Taiyou to Himawari

"Taiyou to Himawari" 太陽と向日葵
Single by Flower from album Flower
Release Date	July 31, 2013 (Pre-release) August 7, 2013 (Physical Single)
B-side(s)	"Boyfriend (Moonlight Version)" "what i want..."
Format(s)	CD single, CD+DVD, digital download
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	04:30 (song) 13:33 (Regular Edition) 17:37 (Limited CD+DVD Edition)
Label	Sony Music Associated Records, onenation
Singles Chronology
Previous	"Koibito ga Santa Claus" (2012)
Next	"Shirayukihime" (2013)
Tracklist
Still forget-me-not ~Wasurenagusa~ let go again Taiyou to Himawari Fadeless Love Your Gravity Boyfriend (Moonlight Version) To Be Free!! Koibito ga Santa Claus Shirayukihime SAKURA Regret Hatsukoi CALL
Music Video
Audio (YouTube)

"Taiyou to Himawari" (太陽と向日葵; Sun and Sunflower) is the fifth single of Flower. It was released on August 7, 2013 in three editions: Limited CD+DVD, a Regular CD Only edition and a Limited Pressing CD Only edition. Limited CD+DVD edition includes a photo book in a digipak package and the song "what i want...".

The song was pre-released digitally a week earlier, on July 31. A 2016 version of the song, including only Washio Reina vocals, was pre-released on May 25, 2016 and later included as the second b-side of their twelfth single "Yasashisa de Afureru You ni".

This is the last release to feature Mizuno Erina.

Editions

• Limited CD+DVD (AICL-2566~7, ¥1,851)
• Regular CD Only (AICL-2568, ¥1,028)
• Limited Pressing (AICL-2569, ¥514)

Tracklist

Limited Edition

CD

1. Taiyou to Himawari
2. Boyfriend (Moonlight Version)
3. what i want...
4. Taiyou to Himawari (Instrumental)

DVD

1. Taiyou to Himawari Music Video
2. Taiyou to Himawari Music Video Making

Regular Edition

1. Taiyou to Himawari
2. Boyfriend (Moonlight Version)
3. Taiyou to Himawari (Instrumental)

Limited Pressing Edition

1. Taiyou to Himawari

Featured Members

Flower promoting the single

• Mizuno Erina (last release)
• Fujii Shuuka
• Shigetome Manami
• Nakajima Mio
• Washio Reina
• Muto Chiharu
• Ichiki Kyoka
• Bando Nozomi
• Sato Harumi

Song Information

Vocals

Washio Reina, Muto Chiharu, Ichiki Kyoka

Lyrics

Odake Masato

Music

Sagawa Hiroki

Other Information

Arrangement: POCHI, Ninomiya Hideki (vocal arrangements)

Music Video Information

Director

Shigeaki Kubo

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
x	5	12	12	4	5	8	5	45,401
11	27	24	24	25	-	-	26	3,661
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	1,947
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	1,218
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	467
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	354
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	189	259

Total Reported Sales: 53,307

Trivia

• First release of the group under the name Flower.
• First A-side single to include Ichiki Kyoka's vocals.
• It was the group's best selling single until the release of "Hitomi no Oku no Milky Way".
• Currently the last single to include a making-of on its DVD.
• This single competed with Happiness' "Sunshine Dream ~Ichido Kiri no Natsu~", with both singles being released on the same day for the groups' Musha Shugyo battle.

External Links

• Single Page: Limited Edition | Regular Edition | Limited Pressing
• Oricon Profile: Limited Edition | Regular Edition | Limited Pressing
• Digital Single: iTunes | Recochoku | mora
• Full Single:
  • iTunes: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
  • Recochoku: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
  • mora: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
• Version 2016 Digital Single: Recochoku | mora