"Hashire! Bicycle" (Japanese: 走れ! Bicycle, "Run! Bicycle") is the third single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46,[1] released on August 22, 2012. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3] The coupling song "Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka?" was used as an official theme song for 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4]

"Hashire! Bicycle"
Regular edition cover
Regular edition cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side
  • "Sekkachi na Katatsumuri"
  • "Namida ga Mada Kanashimi Datta Koro" (Type-A)
  • "Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka?" (Type-B)
  • "Oto ga Denai Guitar" (Type-C)
  • "Kairyuu no Shimayo" (Regular)
ReleasedAugust 22, 2012 (2012-08-22)
GenreJ-pop
Length3:42
LabelN46Div.
Songwriter(s)
  • Shusui
  • Katsuhiko Yamamoto
  • Akira Sunset
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Oide Shampoo"
(2012)
"Hashire! Bicycle"
(2012)
"Seifuku no Mannequin"
(2012)

Release edit

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.[5]

Track listing edit

Type-A edit

CD[6][7]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle" (走れ! Bicycle)3:42
2."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri" (せっかちなかたつむり)5:07
3."Namida ga Mada Kanashimi Datta Koro" (涙がまだ悲しみだった頃)4:20
4."Hashire! Bicycle off vocal ver." (走れ! Bicycle off vocal ver.)3:42
5."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri off vocal ver." (せっかちなかたつむり off vocal ver.)5:07
6."Namida ga Mada Kanashimi Datta Koro off vocal ver." (涙がまだ悲しみだった頃 off vocal ver.)4:19
DVD[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle Music Video" 
2."Namida ga Mada Kanashimi Datta Koro Music Video" 
3."Rina Ikoma × Yūka Katsuki" 
4."Nene Itō × Yūichirō Satō" 
5."Sayuri Inoue × Maywa Denki" 
6."Yumiko Iwase × Takeju Kitajima" 
7."Hina Kawago × Atsushi Yamada" 
8."Yūri Saitō × Kenji Shimada" 
9."Seira Nagashima × Kazuya Murayama" 
10."Hina Higuchi × Hiroshū" 
11."Minami Hoshino × Izuru Kumasaka" 
12."Sayuri Matsumura × Takuya Tada" 
13."Yumi Wakatsuki × Yūki Aoyama" 

Type-B edit

CD[8][9]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle" (走れ! Bicycle)3:42
2."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri" (せっかちなかたつむり)5:06
3."Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka?" (人はなぜ走るのか?)5:05
4."Hashire! Bicycle off vocal ver." (走れ! Bicycle off vocal ver.)3:42
5."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri off vocal ver." (せっかちなかたつむり off vocal ver.)5:06
6."Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka? off vocal ver." (人はなぜ走るのか? off vocal ver.)4:51
DVD[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle Music Video" 
2."Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka? Music Video" 
3."Mikumo Andō × Norihito Nakayashiki" 
4."Rena Ichiki × Keiichirō Hirano" 
5."Yukina Kashiwa × Asao Inoue" 
6."Asuka Saitō × Kenji Hiroike" 
7."Kazumi Takayama × Ryō Morita" 
8."Nanase Nishino × Taikō Nakamura" 
9."Nanami Hashimoto × Shigeki Kaneko" 
10."Seira Hatanaka × Yutaka Mizuochi" 
11."Mai Fukagawa × JA Kitasorachi" 
12."Rina Yamato × Taishi Mizumoto" 
13."Maaya Wada × Sayuki Inoue" 

Type-C edit

CD[10][11]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle" (走れ! Bicycle)3:42
2."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri" (せっかちなかたつむり)5:06
3."Oto ga Denai Guitar" (音が出ないギター)5:05
4."Hashire! Bicycle off vocal ver." (走れ! Bicycle off vocal ver.)3:42
5."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri off vocal ver." (せっかちなかたつむり off vocal ver.)5:06
6."Oto ga Denai Guitar off vocal ver." (音が出ないギター off vocal ver.)4:51
DVD[10]
No.TitleLength
1."Hashire! Bicycle Music Video" 
2."Oto ga Denai Guitar Music Video" 
3."Erika Ikuta × Eiki Takahashi" 
4."Marika Itō × Kenji Maruyama" 
5."Misa Etō × Ban Kugimiya" 
6."Mahiro Kawamura × Tomokazu Yamada" 
7."Chiharu Saitō × Keita Ikeda" 
8."Reika Sakurai × Akira Okimura" 
9."Mai Shiraishi × Hiroyuki Uchimura" 
10."Kana Nakada × Hideaki Fukui" 
11."Himeka Nakamoto × Dankan" 
12."Ami Nōjō × Ritsu Wada" 
13."Seira Miyazawa × Kimika Onai" 

Regular Edition edit

CD[12][13]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Hashire! Bicycle" (走れ! Bicycle)Yasushi AkimotoShusui, Ryo ito, Atsushi Kimura, her0ismRina Ikoma, et cetera3:42
2."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri" (せっかちなかたつむり)Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhiko YamamotoSayuri Matsumura, et cetera5:06
3."Kairyuu no Shimayo" (海流の島よ)Yasushi AkimotoAkira SunsetAsuka Saitō, et cetera4:02
4."Hashire! Bicycle off vocal ver." (走れ! Bicycle off vocal ver.) Shusui, Ryo ito, Atsushi Kimura, her0ism 3:42
5."Sekkachi na Katatsumuri off vocal ver." (せっかちなかたつむり off vocal ver.) Katsuhiko Yamamoto 5:06
6."Kairyuu no Shimayo off vocal ver." (海流の島よ off vocal ver.) Akira Sunset 4:01

Chart and certifications edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sujin (30 July 2012). "More info on Nogizaka46's 3rd single "Hashire! Bicycle"". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ^ "2012年08月20日~2012年08月26日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2012年09月03日付)". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2012/09/03". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ 乃木坂46新曲がU-20女子W杯オフィシャルソング起用 (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. ^ 乃木坂46・生駒里奈、5作連続センター時代は「バッシングの嵐」「傷ついた」. mynavi.jp (in Japanese). February 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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  7. ^ 走れ!bicycle type-A (Sony Music Records): 2012 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. ^ a b Nogizaka46 2012b.
  9. ^ 走れ!bicycle type-B (Sony Music Records): 2012 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  10. ^ a b Nogizaka46 2012c.
  11. ^ 走れ!bicycle type-C (Sony Music Records): 2012 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  12. ^ Nogizaka46 2012r.
  13. ^ 走れ!bicycle (Sony Music Records): 2012 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  14. ^ 【オリコン】乃木坂46、自己最高18.7万枚で首位. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon ME. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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  16. ^ オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2012年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  17. ^ ゴールドディスク認定 2012年8月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading edit

  • Nogizaka46 (22 August 2012a). Hashire! Bicycle (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B008CQCBO2. SRCL-8058/8059.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 August 2012b). Hashire! Bicycle (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B008CQCAUC. SRCL-8060/8061.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 August 2012c). Hashire! Bicycle (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B008CQCA6Q. SRCL-8062/8063.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (22 August 2012r). Hashire! Bicycle (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B008CQCCGO. SRCL-8064.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links edit