| Mikazuki | |
| Cover: | Mikazuki.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ayaka |
| Album: | First Message |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 4:40 |
| Label: | Warner Music Japan |
| Producer: | Ayaka, Yoshihiko Nishio |
| Prev Title: | Real Voice |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Jewelry Day |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
is the fourth single from Ayaka, released on September 27, 2006.
"Mikazuki" was originally supposed to be Ayaka's first single but was pushed back. A music video was produced before Ayaka's first single, "I Believe", was even released. The song was used as a commercial song for a chain of Japanese record stores and later used for a drama known as @Human. When the single was released, it became Ayaka's first number-one single.
In April 2009, when the Recording Industry Association of Japan created the RIAJ Digital Track Chart "Mikazuki" debuted at No. 40.[1] The song charted below the Top 40s until the release of her compilation album Ayaka's History 2006–2009 on September 23, 2009, when it peaked at No. 18.[2] On the Billboard Japan Hot 100, the song debuted at No. 60.[3] It was certified "platinum"[4] and a million seller[5] by the RIAJ.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Chart[6] | 1 | |
| Chart (2009) | Peak position | |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart | 18 | |
| Japan Hot 100 | 60 |
| Crescent Moon | |
| Cover: | Charice.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Charice |
| Album: | Charice |
| Recorded: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 4:37 |
| Label: | 143/Reprise/Beluga Heights |
In 2010, Filipino pop singer Charice, now known as Jake Zyrus, recorded an English version of the song entitled "Crescent Moon" as part of the Japanese edition of his self-titled international debut album, Charice.[7] It was released as a promotional single in Japan on June 23, 2010 via iTunes,[8] and is the third overall single from Charice.