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Last Angel

"LAST ANGEL feat. TVXQ"
LAST ANGEL (CD).jpg
Single by Koda Kumi featuring Tohoshinki
from the album Kingdom
B-side Dear Family
Released November 7, 2007 (Japan)
Format
Recorded 2007
Genre
Label Rhythm Zone
Writer(s) Koda Kumi, H.U.B, Djafari Negin, Ian-Paolo Lira • Hugo Lira • Thomas G:son
Koda Kumi chronology
"Ai no Uta"
(2007)
"Last Angel"
(2007)
"Anytime"
(2008)
Tohoshinki chronology
"Shine/Ride On"
(2007)
"Last Angel
(2007)
"Forever Love"
(2007)

"Last Angel feat. Tohoshinki" (stylized as LAST ANGEL feat. 東方神起) is the 38th single by Japanese singer Kumi Koda and is a collaboration with South Korean boy band TVXQ/Tohoshinki, released on November 7, 2007 in Japan. It charted at #3 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for twelve weeks. The single was released in CD and CD+DVD.

Limited editions of the single contained a postcard with Koda Kumi and Tohoshinki. The title song was also the first collaboration attempt of Tohoshinki as a group.

Last Angel feat. Tohoshinki is Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's thirty-eighth single and the first collaboration attempt of South Korean group Tohoshinki/TVXQ. It ranked #3 on the Oricon Weekly charts and remained on the charts for twelve weeks. Upon its release, the single sold 57,310 within the first week, and recent figures show the single having sold 97,620.

The single was released in both CD and CD+DVD editions, with limited editions containing a postcard of Kumi and TVXQ standing in front of the set for the music video.

The title track was used as the promotional song for the Japanese release of the Resident Evil: Extinction film. It was also used in a commercial for music.jp.

The rap in the song is performed by TVXQ members Yunho and Yoochun. The b-side, Dear Family, was written by Kumi, while the a-side was written by Kumi and H.U.B.

At the time, TVXQ was not as well-known throughout Japan and collaborated with Kumi to help gain notoriety in the country. The group learned Japanese prior to promoting in the country, whereas, at the time, South Korean groups had a difficult time becoming popular in Japan. It is speculated it is due to the collaboration why TVXQ's next single, Purple Line, was their first song to hit #1 on Oricon upon its release in January 2008.


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