Hikari e

ヒカリヘ

Song Information

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Composition/Lyrics: Akihito Tanaka
Vocals: Masaki Watanabe
Guitars: Ichinosuke Yoshikawa
Bass: Ken Sasaki
Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Yuichi Horiuchi
Recording Engineer: Miho Toyoda
Original Artist: The Babystars
Album: ヒカリへ (2002)
BPM: 190
Length: 1:47
Movie: mito (illustrations by 御船麻砥)
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

僕は今　さがしはじめた　水しぶきあげて
果てしなく続く世界へ
あふれだす情熱を胸に　どこまでも行くよ
まだ見ぬヒカリ　求め

夏色太陽が　ココロの帆をゆらせば
あたらしい世界への　扉を開く合図
波間にゆれてる　絶望を抜けて
水平線の向こう側　目指して

僕は今　さがしはじめた　水しぶきあげて
果てしなく続く世界へ
あふれだす情熱を胸に　どこまでも行くよ
まだ見ぬヒカリ　求め

Romaji

boku wa ima sagashi hajimeta mizushibuki agete
hateshinaku tsuzuku sekai e
afuredasu jounetsu wo mune ni doko made mo yuku yo
mada minu hikari motome

natsuiro taiyou ga kokoro no ho wo yuraseba
atarashii sekai he no tobira wo hiraku aizu
namima ni yureteru zetsubou wo nukete
suiheisen no mukou gawa mezashite

boku wa ima sagashi hajimeta mizushibuki agete
hateshinaku tsuzuku sekai e
afuredasu jounetsu wo mune ni doko made mo yuku yo
mada minu hikari motome

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

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• ヒカリへ was used as the third opening theme of the anime series ONE PIECE.
• ヒカリへ is The Babystars' debut single. ヒカリへ later appeared on their debut album Babystar in April 2003.
• ヒカリへ translates in English to "to the light".
• The characters in ヒカリへ's video also appear in カナリヤ:GFdm-MIX and タラッタダンス's videos, both also being created by designer Asato Mifune.
  • From the designer comments, the names of the characters are:
    • Haruo (boy with blue hoodie and black spiky hair)
    • Ray (boy with red-orange shirt and brown hair)
    • Tsutomu (boy with glasses)
    • Jirou (boy with orange shirt and black combed hair)

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

Asato Mifune

While drawing the pictures, I listened to the song over and over again.
It was probably the first time in my life that I listened to the same song over and over in such a short period of time.
Even now, after I finished the painting, when I hear "Hikari e" I remember how much fun it was to draw. It's wonderful.

■ Bonus: Character Settings

Ray / 5th grader
He's tall because he is half-Japanese.
He is in the same class as Haruo. He has a quiet personality.
He and Haruo became friends through a popular game and have been playing together often ever since.

Tsutomu / 4th grader
He goes to a different private school from the other three. He has hit it off with the other three through a popular game.
He is busy with cram school, but makes time to play with them.

Haruo / 5th grader
He likes to play outside, but he also loves to play games.
His parents also love games, so he has many games at home, both old and new.

Jirou / 3rd grader
Lives near Haruo. He is very attached to Haruo and follows him everywhere he goes.
He also likes games, after all.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	279	571	805	237	374	374	255	424	-	237	374	374
GF10/dm9→GF/DM V2	17	33	49	13	22	30	16	29	-	17	25	33
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	17	33	49	13	22	30	16	29	-	17	25	33