Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita

TabidachiRE.jpg from album TBA'''

Released March 20, 2013

Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single, CD+DVD

Recorded 2013

Label

Producer Tsunku

S/mileage Singles Chronology

Previous: Samui ne. 12th Single (2012)

Next: TBA 14th Single (2013)]] Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (旅立ちの春が来た; The Spring of the Departure Has Come) is the 13th single of S/mileage. It will be released on March 20, 2013. The single comes in five editions: 4 limited editions and a regular edition.

CD

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita
 * 2) Doushiyou (どうしよう)
 * 3) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Music Video)
 * 2) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Close-up Ver.)

Limited Edition B DVD

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Music Video)
 * 2) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Dance Shot Ver.)

Limited Edition C DVD

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Music Video)
 * 2) Making of (メイキング映像)

Featured Members

 * 1st Gen: Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon
 * 2nd Gen: Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Tamura Meimi

TV Performance

 * [2013.03.29] Happy Music

Concert Performances

 * Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Viva!~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Festival's Eve~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Berryz Koubou 10th Anniversary Special~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Thank You For Your Love~

Song Information

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita
 * 2) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 3) *Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru
 * 4) *Vocals:
 * 5) **Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon (Main Vocals)
 * 6) **Takeuchi Akari, Tamura Meimi (Minor Vocals)
 * 7) **Nakanishi Kana, Katsuta Rina (Center Vocals)
 * 8) Doushiyou
 * 9) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 10) *Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro

Trivia

 * "Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita" is about one girl's trust in the future, as well as facing it.
 * Takeuchi Akari is the only member who wears shorts for the promotion outfit, it was said that it was to show her boyish side within the group
 * Every member gets at least two or more solo lines in the single.
 * The title single and its coupling track both represent graduation times. While "Doushiyo" represents the emotions prior to graduation, "Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita" represents the arrival of the day.
 * After Takeuchi listened to the titled track while saying that she didn't wanted to graduate, she was moved that she cried by herself.
 * First S/mileage single to reach #1 at Oricon Daily Charts.

Oricon Chart Positions
Total Reported Sales: 7,479*