Remember Me

Remember Me (stylised as Remember me) is Kokia's third album, released in November 2003. It is currently her most commercially successful release, reaching #15 on the charts due to the success of the singles "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" and "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss." Background The recording sessions for Remember Me were the first under Victor Entertainment's main management, after releasing her 2002 album Trip Trip with a Victor subsidiary, Gai Records. Two singles were released before the album: "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" in May, and "The Power of Smile/Remember the Kiss," two months before the album in September 2003. However, Kokia's first promoted song associated with the new management was . The song was used as the second ending theme for the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker from the 13th episode onwards, originally airing on Animax in December 2002. It was later released as a B-side of the "Kawaranai Koto" single, and did not make it onto the album. For Kokia's first single release of 2003, "Kawaranai Koto (Since 1976)" was picked to be used as the daytime TV drama Itoshiki Mono e's theme song, airing everyday from March 31 until June 27. The single was released almost two months into the drama, and became Kokia's first solo single to chart since in 1998. Though it only reached #47, the single was a long-seller. It stayed in the top 50 for four weeks, and sold a total of 26,000 copies.