Influencer (song)

"Influencer" (Japanese: インフルエンサー, Hepburn: Infuruensā) is the 17th single by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on 22 March 2017.^[1] It reached number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 874,528 copies sold.^[2][3] It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[4] The song won the Grand Prix at the 59th Japan Record Awards.^[5]

This article is about Nogizaka46 song. For the Band-Maid song, see Unleash (EP).

"Influencer"
Cover of the regular edition
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Umarete Kara Hajimete Mita Yume
B-side	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru" "Igai BREAK" (Type-A) "Another Ghost" (Type-B) "Fūsen wa Ikiteiru" (Type-C) "Sanbanme no Kaze" (Type-D) "Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi" (Regular)
Released	22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:30
Label	N46Div.
Composer(s)	Shinya Sumida APAZZI (arr.)
Lyricist(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Sayonara no Imi" (2016) "Influencer" (2017) "Nigemizu" (2017)
Music video
"Influencer" on YouTube "Influencer" (Sony Music Taiwan) on YouTube

Release

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

Track listing

Type-A^[1]

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer" (インフルエンサー)	Yasushi Akimoto	Shinya Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru" (人生を考えたくなる)	Akimoto	Shutaro Katagiri	Shutaro Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Igai BREAK" (意外BREAK)	Akimoto	Sumida	Daisuke Kahara	4:15
4.	"Influencer -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
5.	"Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-"		Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
6.	"Igai Break -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	Kahara	4:14
Total length:					26:27

DVD

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Influencer Music Video"	Takeshi Maruyama	4:44
2.	"Igai BREAK Music Video"	Shūto Itō	4:37
3.	"Hinako Kitano"	Tetsuya Karasawa	5:31
4.	"Chiharu Saitō"	Hiroshū	2:38
5.	"Kotoko Sasaki"	Kazuhisa Anai	4:05
6.	"Kazumi Takayama"	Hiroyuki Abe	5:05
7.	"Ranze Terada"	Yoshiyuki Shimada	5:19
8.	"Nanase Nishino"	Yasuhiro Arafune	5:13
9.	"Sayuri Matsumura"	Shōta Mori	5:00
10.	"Māya Wada"	Shingo Tanaka	4:20
11.	"Renka Iwamoto"	Itō	5:05
12.	"Minami Umezawa"	Yukinori Makabe Takashi Ītsuka	5:04
13.	"Shiori Kubo"	Yūsuke Koroyasu	5:09
Total length:			1:01:50

Type-B^[6]

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer"	Akimoto	Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"	Akimoto	Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Another Ghost"	Akimoto	Junya Maesako	Ishio Yasutaka	3:53
4.	"Influencer -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
5.	"Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-"		Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
6.	"Another Ghost -off vocal ver.-"		Maesako	Yasutaka	3:51
Total length:					25:42

DVD

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Influencer Music Video"	Maruyama	4:44
2.	"Another Ghost Music Video"	Tsuyoshi Inoue	4:10
3.	"Rina Ikoma"	Yūki Houe	2:01
4.	"Hina Kawago"	Kento Takasaki Mahomi Uno	3:33
5.	"Iori Sagara"	Rikiya Imaizumi	4:41
6.	"Reika Sakurai"	Takeshi Izumida	5:05
7.	"Mai Shiraishi"	Keisuke Tamura	4:20
8.	"Mai Shinuchi"	Hiroto Hara	5:37
9.	"Ami Nōjō"	Kentarō Shima	6:36
10.	"Minami Hoshino"	Ryo Miyamoto	5:05
11.	"Tatami Sakaguchi"	Shōta Miyake	5:13
12.	"Kaeda Satō"	Natsuki Ie	2:18
13.	"Mizuki Yamashita"	Atsuhiro Yamada	5:07
Total length:			58:30

Type-C^[7]

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer"	Akimoto	Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"	Akimoto	Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru" (風船は生きている)	Akimoto	Yoshinobu Izumi Shōta Miyoshi	Hirotaka Hayakawa Shōta Miyoshi	4:33
4.	"Influencer -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
5.	"Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-"		Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
6.	"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru -off vocal ver.-"		Izumi Miyoshi	Hayakawa Miyoshi	4:32
Total length:					27:03

DVD

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Influencer Music Video"	Maruyama	4:44
2.	"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru Music Video"	Takuya Tada	4:44
3.	"Karin Itō"	Kame Fukunaga	5:05
4.	"Marika Itō"	Maki Fukushima	4:26
5.	"Sayuri Inoue"	Santa Yamagishi	5:25
6.	"Misa Etō"	Kenta Hirai	4:05
7.	"Asuka Saitō"	Kentarō Kauchi	4:40
8.	"Hina Higuchi"	Hidenobu Abera	5:12
9.	"Yumi Wakatsuki"	Yūki Wakisaka	4:17
10.	"Miria Watanabe"	Taikō Nakamura	5:05
11.	"Riria Itō"	Takayuki Hayashi	5:16
12.	"Momoko Ōzono"	Yurugu Matsumoto	4:59
13.	"Reno Nakamura"	Eri Yoshikawa	4:40
Total length:			1:02:38

Type-D^[8]

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer"	Akimoto	Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"	Akimoto	Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Sanbanme no Kaze" (三番目の風)	Akimoto	Manabu Mirutani	Mirutani	5:07
4.	"Influencer -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
5.	"Jinsei wo Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-"		Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
6.	"Sanbanme no Kaze -off vocal ver.-"		Mirutani	Mirutani	5:06
Total length:					28:11

