Ihojin
| "Ihojin" | ||||
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| Single by Saki Kubota | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| B-side | "Yumehiko" | |||
| Released | 1 October 1979 | |||
| Genre | New music | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | CBS/Sony | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Saki Kubota | |||
| Producer(s) | Masatoshi Sakai | |||
| Saki Kubota singles chronology | ||||
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| "Ihojin" on YouTube | ||||
Ihojin (Japanese: 異邦人) (English: "Stranger" or "Foreigner") is a song written and composed by Saki Kubota, and first performed by her. The song was first released as a single on 1 October 1979. That recording sold more than 1.4 million copies and reached number 1 in the Japanese singles chart. The song was used in the "Silk Road" television commercial for Sanyo.
The version released on 12/7/2006 was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in May 2019.
A cover version of the song by Tak Matsumoto, featuring Zard, reached number 3 in the Oricon Singles Chart in 2003.
TV Tokyo included the song in a collection of one hundred songs that are so well known that anyone could recognise them in three seconds. In 2022, it was among the most popular 1970s Japanese songs on Spotify.
The song is in the new music genre.