Butterfly (Koda Kumi)

CD+DVD Cover

CD Only Cover

Artist

Koda Kumi

Single

Butterfly

Released

2005.06.22

Catalog Number

RZCD-45213/B (CD+DVD)

RZCD-45214 (CD Only)

Price

¥1,890 (CD+DVD)

¥1,050 (CD Only)

CD Tracklist

1. Butterfly
2. Your Sunshine
3. Taisetsu na Kimi e (大切な君へ)
4. Butterfly (Instrumental)
5. Your Sunshine (Instrumental)
6. Taisetsu na Kimi e (Instrumental) (大切な君へ)

DVD Tracklist

1. Butterfly (PV)
2. Butterfly (Making Of)

Information

"Butterfly" is the sixteenth single released by Koda Kumi. The main track was used as the theme song for the dorama "Kosume no Mahou 2" while "Your Sunshine" was used in a CM for Nivea Body's "Yakyo Whitening UV". The single reached #2 on Oricon charts and charted for 22 weeks. It sold 45,303 units in it's first week and the most recent figures show that it sold a total of 125,662 units.

"Taisetsu na Kimi e" is certified gold for over 100,000 full-length song downloads on cellphones.

Song Information

Lyrics

Koda Kumi

Music & Arrangement

Watanabe Miki

Live Performances

• [2005.06.11] secret ~FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE~
• [2005.06.18] CDTV
• [2005.06.24] Music Station
• [2005.07.01] PopJam
• [2005.07.01] Music Fighter
• [2005.08.01] a-nation '05
• [2005.09.03] Music Fair 21
• [2005.10.15~11.13] KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2005 ~first things~
• [2005.11.21] Best Hit Kayousai
• [2005.11.30] Best Artist
• [2005.12.07] FNS Kayousai
• [2005.12.17] Nihon Record Taishou
• [2005.12.23] Music Station Super Live
• [2005.12.31] 47th Nihon Record Taishou
• [2005.12.31] CDTV First Live
• [2005.12.31] 56th Kouhaku Uta Gassen
• [2006.03.04] Music Fair 21
• [2006.06.26] SMAPxSMAP
• [2006.07.29] a-nation '06
• [2006.08.18] J-Wave Live '06
• [2006.12.14] Gold Disc Award
• [2006.12.31] CDTV First Live
• [2008.07.26] a-nation '08
• [2008.08.28] Waon Special Live
• [2008.09.24] CDTV
• [2010.08.28] a-nation '10
• [2011.03.20] Music Lovers
• [2011.07.30] a-nation '11
• [2013.08.03] a-nation island '13
• [2013.08.11] Zushi Fes '13
• [2013.08.25] a-nation '13
• [2013.08.31] 2013 Carnival
• [2014.09.28] 400th OSAKA Music Fes
• [2015.09.05] USJ Live '15
• [2016.07.18] FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri
• [2017.01.31] Utacon
• [2019.11.12] Utacon
• [2019.12.27] Music Station Super Live
• [2020.02.19] Sukkiri
• [2020.08.20] Monitoring
• [2020.09.30] TV Tokyo Ongakusai

Disambiguation

There are three versions of "Butterfly" to be currently found in Koda Kumi's discography.

Butterfly (Original)

Found on this single as track #1.

Found on BEST ~first things~ as track #7 on disc two.

Found on FEVER KODA KUMI LEGEND LIVE as track #3.

Found on Kumi Koda Complete Best as track #2.

Butterfly (Instrumental)

Found on this single as track #4.

Butterfly (Prog5 Mirrorball Remix)

Found on Driving Hit's as track #8.

Butterfly (TeddyLoid Remix)

Found on Driving Hit's 4 as track #15.

External Links

• Kuu's Official YouTube Channel: Music Video | Cutie Honey~Butterfly @ Live Tour ~Dejavu~ | Butterfly @ "Dirty Ballroom" One Night Show
• Purchase: Apple Music | Recochoku | mora
• Oricon Profile CD+DVD | CD Only