Lotus (Umareshi Hana)

"Lotus (Umareshi Hana)"
Single by Shizuka Kudo
from the album Tsukikage
ReleasedFebruary 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)
Genre
Length5:17
LabelPony Canyon
Songwriter(s)
Shizuka Kudo singles chronology
"Maple"
(2002) 		"Lotus (Umareshi Hana)"
(2005) 		"Kokoro no Chikara"
(2005)
Audio sample
"Lotus (Umareshi Hana)"

"Lotus (Umareshi Hana)" (Lotus ～生（う）まれし花（はな）～, lit. "Lotus (Flower in Bloom)") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, from her sixteenth studio album, Tsukikage. It was released by Pony Canyon as the album's lead single on February 16, 2005, and is Kudo's first single in close to three years.[1] The song was featured on TV commercials for Daihatsu Tanto,[2] starring Kudo herself,[3] which had previously featured Kudo singing a cover of Seiko Matsuda's "Sweet Memories".[4]

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  2. ^ "工藤静香「Lotus～生まれし花～」-『Lotus～生まれし花～』収録". Recochoku. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "工藤静香のCM出演情報". Oricon. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "ダイハツTantoのCM、工藤静香がカヴァーしている曲は？". CDJournal. Retrieved December 23, 2017.