| Kimi ga Iru Kara | |
| Cover: | Sugawara Sayuri - Kimi ga Iru Kara CD.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sayuri Sugawara |
| Album: | First Story |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 5:54 |
| Label: | For Life Music |
| Prev Title: | Ano Hi no Yakusoku |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Sunao ni Narenakute |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
is a song recorded by Sayuri Sugawara as her second single. The single was released on December 2, 2009, by For Life Music. The song is the theme song for the Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII.[1] The B-side, "Eternal Love" was also used in the game as the insert song.[2] The other B-side, "Christmas Again" samples a piece of Franz Liszt's work.[3]
At a Final Fantasy event, held on November 29, 2009, Sugawara was present and in front of 2,000 Final Fantasy fans she performed both "Kimi ga Iru Kara" and "Eternal Love".[4] Sugawara also performed "Kimi ga Iru Kara" on the December 6 episode of Music Japan.
The single received poor reviews from critics. Gann of RPGFan called it "vanilla" and said that the single, especially the headline track, was over-produced and uninteresting. While he did not mind "Eternal Love" as much, he still felt that the CD was his least favorite Final Fantasy theme single. Square Enix Music Online had similar opinions of the release, calling it "bland". They felt that while "Kimi ga Iru Kara" was better than "My Hands" and "Eternal Love" still, the single was disappointing both in the context of Final Fantasy singles and of Sugawara's previous discography.[5]
On the Oricon single chart, "Kimi ga Iru Kara" peaked at number 11.[6] The single charted for 11 weeks and is currently her best-selling single, with 36,400 copies sold.[7] The digital version of the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[8]