Namida Surprise!

"Namida Surprise!" (涙サプライズ!, Namida Sapuraizu!) is the 12th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on June 24, 2009.^[1] The single peaked at number 2 in the Oricon weekly singles chart.^[2]

"Namida Surprise!"
Regular Edition cover
Single by AKB48
from the album Kamikyokutachi
B-side	"Shonichi" "First Love" / Erena Ono
Released	June 24, 2009 (2009-06-24) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	You, Be Cool! / King
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 singles chronology
"10nen Sakura" (2009) "Namida Surprise!" (2009) "Iiwake Maybe" (2009)
Music video
AKB48 "Namida Surprise!" on YouTube

It is a Birthday song

Track listing

The single was released in two versions: Regular Edition (通常盤) (CD+DVD, catalog number KIZM-33/4) and Theater Edition (劇場盤) (CD only, catalog number NMAX-1081). The first press of the Regular Edition came with a voting card for the AKB48 election, selecting the members who would participate in the next single,^[3] and a handshake event ticket.

Regular Edition

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Namida Surprise!" (涙サプライズ!)	Yasushi Akimoto, Yoshimasa Inoue	Yoshimasa Inoue
2.	"Shonichi / Team B" (初日 / teamB)	Yasushi Akimoto, Mio Okada	Yūichi Ichikawa
3.	"First Love / Erena Ono" (First Love / 小野恵令奈)	Yasushi Akimoto, Akira Umehara	Yūichi "Masa" Nonaka
4.	"Namida Surprise! (off vocal ver.)"	Akimoto, Inoue
Total length:				19:11

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Namida Surprise! (music video)" (「涙サプライズ!」ビデオクリップ)
2.	"Making of" (メイキング映像)
3.	"Bonus" (特典映像)

Bonus (First press only)

• AKB48 election voting card with a serial number
• Handshake event ticket (Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo)

Theater Edition

CD

See Regular Edition CD

Members

(Team affiliation at the time of the release.)

Center: Atsuko Maeda

• Team A: Tomomi Itano, Rie Kitahara, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Reina Fujie, Atsuko Maeda, Minami Minegishi, Miho Miyazaki
• Team K: Yūko Ōshima, Erena Ono, Tomomi Kasai, Sae Miyazawa
• Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi, Rino Sashihara, Moeno Nitō, Mayu Watanabe
• Kenkyūsei: Mika Komori
• SKE48: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui

It was the first selection for Moeno Nitō. Mika Komori became the first trainee to be selected for an A-side.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart)	2
Japan (Japan Hot 100) (Billboard)[4]	5
Japan (RIAJ Digital Track Chart)	28

Sales and certifications

Other versions

• The Thai idol group BNK48, a sister group of AKB48, covered the song and named it "Prakai Namta Lae Roiyim" (Thai: ประกายน้ำตาและรอยยิ้ม; IPA: [prà.ka:j ná:m.ta: lɛ́ʔ rɔ:j.jím]; "Sparkle of Tears and Smiles"). It was included on the group's third single, "Shonichi – Wan Raek", released on 7 May 2018.^[5]
• The Vietnamese sister idol group SGO48 performed the song in Vietnamese at the AKB48 Group Asia Festival in Shanghai on August 24, 2019.