Akai Hana

"Red Flower") is the 43rd single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori.

Written by Kim Hyung-seok and Minako Kawae, the single was released on May 12, 2004, by Utahime Records.

[1][2] "Akai Hana" is a Japanese-language cover of South Korean singer Park Yong-ha's 2003 single "Cheoeum Geu Nalcheoleom" (처음 그 날처럼, lit.

[2] It was also the first release through Nakamori's own label Utahime Records, with distribution by Universal Music Japan.

40 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 5,100 copies.