| Kita Wing | |
| Cover: | Akina Nakamori - Kita Wing.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Akina Nakamori |
| Album: | Anniversary |
| Language: | Japanese |
| English Title: | North Wing |
| B-Side: | Namida no Katachi no Earring Refrain |
| Released: | |
| Recorded: | 1983 |
| Length: | 4:39 |
| Label: | Reprise Records |
| Composer: | Tetsuji Hayashi |
| Lyricist: | Chinfa Kan |
| Producer: | Yūzō Shimada |
| Prev Title: | Kinku |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Southern Wind |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
is the seventh single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Chinfa Kan and Tetsuji Hayashi, the single was released on January 1, 1984, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her fifth studio album Anniversary.[1] [2]
Nakamori approached songwriters Kan and Hayashi after listening to S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe's 1983 single "Summer Suspicion". During the songwriting process, proposed titles included and before Nakamori settled with "Kita Wing", which she revealed was influenced by Yumi Matsutoya's . "Kita Wing" refers to the North Wing of Narita International Airport's Terminal 1, with the lyrics referencing Japan Airlines Flight 401 flying to London Heathrow Airport via Anchorage.[3] [4]
Nakamori, Kan, and Hayashi collaborated again on a sequel song titled, which was featured on Nakamori's sixth studio album Possibility.
Nakamori has re-recorded "Kita Wing" for the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade and the 2006 compilation Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .[5] She re-recorded the song for the third time in 2023 as part of Tetsuji Hayashi's tribute album with the subtitle Classic.[6] [7] This marks the first time in six years since her hiatus that she released new music.
"Kita Wing" peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 614,200 copies.[8] [9]
All lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi, except where indicated.
| Year | Format(s) | Serial number | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 7inch LP | L-1663 | Warner Pioneer | [10] |
| 1988 | 8 cm CD, CT | 10SL-136, 10L5-4046 | Warner Pioneer | [11] |
| 1998 | 12 cm CD | WPC6-8664 | Warner Pioneer | [12] |
| 2008 | Digital download | - | Warner Pioneer | [13] |
| 2014 | Digital download - remaster | - | Warner Pioneer | [14] |