Kimi no Na wa Kibō

"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (Japanese: 君の名は希望, "Your name is hope") is the fifth single by Japanese girl group Nogizaka46. It was number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart.[1] It reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[2] On December 31, 2015, Nogizaka46 appeared on the 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time and sang this song.[3]

"Kimi no Na wa Kibō"
Regular edition cover
Single by Nogizaka46
from the album Tōmei na Iro
B-side	"Shakiism" "Romantic Ikayaki" (Type-A) "13nichi no Kinyōbi" (Type-B) "Dekopin" (Type-C) "Psychokinesis no Kanōsei" (Regular)
Released	March 13, 2013
Genre	J-pop
Length	27:16
Label	N46Div.
Songwriter(s)	Katsuhiko Sugiyama Kensuke Okamoto Shinkoh Ogura
Producer(s)	Yasushi Akimoto
Nogizaka46 singles chronology
"Seifuku no Mannequin" (2012) "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (2013) "Girl's Rule" (2013)

Release

This single was released in 4 versions. Type-A, Type-B, Type-C and a regular edition. The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Rina Ikoma.[4]

Track listing

Type-A

CD[5][6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)	5:25
2.	"Shakiism" (シャキイズム)	4:12
3.	"Romantic Ikayaki" (ロマンティックいか焼き)	4:29
4.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)	5:25
5.	"Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)	4:12
6.	"Romantic Ikayaki off vocal ver." (ロマンティックいか焼き off vocal ver.)	4:28

DVD[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video"
2.	"Shakiism Music Video"
3.	"Rina Ikoma × Kazuaki Seki"
4.	"Rena Ichiki × Santa Yamagishi"
5.	"Nene Itō × Wataru Yamamoto"
6.	"Marika Itō × Maki Fukushima"
7.	"Misa Etō × Keisuke Kuroyanagi"
8.	"Hina Kawago × Yūichirō Satō"
9.	"Mai Shiraishi × Ippei Morita"
10.	"Kazumi Takayama × Shigeki Kaneko"
11.	"Hina Higuchi × Hiroki Horanai"
12.	"Seira Miyazawa × Ryō Morita"
13.	"Yumi Wakatsuki × Hiroyuki Uchimura"

Type-B

CD[7][8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)	5:25
2.	"Shakiism" (シャキイズム)	4:12
3.	"13nichi no Kinyōbi" (13日の金曜日)	3:42
4.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)	5:25
5.	"Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)	4:12
6.	"13nichi no Kinyōbi off vocal ver." (13日の金曜日 off vocal ver.)	3:41

DVD[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video"
2.	"13nichi no Kinyōbi Music Video"
3.	"Erika Ikuta × Yūki Aoyama"
4.	"Sayuri Inoue × Tsubasa Kayasuga"
5.	"Yukina Kashiwa × Kazuma Ikeda"
6.	"Asuka Saitō × Kōji Hagiuda"
7.	"Chiharu Saitō × Yoshimasa Ōhashi"
8.	"Yūri Saitō × Chisa Takano"
9.	"Reika Sakurai × Taikō Nakamura"
10.	"Seira Nagashima × Taishi Mizumoto"
11.	"Nanami Hashimoto × Hiroaki Yuasa"
12.	"Mai Fukagawa × Tarō Okagawa"
13.	"Maaya Wada × Takahide Ishii+KAI(Tangent)"

Type-C

CD[9][10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)	5:25
2.	"Shakiism" (シャキイズム)	4:12
3.	"Dekopin" (でこぴん)	4:42
4.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)	5:25
5.	"Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)	4:12
6.	"Dekopin off vocal ver." (でこぴん off vocal ver.)	4:41

DVD[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō Music Video"
2.	"Dekopin Music Video"
3.	"Manatsu Akimoto × Flash Harry"
4.	"Mikumo Andō × Takeju Kitajima"
5.	"Mahiro Kawamura × Isao Okuhira"
6.	"Kana Nakada × Daisuke Kondō"
7.	"Himeka Nakamoto × Hideaki Fukui"
8.	"Nanase Nishino × Fumio Moriya"
9.	"Ami Nōjō × Makoto Nagao"
10.	"Seira Hatanaka × Fujimaru Totsuka"
11.	"Minami Hoshino × Takayuki Hayashi"
12.	"Sayuri Matsumura × Daisuke Tsuda"
13.	"Rina Yamato × Kazuya Murayama"

Regular Edition

CD[11][12]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (君の名は希望)	Yasushi Akimoto	Katsuhiko Sugiyama	Rina Ikoma, et cetera	5:25
2.	"Shakiism" (シャキイズム)	Yasushi Akimoto	Kensuke Okamoto	Rina Ikoma, et cetera	4:12
3.	"Psychokinesis no Kanōsei" (サイコキネシスの可能性)	Yasushi Akimoto	Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinkoh Ogura	Reika Sakurai, et cetera	4:00
4.	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō off vocal ver." (君の名は希望 off vocal ver.)		Katsuhiko Sugiyama		5:25
5.	"Shakiism off vocal ver." (シャキイズム off vocal ver.)		Kensuke Okamoto		4:12
6.	"Psychokinesis no Kanōsei off vocal ver." (サイコキネシスの可能性 off vocal ver.)		Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinkoh Ogura		3:59

Use as station departure melody

"Kimi no Na wa Kibō" is to be used as the departure melody on the platforms of Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line from spring 2016.[13]

Chart and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position Japan (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) 1[1] Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) 3[2] Year-end charts Chart (2013) Peak position Japan (Oricon Yearly Singles Chart) 22[14]

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Japan (RIAJ)[15] Platinum 250,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "2013年03月11日～2013年03月17日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2013年03月25日付）". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Oricon Me. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
2. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2013/03/25". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
3. 乃木坂46"成長した3人"に注目!「君の名は希望」音合せ＜紅白リハ初日＞ (in Japanese). modelpress. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
4. 乃木坂46生駒里奈、7作ぶりセンター復帰「兼任活かす」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
5. Nogizaka46 2013a.
6. 君の名は希望 type A (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
7. Nogizaka46 2013b.
8. 君の名は希望 type B (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
9. Nogizaka46 2013c.
10. 君の名は希望 type C (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
11. Nogizaka46 2013r.
12. 君の名は希望 (Sony Music Records): 2013 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
13. 日比谷線 秋葉原駅・銀座駅、千代田線 乃木坂駅 発車メロディ導入曲決定！ [Departure melodies to be introduced at Hibiya Line Akihabara and Ginza Stations and Chiyoda Line Nogizaka Station]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
14. オリコン年間CDシングルランキング 2013年度 (in Japanese). oricon ME. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
15. ゴールドディスク認定 2013年3月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

Further reading

• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013a). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-A ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4IM. SRCL-8253/8254.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013b). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O56S. SRCL-8255/8256.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013c). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4PK. SRCL-8257/8258.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013r). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4IW. SRCL-8259.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Discography on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" Short Ver. on YouTube