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Track listing

# Sayonara HERO (サヨナラ HERO) # Koigokoro (恋心) # To calling of love # Niji (虹) # STAY # Tenshitachi no Uta (天使達の歌) # FREEDOM TRAIN # Summer rain # Sunday kitchen # Kamikaze (神風) # Betelgeuse (ベテルギウス) # Toki no Ashioto (時の足音) # Akai Ito (赤い糸)

References

2009 albums Kobukuro albums Warner Music Japan albums {{2000s-folk-rock-album-stub