Shining ray

This page is for the cover of the Janne Da Arc song titled Shining ray. For the EXIT TUNES license of a similar title, which appears in SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-, please see shiningray.

Also, not to be confused with Shiny Ray.

Shining ray

Song Information

Shining ray's banner.

Shining ray's jacket.

Composition/Lyrics: YASU
Vocals: Nobumitsu Irio
Guitar: Asaki
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Other Instruments & Programming: Shigeharu Saeki
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
Original Artist: Janne Da Arc
Album: Shining ray (2002)
BPM: 160
Length: 1:40
Movie: voltex
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat (2021)

Lyrics

Japanese

どこに向かって走れば
もっと 素敵な明日に逢える?
舵を取って 胸にしまった
奇跡の地図を広げた

空を目指して 夢を探して
道に迷った時もある
夢じゃなくて 君と出会って
素敵な自分を見つけた

小さな勇気から 大きな物手にした
｢願い｣を今こそ ｢誓い｣に変えて

Shining ray Find your brand new way.
未来の物語を描こう
新しい風にすべての思い乗せて 今…
Shining ray Find your brand new way.
a never ending journey to be together.
どこまでも追いかけて Shining ray

Romaji

doko ni mukatte hashireba
motto sutekina ashita ni aeru?
kashi wo totte mune ni shimatta
kiseki no chizu wo hirogeta

sora wo mezashite yume wo sagashite
michi ni mayotta toki mo aru
yume janakute kimi to deatte
suteki na jibun wo mitsuketa

chiisana yuuki kara ookina mono te ni shita
"negai" wo imakoso "chikai" ni kaete

Shining ray Find your brand new way.
mirai no monogatari wo egakou
atarashii kaze ni subete no omoi nosete ima...
Shining ray Find your brand new way.
a never ending journey to be together.
dokomademo oikakete Shining ray

English

Taking the helm, I spread out the map of miracles I had shut in my heart
And thought, "What course can I set that will lead to a more amazing tomorrow?"

There were times I lost my way, aiming for the sky and searching for a dream
But it wasn't a dream: I found my amazing self when I met you

With a small bit of courage, we attained big things
Right now, change your "wish" into a "vow"

Shining ray! Find your brand new way
Let's paint a story of the future
By lifting up all our hopes for the new wind to carry, now

Shining ray! Find your brand new way
A never ending journey to be together
I'll chase it anywhere, Shining ray

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• Shining ray was used as the eighth ending theme of the anime series ONE PIECE.
• Shining ray later appeared on Janne Da Arc's fourth album in February 2003, ANOTHER STORY, as the final track on the album.
• During the GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX location tests, Shining ray had a generic video.
• Shining ray is one of very few licenses in GuitarFreaks & DrumMania removed after a single arcade game.
• Shining ray marks the first appearance of Shigeharu Saeki in BEMANI.
• Shining ray received an EXTREME chart in jubeat (2021) on June 15th, 2021.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty rated from 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	247	606	776	291	363	363	457	459	-	291	363	363
GF9/dm8 location test	18	44	56	20	44	60	17	42	-	25	48	66
GF9/dm8	↓17	↓33	↓40	↓19	↓40	↓58	↑23	↓33	-	↓22	↓47	↓65
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	17	33	40	19	40	58	23	33	-	22	47	65

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• GF9/dm8 Drum EASY chart: Total notes: 119.
• GF9/dm8 Guitar EASY chart: Total notes: 163.

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	131	231	406
jubeat (2021)	2	4	7