Aozora no Kakera
| "Aozora no Kakera 青空のかけら" | ||||
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Cover of single release of Aozora no Kakera. | ||||
| Single by Yuki Saito | ||||
| from the album Chime | ||||
| A-side | "Aozora no Kakera" | |||
| B-side | "Yubiwa Monogatari" | |||
| Released | August 21, 1986 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | Canyon Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Takashi Matsumoto, Toshio Kamei | |||
| Yuki Saito singles chronology | ||||
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Aozora no Kakera (青空のかけら; lit. "Splinters of a Blue Sky") is the seventh single by Japanese pop singer Yuki Saito. It was released August 21, 1986, by Canyon Records together with "Yubiwa Monogatari" (指輪物語; lit. "Tale of the Ring"). It was ranked #1 on the Oricon charts and #3 on The Best Ten chart, and is the only single from Saito to reach #1 on the Oricon charts.
The title song was used in commercials for the Axia brand of cassette tapes from Fujifilm in Japan. Several artists have covered the song.