Ue kara Mariko

The AKB48 members participating in the single were determined in the rock-paper-scissors tournament held on September 20, 2011, at Nippon Budokan, so called AKB48 24th Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai. The 16 members from the group who advanced into the semi-final and final rounds of the tournament are those that were featured in this single. From this, the Top 8 were chosen to be the main vocalists while member Mariko Shinoda, who came at first place in the tournament, is in the center position.

The single's title song was announced to be "Ue Kara Mariko" on October 29 at the Flying Get handshake event at Ajinomoto Stadium.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The single was released in 4 versions: Type A, Type K, Type B, and Theater Edition.^[5]

It has sold 959,280 copies on its first day and later on sold over 1 million by the end of its first week making it the fourth most successful single from the group to sell over a million.

Concept and artwork

The name Mariko in "Ue Kara Mariko" ("Mariko from Above", "Mariko from the Top") refers to Mariko Shinoda, the member of the group whom the single will be centered around for the first time, having won the rock-paper-scissors tournament. This is also the first song by the group with a member name in the title.^[1]^[3] The words "ue kara" ("from above", "from the top") might be seen as referring either to Mariko being the eldest^[3] or the tallest in the group, or both.^[4]

It was also revealed that title song was originally planned to be "Hashire! Penguin" ("Penguin, Run!") but was changed to fit Mariko Shinoda's image.^[1]^[3]^[4] "Hashire! Penguin" was instead sung by Team 4 and appears only on the Theater Edition of the single.^[1]

Track listing

Type A

CD
No.	Title	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko" (上からマリコ)			4:40
2.	"Noël no Yoru" (ノエルの夜)
3.	"Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai" (隣人は傷つかない)		Team A
4.	"Ue Kara Mariko (Off Vocal Ver.)" (上からマリコ off vocal ver.)	4:40
5.	"Noël no Yoru (Off Vocal Ver.)" (ノエルの夜 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Off Vocal Ver.)" (隣人は傷つかない off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko music video" (上からマリコ Music Video)
2.	"Noël no Yoru music video" (ノエルの夜 Music Video)
3.	"Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai music video" (隣人は傷つかない Music Video)
4.	"24 Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document Eizō (Zenpen)" (24thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント映像（前編）)

Type K

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko" (上からマリコ)
2.	"Noël no Yoru" (ノエルの夜)
3.	"Zero-sum Taiyō" (ゼロサム太陽)	Team K
4.	"Ue Kara Mariko (Off Vocal Ver.)" (上からマリコ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Noël no Yoru (Off Vocal Ver.)" (ノエルの夜 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Zero-sum Taiyō (Off Vocal Ver.)" (ゼロサム太陽 off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko music video" (上からマリコ Music Video)
2.	"Noël no Yoru music video" (ノエルの夜 Music Video)
3.	"Zero-sum Taiyō music video" (ゼロサム太陽 Music Video)
4.	"24 Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document Eizō (Chūhen)" (24thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント映像（中編）)

Type B

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko" (上からマリコ)
2.	"Noël no Yoru" (ノエルの夜)
3.	"Yobisute Fantasy" (呼び捨てファンタジー)	Team B
4.	"Ue Kara Mariko (Off Vocal Ver.)" (上からマリコ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Noël no Yoru (Off Vocal Ver.)" (ノエルの夜 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Yobisute Fantasy (Off Vocal Ver.)" (呼び捨てファンタジー off vocal ver.)

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko music video" (上からマリコ Music Video)
2.	"Noël no Yoru music video" (ノエルの夜 Music Video)
3.	"Yobisute Fantasy music video" (呼び捨てファンタジー Music Video)
4.	"24 Single Senbatsu Janken Taikai Document Eizō (Kōhen)" (4.24thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会ドキュメント映像（後編）)
5.	"Shinoda Mariko Gachi Interview, Interviewer: Putchokun" (篠田麻里子ガチインタビューインタビュアーぷっちょくん)

Theater Edition

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Ue Kara Mariko" (上からマリコ)
2.	"Noël no Yoru" (ノエルの夜)
3.	"Hashire! Penguin" (走れ!ペンギン)	Team 4
4.	"Ue Kara Mariko (Off Vocal Ver.)" (上からマリコ off vocal ver.)
5.	"Noël no Yoru (Off Vocal Ver.)" (ノエルの夜 off vocal ver.)
6.	"Hashire! Penguin (Off Vocal Ver.)" (走れ!ペンギン off vocal ver.)

