Nigemizu

"Nigemizu" (Japanese: 逃げ水; "Inferior mirage") is the 18th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on 9 August 2017.^[1] It reached number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 880,018 copies sold.^[2][3] It was also number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[4]

"Nigemizu"
Cover of the Regular edition.
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made
B-side	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai" "Hitonatsu no Nagasa yori…" (Type-A) "Under" (Type-B) "Live Shin" (Type-C) "Mirai no Kotae" (Type-D) "Naitatte Iijanaika??" (Regular)
Released	9 August 2017 (2017-08-09) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	N46Div.
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Influencer" (2017) "Nigemizu" (2017) "Itsuka Dekiru kara Kyō Dekiru" (2017)
Music video
"Nigemizu" on YouTube

Release

This single was released in 5 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D and a regular edition.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto.

Type-A

Source:^[1]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nigemizu" (逃げ水)
2.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai" (女は一人じゃ眠れない)
3.	"Hitonatsu no Nagasa yori…" (ひと夏の長さより…)
4.	"Nigemizu -off vocal ver.-"
5.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai -off vocal ver.-"
6.	"Hitonatsu no Nagasa yori… -off vocal ver.-"

Type-B

Source:^[5]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nigemizu"
2.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai"
3.	"Under" (アンダー)
4.	"Nigemizu -off vocal ver.-"
5.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai -off vocal ver.-"
6.	"Under -off vocal ver.-"

Type-C

Source:^[6]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nigemizu"
2.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai"
3.	"Live Shin" (ライブ神)
4.	"Nigemizu -off vocal ver.-"
5.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai -off vocal ver.-"
6.	"Live Sin -off vocal ver.-"

Type-D

Source:^[7]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nigemizu"
2.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai"
3.	"Mirai no Kotae" (未来の答え)
4.	"Nigemizu -off vocal ver.-"
5.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai -off vocal ver.-"
6.	"Mirai no Kotae -off vocal ver.-"

Regular Edition

Source:^[8]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nigemizu"
2.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai"
3.	"Naitatte Iijanaika??" (泣いたっていいじゃないか?)
4.	"Nigemizu -off vocal ver.-"
5.	"Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai -off vocal ver.-"
6.	"Naitatte Iijanaika?? -off vocal ver.-"

Participating members

"Nigemizu"

• Center: Yūki Yoda and Momoko Ōzono

3rd Row: Marika Itō, Mai Shinuchi, Rina Ikoma, Reika Sakurai, Yumi Wakatsuki, Sayuri Inoue

2nd Row: Minami Hoshino, Sayuri Matsumura, Erika Ikuta, Manatsu Akimoto, Misa Etō, Kazumi Takayama

1st Row: Asuka Saitō, Mai Shiraishi, Momoko Ozonō, Yūki Yoda, Nanase Nishino, Miona Hori^[9]

"Hitonatsu no Nagasa yori…"

Centre: Manatsu Akimoto and Sayuri Matsumura

1st Gen: Manatsu Akimoto, Erika Ikuta, Rina Ikoma, Marika Itō, Sayuri Inoue, Misa Etō, Asuka Saitō, Reika Sakurai, Mai Shiraishi, Kazumi Takayama, Nanase Nishino, Minami Hoshino, Sayuri Matsumura, Yumi Wakatsuki

2nd Gen: Mai Shinuchi, Miona Hori

3rd Gen: Momoko Ōzono, Yūki Yoda

Chart performance

Oricon

Chart	Peak	Debut sales
Weekly Singles Chart	1[1]	880,018[3]

Billboard Japan

Chart	Peak
Japan Hot 100[4]	1

Year end

Chart	Peak
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[10]	12