Hamasaki Ayumi to sing the theme song for "Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi" drama
 

Source: Tokyohive

It is being discussed in the New album 2012 thread, but I think significant news like this deserves a thread on its own.

Yeahhhhhh!!!!!! i'm so happy with the news~~

Wow~ that's an unique song title!!!
I'm looking forward!!

great news!! That means we should hear the song in Jan then, and we might get the new album in Feb! *crosses fingers*

can't wait to listen to the new song!
too bad it's really an adult drama lols, i mean the casts are quite old.

I hope it won't be another "blossom". This article reminded me of the song.

I'm looking forward to the new song...but the drama...eh?

Just waiting for this.
thanks for sharing

Adding that Timothy Wellard composed this and Yuta Nakano arranged it. The song was produced last month in London.

this is great news, but I'm disappointed it's an adult love story. it could be at least like Namie's latest tie-in drama about 3 women in their late 20s, 30s... I don't even know now am I going to watch this ayu's drama ~.~

Oh God..sounds amazing..I even love the title..february release..my hope in a new single's increased now!

another ballad again? if it sounds like Virgin Road I wont complaint cuz that song is just amazing

Great news!!!

Now I'm excited for February!

february release eh? maybe the song will be available on Valentine's Day? perhaps~~~

Can't wait to hear the song! hope it'll be an epic ballad!

ah... good to hear ayu making adult contemporary ballad.. :D

Wow, Fuji TV with Nakai Kiichi. An adult love story. So curious! Great tie-in for Ayu.

EEXCITEDDD

can't wait!

YAY!! I'm so glad the song might have a chance with a broader audience (IF) the drama will have good ratings :)

^ i was thinking the same think... from the article i couldn't gather if the two actors are popular or not??

Anyone know?

THis is great or Ayumi... and game OST lasst year and a drama this year... lets hope for a movie too! Heaven....

Too bad this is adult love story...

I guess not many young people will watch this drama, but another tie in will be better than nothing, right?

dying of excitement!

Kyoko Koizumi is increidbly famous. She used to be a super popular idol in the 80s and is now a really popular actress (and has won a lot of awards, iirc). this is a great tie-up for Ayu, regardless of the targeted demographic.

and I'm excited for this drama! I love the premise and I love Kyoko, and with Ayu doing the theme I might give it a shot. (I prefer "mature" dramas way more than the cookie-cutter first love stuff they always otherwise show.)

i actually think its exciting that she is doing an "adult" drama. ayu's audience is aging too you know, and eventually (if not already) her listeners are not going to be as young as they once were. i think its good to broaden your scope. :yes

That really sounds good for me. A Ballad... I really love her ballads.
And the titel sounds really nice.
Can't wait to listen to that song!

yeah, this clearly shows her audience. nothing we can do with it.

I hope the drama will have good ratings! Ganbatte! :D

I feel like this song will be a single. And she'll be promoting it on TV... awww will be great if she really does it and comes back on TV...

either way, with timmy composing this ballad, i'm really very confident that it will be amazing!!! i don't expect it to be anything like the medium-tempo ballads she's been doing.

I know!!! If it's a timmy ballad i have NO idea what to expect of this midtempo song! X)

I don't know why people assume stories for the older audience are bad for Ayu promotion wise. I'm an avid drama watcher and I can tell you that often the teen dramas are the worst of the bunch. It's a great honor to have a theme song for a drama that is for an older audience. Nakai Kiichi is a famous actor and I think this will probably help the sales a lot more than that failure of a drama that was Dandy Daddy. I love that this is a more serious plot and really look forward to the song.

I just hope it'll be a boost for album sales...

Great news! I'm really really excited for this one! ^^

So that means either February single adn March or April album or February album!!! :D

When will the drama broadcast?

Hope it's something cool and fresh! :P

I love the title. :) I cannot wait to hear the song.

I concur with Calico and Mai82Go, great posts. Both of the main lead are famous and won lots of awards for their acting. In fact, I have been anticipating this drama from the moment it was announced, long before the news about Ayu singing the theme song. Her singing it is a positive add-on, definitely a brilliant tie-in and now anxious to hear how it will sound. I like Koizumi and Nakai in previous dramas I've watched.

Yeah, the majority of Ayu's male fans have aged, as you can see in the graph below. Women of age group 20~34 are still most dominant though.
http://i.imgur.com/yXWoY.jpg
(graph source: NTV Best Artist 2010)

The drama premieres in mid-January. We can probably expect a preview around then.

oh wow, thanks for the pie chart! are the green titles for male listeners and pink for female? if so it seems that her largest bases are females age 20-34 and males age 50 to 64. is that right??? seems strange she would have such an older male following... o_0

either way it shows that her fan base definitely has a LOT of people in it who are a bit older, people who might actually appreciate an adult drama. so yeah, great move all around! :yes

NICE! :) really praying for this single/song/album wtv she releases to be succsesfull :)

Pretty young girls and ojisans really do make up a big chunk of ayu's core fanbase. Just go to any ayu live and you'll be plenty of both. I always find it a little heartwarming to see all those ojisans still young at heart, dressing in ayu's trademark pink and waving her penlights and uchiwas and singing ayu's songs. :D Either way, they're most probably the group that spends most on ayu. Just look at the whole load of ayu-themed cars/vans at every concert venue! :luv2

Official website has two trailers up. Teaser spot and episode 1 preview:

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/nibanmeno_ko...ler/index.html

I can't access the trailers but I have to say, I'm glad it is a adult love story, not a kids love story. There are waaa~~y too many of those running around the TV. And Ayu is not 20 anymore either. She might be more interested in a drama like this one. This is not bad news, it's great news.