DVD

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Influencer Music Video"	Maruyama	4:44
2.	"Sanbanme no Kaze Music Video"	Tarō Okagawa	5:19
3.	"Manatsu Akimoto"	Hiroaki Yuasa	4:59
4.	"Erika Ikuta"	Jikan	5:47
5.	"Junna Itō"	Naoto Kawashima	5:05
6.	"Mahiro Kawamura"	Hiroki Mayama	4:50
7.	"Yuri Saitō"	Chiaki Matsumoto	5:06
8.	"Ayane Suzuki"	Kenu Nomura Takeshi Ōishi	3:01
9.	"Kana Nakada"	Atsuhiko Yamamoto	4:25
10.	"Miona Hori"	Shigeru Tsukita Makoto Shibatani	5:05
11.	"Rena Yamazaki"	Tomohiko Saegusa	3:38
12.	"Hazuki Mukai"	Yurie Yano Kento Yamaguchi	2:23
13.	"Ayano Christie Yoshida"	Seiji Kofune	4:32
14.	"Yūki Yoda"	Tsukita Shibatani	5:12
Total length:			1:04:06

Regular Edition^[9]

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer"	Akimoto	Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"	Akimoto	Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi" (当たり障りのない話)	Akimoto	Jun Koami	Yuichi "Masa" Nonaka	4:30
4.	"Influencer -off vocal ver.-"		Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
5.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru -off vocal ver.-"		Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
6.	"Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi -off vocal ver.-"		Koami	Nonaka	4:28
Total length:					26:56

Special Edition^[10]

Digital download

No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Influencer"	Sumida	APAZZI	4:30
2.	"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"	Katagiri	Katagiri	4:29
3.	"Igai BREAK"	Sumida	Kahara	4:15
4.	"Another Ghost"	Maesako	Yasutaka	3:53
5.	"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru"	Izumi Miyoshi	Hayakawa Miyoshi	4:33
6.	"Sanbanme no Kaze"	Mirutani	Mirutani	5:07
7.	"Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi"	Koami	Nonaka	4:30
Total length:				31:17

All tracks are written by Yasushi Akimoto

Participating members

Note: Center position of each song in bold

"Influencer"

Performing by selected members (Senbatsu)^[11]

• Third row: Mai Shinuchi, Sayuri Inoue, Ranze Terada, Hinako Kitano, Marika Itō, Minami Hoshino, Yuri Saitō, Hina Higuchi, Kana Nakada
• Second row: Yumi Wakatsuki, Kazumi Takayama, Rina Ikoma, Erika Ikuta, Sayuri Matsumura, Reika Sakurai
• First row: Manatsu Akimoto, Miona Hori, Nanase Nishino, Mai Shiraishi, Asuka Saitō, Misa Etō

"Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"

Performing by Joshikō Quartet unit

• Kana Nakada, Manatsu Akimoto, Reika Sakurai, Yumi Wakatsuki

"Igai BREAK"

Performing by Anegozaka unit

• Kazumi Takayama, Mai Shiraishi, Misa Etō, Sayuri Matsumura

"Another Ghost"

Performing by Nasuka unit

• Asuka Saitō, Marika Itō, Nanase Nishino

"Fūsen wa Ikiteiru"

Performing by non-selected members (Under Members)

• Ami Nōjō, Ayane Suzuki, Chiharu Saitō, Hina Kawago, Iori Sagara, Junna Itō, Karin Itō, Kotoko Sasaki, Mahiro Kawamura, Māya Wada, Miria Watanabe, Rena Yamazaki

"Sanbanme no Kaze"

Performing by all third generation members

• Ayano Christie Yoshida, Hazuki Mukai, Kaede Satō, Minami Umezawa, Mizuki Yamashita, Momoko Ōzono, Renka Iwamoto, Reno Nakamura, Riria Itō, Shiori Kubo, Tamami Sakaguchi, Yūki Yoda

"Atarisawari no Nai Hanashi"

Performing by Kasumi Kusa unit

• Minami Hoshino, Miona Hori, Rina Ikoma, Sayuri Inoue

Chart performance

Oricon

Chart	Peak	Sales
Weekly Singles Chart	1[1]	874,528[3]
Yearly Singles Chart	6	1,028,173[12]

Billboard Japan

Weekly Chart	Peak
Japan Hot 100	1[4]
Radio Songs	4[13]
Top Singles Sales	1[14]

Yearly Chart	Peak
Hot 100	7
Download song	60
Streaming song	34

References

1. "インフルエンサー(TYPE-A)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "週間 CDシングルランキング 2017年04月03日付". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
3. "Oricon Weekly Charts of 3/20 ~ 03/26". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
4. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
5. Ronald (31 December 2017). "Nogizaka46 Wins the Grand Prix at the 59th Japan Record Awards + Full Show". ARAMA! JAPAN. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
6. "インフルエンサー(TYPE-B)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
7. "インフルエンサー(TYPE-C)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
8. "インフルエンサー(TYPE-D)". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
9. "インフルエンサー". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
10. "3/15（水）～New Single 『インフルエンサー』が配信限定スペシャル・エディションで先行フル配信スタート！". Nogizaka46 Official Website. Nogizaka46 LLC. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
11. "21 members make senbatsu for Nogizaka46's 17th single". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
12. ORICON MUSIC TOP【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成!. ORICON NEWS. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
13. "Radio Songs 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
14. "Top Singles Sales 2017年4月3日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

Preceded by "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (Kana Nishino)	Japan Record Award Grand Prix 2017	Succeeded by "Synchronicity" (Nogizaka46)