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"12 Byō"
Single by HKT48
A-side	"12 Byō"
B-side	"Rock Da yo, Jinsei wa..." "Hohoemi Popcorn" (Type A) "Chameleon Joshikōsei" (Type B) "Hawaii e Ikō" (Type C) "Daite Twintails" (Theater)
Released	April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Universal Music Japan
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
HKT48 singles chronology
"Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014) "12 Byō" (2015) "Shekarashika!" (2015)
Music video
"12 Byō" on YouTube

"12 Byō" (12秒, Jūni-byō, lit. "12 Seconds") is the fifth single by the Japanese girl idol group HKT48, released in Japan on April 22, 2015. It reached number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart. As of June 1, 2015, it had sold 296,698 copies.

Details

The centers in the title song are Haruka Kodama and Sakura Miyawaki. Haruka Kodama had previously had the center position in a HKT48 single (in the 4th single "Hikaeme I Love You!"), while for Sakura Miyawaki (who had already been a center in AKB48's 38th single "Kibōteki Refrain", together with Mayu Watanabe), it was the first center position in a single by HKT48.

Track listing

Type A

Type B

Type C

Theater Edition

Members

"Hohoemi Popcorn"

Performed by Popcorn Children (ポップコーンチルドレン).

• Team H: Miku Tanaka, Nako Yabuki
• Team Kenkyūsei: Misaki Aramaki, Sae Kurihara, Erena Sakamoto, Riko Tsutsui, Hazuki Hokazono, Yūna Yamauchi, Emili Yamashita

"Daite Twintails"

Performed by Blueberry Pie (ブルーベリーパイ).

• Team H : Yui Kojina, Hiroka Komada, Riko Sakaguchi
• Team Kenkyūsei : Misaki Aramaki, Sae Kurihara

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1. 12秒(Type-A)｜HKT48 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
2. "AKB48 売上 12秒" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
3. "HKT新シングルは児玉&宮脇Wセンター". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
4. 12秒 type A (ユニバーサルミュージック): 2015 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
5. HKT48 12秒 (in Japanese). Apple Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
6. "12 Byo [CD+DVD / Type A]". CDJapan. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
7. "12 Byo [CD+DVD / Type B]". CDJapan. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
8. "12 Byo [CD+DVD / Type C]". CDJapan. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
9. "オリコン週間 CDシングルランキング 2015年04月20日〜2015年04月26日". Oricon. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

External links

• Profile on the HKT48 official website
• Music videos on YouTube
  • "12 Byō" (short version)
  • "12 Byō" (full length version)
  • "Chameleon Joshikōsei" (short version)
  • "Hawaii e Ikō" (short version)

• 2015 singles
• Songs in Japanese
• HKT48 songs
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles
• 2015 songs