"Kaze wa Fuiteiru" (風は吹いている, "The Wind Is Blowing") is the 23rd single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released on October 26, 2011.
Release history and information
The title of the upcoming October single by AKB48 was first announced to 20,000 fans present at the handshake event held to celebrate the launch of the group's 22nd single, "Flying Get", at the Nagoya Dome on September 4.
The single was released in 5 versions: Type A Regular and Limited editions, Type B Regular and Limited editions, and a Theater Edition.
It was written with lyric meant to ease the pain of the tsunami victims from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as well as part of the large relief process to help out with restoration as the group has donated over 1.25 billion yen, and continue to hold monthly trip visit to tsunami areas to perform free concerts for the children and elderly in those areas.
Centers: Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima
Team A: Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
Under Girls
Center: Aika Ōta
Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Aika Ōta, Haruka Nakagawa, Ami Maeda
Team K: Ayaka Kikuchi, Reina Fujie
Team B: Haruka Ishida, Mika Komori, Sumire Satō, Miho Miyazaki
Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Suzuran Yamauchi
Kenkyūsei: Rena Katō
SKE48 Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
NMB48 Kenkyūsei: Eriko Jō
Under Girls Baragumi
Team A: Shizuka Ōya, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Natsumi Matsubara
Team K: Mayumi Uchida, Miku Tanabe, Tomomi Nakatsuka, Misato Nonaka, Rumi Yonezawa
Team B: Kana Kobayashi, Shihori Suzuki, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima
Team 4: Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Shiori Nakamata, Mariya Nagao
Under Girls Yurigumi
Center: Ayaka Umeda
Team A: Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Ayaka Umeda, Moeno Nitō, Sakiko Matsui
Team B: Amina Satō, Natsuki Satō, Yuka Masuda
Team 4: Mariko Nakamura
Team4+Kenkyūsei
Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Shiori Nakamata, Mariko Nakamura, Mariya Nagao, Suzuran Yamauchi
Kenkyūsei: Rina Izuta, Karen Iwata, Miyu Ōmori, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Natsuki Kojima, Marina Kobayashi, Erena Saeed Yokota, Yukari Sasaki, Rika Suzuki, Juri Takahashi, Yūka Tadano, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita, Tomu Mutō, Ayaka Morikawa
