Suki! Suki! Skip!

"Suki! Suki! Skip!"
Type A cover
Single by HKT48
Released	March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Label	Universal Sigma
Songwriter(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
HKT48 singles chronology
"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (2013) "Melon Juice" (2013)

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"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ!スキ!スキップ!, Suki! Suki! Sukippu!) is the first single by Japanese girl group HKT48. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2013, and "Onegai Valentine" (お願いヴァレンティヌ, Onegai Varentinu) was released through iTunes on February 6, 2013.

Release

Suki! Suki! Skip! was released in Japan on March 20, 2013 in four different versions: Type A, Type B, Type C and the Theater versions.

This is the first time since the formation of all Project 48 groups (AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48), the center position belongs to a research student, Meru Tashima.

Also, this single is the first time a CD cover has featured only one girl (Meru Tashima) for AKB48's sister groups.

Track listing

Type-A

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ!スキ!スキップ!)
2.	"Onegai Valentine" (お願いヴァレンティヌ)
3.	"Kataomoi no Karaage" (片思いの唐揚げ)
4.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! [Instrumental]"
5.	"Onegai Valentine [Instrumental]"
6.	"Kataomoi no Karaage [Instrumental]"

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! Music Video"
2.	"Kataomoi no Karaage Music Video"
3.	"Tokyo Shūgakuryokō" (東京修学旅行)

Kataomoi no Karaage was the ending theme to Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic during its first season.

Type-B

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ!スキ!スキップ!)
2.	"Onegai Valentine" (お願いヴァレンティヌ)
3.	"Ima ga Ichiban" (今がイチバン)
4.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! [Instrumental]"
5.	"Onegai Valentine [Instrumental]"
6.	"Ima ga Ichiban [Instrumental]"

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! Music Video"
2.	"Ima ga Ichiban Music Video"
3.	"Hakata Kankou Annai" (博多観光案内)

Type-C

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ!スキ!スキップ!)
2.	"Onegai Valentine" (お願いヴァレンティヌ)
3.	"Seifuku no Banbi" (制服のバンビ)
4.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! [Instrumental]"
5.	"Onegai Valentine [Instrumental]"
6.	"Seifuku no Banbi [Instrumental]"

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! Music Video"
2.	"Collection from one gag all members"

Theater Edition

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suki! Suki! Skip!" (スキ!スキ!スキップ!)
2.	"Onegai Valentine" (お願いヴァレンティヌ)
3.	"Kireigoto demo ii Janai ka?" (キレイゴトでもいいじゃないか？)
4.	"Suki! Suki! Skip! [Instrumental]"
5.	"Onegai Valentine [Instrumental]"
6.	"Kireigoto demo ii Janai ka? [Instrumental]"

Members

"Suki! Suki! Skip!"

• Team H : Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara, Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Haruka Wakatabe
• Kenkyuusei : Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Onegai Valentine"

• Team H : Chihiro Anai, Nao Ueki, Aika Ota, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara, Yuki Shimono, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Sakura Miyawaki, Anna Murashige, Aoi Motomura, Madoka Moriyasu, Haruka Wakatabe
• Kenkyuusei : Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Mai Fuchigami

"Kataomoi no Karage"

• Team H: Sakura Miyawaki, Aika Ota, Aoi Motomura, Anna Murashige, Haruka Wakatabe
• Kenkyuusei: Meru Tashima, Mio Tomonaga, Marina Yamada, Izumi Umemoto, Yuka Akiyoshi, Maiko Fukagawa, Yuka Tanaka

"Ima ga Ichiban"

• Team H : Chihiro Anai, Serina Kumazawa, Haruka Kodama, Rino Sashihara, Natsumi Tanaka, Chiyori Nakanishi, Natsumi Matsuoka, Madoka Moriyasu
• Kenkyuusei : Kyouka Abe, Mina Imada, Marika Tani, Riko Sakaguchi

Oricon Charts

Release	Oricon Singles Chart	Peak position	Debut sales (copies)	Sales total (copies)
March 20, 2013	Daily Chart	1	205,278	284,467
	Weekly Chart	1	250,147
	Monthly Chart	4	264,550

Further reading

• HKT48 (20 March 2013a). Suki! Suki! Skip! (Type-A ed.). Universal Sigma. ASIN B00B1LCGIG. UMCK-5417.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (20 March 2013b). Suki! Suki! Skip! (Type-B ed.). Universal Sigma. ASIN B00B1LCGJU. UMCK-5418.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (20 March 2013c). Suki! Suki! Skip! (Type-C ed.). Universal Sigma. ASIN B00B1LCGI6. UMCK-5419.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• HKT48 (20 March 2013t). Suki! Suki! Skip! (Theater ed.). Universal Sigma. ASIN B00BWIWF0C. PROS-5005.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• HKT48 Discography (in Japanese)
• Universal Music Japan (HKT48) Profile - Discography (in Japanese)
• [PV] Suki! Suki! Skip! (Short ver.) on YouTube