"Dear Friend" (ディア・フレンド, Dia Furendo) is the 24th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori.

Written by Mayumi Itō and Kazuya Izumi, the single was released on July 17, 1990, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label.

[1][2] "Dear Friend" marked Nakamori's return to the music charts one year after her suicide attempt.

[3][4] According to Warner Pioneer chief producer Katsumi Fujikura, the song was selected as Nakamori's next single because it "gives courage, energy, and makes people who listen to it brighter."

At the same time, she traveled to the Bahamas to shoot the music video, as well as have photographs taken for her photo book My Life 1990: A-K-I-N-A Nakamori.