| "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" | ||||
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| Single by Ryōko Shinohara | ||||
| from the album Lady Generation: Shukujo no Sedai | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| English title | This Love, This Pain, This Strength of Heart | |||
| B-side | "Good Luck" | |||
| Released | July 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
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| Length | 4:22 | |||
| Label | Cha-Dance / Epic / Sony Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tetsuya Komuro | |||
| Producer(s) | Tetsuya Komuro | |||
| Ryōko Shinohara singles chronology | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" on YouTube | ||||
| "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to 2023" on YouTube | ||||
"Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" (恋しさとせつなさと心強さと, lit. "This Love, This Pain, This Strength of Heart") is the fourth single by Japanese singer Ryōko Shinohara, released on July 21, 1994, by Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment Japan under the Tokyo Performance Doll label Cha-Dance. Written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro, the song was used in the Japanese release of the 1994 anime film Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie during the scene where Ryu and Ken Masters team up to fight Vega/M. Bison. The B-side is "Good Luck", which was also featured in the film as the ending theme.
The single was Shinohara's breakthrough hit, staying at No. 1 on Oricon's singles chart for two weeks and peaking at No. 3 on Oricon's year-ending singles chart.[1] It also made Shinohara the first female artist in Japan to sell two million singles.[2][3] The song received the Excellence Award and the Arrangement Award at the 36th Japan Record Awards, the Wired Music Excellence Award at the 27th Japan Cable Awards, and the Best 5 Singles Award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards. Shinohara performed the song on the 45th[4] and the 73rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[5]
In 2019, the song was nominated for the Movie Theme Song Award (映画主題歌賞, Eiga Shudaika-shō) for the years 1989 to 1999 at Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Heisei Anison Awards (平成アニソン大賞, Heisei Anison Taishō).[6] In 2022, Shinohara and Komuro reunited to re-record the song as the Japanese image song for Street Fighter 6.[7]
Track listing[edit]
All music is composed and arranged by Tetsuya Komuro.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" ((恋しさとせつなさと心強さと, lit. "This Love, This Pain, This Strength of Heart")) | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Good Luck" | 6:46 |
| 3. | "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to (Original Karaoke)" | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 15:30 | |
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[1] | 1 |
Year-end charts[edit]
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 3 |
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ)[3] | 4× Platinum | 1,600,000^ |
| Japan (RIAJ)[8] Digital single |
Platinum | 250,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Cover versions[edit]
- Purple Days covered the song as the B-side of their 2010 single "Tsuyokunare".
- m.o.v.e covered the song on their 2010 album anim.o.v.e 02.
- MAX covered the song on their 2010 cover album Be MAX.
- AAA covered the song as the B-side of the Jacket C release of their 2011 single "Daiji na Koto".
- You Kikkawa covered the song on her 2012 cover album Vocalist?.
- Hatsune Miku covered the song on the 2012 compilation album Tetsuya Komuro Meets Vocaloid.
- Tomomi Kahara covered the song on her 2014 cover album Memories -Kahara Covers-.
- Machico covered the song on her 2014 album Colors.
- Minami Tsuda covered the song on the bonus CD of the limited edition DVD/Blu-ray Vol. 2 release of the 2015 anime series Classroom Crisis.
- May'n covered the song in 2017 for the Nintendo Switch game Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers.
- Raychell (of Raise A Suilen) covered the song for the 2020 game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "恋しさとせつなさと心強さと | 篠原涼子 with t.komuro". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "小室哲哉が作曲した楽曲の売上TOP20". Oricon. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ a b "Japanese single certifications – 篠原涼子 with t.komuro – 恋しさとせつなさと心強さとと" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 9, 2021. Select 1994年12月 on the drop-down menu
- ^ "45th Kōhaku Uta Gassen History". NHK. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "73rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen". NHK. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "平成アニソン大賞" [Heisei Anison Awards]. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "篠原涼子28年ぶり「恋しさと せつなさと 心強さと」セルフカバー 小室哲哉と再びタッグ（日刊スポーツ）" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Japanese digital single certifications – 篠原涼子 with t.komuro – 恋しさとせつなさと心強さとと" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved September 11, 2021. Select 2020年8月 on the drop-down menu
External links[edit]
- Official website
- "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" at Discogs
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