Hoshi wo Mezashite

Limited Edition

Regular Edition

Artist

NEWS

Single

Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)

Released

2007.03.21

Catalog Number

JECN-0125/6 (Limited), JECN-0127 (Regular)

Price

¥1,300 (Limited), ¥800 (Regular)

Limited Edition Tracklist

1. Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)
2. Boom! Boom! POWER
3. Akai Hana (紅い花)

Regular Edition Tracklist

1. Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)
2. Boom! Boom! POWER
3. Best Friend
4. Hoshi wo Mezashite (Original Karaoke) (星をめざして)

DVD Tracklist

1. NEWS SPRING CONCERT TOUR 2006 in SENDAI
   • Yume no Kazu Dake Ai ga Umareru (夢の数だけ愛が生まれる)
   • Hadashi no Cinderella Boy (裸足のシンデレラボーイ)
   • Sayaendou (サヤエンドウ)
2. JACKET SHOOTING

Information

Hoshi wo Mezashite is NEWS' sixth single and the first one after their year long suspension. Once again, this release featured only six members, as Kusano Hironori and Uchi Hiroki were demoted to the status of "trainees". Hoshi wo Mezashite was used as the theme song of the Japanese release of the film Happy Feet for which member Tegoshi Yuya voiced the main character. This single sold 310,505 copies in 2007, becoming the #13 single of the year.

TV Performances

• [2007.02.16] Music Station
• [2007.02.18] Shounen Club Premium
• [2007.03.09] Music Station
• [2007.03.16] Music Fighter
• [2007.03.18] Ya-Ya-yah
• [2007.03.22] Utaban
• [2007.04.02] HEY!HEY!HEY!

Song Information

PV Shot

Lyrics

Nakanishi Rei

Music

Peter Björklund / Johan Sahlén / Claes Andreasson / Torbjörn Wassenius

Other Information

Arrangement: Aoi Yoshiki

Synthesizer Programming: Hashimoto Shigeaki

Guitar: Hayashibe Naoki

Bass: Kudo Takeshi

Strings: RUSH by Kato Takashi

Chorus: Takahashi Tetsuya

Mixed by Kosugi Maki

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	243,608
2	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	31,083
4	13	13	10	7	8	6	10	14,441
6	11	12	16	13	10	9	12	8,005
9	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	4,251

Total Reported Sales: 310,505

External Links

• Oricon Profile