2006

Fresh from 5th anniversary celebration, GC brought us a new single 'Rai Rai Ya' (The sound of blowing wind). Compared to the 10th Single 'Yume mita ado de' (After waking up from a dream) which enjoyed enormous popularity, this long awaited double 10th (that's 20th) single showcased GC's amazing versatility. As the ending song for TV show 'Ancient Amazon Civilization', 'Rai Rai Ya' portrays the changing seasons in nature and is atmospherically grand. In addition, GC released a string of singles all tied to anime 'MAR'. The 21st Single 'Yume.Hanabi' (Dream.Fireworks) and the 22nd Single 'Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de '(Tonight at Eden's corner) were chosen to be MAR's opening and ending song respectively. (It's rare to see both the op AND ed of an anime performed by the same artist.) The recently released 23rd single 'Maboroshi' (Illusion) is the theme song of a detective genre based TV drama. When our heads were all in a spin buying their singles one after another, the 5th album 'THE TWILIGHT VALLEY' was out in Oct!

Releases

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March 1
20th Single - 籟.来.也
Romaji: Rai.Rai.Ya
Eng: It's impossible to translate... The title practically mimics the sound of blowing wind.
Highest ORCION ranking: 17
- ending song of TV programme 'Ancient Amazon Civilizaition'

July 5
21st Single - 夢.花火
Romaji: Yume.Hanabi
Eng: Dream.Fireworks
Highest ORCION ranking: 15
- opening song of anime 'MAR'

Aug 16
22nd Single - 今宵エデンの片隅で
Romaji: Koyoi Eden no katasumi de
Eng: Tonight at Eden's corner
Highest ORCION ranking: 14
- ending song of anime 'MAR'

Sep 6
23rd Single - まぼろし
Romaji: Maboroshi
Eng: Illusion
Highest ORCION ranking: 7

Oct 4
5th Album - THE TWILIGHT VALLEY
Highest ORICON ranking: 4
- includes 14 tracks

TV Performances

Here's a summary of TV performances.

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籟.来.也 (Rai.Rai.Ya)
March 3 - MUSIC STATION