Zettaiteki Dairokkan

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan"
Type-A CD cover
Single by Hinatazaka46
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2024 (2024-09-18)
GenreJ-pop
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
Lyricist(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Hinatazaka46 singles chronology
"Kimi wa Honeydew"
(2024) 		"Zettaiteki Dairokkan"
(2024) 		"Sotsugyō Shashin Dake ga Shitteru"
(2025)
Music video
"Zettaiteki Dairokkan" on YouTube
"Kimi o Oboetenai" on YouTube
"Yūhi Dance" on YouTube

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan" (Japanese: 絶対的第六感, lit. 'Absolute Sixth Sense') is the twelfth single by Japanese girl group Hinatazaka46, released on September 18, 2024, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It features Yōko Shōgenji and Kaho Fujishima as the first dual lead singer, or "double center", of a Hinatazaka46 title song. The single debuted atop the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with over 476,000 copies sold.[1]

Production and release

Costumes worn in the "Zettaiteki Dairokkan" music video by the front row members

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan" is the last single to feature Shiho Katō, Mei Higashimura, Akari Nibu, and Hiyori Hamagishi, as they were set to leave Hinatazaka46 after promotions for the single have concluded.[2] Katō performed her farewell song and third solo song as a member, "Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?", while Higashimura and Nibu performed the duet "Mōsō Cosmos".

The single was released on physical media in five editions, consisting of four special editions (Types A to D) and a regular edition.

Track listing

  1. "Zettaiteki Dairokkan"
  2. "Kimi o Oboetenai"[a]
  3. Different tracks on each edition:
    • Type-A: "Eien no Sophia"[b]
    • Type-B: "Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?"[c]
    • Type-C: "Mōsō Cosmos"[d]
    • Type-D: "Yuki ga Furu, Kokoro no Sekai ni"[e]
    • Regular: "Yūhi Dance"[f]
  4. "Zettaiteki Dairokkan" (off vocal ver.)
  5. "Kimi o Oboetenai" (off vocal ver.)
  6. Off-vocal versions of track 3

Personnel

"Zettaiteki Dairokkan"

Centers: Yōko Shōgenji and Kaho Fujishima[3]

  • 1st row: Shiho Katō, Yōko Shōgenji, Kaho Fujishima, Nao Kosaka
  • 2nd row: Konoka Matsuda, Mei Higashimura, Mirei Sasaki, Akari Nibu, Miku Kanemura
  • 3rd row: Suzuka Tomita, Hinano Kamimura, Hina Kawata, Miku Takahashi, Nanami Konishi

"Kimi o Oboetenai"

Center: Sumire Miyachi[3]

  • 1st row: Marie Morimoto, Sumire Miyachi, Hiyori Hamagishi
  • 2nd row: Honoka Hirao, Haruyo Yamaguchi, Rina Watanabe, Haruka Yamashita
  • 3rd row: Mitsuki Hiraoka, Mana Takase, Tamaki Ishizuka, Kirari Takeuchi

"Eien no Sophia"

Same as "Zettaiteki Dairokkan"[3]

"Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?"

Shiho Katō[3]

"Mōsō Cosmos"

Mei Higashimura, Akari Nibu[3]

"Yuki ga Furu, Kokoro no Sekai ni"

Same as "Kimi o Oboetenai"[3]

"Yūhi Dance"

Center: Rina Watanabe[3]

  • 1st row: Rio Shimizu, Rina Watanabe, Honoka Hirao
  • 2nd row: Sumire Miyachi, Tamaki Ishizuka, Kirari Takeuchi, Mitsuki Hiraoka
  • 3rd row: Yōko Shōgenji, Nanami Konishi, Haruka Yamashita, Kaho Fujishima

Charts

The single debuted atop the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with over 476,000 copies sold.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ 君を覚えてない, lit. 'I Don't Remember You'
  2. ^ 永遠のソフィア, Eien no Sofia, lit. 'Eternal Sophia'
  3. ^ どっちが先に言う？, lit. 'Who Will Say It First?'
  4. ^ 妄想コスモス, lit. 'Fantasy Cosmos'
  5. ^ 雪は降る　心の世界に, lit. 'Snow Falls in My Mindscape'
  6. ^ 夕陽Dance, lit. 'Sunset Dance'

References

  1. ^ a b "日向坂46、前作超えの初週売上47.6万枚で12作連続シングル1位【オリコンランキング】". ORICON NEWS. 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  2. ^ "日向坂46、卒業の4人ブログで心境明かす 加藤史帆「突然の発表でごめんなさい」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "FORMATION" (in Japanese). Hinatazaka46 Official Site. Retrieved June 4, 2024.