J-friends

Released: January 21, 1998

Songwriter: Michael Jackson Goro Matsui

Producer: Michael Jackson

[Uta 1]
Chiisana te ga fureru mono
Kagayaki ga afurete iru sou
Kodomotachi no tame ni
Nanika dekiru koto ga
Kitto aru hazu da ne

[Kōrasu]
Ai wo hajimeyou ima kokoro kara
Children's holiday
Hajimari no toki
Issho ni kanaeyou bokutachi no yume
Kodomotachi ga zutto
Kagayaku you ni

[Uta 2]
Sukitooru manazashi ga
Kono hoshi wo kaete yuku sou
Karera wa mada iwanai kedo
Matsu koto wa nai kimi ni dekiru kara

[Kōrasu]
Ai wo hajimeyou ima kokoro kara
Children's holiday
Hajimari no toki
Issho ni kanaeyou bokutachi no yume
Kodomotachi ga zutto
Kagayaku you ni

[Kōrasu]
Mirai no tobira wa ima koko ni aru
Kodomotachi no te de hirakarete yuku
Atarashii yume wa ima koko ni aru
Kodomotachi no te de egakarete yuku

[Kōrasu]
Ai wo hajimeyou ima kokoro kara
Children's holiday
Hajimari no toki
Issho ni kanaeyou bokutachi no yume
Kodomotachi ga zutto
Kagayaku you ni

[Uta 3]
Chiisana te wa itsu datte
Shiawase wo sagashite iru sou
Wasurenaide donna toki mo

[Kōrasu]
Ai wo hajimeyou ima kokoro kara
Children's holiday
Hajimari no toki
Issho ni kanaeyou bokutachi no yume
Kodomotachi ga zutto
Kagayaku you ni

[Autoro]
Mirai no tobira wa ima koko ni aru
Kodomotachi no te de hirakarete yuku
Yume wo kanaeyou ima hitsotsu zutsu
Kimi ga dekiru koto sore ga hajimari
Ima
Honto ni dekiru kara
Minna ni dekiru kara
Ai wo hajimeyou

J-FRIENDS was a special unit made up of Johnny’s Entertainment groups Tokio, V6, and KinKi Kids. It was formed to raise funds for the education of children involved in the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995. Until their disbandment in 2003 they were able to release 6 singles and held some charity concerts and events. In the end, they were able to donate 874.278.322 Yen.

In 1995, there was a big earthquake in Hanshin and Awaji in Japan. About 6,500 people died and 513,000 houses broke. To help such people, in 1998, KinKi Kids, along with fellow Johnny’s groups V6 and Tokio, came together to form a special charity-oriented group called J-FRIENDS, they sang songs to raise the money for Hanshin and Awaji earthquake victims especially for children, in which all the songs are created and is produced by many famous international musicians such as Michael Jackson, Maurice White, Diane Warren, Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, and Koshi Inaba. J-Friends’s first single “Ashita ga Kikoeru/Children’s Holiday (“ (明日が聴こえる/Children’s Holiday, "Can You Hear Tomorrow/Children’s Holiday”)”, released on January 21, 1998, went on to sell over a million copies and ranked 12th on the annual Oricon charts by the end of the year.

From the album

明日が聞こえる / Children’s Holiday (1998)

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