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|}} ''Remember Me'' (stylised as Remember me) is Kokia's third album, released in November 2003.〔 It is currently her most commercially successful release, reaching #15 on the charts due to the success of the singles "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" and "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss." ==Background== The recording sessions for ''Remember Me'' were the first under Victor Entertainment's main management, after releasing her 2002 album ''Trip Trip'' with a Victor subsidiary, Gai Records. Two singles were released before the album: "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" in May, and "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss," two months before the album in September 2003. However, Kokia's first promoted song associated with the new management was . The song was used as the second ending theme for the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker from the 13th episode onwards, originally airing on Animax in December 2002. It was later released as a B-side of the "Kawaranai Koto" single, and did not make it onto the album.〔 For Kokia's first single release of 2003, "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" was picked to be used as the daytime TV drama Itoshiki Mono e's theme song, airing everyday from March 31 until June 27. The single was released almost two months into the drama, and became Kokia's first solo single to chart since in 1998.〔 Though it only reached #47, the single was a long-seller. It stayed in the top 50 for four weeks, and sold a total of 26,000 copies.〔 The second single, "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss," found more success, and (as of 2010) is Kokia's most successful single.〔 It reached #15, and stayed in the top 30 for five weeks.〔 Though Oricon reports sales of 32,000, the RIAJ certified the single gold (over 100,000 reported copies shipped) in October 2003. All three A-sides has music videos filmed for them. However, the video for "Remember the Kiss" was not the version present on the single, instead it was the "Duet "Kokia & Piano"" version found on the album. A track from the album, , was also used as an ending theme song for the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker. It was used directly after "Tell Tell Bōzu" finished being used (the 40th episode), which first aired in June.〔 Due to this, it was included in Kokia's first greatest hits album, ''Pearl: The Best Collection'', in 2006. However, "Tell Tell Bōzu" was not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Remember Me (Kokia album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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