Kaze no Naka de

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"Kaze no Naka de"
Single by Arisa Mizuki
from the album Arisa
A-side"Kaze no Naka de"
B-side"Graduation (Tobira o Nukete)"
ReleasedNovember 21, 1991
GenrePop
Length5:34
LabelNippon Columbia
Songwriter(s)Amii Ozaki
Producer(s)Akira Inoue
Arisa Mizuki singles chronology
"Eden no Machi"
(1991)
"Kaze no Naka de"
(1991)
"Too Shy Shy Boy!"
(1992)

"Kaze no Naka de" (風の中で, lit. "In the Wind") is the third single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on November 21, 1991 as the third and final single from Mizuki's debut studio album Arisa. Both the A-side and B-side were written and composed by Amii Ozaki. The title track, "Kaze no Naka de," served as theme song for Mizuki's first feature film Chō Shōjo Reiko. "Graduation (Tobira o Nukete)" served as theme song for the Japanese dub of the animated series Babar. "Kaze no Naka de," which was written for Mizuki's debut album Arisa, was released as a single at Mizuki's request.

Chart performance[edit]

"Kaze no Naka de" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 10 with 49,740 copies sold in its first week.[1] The single charted for eight weeks and has sold a total of 121,870 copies.[2][3] "Kaze no Naka de" was the 18th best-selling single of December 1991.[4]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Amii Ozaki

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Kaze no Naka de" (風の中で "In the Wind")Akira Inoue5:34
2."Graduation (Tobira o Nukete)" (Graduation~扉を抜けて~ "Graduation (Out the Door)")Yasuhiro Tomita5:29
Total length:11:03

Charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles[1] 10
Oricon Monthly Singles[4] 18

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 1991年12月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  2. ^ 風の中で/観月ありさ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  3. ^ ヴィジョンファクトリー(旧ライジング)@売上データ補完スレ (in Japanese). 2004-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  4. ^ a b 1991年12月オリコンシングルランキング (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-08-05.