Hana may refer to :
"Hana" (花, literally "Flower") is the ninth single by the Japanese band Orange Range. It was released on October 20, 2004. "Hana" was used as the ending theme of the Japanese movie Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu.
"Hana" stayed at number one for many weeks and stayed on the charts for over 50 weeks, to date the most successful single from this group.
"Hana (Mémento Mori) (花 -Mémento-Mori-)" is the eleventh single by the Japanese rock band Mr. Children.
The song was released as one of the lead-off singles from the album Shinkai on April 10, 1996 on only 500 yen, because its compact disc not contains any B-Sides or Karaoke versions. Like the previous materials, "Hana" also debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart, and remained the peak position for a couple of weeks, finally selling more than 1.5 million copies.
The Latin subtitle of the song which means "think about the death" was named after the photo book that made songwriter impressed, which was taken and edited by Shinya Fujiwara. When the re-recorded version of the song was featured on B-side of a single "Yasashii Uta" released in 2001, its alternative title was omitted.
All songs written and composed by Kazutoshi Sakurai.
SS501 (English pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.bəl ɛs faɪv oʊ wʌn/) is a South Korean boy band formed under the management of DSP Media, formerly known as Daesung Entertainment and DSP Entertainment. The group debuted on June 8, 2005 with five members: Kim Hyun-joong, Heo Young-saeng, Kim Kyu-jong, Park Jung-min and Kim Hyung-jun, along with their debut mini-album entitled Warning. They achieved their first number one song with "Never Again" (2005) and released their first studio album, S.T 01 Now in 2006.
In 2007, under the management of Pony Canyon, SS501 entered the Japanese-language market with their debut single "Kokoro". The single debuted at No. 5 on the Oricon chart, and moved to No. 3 the next day. It was also chosen as an ending theme song for an anime entitled Blue Dragon. They also received the "Newcomer Award" at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in January 2008; they were the first Korean artists to receive this award.
In 2008, due to Hyun-joong being cast in Boys Over Flowers and Jung-min being cast in the musical Grease, a SS501 Project Group consisting of Heo Young-saeng, Kim Kyu-jong and Kim Hyung-jun was formed and they released U R Man. During their promotion, Heo was the leader of the sub-unit group.
SS501 is South Korean boy band SS501's first full length Japanese studio album.
Right after their first two Japanese maxi singles Kokoro and Distance, SS501 released their first full-length Japanese self-titled album, SS501 on October 24, 2007 by Pony Canyon.
The album consists of eleven songs: two singles from their first two maxi singles, "Kokoro" and "Distance"; two Japanese versions of "Again" and "4Chance" from their S.T 01 Now Korean studio album; and seven new songs.