Members

"Ue Kara Mariko"

Center: Mariko Shinoda

Team A:Shizuka Ōya, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda (#1), Ami Maeda
Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Ayaka Umeda, Reina Fujie (#2), Minami Minegishi (#3)
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Rie Kitahara, Sumire Satō
Team 4: Suzuran Yamauchi
Kenkyūsei: Marina Kobayashi (#4)
SKE48 Team S: Mizuki Kuwabara
NMB48 Team N: Yūki Yamaguchi
NMB48 Kenkyūsei: Ayame Hikawa

Top 8 members are in bold.

"Noël no Yoru"

Team A: Aika Ōta, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Sumire Satō, Mayu Watanabe
SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
NMB48 Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto

"Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai"

sung by Team A

Team A: Misaki Iwasa, Aika Ōta, Shizuka Ōya, Haruka Katayama, Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Shinoda Mariko, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Haruka Nakagawa, Chisato Nakata, Sayaka Nakaya, Aika Ōta, Ami Maeda, Natsumi Matsubara

"Zero-sum Taiyō"

sung by Team K

Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Mayumi Uchida, Ayaka Umeda, Yūko Ōshima, Ayaka Kikuchi, Miku Tanabe、Tomomi Nakatsuka, Moeno Nitō, Misato Nonaka, Reina Fujie, Sakiko Matsui, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama, Rumi Yonezawa

"Yobisute Fantasy"

sung by Team B

Team B: Haruka Ishida, Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Kana Kobayashi, Mika Komori, Amina Satō, Sumire Satō, Natsuki Satō, Shihori Suzuki, Mariya Suzuki, Rina Chikano, Natsumi Hirajima, Yuka Masuda, Miho Miyazaki, Mayu Watanabe

"Hashire! Penguin"

sung by Team 4^{[note 1]}

Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Mariya Nagao, Shiori Nakamata, Mariko Nakamura, Suzuran Yamauchi

Oricon Charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
December 7, 2011	Daily Chart	1^[6]	959,280	1,304,312
	Weekly Chart	1^[7]	1,198,864
	Monthly Chart	1	1,273,748

Notes

↑ Mina Ōba is absent.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "AKB次作は篠田麻里子の"初冠"シングル　じゃんけん選抜曲名は「上からマリコ」". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ "AKB48、最新曲「風は吹いている」を1万5000人に初披". Oricon. Oricon Inc. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
1 2 3 4 篠田麻里子、じゃんけん選抜曲決定！その名も「上からマリコ」. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online (The Hochi Shimbun). 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
1 2 3 しのまり　新曲「上からマリコ」に「笑っちゃった」. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ "AKB48's discography" (in Japanese). King Records. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ "AKB48、篠田初センター曲が初日首位　初動売上歴代3位の95.9万枚" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
↑ "【オリコン】AKB48、初の4作連続"初週ミリオン"　今年全5曲が100万枚突破の快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.

External links

"Ue kara Mariko" Type A profile at the King Records website (Japanese)

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Yui Hiwatashi Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Nanami Yamada Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Ikumi Nakano Nana Fujita Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Ami Yumoto

Team B	Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Moe Gotō Nagisa Sakaguchi Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Ma Chia-ling Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Hatsuka Utada Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Hinano Noda Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Misaki Terada Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Kenkyuusei	Nanami Asai Kaori Inagaki Izumi Umemoto Haruka Kurosu Minami Sato Nagisa Shoji Kurumi Suzuki Manaka Taguchi Misaki Taya Ayami Nagatomo Nanami Noguchi Nanami Harima Mai Honma Ayaka Maeda Saki Michieda Orin Mutou Kana Yasuda Mizuki Yamauchi Suzuha Yamane

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Oshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Tomomi Itano Amina Sato Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Ayaka Umeda (Moved to NMB48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida Aki Takajō Rena Nishiyama Yui Moriwaki Jurina Matsui Natsuki Uchiyama Moeka Iwasaki Chinatsu Okubora Misaki Iwasa Karen Iwata Natsuki Fujimura Mariya Nagao Kana Kobayashi Minami Takahashi (former general director) Sayaka Yamamoto Haruka Ishida Ai Yamamoto Miyuki Watanabe Wakana Natori Ami Maeda Rina Hirata

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss (Disbanded)
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

Albums

Singles

"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"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"
"Tsubasa wa Iranai"
"LOVE TRIP / Shiawase wo Wakenasai"
"High Tension"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

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