Eien Pressure

"Eien Pressure"
"Eien Pressure"
Single by AKB48
from the album Tsugi no Ashiato
B-side	"Totteoki Christmas"; "Tsuyogari Tokei" (Type-A); "Ha!" (Type-B); "Hatsukoi Butterfly" (Type-C); "Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" (Type-D); "Watashitachi no Reason" (Theater Edition);
Released	December 5, 2012 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
Music videos
	AKB48 "Eien Pressure" on YouTube
	NMB48 - "Ha!" (preview) on YouTube
	HKT48 - "Hatsukoi Buttefly" on YouTube

"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー, Eien Puresshā, "Eternal Pressure") is the 29th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on December 5, 2012.^[1]

Background[]

The sixteen members that were featured in the title track were decided in the AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament held in September along with their position at Nippon Budokan.^[2] The overall winner of the tournament was Haruka Shimazaki, who sang the lead vocals for the song and took up the center position during its performances, and it is also her first solo center.

The single was released in five versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D, and Theater Edition.

The third tracks of the DVDs that come with Types A, B, and C are music videos for the songs that placed, respectively, first, second, and third in the recently held Music Video Request, in which fans could vote for a song to get a music video.

Its music video was directed by Eiki Takahashi (also director of Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō). It premiered on MTV Japan.^[3]

This is also the first single where Kojima Haruna does not participate in the single's A-side track.

Track listing[]

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except "Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni". "Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" is written by Hisaya Okada (Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!'s staff).

Type-A[]

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Tsuyogari Tokei" (強がり時計)	SKE48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Tsuyogari Tokei off vocal ver." (強がり時計 off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Tsuyogari Tokei Music Video" (強がり時計 Music Video)
4.	"Team B Oshi" (チームB推し Music Video Chīmu Bī Oshi)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Zenpen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（前編）)

Type-B[]

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Ha!" (HA!)	NMB48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Ha! off vocal ver." (HA! off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Ha! Music Video" (HA! Music Video)
4.	"First Rabbit Music Video" (ファースト・ラビット Music Video)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Chūhen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（中編）)

Type-C[]

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Hatsukoi Butterfly" (初恋バタフライ Hatsukoi Batefurai)	HKT48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Hatsukoi Butterfly off vocal ver." (初恋バタフライ off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Hatsukoi Butterfly Music Video" (初恋バタフライ Music Video)
4.	"Sakura no Hanabiratachi (Maeda Atsuko solo ver.) Music Video" (桜の花びら〜前田敦子solo ver.〜 Music Video)
5.	"29th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document (Kōhen)" (29thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント（後編）)

Type-D[]

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni" (永遠より続くように)	OKL48
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni off vocal ver." (永遠より続くように off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure Music Video" (永遠プレッシャー Music Video)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas Music Video" (とっておきクリスマス Music Video)
3.	"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni Music Video" (永遠より続くように Music Video)

Theater Version[]

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eien Pressure" (永遠プレッシャー Eien Puresshā)
2.	"Totteoki Christmas" (とっておきクリスマス Totteoki Kurisumasu)
3.	"Watashitachi no Reason" (私たちのReason Watashitachi no Rīzon)
4.	"Eien Pressure off vocal ver." (永遠プレッシャー off vocal ver.)
5.	"Totteoki Christmas off vocal ver." (とっておきクリスマス off vocal ver.)
6.	"Watashitachi no Reason off vocal ver." (私たちのReason off vocal ver.)

Members[]

"Eien Pressure"[]

Center: Haruka Shimazaki The rank of each member in the AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament is in parentheses.^[4]

Team A: Mariko Shinoda (5), Moeno Nito (2)
Team K: Maria Abe (6), Tomomi Itano (13), Mayumi Uchida (4), Chisato Nakata (16), Ami Maeda (10), Natsumi Matsubara (14)
Team B: Ayaka Umeda (15), Yuki Kashiwagi (11), Haruka Shimazaki (1), Miyu Takeuchi (7), Mariko Nakamura (8)
AKB48 Team A / NMB48: Yui Yokoyama (3)
SKE48 Team E: Kasumi Ueno (9), Kanon Kimoto (12)

"Totteoki Christmas"[]

Team A：Rina Kawaei, Minami Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe, Yui Yokoyama (NMB48)
Team K：Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Rie Kitahara (SKE48)
Team B：Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Minegishi
JKT48: Aki Takajo

"Tsuyogari Tokei"[]

The song is performed by SKE48.

AKB48 Team K / SKE48：Rie Kitahara
SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K：Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team S：Masana Ōya, Yuria Kizaki, Akari Suda, Yūka Nakanishi, Rena Matsui, Kumi Yagami
SKE48 Team KII / AKB48 Team B：Anna Ishida
SKE48 Team KII：Shiori Ogiso, Akane Takayanagi, Sawako Hata, Airi Furukawa, Manatsu Mukaida, Miki Yakata
SKE48 Team E：Kanon Kimoto

"Ha!"[]

The song is performed by NMB48.

