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Uza (song)

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Genre
  
J-pop, Electro-pop

Label
  
You, Be Cool! / King

B-side
  
"Tsugi no Season" "Kodoku no Hoshizora" (Type-A) "Scrap & Build" (Type-K) "Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero" (Type-B) "Otona e no Michi" (Theater Edition)

Released
  
October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31) (Japan)

Format
  
CD single, digital download

Writer(s)
  
Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)

"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.

Contents

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.

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.

"Uza"

Center: Yūko Ōshima, Jurina Matsui.

  • 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. 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).

    References

    Uza (song) Wikipedia
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