| Akai Hana | |
| Cover: | Akina Nakamori - Akai Hana.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Akina Nakamori |
| Album: | Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection |
| Language: | Japanese |
| English Title: | Red Flower |
| Recorded: | 2004 |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 5:32 |
| Label: | Utahime Records |
| Composer: | Kim Hyung-seok |
| Producer: | Satoshi Takebe |
| Prev Title: | Days |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Hajimete Deatta Hi no Yō ni |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
is the 43rd single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Kim Hyung-seok and Minako Kawae, the single was released on May 12, 2004, by Utahime Records.[1] [2]
"Akai Hana" is a Japanese-language cover of South Korean singer Park Yong-ha's 2003 single "Cheoeum Geu Nalcheoleom" (처음 그 날처럼, lit. "Like the First Day").[2] It was also the first release through Nakamori's own label Utahime Records, with distribution by Universal Music Japan.[3]
"Akai Hana" peaked at No. 40 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 5,100 copies.[4] [5]