Whooo ~~ soon I'll be in the majority pie-piece ;) Pink 20-34 ^^ I'll be 20 in April

I'm the typical Ayu fan with my age and female but the male side, it would be the age my father is. How cool to go to a concert with your dad. I want to see these older guys at a concert. It's so interesting to watch the audience at Ayu concerts. It seems there are also a lot of couples, but I guess the girls force their boyfriends to come. :)

Can't wait to hear this!

It's in the downloads section - well, a live version.

exciting. i'm glad the song grew on me after hearing it live.

So you wouldn't watch a show that featured adults because of.. what again? No hot people to fawn over? O_o A good show's a good show, regardless of the cast's age.

From what I heard of the song on CDL it's very nice :) Made me smile.

The drama ending version is rather nasal/old-Ayu vocally!

The first's episode rating was 12.10% :)

^pretty good! i hope it will stay there...at least don't going down to one digit...

has people got to watch this??

When can i find it online???

THanks! Was it good???

it's my choice whether I'd watch it or not :D

^ lol.. I don't know about it, but I need at least ONE hot person... lol :lech

There are many people out there who only watch drama if there is a Johnny's (or similar) in the cast, I guess.

That is .5% higher than the previous drama in the same time slot. Next episode is crucial for the average rating, if it won't drop much below 10% then all is good.
I am hoping it can keep 10~11% as average in the end. Both of the previous series failed to reach 10% average.

It's already safe to say it's more successful than Ayumi's previous tie-in drama, Dandy Daddy.

^Dandy Daddy is bad..LOL

i hope Saigo kara will stay with two digits

First Episode with english sub already available on D-addicts!

Dandy Daddy was cute, but it was definitely one of those filler-y dramas that no one really looks forward to all that much. It had some really nice cameos but that was about it.

Dandy Daddy had an average rating but Sunrise could have double platinum for chaku uta and platinum for chaku uta full which was great!

I guess it also depends on how the audience likes to the song.

drama rating don't always guarantee success, Kuu's Second Virgin tie-in got her a big hit even though the drama did mediocre,lol but it still got a movie adaptation 0_o

anyway this drama is really cute,Sakaguchi Kenji is hot and the song really fits

Yes, that's true :)

Good news, second episode rating is 12.8%. :)

^Wow...nice!!! this dorama is quiet successful!

^^ thanks for the info!! the ratings are nice :)

Hope for the best rating for this dorama...

It's already more successful than Dandy Daddy!! Yay! I hope that how beautiful you are can reach Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~'s successfulness digitally :)

I havent watched this yet... it is on my list however!
I cant believe the ratings went up! thats fantastic!

Edit:
We all know it's because of Ayumi's near perfect song too! lol.. :D

I love saigo no...
It's funny and the story line is interesting, there is still a lot of mistery on it...
I hope it will be a huge success...and help Ayu with her new album...at least could make how beautiful you are get number one position on chaku-uta

imo, her voice sounds quite "old" like it's 40-years old obasan singing, but this fits the drama so well :laugh

3rd episode's rating - 11.8%! =D

still good...two digits is nice

It's wayyy better than Dandy Daddy's ratings! ^_^

It went down almost a full percent! But thats still good..

I wonder how this compares to the other dramas of the season!

The ratings are so nice and stable, haha. I wonder if the finale will perform higher than the first episode or so? Dandy Daddy started off okay but a TON of people tuned out as the weeks went on.

cool, episode 5 got a pretty big boost!

how about 6th episode?

according to d-atticts it got a 11.7... almost a single percent drop.

There were many variety specials on air last week. That is the reason behind the episode 6 drop.

Episode 7 yesterday got 13.1%, which is a new-high for the series! :)

wooow this is good!! ^

missed 2 last episodes. going to watch it tonight :D

wow 13.1
the highest!!!

looks like it will goes up and up...
hopefully can reach 15 on finale

i like the trend of this drama... the ratings are very steady!

Awesome!!! I'm glad that the ratings still can go up like that =D

Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi, 11 episodes:
12.1→12.8→11.8→11.4→12.6→11.7→13.1→11.5→12.3→13.0→13.7%

Average: 12.4%

The drama is now over. All in all, great ratings. Especially for that time slot.
Out of the same time slot only BOSS series, Iryu 3 and Ninkyo Helper had higher average in the past three years.

Last episode might give Party Queen sales a boost.

We'll just have to wait and see... :innocent

wow...nice!!!
HOPE IT WILL GIVE PARTY QUEEN A BOOST!!!