AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group. As of January 31, 2021,… Read Full Bio ↴AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group. As of January 31, 2021, the group consists of 98 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 20 members, Team K with 20 members, Team B with 21 members, and Team 4 with 25 members, Team 8 with 42 members, the last of which have 30 members serving concurrently with other AKB48 teams. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 are theatre-based and have their own theatre in Akihabara, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan where they perform once every weekday, and twice on both Saturday and Sunday. The theatre is set up on the 8th floor of Don Quixote.

In December 2005, the group debuted in the theatre with only 20 girls, later known as Team A. A new audition was announced, this audition was held in cooperation with Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo. It was the first audition ever where the applicants had to send in their audition video with their mobile phones. 19 of the 11,892 applicants were chosen to join AKB48, but in the end, only 18 girls joined the group to become Team K in April 2006.

Their debut single dropped in February 2006, which made it to #10 on Oricon charts and sold 22,011 units in its first week. By far, all title songs released as a single has been made a tie-up song for a tv show, a movie or for a commercial. On December 31, 2007, 46 members of AKB48 appeared on the 58th Annual Kohaku Uta Gassen for the first time. They sang as part of the Akihabara performance, they became the most number of people in a single group to be on stage at one time.

AKB48's 13th single '10年桜' (Junen Sakura) which was released on March 04 2009, made into number three of Oricon chart in the first week, becoming the first single for AKB48 to sell over 100,000 copies. AKB48's latest single 'ポニーテールとシュシュ' (Ponytail and Chou Chou or Ponytail to Shushu) was first on Oricon weekly singles sales and has sold over 600,000 copies so far.

AKB48 has several spin-off groups, including DiVA, ノースリーブス (No Sleeves), 渡り廊下走り隊 7 (Watarirouka Hashiritai 7), Not yet and フレンチ・キス (French Kiss). AKB48 also have "temporary" spin-off groups, including AKBアイドリング!!! (AKBIdolling!!!), Queen & Elizabeth and ナットウエンジェル (Nattou Angels).

AKB48 also have the sister groups SKE48, SDN48 and NMB48. There also a group called OJS48. But in 2011 it was announced 3 new groups: HKT48 (in Fokuoka, Japan), JKT48 (the first 48 group outside of Japan, in Jakarta - Indonesia) and SNH48 (second 48 group outside of Japan, in Shanghai-China)

Sugar Rush
AKB48 Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

どんな道だってまっすぐじゃないだろう?
そう曲がりくねってデコボコしてるはずさ
つらい事時にはあるよね
僕たちはそれでも走るよ
甘いものでもいかが?

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush, shh

Sugar rush hey!
S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush
Sugar rush hey!

悲しくなったらまぶたを閉じてごらん
ほら夢の中なら涙も忘れられる

もしここでエンストしたって
僕達は慌てたりしない
甘いものでもいかが? (eh yeah yeah yeah)

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush, shh
Sugar rush hey!
S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush
Sugar rush hey!

Come down the highway
駆け巡るよ
Open Road
元気のガソリンに wow, wow, wow

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush
Sugar rush hey!
S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush
Sugar rush hey!

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush, shh
Sugar rush hey!
S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush
Sugar rush hey!

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
Say sugar rush, shh
Sugar rush hey!
S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car

Say sugar rush
Sugar rush!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of AKB48's "Sugar Rush" depict the ups and downs of life and encourages the listener to push through tough times with perseverance and the help of something sweet. The opening lines, "donnna michi datte massugu ja nai darou? Sou magarikunette dekoboko shiteru hazu sa" translate to "No road is straight, right? It should be winding and bumpy." This suggests that life is full of obstacles and challenges that can make it difficult to traverse. However, the chorus encourages the listener to keep going and jump into their racing car using sugar, or something sweet, as fuel to keep them moving.

The second verse provides further advice on how to get through tough times, suggesting that closing your eyes and dreaming can help to forget about the pain and difficulties of the present moment. The pre-chorus assures the listener that even if they stall or fail, there is no need to panic, and again suggests that something sweet, like sugar, can provide comfort in hard times.

Overall, the lyrics of "Sugar Rush" are an upbeat and empowering message to anyone going through a rough patch. It encourages the audience to keep moving forward, no matter the obstacles, and find solace in something sweet.

Line by Line Meaning

どんな道だってまっすぐじゃないだろう?
No road is ever straight, right?

そう曲がりくねってデコボコしてるはずさ
They should be winding and bumpy.

つらい事時にはあるよね
There are tough times, aren't there?

僕たちはそれでも走るよ
But we'll still keep running.

甘いものでもいかが?
How about something sweet?

S・U・G・A・R, jump into your racing car
S-U-G-A-R, jump into your racing car.

Say sugar rush, shh
Say sugar rush, shh.

Sugar rush hey!
Sugar rush hey!

悲しくなったらまぶたを閉じてごらん
If you're feeling sad, try closing your eyes.

ほら夢の中なら涙も忘れられる
See, in your dreams, you can forget your tears.

もしここでエンストしたって
Even if we stall here,