Naraku no Hana

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"Naraku no Hana"
Naraku no Hana.jpg
Single by Eiko Shimamiya
from the album Hikari Nadeshiko
B-side "FLOW"
Released August 22, 2007
Format Maxi
Genre J-Pop
Electronica
Electropop
Industrial
Length19:18
Label Frontier Works
Songwriter(s) Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Eiko Shimamiya
Producer(s) I've Sound
Eiko Shimamiya singles chronology
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni"
(2006)
"Naraku no Hana"
(2007)
"WHEEL OF FORTUNE"
(2008)

"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni"
(2006)
"Naraku no Hana"
(2007)
"WHEEL OF FORTUNE"
(2008)

"Naraku no Hana"(奈落の花,Flower of Hell) [also read as Flower in Hell] is Eiko Shimamiya's second single produced by I've Sound and Geneon Entertainment. It was released on August 22, 2007. It was able to reach #12 in the Oricon weekly charts making this Eiko's most successful single. [1] It has sold more than 34,000 copies and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks. The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, which is the sequel to the anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni .

Eiko Shimamiya, also called Eiko or Peko, is a female J-pop singer, producer, and a former member of the production group I've Sound. She is best known for singing the opening themes of the anime series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Eiko also handles a school called Shimamiya Size (S-size) in Sapporo. Some of her former students are I've Sound singers Mami Kawada, Kotoko and Kaori Utatsuki. She announced on May 10, 2010 via Twitter that she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Her "Perfect World Live Tour", which was scheduled to begin in June, was subsequently canceled. She made an announcement of her full recovery from cancer on January 28, 2011.

Track listing

  1. Naraku no Hana(奈落の花) – 5:01
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  2. Flow(FLOW) – 4:39
    Composition: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: SORMA No.1
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  3. Naraku no Hana (Instrumental)(奈落の花 (Instrumental)) – 5:01
  4. Flow (Instrumental)(FLOW (Instrumental)) – 4:37

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References

  1. "島みやえい子-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-27.