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"Sakura Hitohira" (桜（さくら）ひとひら, lit. "Cherry Blossom Petal") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Misia, from the album Love Bebop. It was released as the album's second single digitally on February 11, 2015, through Ariola Japan.[1] It was released as a limited double A-side CD single alongside the song "Shiroi Kisetsu" a week later, on February 18, 2015.[2] The song was written by Misia, composed by her0ism and Shirose, from the band White Jam, and arranged and produced by her0ism. It was written specifically for the three-night TX drama The Eternal Zero, adapted from the film by the same name and starring Osamu Mukai, for which it serves as theme song.[3]

"Sakura Hitohira"
Single by Misia
from the album Love Bebop
Released	February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:52
Label	Ariola Japan
Songwriter(s)	Misia her0ism Shirose
Producer(s)	her0ism
Misia singles chronology
"Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" (2014) "Sakura Hitohira" / "Shiroi Kisetsu" (2015) "Nagareboshi" / "Anata ni Smile :)" (2015)

Background and release

"Sakura Hitohira" was promoted as being Misia's first Sakura song, a longstanding thematic in Japanese music.[4] On January 22, a trailer for the single was uploaded on Misia's official YouTube channel.[5] The single features three B-sides: the Shiro Sagisu-produced "Mayonaka no Hide-and-seek", "Candle of Life", which Misia first performed during the 2014 installment of her Misia Candle Night concert series, and lastly a remix of the latter track. The CD single cover artwork was designed by longtime collaborator Mitsuo Shindō and photographed by Kristian Schmidt.[2]

Composition

"Sakura Hitohira" is written in the key of F-sharp minor with a common time tempo of 82 beats per minute.[6] Misia's vocals span from A₃ to C♯₅.

Chart performance

"Sakura Hitohira" debuted at number 9 on the weekly RecoChoku Singles chart.[7] The CD single made its debut at number 24 on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 4,000 copies sold in its first charting week.[8] It charted for nine consecutive weeks and sold a reported total of 9,000 copies.[9]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Personnel[10]

• Vocals, backing vocals – Misia
• Songwriting – Misia, her0ism, Shirose
• Arrangement, programming, all other instruments – her0ism
• Electronic keyboard – Chris Rob
• Drums – Lil' John Roberts
• Bass – Nathan Watts
• Guitar – Errol Cooney
• Acoustic guitar – Taichi Nakamura
• Mixing – Tony Maserati
• Engineering – Masahiro Kawaguchi, Raheem Amlani
• Mastering – Herb Powers Jr.

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)[11]	20	9,000[9]
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[12]	24
Japan Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[13]	21
Japan Weekly Singles (RecoChoku)[7]	9

References

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