"Sustainable" (, Sasutenaburu) is the 56th single by Japanese idol group AKB48. It was released in Japan by King Records on September 18, 2019, in seven versions. It debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100, with over 1.6 million copies sold in Japan in its first week, making it the highest weekly sales of the year. It was the best-selling single of 2019 in Japan. The lead performer for the main track is Moeka Yahagi, and this is also her last single as well.
This single is released in four physical different version, Type A, Type B, Type C and Theater Edition.
Commercial performance "Sustainable" is the 43rd consecutive single by AKB48 to debut at number one. It is AKB48's first single of the Reiwa period and first release in six months.
Personnel "Sustainable"
(19 members, Moeka Yahagi center) Team A: Mion Mukaichi, Yui Yokoyama Team K: Tomu Muto, Moeka Yahagi Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi Team 4: Nana Okada, Yuiri Murayama Team 8: Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Narumi Kuranoo, Nagisa Sakaguchi SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui Team E: Akari Suda NMB48 Team N: Akari Yoshida Team M: Miru Shiroma HKT48 Team H: Miku Tanaka NGT48 1st Generation: Hinata Homma STU48: Chiho Ishida, Yumiko Takino
"Sukida Sukida Sukida" Team 8's song. (16 members, Yui Oguri center) Team 8: Hatsuka Utada, Nao Ota, Momoka Onishi, Rin Okabe, Yui Oguri, Erina Oda, Narumi Kuranoo, Yurina Gyoten, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Akari Sato, Nanami Sato, Miu Shitao, Serika Nagano, Yui Yokoyama, Nanase Yoshikawa, Airi Rissen
"Seishun Da Capo" AKB48 Coupling Senbatsu. (16 members, Nanami Asai center) Team A: Rena Kato, Kurumi Suzuki, Manaka Taguchi, Erii Chiba, Rei Nishikawa, Ayaka Maeda, Suzuha Yamane Team K: Haruka Komiyama Team B: Saho Iwatate, Satone Kubo, Yukari Sasaki, Megu Tanniguchi, Yui Hiwatashi, Seina Fukuoka Team 4: Nanami Asai, Kaori Inagaki
"Monica, Yoake Da" 48 Group NEXT12. (12 members, Mizuki Yamauchi & Cocona Umeyama centers) Team B: Maho Omori Team 4; Mizuki Yamauchi SKE48 Team E: Kaho Sato, Oka Suenaga NMB48 Team BII: Cocona Umeyama, Ayaka Yamamoto HKT48 Team KIV: Hirona Unjo Team TII: Hinata Matsumoto NGT48 1st Generation: Moeka Takakura Kenkyuusei: Saaya Kawagoe STU48: Mitsuki Imamura, Hina Iwata
"Nagareboshi ni Nani wo Negaeba Ii no Darou" Soukantoku to Captains. (5 members, Mion Mukaichi center) Team A: Mion Mukaichi Team K: Haruka Komiyama Team B: Saho Iwatate Team 4: Yuiri Murayama Team 8: Rin Okabe
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peakposition Japan (Japan Hot 100) 1 Japan (Oricon) 1
Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Japan (Oricon) 1
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