Hotaru (Onitsuka Chihiro)

Cover

Artist

Onitsuka Chihiro

Single

Hotaru (蛍)

Released

2008.08.06

Catalog Number

UMCK-5211

Price

¥1,000

CD Tracklist

1. Hotaru (蛍; Firefly)
2. HIDE AND SCREAM

Information

"Hotaru" is the 14th single released by Onitsuka Chihiro. "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

External Links

• Oricon Profile