is a single released by High and Mighty Color

High and Mighty Color

High and Mighty Color was a Japanese metal band active from 2003 to 2010. They notably had two vocalists; a male and a female.- Formation and Anti-Nobunaga :...

 on January 11, 2006.

Overview

"Ichirin no Hana" is the band's sixth single. It retained number two in the Oricon

Oricon

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 charts for most of the week of its release, making it the group's biggest hit since "Over", and even surpassed that single in sales. It is a rock song, blended with some rapping from Yūsuke. "Ichirin no Hana" was used as the third opening theme for the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaption of Bleach

Bleach (manga)

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and was certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the RIAJ in January 2006. The title of the song is translated to English as "a single flower"

Track list

1. "Ichirin no Hana" – 3:40
2. "Warped Reflection" – 4:07
3. "Ichirin no Hana ~Huge Hollow Mix~" (remixed by DT of NATM3) – 4:37
4. "Ichirin no Hana (Less Vocal Track)" – 3:40

All songs written by High and Mighty Color.

Production

• Hide2 (Norishrocks) – creative & art direction
• Tsousie (Jetrock Graphics) – art direction & design
• Ryuichi Tamura (Norishrocks) – co-art design
• Rocca Works – costume
• Eiji Tanaki (D&N Planning) – styling
• Keiko Nakatani (Mingle) – hair and make-up
• Atsushi Otaki (Ad Force), Masahiro Aoki (D&N Planning), Noriko Yamashita (SMC) & Kaori"Kacch" Nagai (Norishrocks) – products coordination

TV Performances

• January 13, 2006 - Music Fighter
• January 14, 2006 - CDTV
• January 20, 2006 - Music Station
• January 27, 2006 - PopJam
• January 28, 2006 - Melodix!

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	Sales	Chart run
January 11, 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#2
January 11, 2006	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#2	84,562	25 weeks+
January 11, 2006	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart