Hotaru no Hikari (Ikimonogakari)

Single Cover

Artist

Ikimonogakari

Single

Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ; Glow of Fireflies)

Released

2009.07.15

Catalog Number

ESCL-3253

Price

¥1,020

Tracklist

1. Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ)
2. Omoide no Sukima (おもいでのすきま; Between Memories)
3. Hotaru no Hikari -instrumental- (ホタルノヒカリ-instrumental-)

Information

"Hotaru no Hikari" is the fourteenth single released by Ikimonogakari. The title track was used as the fifth opening theme song for the anime Naruto Shippuuden. The single reached #5 on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for 14 weeks. Because it sold 47,964 copies in 2009, it was the #137 single of that year. The first press came with a Naruto sticker, one of four Naruto cards, and "ikimono card 013".

Song Information

Ikimonogakari promoting the single.

Lyrics

Mizuno Yoshiki

Music

Mizuno Yoshiki

Other Information

Arrangement: Eguchi Ryo

Strings Arrangement: Crusher Kimura

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	24,533
4	14	15	11	9	8	10	8	7,672
6	24	28	24	19	18	19	21	4,315
16	49	42	30	38	27	26	34	2,873
26	39	41	26	30	31	28	30	2,304
25	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	1,484
45	-	-	-	-	-	-	103	965
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	793
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	664
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	466
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	783
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119	453
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	340
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	166	319

Total Reported Sales: 47,964

External Links

• Oricon Profile
• Sony Music Profile