Mirai e no Present

"Mirai e no Present"
Single by Miho Nakayama with Mayo
from the album Treasury
LanguageJapanese
English titleA Present for the Future
B-side"Darlin'"
ReleasedNovember 1, 1996 (1996-11-01)
Recorded1996
GenreJ-pop
Length4:27
LabelKing Records
Composer(s)Mayo Okamoto
Lyricist(s)
  • Mayo Okamoto
  • Miho Nakayama
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"True Romance"
(1996) 		"Mirai e no Present"
(1996) 		"March Color"
(1997)
Mayo Okamoto singles chronology
"Forever"
(1996) 		"Mirai e no Present"
(1996) 		"Alone"
(1996)

"Mirai e no Present" (未来へのプレゼント, Mirai e no Purezento, lit. "A Present for the Future") is the 35th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama and a collaboration with Mayo Okamoto (as "Mayo"). Written by Okamoto and Nakayama, the single was released on November 1, 1996, by King Records.[1][2][3]

Background and release

"Mirai e no Present" was Nakayama's second collaboration single since "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" in 1992. Co-writer Okamoto performed backing vocals on the song; she later on self-covered the song as "Will... (Mirai e no Present)" on her 1997 album Smile.

The song was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series Oishī Kankei (おいしい関係, A Tasty Relationship), which also starred Nakayama. The B-side, "Darlin", was used by Astel Tokyo on a commercial that also featured Nakayama.

"Mirai e no Present" peaked at No. 6 on Oricon's weekly singles chart, becoming her last career top-10 single. It sold over 409,000 copies and was Nakayama's last single to be certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[4][5][6]

Track listing

8cm CD single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Mirai e no Present" (Mirai e no Purezento (未来へのプレゼント, "A Present for the Future"))
OkamotoTomoji Sogawa4:27
2."Darlin'"NakayamaChika UedaEtsuko Yamakawa3:57
3."Mirai e no Present" (Original Karaoke)   4:27
4."Darlin'" (Original Karaoke)   3:55

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[7] 6

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6] Platinum 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. December 28, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 with MAYO / 未来へのプレゼント [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "未来へのプレゼント | 中山美穂 with MAYO". Mora. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "未来へのプレゼント | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "中山美穂(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Japanese single certifications – 中山 美穂 – 未来へのプレゼント" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 12, 2021. Select 1996年11月 on the drop-down menu
  7. ^ 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.