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"Kaze wa Fuite Iru"
Single by AKB48
from the album 1830m
B-side	"Kimi no Senaka" "Vamos" (Type A) "Gondola Lift" (Type B) "Tsubomitachi" (Theater Edition)
Released	October 26, 2011 (2011-10-26) (Japan)
Recorded	2011
Genre	J-pop folk rock
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"Flying Get" (2011) "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" (2011) "Ue kara Mariko" (2011)
Music videos
Kaze wa Fuite Iru (Dance! Dance! Dance! Ver.) on YouTube
Kimi no Senaka (preview) on YouTube

"Kaze wa Fuite Iru" or "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.

Track listing

Type A

Type B

Theater Edition

Members

"Kaze wa Fuite Iru"

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

"Kimi no Senaka"

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

"Vamos"

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

"Gondola Lift"

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

"Tsubomitachi"

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 Tano, Wakana Natori, Rina Hirata, Nana Fujita, Tomu Muto, Ayaka Morikawa

Chart performance

Oricon Charts

Billboard Japan

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

Other major charts outside Japan

Region	Chart	Peak position
Taiwan	G-music Combo Chart	15
Spain	Los 40 Principales España (Spanish Top 40)	Unknown (November 12, 2011)

JKT48 version

A version of the song was released by the Indonesian idol group JKT48 as their 8th single. It was released on 24 December 2014.

References

1. ＡＫＢ次のシングルは「風は吹いている」. Daily Sports (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
2. ＡＫＢ４８次作新曲タイトルは「風は吹いている」. SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2011-09-05. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
3. ＡＫＢ次曲「風は吹いている」 １０・２６発売. The Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Chunichi Shimbun. 2011-09-05. Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
4. "AKB48、10月発売の新曲タイトル発表 2万人のファン喝采". Melos no michi. Melos no Michi. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
5. "AKB48's discography" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
6. "AKB48's post-quake support song sells 1 million on the first day". Anime News Network. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
7. "AKB48's Dareka no Tame ni project donated over 1.25 billion yen". Melos no Michi. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
8. "AKB48、2作連続"初日ミリオン" 初日売上歴代最高の104.6万枚" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
9. "【オリコン】史上初！AKB48が3作連続初週ミリオン 歴代シングル初週売上TOP3独占" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
10. "g-music combo chart". Archived from the original on 2011-11-02.
11. "The Announcements from Kokopla's HS Festival". JKT48 Stuff. 8 December 2014.
12. Triyanisya (24 December 2014). "Ini Dia Singel ke-8 dari JKT48, "Angin sedang Berhembus"". Medcom.id (in Indonesian). Media Group. Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Metrotvnews.com.

External links

• "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the King Records website (in Japanese)
• "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" Type A profile at the Oricon website (in Japanese)

• 2011 singles
• AKB48 songs
• Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
• Songs about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles
• Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
• RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles
• King Records (Japan) singles