Namida (Kokoro Abaite)
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is the theme song for the film Zebraman: Vengeful Zebra City
Zebraman: Vengeful Zebra City
is the 2010 sequel to the 2004 film Zebraman, to be released on May 1, 2010. The film features Show Aikawa reprising his leading role from the original, and also stars Riisa Naka and Masahiro Inoue. The film's tagline is...

, released as a CD single on April 21, 2010. The song is performed by actress Riisa Naka
Riisa Naka
is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver .-Personal life:Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese...

 under the name , the character she portrays in the film. In the fiction of the film where the song also exists, the single has been the #1 song for 40 weeks straight during the year 2025. In real life, the single peaked at #22 on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Weekly Charts in 2010, remaining on the charts for 6 weeks. Naka states that she gave Zebra Queen a persona akin to Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...

 for the musical performances. In addition to a standard CD single release, a CD+DVD combo pack was released featuring music videos for both tracks with her back up dancers known as the . In addition to these two music videos, an alternate music video for the B-Side was filmed featuring comedienne Naomi Watanabe
Naomi Watanabe
is a Japanese actress and comedienne. She rose to fame in 2008 for her imitation of Beyoncé Knowles and was given the title "the Japanese Beyoncé."-Career:Watanabe makes impersonations of popular artists in Japanese culture...

 in place of Riisa Naka as Zebra Queen.

Track list

  1. - 3:21
    • Lyrics: Hidenori Tanaka, Emmy
    • Composition: Makoto Ogata, Noriki Ijiri
    • Arrangement: Masahiro Tobinai
  2. - 3:56
    • Lyrics: Kankurō Kudō
      Kankuro Kudo
      Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku...

    • Composition & Arrangement: Masahiro Tobinai
  3. "Namida (Kokoro Abaite) " - 3:21
  4. "Zebra Queen no Thema " - 3:54
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