Mae shika Mukanee

"Mae shika Mukanee" (前しか向かねえ, "I Only Look Forward") is the 35th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2014, by King Records. This single was first performed at AKB48's "AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014" concert. This is Yuko Oshima's last senbatsu participation in AKB48. The single reached number one on Oricon and Billboard's weekly charts, and placed third overall in Oricon's year-end chart with 1,153,906 copies.

Promotion and release

"Mae shika Mukanee", was first revealed to the public on January 24, 2014 at AKB48's "AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014 (Part 1)" concert at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. The title track's center performer is Yuko Oshima, and it is also her final senbatsu participation with AKB48. This also served as Ayaka Kikuchi (singer) and Misato Nonaka’s final single with the group. The members who participated in this song have participated in the group's previous song "Heart Electric". New participants include Mako Kojima and Akari Suda, and it is Kojima's first participation on an AKB48 title track. and Suda's first Senbatsu participation since Koisuru Fortune Cookie a year ago.

The lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto.

The single was released in four types; Type A (Normal / Limited Edition), Type B (Normal / Limited Edition), Type C (Normal / Limited Edition), and Theater Edition. The supporting tracks on the single are done by various subgroups: "Smiling Lions", "Beauty Giraffes", "Baby Elephants", and "Talking Chimpanzees".

The full version of the music video lasts more than 20 minutes, and it wasn't released on YouTube; instead, an edited version of MV only with the performance of the entire song has been published.

This song is performed in the last episode of variety show AKBingo! on September 24, 2019.

Track list

Type A

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto

CD
No.	Title	Music	Sub-unit	Length
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (前しか向かねえ, "I Only Look Forward")	Yasuyuki Kojo, Yusuke Itagaki		4:17
2.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki" (昨日よりもっと好き, "I Love You More Than I Did Yesterday")	Makoto Wakatabe	Smiling Lions
3.	"Kimi no Uso o Shitteita" (君の嘘を知っていた, "I Know You Lied")		Beauty Giraffes
4.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (off vocal ver.)			4:17
5.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki" (off vocal ver.)
6.	"Kimi no Uso o Shitteita" (off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Director
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Naoto Kumazawa
2.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (Dance ver.)
3.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"
4.	"Kimi no Uso o Shitteita"
5.	"Nakamari-Channel" (Video about Mariko Nakamura)

Type B

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto

CD
No.	Title	Music	Sub-unit	Length
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Kojo, Itagaki		4:17
2.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"	Wakatabe	Smiling Lions
3.	"Himitsu no Diary" (秘密のダイアリー "The Secret Diary")	Hiroki Sasaki	Baby Elephants
4.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (off vocal ver.)			4:17
5.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki" (off vocal ver.)
6.	"Himitsu no Diary" (off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Director
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Naoto Kumazawa
2.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (Dance ver.)	Kumazawa
3.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"	Wataru Saito
4.	"Himitsu no Diary"	Takatoshi Tsuchiya
5.	"Rina Hirata London Report"	Taizo Hayashi

Type C

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto

CD
No.	Title	Music	Sub-unit	Length
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Kojo, Itagaki		4:17
2.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"		Smiling Lions
3.	"Konjo" (KONJO)		Talking Chimpanzees
4.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (off vocal ver.)			4:17
5.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki" (off vocal ver.)
6.	"Konjo" (off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Director
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Naoto Kumazawa
2.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (Dance ver.)
3.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"
4.	"Kimi no Uso o Shitteita"
5.	"Konjo"
6.	"Tentōmu Chu! in Hawaii"

Theater edition

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto

CD
No.	Title	Music	Sub-unit	Length
1.	"Mae shika Mukanee"	Kojo, Itagaki		4:17
2.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki"		Smiling Lions
3.	"Koi to ka..." (恋とか…, "Love Is...")
4.	"Mae shika Mukanee" (off vocal ver.)			4:17
5.	"Kinō yori Motto Suki" (off vocal ver.)
6.	"Koi to ka..." (off vocal ver.)

Personnel

"Mae Shika Mukanee" All Stars

source: Center : Yuko Oshima

AKB48 Team A: Rina Kawaei, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama, Mayu Watanabe
AKB48 Team K: Yuko Oshima
AKB48 Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki
AKB48 Team 4: Mako Kojima, Minami Minegishi
SKE48 Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
SKE48 Team KII: Akari Suda
SKE48 Team E: Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
NMB48 Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
HKT48 Team H: Rino Sashihara

"Kinou Yori Motto Suki" Smiling Lions

source:

