

Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Miyū Omori, Ayaka Okada, Nana Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Miki Nishino, Hikari Hashimoto, Rina Hirata, Mitsuki Maeda, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi

Charts

Oricon

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
October 31, 2012	Daily Chart	1[7]	884,602	1,257,867
	Weekly Chart	1[8]	1,128,696
	Monthly Chart	1	1,128,696
	Yearly Chart	4	1,215,079

G-music (Taiwan)

!Chart!Peak Position

Combo

20[9]

External links

• King Records profiles
  • Type-A First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-A Regular Edition
  • Type-K First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-K Regular Edition
  • Type-B First Press Limited Edition
  • Type-B Regular Edition
  • Theater Edition

Notes and References

1. Web site: 大島優子＆松井珠理奈のWセンター!AKB新曲「UZA」お披露目. Sponichi Annex. 2012-09-18. 2012-10-03. ja.
2. News: 優子&珠理奈Wセンター! AKB新曲「UZA」初お披露目. Oricon. 2012-09-18. 2012-10-03. ja.
3. News: Through scandal and stellar sales, AKB48 dominated the past decade in Japan. 2019-11-15. St. Michel. Patrick. The Japan Times.
4. Web site: AKB48 Get Annoying. 9 October 2012 .
5. News: ＜速報＞AKB48、28thシングルセンター決定. modelpress. 2012-09-18. 2012-10-03. ja. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105955/http://mdpr.jp/021203254. dead.
6. News: http://www.girlsnews.tv/akb/64532. ja:AKB48 28th Maxi Single「UZA」のジャケ写が解禁！. AKB48 28th Maxi Single "UZA"' CD jacket revealed. 2012-10-16. ja . 14 October 2012 .
7. hisaka2u. 263580439707516928 . October 31, 2012 . ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月31日の発言 . October 31, 2012 .
8. Web site: 【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. Oricon. November 6, 2012. November 6, 2012. ja.
9. Web site: G-Music 風雲榜 (綜合榜). https://web.archive.org/web/20121107143248/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillBoard0.aspx. dead. 2012-11-07. 2012-09-09. 2019-09-16.