Uta ga Chikara

Uta ga Chikara
Studio album by
Kokia
ReleasedJuly 21, 2004 (2004-07-21) (Japan)
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09) (Asia)[1]
Recorded2004
GenreJ-pop, folk
Length42:14
LabelVictor Entertainment
ProducerKokia
Kokia chronology
A Piece of Christmas
(2003) 		Uta ga Chikara
(2004) 		Pearl: The Best Collection
(2006)
Singles from Uta ga Chikara
  1. "So Much Love for You"
    Released: April 21, 2004
  2. "Yume ga Chikara"
    Released: June 23, 2004

Uta ga Chikara (歌がチカラ, Songs Are Strength) is Kokia's fourth album, released in July 2004, eight months after her last album, "Remember Me."[2] The album centres on inspirational songs, including the official song for the Japan team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, "Yume ga Chikara."

The song "Utau Hito" was later used as the ending theme song for the animated film Furusato: Japan in 2007. Director Akio Nishizawa felt the song was so fitting for his film, it was as if the song were commissioned specifically for it.[3] The song featured on Kokia's first greatest hits album, Pearl: The Best Collection, as well as the B-side of her 2007 single "Arigatō... (The Pearl Edition)."

  1. ^ "Uta ga Chikara (Overseas Version)" (in English and Chinese). Yesasia. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  2. ^ "KOKIA｜歌がチカラ｜@Victor Entertainment" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  3. ^ "ふるさと-JAPANの音楽" (in Japanese). 株式会社ワオ・コーポレーション. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-03-21.