is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze, taken from his second studio album Love All Serve All (2022). It was released on May 3, 2021, through Hehn Records and Universal Sigma. Written by Fujii himself and produced by Yaffle, the song is a pop track infused with a funky disco sound, expressing the importance of the kirari moments in daily lives. The song featured in Japan's Honda Vezel 2021 advertisement.
A music video for "Kirari" premiered on May 21. It was directed by Spikey John, who previously directed Fujii's "Mo-Eh-Wa" music video (2019). The song debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and charted there for 158 weeks. Fujii gave the televised debut performance of "Kirari", alongside "Mo-Eh-Yo", at 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, which he pretended to perform the song remotely from his house at Satoshō, Okayama, before surprising that he was already in Tokyo International Forum, where the show held. The remix EP, titled Kirari Remixes (Asia Edition), was released on January 14, 2022.
Accolades + Awards and nominations for "Kirari" Ceremony Year Award Result Music Awards Japan 2025 Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song
Track listing Digital download / streaming – 3:51
Remixes EP (Kirari Remixes (Asia Edition)) "Kirari" (original remix) – 4:19 "Kirari" (Daul remix) – 4:05 "Kirari" (FunkyMo remix) – 4:31 "Kirari" (PXZVC remix) – 4:47 "Kirari" (Kaze & Yaffle Just for Fun remix) – 3:41 "Kirari" (Knopha remix) – 5:05 "Kirari" (Naken remix) – 4:09 "Kirari" (Yaffle remix) – 3:04 "Kirari" – 3:51
Credits and personnel
Fujii Kaze – vocals, songwriter, synthesizer Yaffle – producer, recording arrangement Bunta Otsuki – electric guitar
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2021–2025) Peakposition Global 200 (Billboard) 135 Japan (Japan Hot 100) 2 Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) 5
+ Weekly chart performance for Kirari Remixes (Asia Edition) Chart (2022) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 15
Year-end charts + 2021 year-end chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2021) Position Global Excl. US (Billboard) 180 Japan (Japan Hot 100) 19
+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2022) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 19
+ 2023 year-end chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2023) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 62
+ 2024 year-end chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2024) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 88
+ 2025 year-end chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2025) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 94
All-time charts + All-time chart performance for "Kirari" Chart (2008–2022) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 49
Certifications
Release history + Release dates and formats for "Kirari" Region Date Format Version Label Various May 3, 2021 Original January 14, 2022 Remixes EP
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