To make her debut even more exciting Ito's label SONY BMG JAPAN did everything to keep any information about Ito a secret.The 22-year-old half Japanese, half Korean American debuted under the synonym of 'REIRA starring YUNA ITO' with her song Endless Story, which landed on number 2 of Oricon's single ranking. When Ito was little she used to sing to songs of both Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson and had always one dream: Becoming a star! In early 2005 then Ito auditioned for the role of charismatic vocalist Reira from TRAPNEST and eventually was chosen for the role. She grew up in the United States, Hawaii, and even spent her High School time there as she attended McKinley High School until 2001. Retrieved from '' 伊藤由奈 (Yuna Ito) was born on September 20th, 1983, of a Japanese father and a Korean mother in Los Angeles, California. The Hong Kong singer, Janice Vidal also covered this song as 'Cloudy Holidays' in her 2008 Cantonese album, Serving You. Saya Chang, a Taiwanese singer, covered 'Endless Story' and renamed it 'Xiang Nian Ni De Ge'. The Japanese singer Hideaki Tokunaga covered the song on his 2007 album Vocalist 3. This song has a sample from Faith Hill's 'If I'm Not In Love', which is clear on both songs verses, and similarities to 'Endless Story's English parts.Ĭommercial (CD) published by Sony Records on containing vocal from NANA / NANA -ナナ- / NANA with compositions by Dawn Ann Thomas, Yuta Nakano performed by Yuna Ito, Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu, Yutaka Sugaya, Koji Imamura, Mio Okamura, daiki kasho, Koji Matsukawa. On 24 January 2007, according to an Oricon blog, 'Endless Story' was still charting, and at no.144 for that week, and now 471,099 copies are sold'. It holds the record for the most downloaded debut song for a female artist. At the end of 2005, 'Endless Story' was named the 'Best Love Song of 2005' by the Oricon magazine. 'Endless Story' peaked at #2 on both the daily and weekly charts its first week, and reached #1 on the daily charts on multiple occasions, but was unable to reach #1 on the weekly charts.
'Endless Story' was used in the movie Nana in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. ' Endless Story' is the first single by Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. ENDLESS STORY -Little Big Bee Lovespell Remix- Found on Truth single as track three.Endless Story Reira Starring Yuna Ito Rarity Average ratng: 3,4/5 6039 votes 'Endless Story' This version is the standard version, except without the main vocals. ENDLESS STORY -Instrumental- Found on ENDLESS STORY single as track three. These include:ĮNDLESS STORY Found on ENDLESS STORY single as track one and on her HEART album as track two. There are three known versions of "ENDLESS STORY" to be included in Ito Yuna's discography. Song Information Lyrics Dawn Ann Thomas / ats Music Dawn Ann Thomas Other Information Arrangement: HΛL Disambiguation As it sold 345,112 copies in 2005, it was the 20th best-selling single of that year and as it sold another 122,609 copies in 2006, it was the 85th best-selling single of that year. The single reached #2 (#1 on the daily charts) on the Oricon charts and charted for fifty-three weeks. The title track was used in the movie NANA as the song that the character Serizawa Reira sung as her debut song, also the song is a cover of Jody Watley's "If I'm Not in Love". "ENDLESS STORY" is the debut single released by Ito Yuna. CD Cover Artist REIRA starring YUNA ITO Single ENDLESS STORY Released 2005.09.07 Catalog Number SRCL-5957 Price ¥1,223 Tracklist