AKB48 Team A: Anna Iriyama
AKB48 Team B: Rena Kato
AKB48 Team 4: Nana Okada, Miki Nishino
AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Nana Owada (Center)
SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki
SKE48 Team E: Kanon Kimoto
SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Ryoha Kitagawa
NMB48 Team N: Miru Shiroma
NMB48 Team M / AKB48 Team A: Fuuko Yagura
NMB48 Team BII: Shu Yabushita
NMB48 Kenkyuusei: Nagisa Shibuya
HKT48 Team H: Sakura Miyawaki
HKT48 Team H / AKB48 Team A: Haruka Kodama
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga

“Kimi no Uso wo Shitteita” Beauty Giraffes

Team A: Ayaka Kikuchi, Sumire Sato

Team K: Maria Abe, Rie Kitahara, Asuka Kuramochi, Shihori Suzuki, Nana Fujita, Tomu Muto, Ami Maeda, Mariya Nagao (Center)

Team B: Reina Fujie

Team 4: Mitsuki Maeda, Shinobu Mogi

SKE48 Team E / AKB48 Team K: Nao Furuhata

NMB48 Team N: Kei Jonishi, Akari Yoshida

HKT48 Team H: Natsumi Matsuoka, Madoka Moriyasu

JKT48 Team J / AKB48 Team B: Aki Takajo

"Himitsu no Diary" Baby Elephants

source:

AKB48 Team A: Ryoka Oshima, Marina Kobayashi, Yukari Sasaki, Juri Takahashi (center), Yūka Tano
AKB48 Team B: Miyuu Omori, Miyu Takeuchi
AKB48 Team B / NMB48 Team N: Miori Ichikawa
AKB48 Team 4: Moe Aigasa, Ayana Shinozaki, Yuiri Murayama
AKB48 Kenkyuusei: Mion Mukaichi
SKE48 Team KII: Mizuho Yamada
SKE48 Team E: Rion Azuma
NMB48 Team N: Rina Kondo
NMB48 Team BII: Yuuri Ota
HKT48 Team H: Chihiro Anai, Aika Ota, Aoi Motomura
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Yuka Akiyoshi, Nako Yabuki

“KONJO” Talking Chimpanzees

Team A: Karen Iwata
Team K: Haruka Shimada
Team B: Ayaka Umeda, Suzuran Yamauchi, Misaki Iwasa, Mina Oba, Mariko Nakamura (Center), Shizuka Oya
Team 4: Saho Iwatate, Yurina Takashima,
SKE48 Team KII: Aya Shibata, Akane Takayanagi, Airi Furukawa
SKE48 Kenkyuusei: Kaori Matsumura
NMB48 Team N: Mayu Ogasawara, Riho Miaki
NMB48 Team M: Nana Yamada
HKT48 Team H: Chiyori Nakanishi, Anna Murashige
HKT48 Kenkyuusei: Marika Tani

"Koi to ka..."

(28 Members)

Team A: Rina Izuta, Matsui Sakiko, Ayaka Morikawa
Team K: Mayumi Uchida, Kana Kobayashi, Rina Chikano, Chisato Nakata, Miyazaki Miho
Team B: Haruka Ishida, Haruka Katayama, Natsuki Kojima, Miku Tanabe, Wakana Natori, Misato Nonaka
Team 4: Natsuki Uchiyama, Ayano Umeta, Ayaka Okada, Saki Kitazawa, Hashimoto Hikari
Kenkyuusei: Ichikawa Manami, Okawa Rio, Haruka Komiyama, Kiara Sato, Tatsuya Makiho, Mizuki Tsuchiyasu, Seina Fukuoka, Ami Yumoto
SNH48 Team SII / AKB48 Team A: Mariya Suzuki

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1
Billboard Japan Hot 100	1

JKT48 version

"Mae Shika Mukanee -Always Looking Straight Ahead/Hanya Lihat Ke Depan-"

Single by JKT48

B-side

Dakishimechaikenai
Kataomoi Finally
Migi e Magare!
Hashire! Penguin (Regular Edition)

Released

June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)

Genre

Pop Punk, Pop Rock

Label

Hits

JKT48 singles chronology

"Beginner"
(2016)

"Mae Shika Mukanee -Always Looking Straight Ahead/Hanya Lihat Ke Depan-"
(2016)

"Love Trip"
(2016)

An Indonesian version of the song, "Mae Shika Mukanee -Hanya Lihat Ke Depan-", was released on June 1, 2016 by AKB48's sister group JKT48.

Release

The single has two versions: Regular Edition (CD+DVD) and Music Download Card. First Senbatsu of Dwi Putri Bonita, Dena Siti Rohyati and Shania Senbatsu and Undergirls decided from JKT48 13th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo Ravenska Mamesah's last single.

