Koishikute (恋しくて / Yearn for You) is the 54th single by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, released on December 26, 2012, pushed back from the original release date of December 5, 2012.
[1] Koishikute is Japanese R&B-turned-pop singer Koda Kumi's fifty-fourth single under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone.
[2][3] The coupling track "Alone" was a cover of the song originally sung by Mayo Okamoto in 1996, making it the first time Koda Kumi has had a single with both a ballad for the a-side and the b-side since her release of "hands" in 2005.
The single was promoted as being as intense and with a similar message to one of her more famous ballads, "Ai no Uta" (2007).
[6] On her official Facebook, the banner that was posted compared "Ai no Uta" to "Koishikute.