No Regret (song)

"No Regret"
Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Best: Second Session
Released	January 25, 2006 (JP)
Format	CD
Recorded	2005
Genre	Electronica, R&B, Ddnce
Label	Rhythm Zone RZCD-45307 (Japan, CD)
Koda Kumi singles chronology
"Candy" (2006) "No Regret" (2006) "Pray/XXX feat. Koda Kumi" (2006)

"No Regret" is an R&B song by singer-songwriter Koda Kumi and the eighth in her 12 Singles Collection. The song was used as the opening theme to the second season of the Japanese anime series Law of Ueki.^[1]

Unlike most of the other singles in the collection, No Regret was not limited to 50,000 copies. The b-side is the "unplugged version" of Rain, which was originally used on her feel my mind album in 2004. No Regret debuted at #4 on Oricon and charted for twelve weeks.^[2]

Cover

As with the other 11 singles in this collection, the cover of the single represents a stylized version of a traditional dress from a culture; this time it draws its inspiration from India.

Track listing^[3]

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"No Regret"	Toru Watanabe	h-wonder	h-wonder	4:28
2.	"Rain" (Unplugged Version)	Koda Kumi	Kaoru Kato	Hiroo Yamaguchi	5:44
3.	"No Regret" (Instrumental)		h-wonder	h-wonder	4:28
4.	"Rain" (Album Instrumental Version)		Kaoru Kato	Hiroo Yamaguchi	5:09

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
January 25, 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	4
	Oricon Weekly Charts	4	72,081	131,348	6 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Charts	5
	Oricon Yearly Charts	74

Alternate Versions

Currently, there are four renditions of No Regret and Rain:

No Regret

1. No Regret: Found on the single and corresponding album BEST ~second session~ (2006)
2. No Regret [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2006)
3. No Regret [Dub's not have regret either remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Remix Album (2006)
4. No Regret [Future House United Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2 (2010)

Rain

1. Rain: Found on feel my mind (2004)
2. Rain [Unplugged Version]: Found on No Regret single (2006)
3. Rain [Album Version Instrumental]: Found on No Regret single (2006)
4. Rain [Plug in Language Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2 (2010)

References

1. "No Regret Koda Kumi". Kasi Time. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
2. "No Regret/KODA KUMI/ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
3. "No Regret OFFICIAL". Rhythm Zone. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

1. Avex Network (2005), Koda Kumi Official Web Site
2. Oricon (2006), Oricon Style online