Inochi wa Utsukushii

"Inochi wa Utsukushii"
	Cover of Type-A edition.
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Sorezore no Isu
B-side	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance"; "Tachinaori Chū" (Type-A); "Gomen ne Zutto..." (Type-B); "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (Type-C); "Border" (Regular);
Released	March 18, 2015 (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	5:17
Label	N46Div.
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto, Hiroki Sagawa
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology

"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (Japanese: 命は美しい, "Life is beautiful") is the 11th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on March 18, 2015. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart,[1] and as of May 25, 2015 (issue date), has sold 605,529 copies.[2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Release

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. Type-C includes the undergroup member's song. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Nanase Nishino.[4]

Track listing

Type-A

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto[5].

CD[5][6]
No.	Title	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
2.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
3.	"Tachinaori Chū" (立ち直り中)	Takashi Fukuda	TATOO	4:44
4.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
5.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
6.	"Tachinaori Chū (off vocal ver.)" (立ち直り中 off vocal ver.)	Takashi Fukuda	TATOO	4:42
Total length:				29:52

DVD[5]
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"	Tsuyoshi Inoue	5:41
2.	"Tachinaori Chū (music video)"	Hiroaki Yuasa	10:11
3.	"Rina Ikoma & Marika Ito"	Eiki Takahashi	8:32
4.	"Misa Eto & Reika Sakurai"	Rikiya Imaizumi	5:58
5.	"Hina Kawago & Chiharu Saito"	Renki Yamasaki	5:46
6.	"Mahiro Kawamura & Iori Sagara"	Yoshinori Asao	8:13
7.	"Kazumi Takayama & Ami Noujou"	Nozomu Nakajima	6:27
8.	"Nanase Nishino & Yumi Wakatsuki"	Hiroaki Yuasa	8:42
Total length:			59:22

Type-B

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto[7].

CD[7][8]
No.	Title	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
2.	Untitled (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
3.	"Gomen ne Zutto..." (ごめんねずっと…)	Tomokazu Yamada	Shouhei Sumiya	5:31
4.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
5.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
6.	"Gomen ne Zutto... (off vocal ver.)" (ごめんねずっと… off vocal ver.)	Tomokazu Yamada	Shouhei Sumiya	5:28
Total length:				31:25

DVD[7]
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"	Tsuyoshi Inoue	5:41
2.	"Gomen ne Zutto... (music video)"	Yuki Yamato	7:26
3.	"Karin Ito & Hina Higuchi"	Kazuhiko Ito
4.	"Sayuri Inoue & Yuuri Saito"	Yusuke Koroyasu
5.	"Asuka Saito & Minami Hoshino"	Aya Maeda
6.	"Mai Shiraishi & Nanami Hashimoto"	Kazuma Ikeda
7.	"Mai Shinuchi & Mai Fukagawa"	Taikou Nakamura

Type-C

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto[9].

CD[9][10]
No.	Title	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
2.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
3.	"Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな)	Akira Sunset, ha-j	Akira Sunset, ha-j	5:06
4.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
5.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
6.	"Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (off vocal ver.)" (君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな off vocal ver.)	Akira Sunset, ha-j	Akira Sunset, ha-j	5:03
Total length:				30:35

DVD[9]
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (music video)"	Tsuyoshi Inoue	5:41
2.	"Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana (music video)"	Yamada Atsuhiro	5:10
3.	"Manatsu Akimoto & Himeka Nakamoto"	Hideaki Nakagawa, Yutaka Mizuochi, Naoya Ogata
4.	"Erika Ikuta & Sayuri Matsumura"	Shigeru Tsukita, Atuhiko Yamamoto, Shibatani Mai
5.	"Hinako Kitano & Maaya Wada"	Kazuhisa Anai
6.	"Kana Nakada & Seira Nagashima"	Takahashi Akihiro
7.	"Miona Hori & Rena Matsui"	Santa Yamagishi
8.	"Trainee"	Shujin Ito

Regular

All lyrics are written by Yasushi Akimoto.

CD[11][12]
No.	Title	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii" (命は美しい)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
2.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
3.	"Border" (ボーダー)	Tomohiro Nakatsuchi	Tomohiro Nakatsuchi	4:39
4.	"Inochi wa Utsukushii (off vocal ver.)" (命は美しい off vocal ver.)	Hiroki Sagawa	Hiroki Sagawa	5:17
5.	"Arakajime Katarareru Romance (off vocal ver.)" (あらかじめ語られるロマンス off vocal ver.)	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	SoichiroK, Nozomu.S	4:56
6.	"Border (off vocal ver.)" (ボーダー off vocal ver.)	Tomohiro Nakatsuchi	Tomohiro Nakatsuchi	4:37
Total length:				29:42

Chart and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	1[1]
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)	1[3]

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart)	8[13]

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[14]	2× Platinum	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年03月30日付". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
"AKB48 売上命は美しい". Atwiki (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
"Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/03/30". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
乃木坂46が「命は美しい」ジャケ写公開センター西野単独、アンダー盤も (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
Nogizaka46 2015a.
命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
Nogizaka46 2015b.
命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
Nogizaka46 2015c.
命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
Nogizaka46 2015r.
命は美しい (Sony Music Labels): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2015年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
ゴールドディスク認定 2015年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

External links

Discography on Nogizaka46 Official Website (in Japanese)
Music Video
- Nogizaka46 "Inochi wa Utsukushii" Short Ver. on YouTube (in Japanese)
- Nogizaka46 "Gomen ne Zutto..." Short Ver. on YouTube (in Japanese)
- Nogizaka46 "Tachinaori Chū" on YouTube (in Japanese)
- Nogizaka46 "Kimi wa Boku to Awanai Hou ga Yokatta no Kana" on YouTube (in Japanese)
Bonus Movie
- Nogizaka46 Movie Digest on YouTube (in Japanese)
Tie-up
- HARUYAMA x Nogizaka46 "Good-bye uniform" volume on YouTube (in Japanese)
- CM Gallery - Palty (in Japanese)

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[billboard-3] "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2015/03/30". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2015.

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