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Hotaru (Onitsuka Chihiro)

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Cover
Artist
Onitsuka Chihiro
Single
Hotaru (蛍; Firefly)
Released
2008.08.06
Catalog Number
UMCK-5211
Price
¥1,000
CD Tracklist
  1. Hotaru (蛍; Firefly)
  2. 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.

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 three 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.
Hotaru (HOTEL MURDERESS OF ARIZONA LIVE)
Found on the HOTEL MURDERESS OF ARIZONA MY GUN DVD as track #7. It is sung exclusively with a piano and an arrangement that stays true to the main version.

Music Video

Onitsuka Chihiro in the PV for "Hotaru"

The PV for "Hotaru" was directed by UGICHIN. 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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