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"Kiss of Death"
"Kiss of Death"
Single by Mika Nakashima
Released	March 7, 2018
Genre	Pop rock; electropop;
Length	4:10
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Songwriter(s)	Hideto Takarai;
Producer(s)	Hyde
Mika Nakashima singles chronology
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"Kiss of Death" (stylized as "KISS OF DEATH") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Mika Nakashima, released as a single by Sony Music Associated Records on March 7, 2018.^[1] It was written and produced by L'Arc-en-Ciel's Hyde. The song marks the first collaboration between Nakashima and Hyde in thirteen years, since "Glamorous Sky".^[2] "Kiss of Death" is the opening theme to the Tokyo MX anime series Darling in the Franxx.^[3] The title track was released digitally in advance after premiering on the series' second episode, on January 20, 2018.^[4]

Chart performance

Upon being released digitally, "Kiss of Death" charted at number 12 on the weekly RecoChoku Singles Chart and at number 6 on the weekly Mora Singles Chart.^[5]^[6] It also debuted on several Billboard Japan charts: at number 81 on the Hot 100,^[7] number 19 on Hot Animation and number 23 on Download Songs.^[8]^[9] "Kiss of Death" entered the weekly Oricon Digital Singles Chart at number 22,^[10] selling 5,000 copies in its first charting week.^[11] The song stayed at number 22 the following week, bringing its total reported digital sales figure to 10,000 copies.^[12]

The physical release of "Kiss of Death" entered the daily Oricon Singles Chart at number 16.^[13] It peaked at number 9 the following day.^[14] The single debuted at number 17 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with 7,000 copies sold in its first week.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss of Death"	Hyde	Hyde Carlos K.	4:09
2.	"Glamorous Sky" (Re:Present 2018)	Ai Yazawa Hyde	Hyde K.A.Z	4:29
3.	"Kiss of Death" (Instrumental)	Hyde	Hyde Carlos K.	4:09
4.	"Glamorous Sky" (Re:Present 2018) (Instrumental)	Hyde	Hyde K.A.Z	4:26
Total length:				17:15

Limited anime edition 'A'^[8]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss of Death"	Hyde	Hyde Carlos K.	4:09
2.	"Glamorous Sky" (Re:Present 2018)	Yazawa Hyde	Hyde K.A.Z	4:29
3.	"Kiss of Death" (TV Size)	Hyde	Hyde Carlos K.	1:32
4.	"Kiss of Death" (Instrumental)	Hyde	Hyde Carlos K.	4:08
Total length:				14:19

Limited anime edition 'A' DVD ^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Darling in the Franxx" (Opening Sequence) (「ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス」OP映像, "Dārin In Za Furankisu" OP Eizō)

Limited edition 'B' DVD^[16]
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss of Death" (Music Video)	Takashi Tadokoro
2.	"Kiss of Death" (Making of Music Video)

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)^[14]	9
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)^[15]	17
Japan Weekly Digital Singles (Oricon)^[10]	22
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)^[7]	27
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)^[17]	7
Japan Download Songs (Billboard)^[9]	23
Japan Weekly Singles (Mora)^[6]	6
Japan Weekly Singles (RecoChoku)^[5]	12