Gingham Check


"Gingham Check" is the 27th major single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The members were chosen from their placements in the AKB48's 2012 general election. The single was released in Japan on August 29, 2012. It includes the graduation song for long-time headlining member Atsuko Maeda.

2012 general election

On March 26, 2012, AKB48 announced it would be holding an election to determine the lineup for its 27th major single. The field of candidates consisted of 243 members from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48, and the ballots were available in the group's 26th single, "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" The election results were announced on June 6 at Nippon Budokan and results were broadcast live on TV for the first time. Yuko Oshima came first, followed by Mayu Watanabe and Yuki Kashiwagi.
This is the first single without Atsuko Maeda in the main lineup as she did not participate as a candidate in the election, and graduated from the group two days before the single's release. This is the second time Yuko Oshima became AKB48's center since "Heavy Rotation". This is also the last single for long-time AKB48 member Tomomi Kasai; as she would announce her graduation on December 17, 2012.

Promotion and release

The single was released in three versions: Type A, Type B and Theater Edition.

Music video

The video is directed by Joseph Kahn. and features actors Hideo Ishiguro, Kouhei Takeda, Dori Sakurada and Akira Nakao. Yuko Oshima and Mayu Watanabe appeared in the video in two teams of black and red. Atsuko Maeda also makes an appearance in the video.
The video consists of three story-lines that parody films: terrorists invade a police department, a schoolgirl explores a haunted hospital and a Golza from Ultraman Tiga attacks a city. It features a battle between the Motorgirls and the Car Devils.

Track listing

Type A

Type B

Theater Edition

Personnel

"Gingham Check"

The lineup for the title track consists of the top 16 members from AKB48's 2012 general election.

Center: Yūko Ōshima
's graduation song. Maeda had graduated two days prior to the single's release.
Performed by Under Girls, which consist of members who ranked 17 to 32 in AKB48's 2012 general election.

Center: Aki Takajō
Performed by Next Girls, which consist of members who ranked 33 to 48 in AKB48's 2012 general election.

Center: Misaki Iwasa
Performed by Future Girls, which consist of members who ranked 49 to 64 in AKB48's 2012 general election.

Center: Tomu Muto
Performed by Waiting Girls, which consist of members who participated as a candidate for AKB48's 2012 general election, but did not place in the top 64. There were a total of 171 members in this group.

Oricon (Japan)

G-music (Taiwan)

Release history

DateVersionCatalogFormatLabel
August 29, 2012Type-AFirst Press Limited Edition
Regular Edition 		CD+DVDKing Records
August 29, 2012Type-BFirst Press Limited Edition
Regular Edition 		CD+DVDKing Records
August 29, 2012TheaterRegular Version CDKing Records

JKT48 Version

"" is the sixth released single from the Indonesian idol girl group JKT48.

Promotion and release

JKT48 held their first Members Election to select members that would participate for this single. The single was released in a dedicated concert on 11 June 2014.

Track listing

The single has two editions: the regular version and theater version .

Regular version

Bonus
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ALFA MIDI · LAWSON
JKT48 Theater