Track listing

Regular Edition

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Mae Shika Mukanee -Always Looking Straight Ahead-"	Yasushi Akimoto
2.	"Dakishimechaikenai"
3.	"Kataomoi Finally"
4.	"Migi e Magare!"
5.	"Hashire! Penguin"
6.	"Always Looking Straight Ahead"

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mae Shika Mukanee -Always Looking Straight Ahead- Music Video"
2.	"Dakishimechaikenai Music Video"

Music Card

Download
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Mae Shika Mukanee -Always Looking Straight Ahead-"	Yasushi Akimoto
2.	"Dakishimechaikenai"
3.	"Always Looking Straight Ahead"

JKT48 Personnel

Center: Jessica Veranda

Team J: Dena Siti Rohyati, Gabriela Margareth Warouw, Ghaida Farisya, Jessica Veranda, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, Shania Junianatha, Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth
Team KIII: Chikano Rina, Cindy Yuvia, Devi Kinal Putri, Dwi Putri Bonita, Priscillia Sari Dewi
Team T: Michelle Christo Kusnadi, Nakagawa Haruka, Shania Gracia

Dakishimechaikenai

Center: Sinka Juliani

Team J: Ayana Shahab, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Jessica Vania, Shinta Naomi, Sendy Ariani
Team KIII: Della Delila, Nadila Cindi Wantari, Natalia, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Riskha Fairunissa, Saktia Oktapyani, Sinka Juliani, Viviyona Apriani
Team T: Nadhifa Salsabila, Ni Made Ayu Vania Aurellia, Shani Indira Natio

Kataomoi Finally

Center: Melody Nurramdhani Laksani

Team J: Ayana Shahab, Beby Chaesara Anadila, Dena Siti Rohyati, Frieska Anastasia Laksani, Gabriela Margareth Warouw, Ghaida Farisya, Jennifer Rachel Natasya, Jessica Vania, Jessica Veranda, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Nabilah Ratna Ayu Azalia, Rezky Wiranti Dhike, Sendy Ariani, Shania Junianatha, Shinta Naomi, Sonia Natalia, Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth

Migi e Magare!

Center: Cindy Yuvia

Team KIII: Alicia Chanzia, Cindy Yuvia, Della Delila, Devi Kinal Putri, Dwi Putri Bonita, Fakhriyani Shafariyanti, Jennifer Hanna, Lidya Maulida Djuhandar, Nadila Cindi Wantari, Natalia, Priscillia Sari Dewi, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Chikano Rina, Riskha Fairunissa, Rona Anggreani, Saktia Oktapyani, Sinka Juliani, Viviyona Apriani

Hashire! Penguin

Center: Michelle Christo Kusnadi

Team T: Amanda Dwi Arista, Aninditha Rahma Cahyadi, Ayu Safira Oktaviani, Chikita Ravenska Mamesah, Feni Fitriyanti, Fransisca Saraswati Puspa Dewi, Nakagawa Haruka, Maria Genoveva Natalia Desy Purnamasari Gunawan, Michelle Christo Kusnadi, Nadhifa Salsabila, Ni Made Ayu Vania Aurellia, Shani Indira Natio, Shania Gracia, Stephanie Pricilla Indarto Putri, Syahfira Angela Nurhaliza, Yansen Indiani

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v t e AKB48 singles
Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007	"Sakura no Hanabiratachi" "Skirt, Hirari" "Aitakatta" "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" "Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō" "Bingo!" "Boku no Taiyō" "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" "Romance, Irane" "Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
Kamikyokutachi	"Ōgoe Diamond" "10nen Sakura" "Namida Surprise!" "Iiwake Maybe" "River" "Sakura no Shiori"
Koko ni Ita Koto	"Ponytail to Shushu" "Heavy Rotation" "Beginner" "Chance no Junban"
1830m	"Sakura no Ki ni Narō" "Everyday, Katyusha" "Flying Get" "Kaze wa Fuite Iru" "Ue kara Mariko" "Give Me Five!"
Tsugi no Ashiato	"Manatsu no Sounds Good!" "Gingham Check" "Uza" "Eien Pressure" "So Long!" "Sayonara Crawl" "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!	"Heart Electric" "Suzukake Nanchara" "Mae shika Mukanee" "Labrador Retriever" "Kokoro no Placard" "Kibōteki Refrain"
0 to 1 no Aida	"Green Flash" "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" "Halloween Night"
Thumbnail	"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" "Kimi wa Melody" "Tsubasa wa Iranai" "Love Trip / Shiawase o Wakenasai" "High Tension"
Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shitteiru	"Shoot Sign" "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" "#Sukinanda" "11gatsu no Anklet"
Non-album singles	"Jabaja" "Teacher Teacher" "Sentimental Train" "No Way Man" "Jiwaru Days" "Sustainable" "Shitsuren, Arigatō" "Nemohamo Rumor" "Motokare Desu" "Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss" "Dōshitemo Kimi ga Suki da" "Idol Nanka Janakattara" "Colorcon Wink"
Other singles	"Kibō ni Tsuite" "Idol wa Ooh-Nya-Nya no Ken" "Nekkoya (Pick Me)"
Other songs	"Sugar Rush" "Hanarete Ite mo"
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SKE48

