Kizuna (Aya Ueto song)

"Kizuna"
Single by Aya Ueto
from the album Ayaueto
Released	November 7, 2002
Recorded	September 13, 2002
Genre	Pop rock ;
Length	4:57
Label	Flight Master
Songwriter(s)	T2ya ;
Producer(s)	T2ya;
Aya Ueto singles chronology
Audio sample
	"Kizuna" file ; help ;

Last updated December 30, 2020

"Kizuna" (stylized as "kizuna") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Aya Ueto, from her debut studio album, Ayaueto . It was released as the album's second single by Flight Master on November 7, 2002. The first pressing of the single included a bonus CD-ROM featuring a special video message from Ueto, as well as a program allowing fans to receive emails from her for a limited period. The song was used in commercials for Karaoke Station by Bandai, starring Ueto herself.^[1]

Background

"Kizuna" was released two months following the debut single "Pureness". The track is a midtempo ballad and, like "Pureness," it was written, composed, arranged and produced by T2ya.^[1] It was recorded by Ueto on September 13, 2002, the day before her seventeenth birthday. At the time of release, Ueto was in the middle of filming her first feature film, Azumi (2003), and had to learn the lyrics to "Kizuna" on the day of recording. Due to the hectic filming schedule at the time, Ueto did not do any televised promotion for the single. The music video for "Kizuna" was shot on the rooftop of a hotel in Osaka.^[2] The video shoot was squeezed in an opening in the filming schedule when the crew for Azumi were moving locations from Kyoto to Hiroshima, giving Ueto just enough time to film the video and get back to set the next day. Ueto has stated that the music video for "Kizuna" is one of her personal favorites.^[2]

Chart performance

"Kizuna" entered the daily Oricon Singles Chart at number 3.^[3] The single debuted on the weekly chart at number 5, with 32,000 copies sold in the first week.^[4] It spent a second week in the top twenty, at number 19, selling 11,000copies,^[5] before dropping out the following week.^[6] "Kizuna" charted on the Oricon Singles Chart for eleven weeks, selling a reported total of 57,000 copies during its run.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Kizuna"	T2ya	T2ya	4:57
2.	"Tears"	Natsumi Kobayashi Naoto Suzuki	Suzuki	5:05
3.	"Pureness" (Million Plug Style Remix)	T2ya	T2ya	4:26
4.	"Kizuna" (Instrumental)	T2ya	T2ya	4:55
Total length:				19:23

First press CD-ROM
No.	Title	Length
1.	"uetoaya.tv Offline Contents"

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)^[3]	3
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)^[8]	5
Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)^[9]	22
Japan Weekly Singles (SoundScan)^[10]	7

Sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)	N/A	57,000^[7]

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	November 7, 2002 (2002-11-07)	CD CD/CD-ROM	Flight Master	^[11]^[12]
Taiwan	January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)	CD	Skyhigh Entertainment	^[13]

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[barks-1] 1 2 2ヶ月連続シングルリリース記念「上戸彩年鑑 2002～2004」. Barks (in Japanese). June 14, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2009.

[oricon-2] 1 2 "上戸彩『5年間の軌跡を綴った、ファン待望のベストアルバムが完成!』". Oricon (in Japanese). September 13, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

[daily-3] 1 2 "【ﾏﾀｰﾘ】CD売上げ報告スレ６【議論】" (in Japanese). November 7, 2002. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

[4] "オリコン 2002.11.18" . Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[5] "オリコン 2002.11.25" . Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[6] "オリコン 2002.12.2" . Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[youtaiju-7] 1 2 "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon . Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[oricon-prof-8] "kizuna 上戸彩". Oricon . Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[monthly-9] "2002/12 付 CDシングル BEST50". Oricon . Archived from the original on May 7, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[soundscan-10] "週刊 CDソフト TOP20". Nielsen SoundScan (in Japanese). Retrieved July 26, 2011.

[11] "上戸彩 / kizuna [CCCD][限定][廃盤]". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[12] "上戸彩 / kizuna [CCCD][廃盤]". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[13] "上戶彩/ 牽絆". G-Music (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

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Discography
Studio albums	Ayaueto Message Re. License Happy Magic: Smile Project
Compilations	Uetoayamix Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection
Singles	"Pureness" "Kizuna "Hello" "Message" "Kanshō" "Mermaid" "Binetsu" "Ai no Tame ni." "Kaze" "Okuru Kotoba" "Afuresō na Ai, Daite" "Namida o Fuite" "Usotsuki" "Yume no Chikara" "Kaze o Ukete" "Egao no Mama de" "Way to Heaven" "Namida no Niji" "Save Me" "Smile for..." "Mō Ichido Dake"
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