is a song written by Japanese singer

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and has several versions.

Background

The song was first released as a digital single on November 11, 2006, , performed by Ringo Sheena and

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and sung in Japanese. This version of the song later showed up on her fourth album. The distributor is

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. This song ascended to the number-one position on

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in Japan. The song was performed again on her single " Kono Yo no Kagiri" (2007) as an instrumental

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"Karisome Otome (Hitokuchizaka Ver.)," and "Karisome Otome (Tameikisannoh Ver.)" on the soundtrack album ''

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'' (2007), performed in English. These two versions were recorded by the Karisome Orchestra, a collaboration with

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. They were recorded in September 2006. The single charted at number 67 on the

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's monthly ringtone chart for November 2006. The song was covered by Maki Nagayama on Asuka Sakai's compilation album ''Little Love Light: 10 Songs for 10 Stories'' in 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from "Kono Yo no Kagiri", ''Heisei Fūzoku'' and ''Sanmon Gossips liner notes booklet. Death Jazz version by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions *Goldman Akita – contrabass *Jōsei – piano, keyboards *Midorin – drums *Motoharu – saxophone *Shachō – agitator *Ringo Sheena – vocals, songwriting *Tabu Zombie – trumpet Hitokuchizaka and Tameikisannoh versions by the Karisome Orchestra *Masaki Hayashi – piano *Natsuki Kido – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Keisuke Ohta – viola *

– conductor *Yoshiaki Sato – accordion *Ringo Sheena – vocals, songwriting *Torigoe Yūsuke – bass *Yūji Yamada – viola

References

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