Members

Team S	Hinano Aoumi Kimie Akahori Himeka Arano Yuzuki Ishiguro Mizuki Ishizuka Ruka Inoue Ayuka Kamimura Yoshino Kitagawa Mikuru Kito Marin Sakamoto Anan Sugiyama Rika Tsuzuki Miyu Nakasaka (Co-Leader) Izumi Nakamura Miyo Nomura (Leader) Chikako Matsumoto
Team KII	Rika Aoki (Co-Leader) Yuki Arai Miki Ito Sayaka Iriuchijima Ayaka Ōta (Leader) Ayaka Okamoto Ena Suzuki Airi Nakano Mio Nishii Fuyuka Fujimoto Airi Mizuno
Team E	Honoka Aikawa (Co-Leader) Yūka Asai Kaede Ikeda Reona Ida Natsuki Kamata (SKE48 Captain) Haruka Kumazaki Ami Kurashima Makiko Saitō Kaho Satō (Leader) Kanon Sawada Ōka Suenaga Maya Sugawara Mizuki Tanabe
Trainee Members	Anzu Omura Kyoka Shinohara Riina Sugimoto Yune Hara Kurumi Morimoto Sakura Yamamura
Former Members	Eiko Maeda Rie Kitahara Yuria Kizaki Sawako Hata Aki Deguchi Airi Furukawa Momona Kitō Nana Yamada Miyuki Watanabe Rena Matsui Sae Miyazawa Ami Miyamae Aya Shibata Rion Azuma Kanon Kimoto Sumire Satō Kaori Matsumura Ryōha Kitagawa Akane Takayanagi Jurina Matsui Suzuran Yamauchi Mina Ōba Nao Furuhata Akari Suda Yuna Ego Nanami Takeuchi Marika Tani Nao Fukushi Ruka Kitano Yūki Takahata Mirei Hayashi Shiori Aoki

Albums

Singles

Participation singles

"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Eien Pressure"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Green Flash"
"Kimi wa Melody"
"Shoot Sign"

Related groups

NMB48

Notable members

Current	Nagisa Shibuya
Former	Yuki Kashiwagi Anna Murashige Nana Yamada Akane Takayanagi Yui Yokoyama Riho Kotani Ayaka Umeda Miyuki Watanabe Rika Kishino Reina Fujie Kei Jonishi Shu Yabushita Emika Kamieda Miori Ichikawa Fuuko Yagura Sayaka Yamamoto Airi Tanigawa Akari Yoshida Sae Murase Miru Shiroma Yuuka Kato

Studio albums

Singles

Participation singles

"Gingham Check"
"Eien Pressure"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Green Flash"
"Kimi wa Melody"
"Shoot Sign"
"Jabaja"

HKT48

Members

Team H	Yuka Akiyoshi (Captain) Yueru Ito Rina Kuriyama Miku Tanaka Aki Toyonaga Wakana Murakami Akari Watanabe
Team KIV	Ibuki Ishibashi Airi Ichimura Hirona Unjo Hijiri Kawahira Kurumi Takemoto Iori Tanaka Nene Jitoe Miyabi Nagano Sayaka Baba Mai Fuchigami Aoi Motomura (Captain)
Team TII	Misaki Aramaki Maria Imamura Ayaka Oda Sae Kurihara Hinano Goto Moeka Sakai Erena Sakamoto Rio Shimizu Tomoka Takeda Hana Matsuoka Yuna Yamauchi Emiri Yamashita (Captain)
Trainee	Rina Ikuno Miyu Izawa Yuina Ishimatsu Hanna Ihara Kokoha Eguchi Rinka Ouchi Risaki Oba Yuna Kawashima Hiiro Kitagawa Mina Shibui Kokoro Tachibana Karen Fukui Kokoha Fujino Urara Matsumoto Nanaka Mogami Saaya Morisaki Hina Yasui Reia Yanase
Notable Former Members	Sakura Miyawaki Chihiro Anai Kanon Kimoto Chiyori Nakanishi (Transferred to AKB48) Marika Tani (Transferred to SKE48) Aika Ota Rino Sashihara Haruka Kodama Meru Tashima Mio Tomonaga Anna Murashige Nako Yabuki

Studio Albums

092
Outstanding

Singles

Participation singles

"Eien Pressure"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Green Flash"
"Kimi wa Melody"
"Shoot Sign"
"Jabaja"

Related groups

Yasushi Akimoto
AKS
Mercury
Universal Music Group
- Universal Sigma

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