"Eternal Blaze" is the 12th single by

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singer

Nana Mizuki is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voice ...

, released on October 19, 2005 by King Records. It was composed by

Noriyasu Agematsu is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer, as well as founding member of the musical group Elements Garden. He composed and arranged tracks on Nana Mizuki's singles ''Massive Wonders'' and '' Eternal Blaze'', ''"Brave Phoenix"'' on ...

and written by Nana Mizuki. It is considered Mizuki's breakthrough hit single. The song spent two weeks in the top twenty of the Japanese

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charts, peaking at number 2. "Eternal Blaze" was used as opening theme for the

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series ''

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'', and it was the first single by a voice actress to reach number 2 on the weekly chart.

Track listing

#Eternal Blaze #*Lyrics: Nana Mizuki #*Composition, arrangement: Noriyasu Agematsu (

Elements Garden Elements Garden is a Japanese group of music composers, or a "music production brand" as they call themselves. They generally produce music for video games, anime and recording artists. They are attached to Aria Entertainment. The group was form ...

) #*Opening theme for anime television ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's'' #Rush & Dash! #*Lyrics: Bee #*Composition, arrangement: Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden) #Inside of mind #*Lyrics: Ryōji Sonoda #*Composition, arrangement: Wataru Masachi

Charts

References

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