''Traveler'' is the seventh studio album of Japanese singer

Hitomi Hitomi may refer to:. People * Hitomi (given name), a feminine Japanese given name * Hitomi (voice actress) (born 1967), Japanese voice actress * Hitomi (singer) (born 1976, as Hitomi Furuya), Japanese singer and songwriter * Hitomi Nabatame (b ...

. The album was formally released on May 12, 2004 by the Avex Trax label. This is the first album of Hitomi to be released in the CD+DVD format, which Avex first introduced to their artists in 2003.

Background

All lyrics on the album were written by Hitomi, and it features production of

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, Takamune Negishi and CMJK. In the album Hitomi tries many different

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s, from

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."Traveler" in CDJournal.com
/ref> The album had two promotional singles. "Hikari", which was used as theme song of the TBS TV show ''Koisuru Honey Coming'' and from the double A-side single "Kokoro no Tabibito/Speed Star", the first one was used as theme song of the

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''Rikon Bengoshi'', and the last in TV commercials of

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cellphones ''A5504T''.

Track listing

Charts and sales

;Oricon sales charts (Japan)

References

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