Teacher Teacher (AKB48 song)

"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.

"Teacher Teacher"
Single by AKB48
B-side	"Romantic Junbichuu" "Shuuden no Yoru" "Atarashii Chime" "Neko Allergy" "Hachinosu Dance"
Released	May 30, 2018
Genre	J-pop Electropop
Length	4:29
Label	You, Be Cool! / King Genie Music Stone Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto Yuto Hinata Hirotaka Hayakawa Belex
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Jabaja" (2018) "Teacher Teacher" (2018) "Sentimental Train" (2018)

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.[1]

The single was released on May 30, 2018.[2] 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.[1]

Commercial performance

Teacher Teacher debuted atop the Oricon Singles Chart and atop Billboard Japan's Hot 100.[3][4]

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.[5] In June the single fell to number 3 with 153,29 additional copies sold.[6]

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).[7]

Teacher Teacher was the best-selling single of 2018 on Oricon.[8] The song placed at number 10 at Billboard Japan's Hot 100 Year End chart.[9] It also topped the Top Singles Sales Year End chart.[10]

Track listing

Type A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Teacher Teacher"	Yasushi Akimoto	Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
2.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (君は僕の風)	Akimoto	Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:59
3.	"Romantic Junbichuu" (ロマンティック準備中)	Akimoto	Marutani MANABU	Marutani MANABU	4:40
4.	"Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
5.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:58
6.	"Romantic Junbichuu" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Marutani MANABU	Marutani MANABU	4:40
Total length:					26:15

Type B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Teacher Teacher"	Yasushi Akimoto	Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
2.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (君は僕の風)	Akimoto	Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:59
3.	"Shuuden no Yoru" (終電の夜)	Akimoto	Marutani MANABU	Marutani MANABU	4:37
4.	"Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
5.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:58
6.	"Shuuden no Yoru" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Marutani MANABU	Marutani MANABU	4:36
Total length:					26:08

Type C

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Teacher Teacher"	Yasushi Akimoto	Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
2.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (君は僕の風)	Akimoto	Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:59
3.	"Atarashii Chime" (新しいチャイム)	Akimoto	Yamada Tomokazu	Wakatabe Makoto	4:25
4.	"Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
5.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:58
6.	"Atarashii Chime" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Yamada Tomokazu	Wakatabe Makoto	4:25
Total length:					25:45

Type D

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Teacher Teacher"	Yasushi Akimoto	Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
2.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (君は僕の風)	Akimoto	Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:59
3.	"Neko Allergy" (猫アレルギー)	Akimoto	Itagaki Yusuke	Itagaki Yusuke	4:49
4.	"Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
5.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:58
6.	"Neko Allergy" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Itagaki Yusuke	Itagaki Yusuke	4:49
Total length:					26:33

Theater Edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Teacher Teacher"	Yasushi Akimoto	Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
2.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (君は僕の風)	Akimoto	Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:59
3.	"Hachinosu Dance" (蜂の巣ダンス)	Akimoto			4:08
4.	"Teacher Teacher" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Hinata Yuto Hayakawa Hirotaka Belex	Belex Hayakawa Hirotaka	4:29
5.	"Kimi wa Boku no Kaze" (Off Vocal Ver.)		Toyama Daisuke	APAZZI	3:58
6.	"Hachinosu Dance" (Off Vocal Ver.)				4:08
Total length:					25:11

Notes[11]

• "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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)[3]	1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)[8]	1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[9]	10

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certifications
Japan	RIAJ	3× Million[12]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	May 30, 2018	CD digital download streaming	King Records (YOU BE COOL division)
Hong Kong, Taiwan			King Records
South Korea	October 5, 2018	digital download streaming	Stone Music Entertainment Genie Music King

JKT48 version

"Teacher Teacher"
Song by JKT48
from the album JOY KICK TEARS!
Language	Indonesian
Released	October 19, 2019
Genre	Indo pop
Length	4:28
Label	HITS Records, Dentsu Inter Admark, Universal Music Indonesia
Composer(s)	Belex Hirotaka Hayakawa
Lyricist(s)	Original Japanese lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto Indonesia lyrics:
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto

The song has been performed first in 2018 and released in late 2019. Teacher Teacher adopt the lyrics from Japanese and translated in Bahasa Indonesia. The song performed by JKT48's Team KIII with member Shania Gracia as center performer. Teacher Teacher included in the group fourth studio album with the name Joy Kick! Tears.[13]

Personnel

"Teacher Teacher" was recorded and performed by JKT48's Team KIII performer, consisting of: Shania Gracia (Center), Nabila Fitriana, Anastasya Narwastu Tety Handuran, Angelina Christy, Aninditha Rahma Cahyadi, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Gita Sekar Andarini, Helisma Putri, Jennifer Rachel Natasya, Kandiya Rafa Maulidita, Maria Genoveva Natalia Desy Purnamasari Gunawan, Mutiara Azzahra, Nurhayati, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Shani Indira Natio, Viviyona Apriani, Yessica Tamara.

References

1. "AKB48 Perform New Single 'Teacher Teacher' at First Headlining Show in Two Years". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
2. AKB48の「Teacher Teacher (Type A) - EP」をiTunesで (in Japanese), 2018-05-30, retrieved 2018-07-22
3. "2018年05月28日～2018年06月03日 オリコン週間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
4. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 | Charts | Billboard JAPAN". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
5. "2018年05月度 オリコン月間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
6. "2018年06月度 オリコン月間 シングルランキング". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
7. "「Teacher Teacher」がトリプルミリオンに！「だんご3兄弟」「世界に一つだけの花」に次ぐ史上3曲目". タダオトのブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-31.
8. "2018 Yearly Singles Ranking". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
9. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End | Charts". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-09.
10. "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End | Charts". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-09.
11. "AKB48 52nd Single「Teacher Teacher」Music Video公開＆収録内容決定！！ | AKB48 KING RECORDS official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-03.
12. "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会". www.riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
13. "JKT48アルバム 「Joy Kick! Tears」発売についてのお知らせ", JKT48 official site (in Japanese), retrieved 2020-07-22