"Always" (stylized as lower-caps) is a song by Japanese singer

Mai Kuraki (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single " Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single " Love, Day After Tomorro ...

. It was released on June 6, 2001 by

Giza Studio is a Japanese record label. The Giza Studio started as an indie label in the late 1990s under the name Garage Indies Zapping Association, but soon Being Inc. bought it as their sister label company. Giza Studio is located in Osaka, Japan and ...

and used as the twelfth ending theme to the ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its ch ...

'' and the theme song to the Japanese animated movie '' Countdown to Heaven''.

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2001 singles 2001 songs Mai Kuraki songs Giza Studio singles B Zone singles Case Closed songs Songs written for Japanese films Songs written for animated films Songs written by Aika Ohno Songs written by Mai Kuraki Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato {{2000s-Japan-single-stub