Kimi no Na wa Kibō

"Kimi no Na wa Kibō"
Regular edition cover
Regular edition cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side
  • "Shakiism"
  • "Romantic Ikayaki" (Type-A)
  • "13nichi no Kinyōbi" (Type-B)
  • "Dekopin" (Type-C)
  • "Psychokinesis no Kanōsei" (Regular)
ReleasedMarch 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)
GenreJ-pop
Length27:16
LabelN46Div.
Songwriter(s)Katsuhiko Sugiyama
Kensuke Okamoto
Shinkoh Ogura
Producer(s)Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Seifuku no Mannequin"
(2012)
"Kimi no Na wa Kibō"
(2013)
"Girl's Rule"
(2013)

"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (Japanese: 君の名は希望, "Your name is hope") is the fifth single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46. It was number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart.[1] It reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[2] On December 31, 2015, Nogizaka46 appeared on the 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time and sang this song.[3]

Release

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This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.[4]

Track listing

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Type-A

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CD[5][6]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)5:25
2."Shakiism" (シャキイズム)4:12
3."Romantic Ikayaki" (ロマンティックいか焼き)4:29
4."Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)5:25
5."Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)4:12
6."Romantic Ikayaki off vocal ver." (ロマンティックいか焼き off vocal ver.)4:28
DVD[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video" 
2."Shakiism Music Video" 
3."Rina Ikoma × Kazuaki Seki" 
4."Rena Ichiki × Santa Yamagishi" 
5."Nene Itō × Wataru Yamamoto" 
6."Marika Itō × Maki Fukushima" 
7."Misa Etō × Keisuke Kuroyanagi" 
8."Hina Kawago × Yūichirō Satō" 
9."Mai Shiraishi × Ippei Morita" 
10."Kazumi Takayama × Shigeki Kaneko" 
11."Hina Higuchi × Hiroki Horanai" 
12."Seira Miyazawa × Ryō Morita" 
13."Yumi Wakatsuki × Hiroyuki Uchimura" 

Type-B

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CD[7][8]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)5:25
2."Shakiism" (シャキイズム)4:12
3."13nichi no Kinyōbi" (13日の金曜日)3:42
4."Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)5:25
5."Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)4:12
6."13nichi no Kinyōbi off vocal ver." (13日の金曜日 off vocal ver.)3:41
DVD[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video" 
2."13nichi no Kinyōbi Music Video" 
3."Erika Ikuta × Yūki Aoyama" 
4."Sayuri Inoue × Tsubasa Kayasuga" 
5."Yukina Kashiwa × Kazuma Ikeda" 
6."Asuka Saitō × Kōji Hagiuda" 
7."Chiharu Saitō × Yoshimasa Ōhashi" 
8."Yūri Saitō × Chisa Takano" 
9."Reika Sakurai × Taikō Nakamura" 
10."Seira Nagashima × Taishi Mizumoto" 
11."Nanami Hashimoto × Hiroaki Yuasa" 
12."Mai Fukagawa × Tarō Okagawa" 
13."Maaya Wada × Takahide Ishii+KAI(Tangent)" 

Type-C

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CD[9][10]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)5:25
2."Shakiism" (シャキイズム)4:12
3."Dekopin" (でこぴん)4:42
4."Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)5:25
5."Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)4:12
6."Dekopin off vocal ver." (でこぴん off vocal ver.)4:41
DVD[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video" 
2."Dekopin Music Video" 
3."Manatsu Akimoto × Flash Harry" 
4."Mikumo Andō × Takeju Kitajima" 
5."Mahiro Kawamura × Isao Okuhira" 
6."Kana Nakada × Daisuke Kondō" 
7."Himeka Nakamoto × Hideaki Fukui" 
8."Nanase Nishino × Fumio Moriya" 
9."Ami Nōjō × Makoto Nagao" 
10."Seira Hatanaka × Fujimaru Totsuka" 
11."Minami Hoshino × Takayuki Hayashi" 
12."Sayuri Matsumura × Daisuke Tsuda" 
13."Rina Yamato × Kazuya Murayama" 

Regular Edition

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CD[11][12]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhiko SugiyamaRina Ikoma, et cetera5:25
2."Shakiism" (シャキイズム)Yasushi AkimotoKensuke OkamotoRina Ikoma, et cetera4:12
3."Psychokinesis no Kanōsei" (サイコキネシスの可能性)Yasushi AkimotoKatsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinkoh OguraReika Sakurai, et cetera4:00
4."Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.) Katsuhiko Sugiyama 5:25
5."Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.) Kensuke Okamoto 4:12
6."Psychokinesis no Kanōsei off vocal ver." (サイコキネシスの可能性 off vocal ver.) Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinkoh Ogura 3:59

Use as station departure melody

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"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" is to be used as the departure melody on the platforms of Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line from spring 2016.[13]

Chart and certifications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2013年03月11日~2013年03月17日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2013年03月25日付)". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon Me. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2013/03/25". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ 乃木坂46"成長した3人"に注目!「君の名は希望」音合せ<紅白リハ初日> (in Japanese). modelpress. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. ^ 乃木坂46生駒里奈、7作ぶりセンター復帰「兼任活かす」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. ^ a b Nogizaka46 2013a.
  6. ^ 君の名は希望 type A (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. ^ a b Nogizaka46 2013b.
  8. ^ 君の名は希望 type B (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  9. ^ a b Nogizaka46 2013c.
  10. ^ 君の名は希望 type C (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  11. ^ Nogizaka46 2013r.
  12. ^ 君の名は希望 (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  13. ^ 日比谷線 秋葉原駅・銀座駅、千代田線 乃木坂駅 発車メロディ導入曲決定! [Departure melodies to be introduced at Hibiya Line Akihabara and Ginza Stations and Chiyoda Line Nogizaka Station]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  14. ^ オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2013年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  15. ^ ゴールドディスク認定 2013年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading

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  • Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013a). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4IM. SRCL-8253/8254.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013b). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O56S. SRCL-8255/8256.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013c). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4PK. SRCL-8257/8258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013r). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4IW. SRCL-8259.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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