AKB48 21st Single [Everyday, Kachuusha] Tracklist revealed

The title for AKB48's 21st Single has been revealed to be [Everyday, Kachuusha] (Ｅｖｅｒｙｄａｙ、カチューシャ). As previously announced, the Single will be released on 25 May 2011 with a total of 3 different versions. Voting tickets are included inside for the 3rd Senbatsu Election.

The translation for "Kachuusha" is quite strange. Entries for "Kachuusha" in Japanese dictionaries reveal these results:

• cloth band worn around hair - named after a character in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection"
• Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

... which obviously don't make any sense, unless AKB is planning to make the single war themed (yes please). However upon closer inspection using Google images, "Kachuusha" seems to mean "headbands". Which tells us one thing: Google images is a better dictionary.


AKB48 seems to be following the trend they set last year. Sakura no Ki ni Narou has suceeded Sakura no Shiori, and now Everyday, Kachuusha (headband) is the successor of Ponytail to Shushu (scrunchie). The PV for Everyday, Kachuusha was filmed in Guam too, the same as Ponytail to Shushu.

Everyday, Kachuusha will be used as the theme song for the [Moshi Koukou Yakyuno Joshi Manager ga Drucker no 'Management' wo Yondara] movie, or more commonly known as Moshidora. The movie stars Maeda Atsuko and Minegeshi Minami, and will have a theatrical release scheduled for June 2011.

AKB48 will donate a part of earnings of this Single to relief efforts for the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.

Everyday, Kachuusha (Ｅｖｅｒｙｄａｙ、カチューシャ)
Release Date: 2 May 2011

TYPE A [picture] 1600yen	[CD] 01. Everyday, Kachuusha 02. Kore Kara Wonderland 03. Yankee Soul 04. Everyday, Kachuusha (off vocal) 05. Kore Kara Wonderland (off vocal) 06. Yankee Soul (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Everyday, Kachuusha (Promotion Video) 02. Kore Kara Wonderland (Promotion Video) 03. Yankee Soul (Promotion Video) 04. Everyday Kachuusha (Drama) 05. TYPE A Special Movie
TYPE B [picture] 1600ye	[CD] 01. Everyday, Kachuusha 02. Kore Kara Wonderland 03. Hito no Chikara 04. Everyday, Kachuusha (off vocal) 05. Kore Kara Wonderland (off vocal) 06. Yankee Soul (off vocal) [DVD] 01. Everyday, Kachuusha (Promotion Video) 02. Kore Kara Wonderland (Promotion Video) 03. Hito no Chikara (Promotion Video) 04. Everyday Kachuusha (Drama) 05. TYPE B Special Movie
Theater version [picture] 1000yen	[CD] 01. Everyday, Kachuusha 02. Kore Kara Wonderland 03. Anti 04. Everyday, Kachuusha (off vocal) 05. Kore Kara Wonderland (off vocal) 06. Anti (off vocal)