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

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:

CD
No.TitleLength
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:

CD
No.TitleLength
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:

CD
No.TitleLength
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:

CD
No.TitleLength
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:

CD
No.TitleLength
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"

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

"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

ChartPeakDebut sales
Weekly Singles Chart1880,018

Billboard Japan

ChartPeak
Japan Hot 1001

Year end

ChartPeak
Japan (Japan Hot 100)12