Tsubasa (Eir Aoi song)

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"Tsubasa"
The regular edition cover
Single by Eir Aoi
from the album Best -E-
B-side"Carry Out"
Released
  • July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17) (digital)
  • July 20, 2016
Recorded2017
StudioRokubancho Studio
(Tokyo, Japan)
GenreJ-pop
Length3:24
LabelSME Record
Composer(s)Ryuhey Yamada
Lyricist(s)Uki
Eir Aoi singles chronology
"Accentier"
(2016) 		"Tsubasa"
(2016) 		"Ryūsei / Yakusoku"
(2018)
Alternative cover
The limited anime edition cover
Music video
Tsubasa on YouTube

"Tsubasa" (翼, Wings) is a song by Japanese pop singer Eir Aoi. It was released as thirteenth single digitally on July 17, 2016, and received a physical release on July 20, 2016.[1] It reached number 9 on Oricon and number 5 on Japan Hot 100. It was used as the opening theme song for the second season of anime series The Heroic Legend of Arslan.[2] The song was released before her indefinite hiatus in November 2016,[3] although she would resume her activities in 2018.[4][5]

  1. ^ "藍井エイル 13th Single 「翼」 2016.07.20 Release!!" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Heroic Legend of Arslan 2nd Season's TV Ad Previews Eir Aoi's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Singer Eir Aoi Goes on Indefinite Hiatus After Budōkan Concerts on November 4–5". Anime News Network. October 14, 2016. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Singer Eir Aoi Returns From Hiatus". Anime News Network. February 8, 2018. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ^ ">藍井エイル、活動再開のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2020.