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UZA is the 28th major single (30th overall) released by AKB48. It was released in seven versions: three regular CD+DVD editions (types A, K, and B), three limited CD+DVD editions (types A, K, and B), and a limited CD-only theater edition. The regular editions came with a national handshake event ticket and came with one of thirty-two photos, and the theater edition came with a large handshake event ticket and random photo.
The single was first announced on Yasushi Akimoto's Google+ and the title song premiered live on September 18, 2012, at the AKB48's rock-paper-scissors tournament at Nippon Budokan. This is also the first single without ace Maeda Atsuko, and this is also the first senbatsu participation of Sakura Miyawaki.
I. Track Listing
Type A
CD
- UZA
- Tsugi no Season (次のSeason)
- Kodoku na Hoshizora (孤独な星空) (New Team A)
- UZA off vocal ver.
- Tsugi no Season off vocal ver.
- Kodoku na Hoshizora off vocal ver.
DVD
- UZA Music Video
- UZA Music Video -Dance ver.-
- Tsugi no Season Music Video
- Kodoku na Hoshizora Music Video
- Gingham Check Music Video ~Takahashi Eiki Directing ver.~ (ギンガムチェック Music Video ~高橋栄樹監督ver.~)
I. Type K
CD
- UZA
- Tsugi no Season (次のSeason)
- Scrap & Build (スクラップ&ビルド) (New Team K)
- UZA off vocal ver.
- Tsugi no Season off vocal ver.
- Scrap & Build off vocal ver.
DVD
- UZA Music Video
- UZA Music Video -Dance ver.-
- Tsugi no Season Music Video
- Scrap & Build Music Video
- Gingham Check Music Video ~Takahashi Eiki Directing ver.~ (ギンガムチェック Music Video ~高橋栄樹監督ver.~)
II. Type B
CD
- UZA
- Tsugi no Season (次のSeason)
- Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero (正義の味方じゃないヒーロー) (New Team B)
- UZA off vocal ver.
- Tsugi no Season off vocal ver.
- Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero off vocal ver.
DVD
- UZA Music Video
- UZA Music Video -Dance ver.-
- Tsugi no Season Music Video
- Seigi no Mikata ja Nai Hero Music Video
- Gingham Check Music Video ~Takahashi Eiki Directing ver.~ (ギンガムチェック Music Video ~高橋栄樹監督ver.~)
Theater Edition
- UZA
- Tsugi no Season (次のSeason)
- Otona e no Michi(大人への道) (AKB48 Kenkyuusei)
- UZA off vocal ver.
- Tsugi no Season off vocal ver.
- Otona e no Michi off vocal ver.
II. Oricon Chart Performance:
Total Reported Sales: 1,262,707
Total Sales of 2012: 1,215,079 (#4 single of the year))
Total Sales of 2013: 47,628