Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita

Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (旅立ちの春が来た; The Spring of Departures Has Come) is the 13th single of S/mileage. It was 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; What Should I Do?)
 * 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)

Event V

 * 1) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Wada Ayaka Solo Ver.)
 * 2) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Fukuda Kanon Solo Ver.)
 * 3) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Nakanishi Kana Solo Ver.)
 * 4) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Takeuchi Akari Solo Ver.)
 * 5) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Katsuta Rina Solo Ver.)
 * 6) Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (Tamura Meimi Solo Ver.)

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
 * [2014.03.06] The Girls Live

Concert Performances

 * Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Viva!~
 * Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Bravo!~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Zen'yasai~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Berryz Koubou 10 Nenme Totsunyuu Special~
 * Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Thank You For Your Love!~
 * Hello! Project Yaon Premium Live ~Soto Fest~
 * S/mileage 2nd Original Album "2 Smile Sensation" Hatsubai Kinen Event
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Fujii Rio
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~6gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~ - Taguchi Natsumi, Nomura Minami, Kishimoto Yumeno, Inaba Manaka, Tanaka Karen, Mikame Kana

Song Information

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

Trivia

 * This is Wada Ayaka 13th single as S/mileage Leader.
 * "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: 24,289