is the sixth single by Japanese singer-songwriter
Hideaki Tokunaga
is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.
Although Tokunaga failed to pass the test of ''Star Tanjō!'' in 1982, he debuted as a recording singer in 1986. After he released hit songs such as " Yume o Shinjite" (the first ending theme of t ...
. Written by Tokunaga and Keiko Asō, the single was released through Apollon on October 25, 1988.
Background
Tokunaga co-wrote "Saigo no Iiwake" after experiencing a painful breakup with someone he was dating at the time. As a result of the breakup, he involuntarily shed tears while performing the song on the
TBS music show ''The Best Ten''.
The song was used as the opening theme of the
Kansai TV
JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 ( UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdin ...
/
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
drama series . It was also featured in the 1993 film ''
Tora-san's Matchmaker
is a 1993 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Matchmaker'' is the forty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running ...
''.
The song is included in Tokunaga's compilation albums ''Single Collection (1986~1991)'' (1998), ''Beautiful Ballade'' (2006), ''Singles Best'' (2008), ''Vocalist & Ballade Best'' (2011), and ''All Time Best Presence'' (2016). Tokunaga re-recorded the song in the albums ''Self Cover Best ~ Kagayaki Nagara~'' (2003) and ''Eien no Hateni ~ Self Cover Best I ~'' (2018).
Chart performance
"Saigo no Iiwake" reached number 4 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
's singles chart, number 100 on Oricon's 1988 year-ending chart and number 69 on Oricon's 1989 year-ending chart.
Track listing
Chart position
Cover versions
"Saigo no Iiwake" has been covered by Midori Karashima, Satoshi Furuya, Ruru Honda, and Junko Yamamoto.
Outside Japan, the song became popular in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, when it was covered by Ted Ito as "Ikaw Pa Rin",
Keempee de Leon
Joseph Joachim Tugas de Leon (born January 8, 1973), better known as Keempee de Leon, is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host. He is the son of Joey de Leon and Daria Ramirez.
Career
Keempee de Leon started his career in ...
as "My One and Only", Maso as "Kailanman" in Tagalog and "Come Back Home" in English, and as an instrumental by saxophonist Jake Concepcion.
References
External links
Official website*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saigo no Iiwake
1988 singles
1988 songs
J-pop songs
Japanese-language songs