"Teacher Teacher"' is the 52nd single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan by King Records on May 30, 2018. The single features Yui Oguri as the center performer.
Background and release
On March 19, 2018, it was announced that the 2018 "election single" will be released on May 30 and will feature Yui Oguri in the center position. For the first time the group enlisted a non-Japanese choreographer, Park Jun Hee, who worked with Korean acts such as Shinhwa, PSY and GFriend.
The single was released on May 30, 2018. The song was certified triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it and only the third act.
The song has been redone in Bahasa Indonesia by JKT48 in 2018 and included in Joy Kick! Tears album on 2019.
Promotion
The single was first performed on April 1, 2018, for their first solo concert in two years at the Saitama Super Arena. The song was performed as part of the encore of the concert.
Criticism
The song's lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto have been criticized as "justifying sexual harassment in education".
Commercial performance
Teacher Teacher debuted atop the Oricon Singles Chart and atop Billboard Japan's Hot 100.
The single placed atop the Oricon Singles Chart for the month of May 2018 with 1,661,038 physical copies sold in its first day. In June the single fell to number 3 with 153,29 additional copies sold.
On July 12, the RIAJ certified Teacher Teacher as a triple million, making AKB48 the first girl group to achieve it. It's also the only third act behind Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids and Dango Gasshōdan's "Three Dango Brothers" (1999) and SMAP's "The One and Only Flower in the World" (2003).
Teacher Teacher was the best-selling single of 2018 on Oricon. The song placed at number 10 at Billboard Japan's Hot 100 Year End chart. It also topped the Top Singles Sales Year End chart.
Track listing
Notes
"Teacher Teacher" is performed by 28 members from Senbatsu
"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" is performed by Center Exam Senbatsu
"Romantic Junbichuu" is performed by Team A
"Shuuden no Yoru" is performed by Team K
"Atarashi Chime" is performed by Team B
"Neko Allergy" is performed by Team 4
"Hachinosu Dance" is performed by Team 8
Members
Teacher Teacher
Team A: Kato Rena, Mion Mukaichi, Yokoyama Yui
Team K: Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama
Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Kubo Satone, Juri Takahashi, Fukuoka Seina
Team 4: Nana Okada, Murayama Yuiri, Yamauchi Mizuki
Team 8: Okabe Rin, Yui Oguri
Team S: Jurina Matsui
Team KII: Obata Yuna
Team E: Akari Suda
Team N: Yamamoto Ayaka, Yamamoto Sayaka
Team M: Shiroma Miru, Yoshida Akari
Team H: Sashihara Rino, Nako Yabuki
Team KIV: Miyawaki Sakura
Team TII: Matsuoka Hana
Team NIII: Yuka Ogino, Rika Nakai
STU48 1st Generation: Yumiko Takino
"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" Center Exam Senbatsu (センター試験選抜メンバー) (16 Members) (Mukaichi Mion Center)
Team A: Anna Iriyama, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui
Team B: Saho Iwatate, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yukari Sasaki, Fukuoka Seina
Team 4: Saya Kawamoto
Team 8: Erina Oda
Team S: Tsuzuki Rika
Team KII: Arai Yuki
Team H: Sakaguchi Riko, Sashihara Rino
Team KIV: Fuchigami Mai
Team NIII: Murakumo Fuka
NGT48 Kenkyuusei: Aina Kusakabe
"Romantic Junbichuu" Okabe Team A (岡部チームA) (21 Members) (Yui Oguri Center)
Team A: Iriyama Anna, Okabe Rin, Okumoto Hinano, Oguri Yui, Kato Rena, Goto Moe, Shitao Miu, Shinozaki Ayana, Shimoaoki Karin, Suzuki Kurumi, Taguchi Manaka, Tanikawa Hijiri, Chiba Erii, Cho Kurena, Nishikawa Rei, Hitomi Kotone, Maeda Ayaka, Miyazaki Miho, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui, Yoshida Karen
"Shuuden no Yoru" Komiyama Team K (込山チームK) (23 Members) (Narumi Kuranoo Center)
Team K: Ichikawa Manami, Oda Erina, Kuranoo Narumi, Mako Kojima, Haruka Komiyama, Hinana Shimoguchi, Terada Misaki, Nakano Ikumi, Rena Nozawa, Hashimoto Haruna, Harumoto Yuki, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Nana Fujita, Minegishi Minami, Muto Orin, Tomu Muto, Mogi Shinobu, Yaguchi Moka, Yasuda Kana, Yamada Kyoka, Yamada Nanami, Yumoto Ami, Yokoyama Yui
"Atarashii Chime" Takahashi Team B (高橋チームB) (24 Members) (Kubo Satone Center)