Sakura Drops

"Sakura Drops"
"Sakura Drops" / "Letters" cover
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Deep River
Released	May 9, 2002 (2002-05-09) (see release history)
Format	CD Single, digital download, vinyl record
Recorded	2002
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:59
Label	Toshiba EMI
Writer(s)	Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)	Kei Kawano, Akira Miyake, Teruzane Utada
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Hikari" (2002) "Sakura Drops" "Letters" (2002) "Colors" (2003)

"Sakura Drops" (Japanese: SAKURAドロップス, Hepburn: Sakura Doroppusu^?, "Cherry Blossom Drops") is a song by Japanese musician Hikaru Utada. It was released as a double A-side single with the song "Letters" on May 9, 2002.

Since she debuted as a musician in 1998, Utada had worked as the primary or sole songwriter for her music. Beginning with her second album Distance (2001), Utada began to co-arrange songs, such as "Wait & See (Risk)", "Distance" and "Kettobase!" The bonus track on Distance, "Hayatochi-Remix", was arranged entirely by Utada. In March 2002, Hikaru Utada released "Hikari", the theme song for the game Kingdom Hearts. "Sakura Drops" was first announced as the theme song for the drama First Love in mid February.

The song was used as the theme song for the TBS drama First Love, starring Atsuro Watabe and Kyoko Fukada. This was Utada's third composition to be used as a drama theme song, after "First Love" was used for Majo no Jōken (1999), and "Can You Keep a Secret?" for Hero (2001). The drama first aired in Japan on April 17, 2002.