NMB48 Team N：Yui Yokoyama (AKB48 Team A), Riho Kotani (AKB48 Team A), Miyuki Watanabe (AKB48 Team B), Mayu Ogasawara, Rina Kondō, Megumi Uenishi, Miru Shiroma, Aina Fukumoto, Nana Yamada, Sayaka Yamamoto, Akari Yoshida
NMB48 Team M：Rena Shimada, Airi Tanigawa, Fuuko Yagura
NMB48 Team BII：Yūka Kato, Shu Yabushita

"Hatsukoi Butterfly"[]

The song is performed by HKT48.

HKT48 Team H：Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara, Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyas, Haruka Wakatabe
HKT48 Kenkyūsei：Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni"[]

The song is performed by OKL48 which is the member is selected from "AKB48" who lose at Janken tournament for single "Eien Pressure" .^[5]
(Center: Takashi Okamura as "Oka Lemon", which "OKL" is named after)

Team A: Anna Iriyama, Rina Kawaei, Rie Kitahara (SKE48), Tomomi Kasai, Mayu Watanabe
Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Asuka Kuramochi, Mariya Nagao
Team B: Miori Ichikawa, Shizuka Ōya, Rena Katō, Haruna Kojima, Mika Komori, Reina Fujie, Minami Minegishi
Ninety-nine: Takashi Okamura

"Watashitachi no Reason"[]

Team A: Rina Izuta, Karen Iwata, Ryōko Ōshima, Ayaka Kikuchi, Marina Kobayashi, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Juri Takahashi, Yūka Tano, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Shiori Nakamata, Sakiko Matsui, Ayaka Morikawa
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Kana Kobayashi, Amina Satō, Haruka Shimada, Shihori Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Sayaka Nakaya, Nana Fujita, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki, Tomu Muto, Jurina Matsui (SKE48 Team S)
Team B: Haruka Ishida, Misaki Iwasa, Mina Ōba, Haruka Katayama, Natsuki Kojima, Miku Tanabe, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka, Suzuran Yamauchi, Miyuki Watanabe (NMB48 Team N)
Team Kaigai: Aki Takajo (JKT48), Haruka Nakagawa (JKT48), Mariya Suzuki (SNH48), Sae Miyazawa (SNH48)
Team Kenkyūsei: Moe Aigasa, Saho Iwatate, Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Miyū Ōmori, Ayaka Okada, Nana Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Mako Kojima, Yukari Sasaki, Ayana Shinozaki, Yurina Takashima, Miki Nishino, Hikari Hashimoto, Rina Hirata, Mitsuki Maeda, Yuiri Murayama, Shinobu Mogi

Charts[]

Oricon charts[]

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
December 5, 2012	Daily Chart	1^[6]	840,043	1,197,373
	Weekly Chart	1^[7]	1,073,499
	Monthly Chart	1	1,165,527
	Yearly Chart	5^[8]	1,073,499

Year-end charts[]

"Eien Pressure" was grouped with the 2013 year for Billboard Japan.

Chart (2013)	Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[9]	5
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales^[10]	6

References[]

^ "AKB48ぱるるセンター「永遠プレッシャー」に48グループ曲" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ 島崎初センター曲ＡＫＢ姉妹で盛り上げる (in Japanese). Daily Sports Online. 2012-11-08. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ Paruru under Pressure!
^ "[AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament bracket]" (PNG). AKB48 Official Website. Retrieved 2013-11-07. - shows rankings for positions 1-8
^ "ナイナイ岡村＆AKBで"OKL48"結成！大島、まゆゆらが全身白タイツで新曲披露" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
^ @hisaka2u (December 6, 2012). "ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年12月6日の発言" (Tweet). Retrieved December 11, 2012 – via Twitter.
^ "【オリコン】AKB、女性初の10作連続ミリオン B'z以来16年半ぶり史上2組目快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ "年間ランキング特集『ミリオン8作！AKB48とMr.Childrenが2012年音楽シーンを牽引』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

External links[]

King Records profiles
- Type-A
- Type-B
- Type-C
- Type-D
- Theater Edition

[1] "AKB48ぱるるセンター「永遠プレッシャー」に48グループ曲" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[2] 島崎初センター曲ＡＫＢ姉妹で盛り上げる (in Japanese). Daily Sports Online. 2012-11-08. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[3] Paruru under Pressure!

[4] "[AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament bracket]" (PNG). AKB48 Official Website. Retrieved 2013-11-07. - shows rankings for positions 1-8

[5] "ナイナイ岡村＆AKBで"OKL48"結成！大島、まゆゆらが全身白タイツで新曲披露" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-11-28.

[6] @hisaka2u (December 6, 2012). "ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年12月6日の発言" (Tweet). Retrieved December 11, 2012 – via Twitter.

[7] "【オリコン】AKB、女性初の10作連続ミリオン B'z以来16年半ぶり史上2組目快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

[endyear-8] "年間ランキング特集『ミリオン8作！AKB48とMr.Childrenが2012年音楽シーンを牽引』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[9] "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

[10] "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales Year End - Charts - Japan". Billboard-Japan.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

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