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"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 (2013-03-13)
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)

"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. It reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. On December 31, 2015, Nogizaka46 appeared on the 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time and sang this song.

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.

Track listing

Type-A

Type-B

Type-C

Regular Edition

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.

Chart and certifications

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013b). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-B ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O56S. SRCL-8255/8256.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013c). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Type-C ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4PK. SRCL-8257/8258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Nogizaka46 (13 March 2013r). Kimi no Na wa Kibō (Regular ed.). Sony Music Entertainment. ASIN B00B29O4IW. SRCL-8259.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Discography Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine on Nogizaka46 Official Website
• Nogizaka46 "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" Short Ver. on YouTube

• 2013 singles
• Songs in Japanese
• Nogizaka46 songs
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles
• Songs with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
• Songs written by Katsuhiko Sugiyama