Hotaru (Onitsuka Chihiro)
- Artist
- Onitsuka Chihiro
- Single
- Hotaru (蛍; Firefly)
- Released
- 2008.08.06
- Catalog Number
- UMCK-5211
- Price
- ¥1,000
- CD Tracklist
- Hotaru (蛍; Firefly)
- HIDE AND SCREAM
- Information
"Hotaru" is Onitsuka Chihiro's 14th single. "Hotaru" was selected by film distributor Cinequanon to be the theme song for the film Last Game: Saigo no Soukeisen directed by Koyama Seijiro. Onitsuka performed the song for the first time at the Shibuya Orchard Hall on April 26th, her first solo concert in almost five years. It was the #387 highest selling single of 2008.
Contents
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Onitsuka Chihiro
- Music
- Onitsuka Chihiro
- Other Information
- Producer, Arrangement: Sakamoto Masayuki
- Piano: Sakamoto Masayuki
- Drums: Eguchi Nobuo
- Fretless Bass: Matsubara Hideki
- Gut Guitar and Bouzouki: Furukawa Nozomi
- Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Disambiguation
There are currently two versions of "Hotaru" to be found on Onitsuka Chihiro's discography. These include:
- Hotaru
- Found on the "Hotaru" single as track #1 and on DOROTHY as track #10.
- Hotaru (NINE DIRTS AND SNOW WHITE FLICKERS LIVE)
- Found on the NINE DIRTS AND SNOW WHITE FLICKERS DVD as track #17. The arrangement is similar to the main version.
Music Video
The music video features many profile shots of Onitsuka, some with lights representing fireflies, some in gray scale, some shot outside.
A second alternate music video was released containing scenes from the film Last Game: Saigo no Soukeisen.
Oricon Chart Positions
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | x | x | x | x | x | x | 11 | 10,133 |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 33 | 2,822 |
Total Reported Sales: 18,096
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