千本桜 (Senbonzakura)

Song title

"千本桜"
Romaji: Senbonzakura
English: Thousands of Cherry Trees
Official English: Thousand Cherry Blossoms

Published September 17, 2011, with 13,077,000+ Niconico views and 4,052,000+ YouTube views

Featuring

Hatsune Miku

Producers

Kurousa-P (music, lyrics)
Hajime (guitar)
Ittomaru (illustration)
Mienohito (video)

Links

Niconico YouTube

Background

This song is about the westernization of Japan, which happened during the Meiji Restoration. Despite having an upbeat, oriental track, the song contains rather dark themes, mentioning guillotines and ICBMs. In addition, the lyrics state things such as "Songs of lament go unheard" (嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ) and "This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell" (此処は宴　鋼の檻).

To celebrate the song's anniversary, it was re-released along with 8 different arranges in the album 1st ANNIVERSARY! ALL THAT "Senbonzakura" on September 12, 2012.

"Senbonzakura" was released as a single under the label KarenT. This song is also featured in the albums 5th ANNIVERSARY BEST, EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalodream feat. 初音ミク, HATSUNE ROCK feat.初音ミク, Kurousa Works feat.初音ミク -黒うさP作品集-, V love 25～Brave Heart～, ボーカロイド超ベスト-impacts-, ボカロ超ミックス feat. 初音ミク, Hatsune Miku 5th Anniversary Best ～impacts～, 初音ミク-Project DIVA-F Complete Collection, 創造Endless, 桜, VOCA NICO☆PARTY, and Yoen Waso Emaki. Multiple covers and remixes have been included in additional albums.

This song has entered the Hall of Myths and is notable for having stayed in the VOCALOID ranking consistently for a long time.

Succeeding versions

Official Concert Footage

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Crypton Future Media, SEGA
Categories	Concert performance
Description	Official footage from the MikuPa Live in Sapporo 2013 concert.

VOCALOID Keyboard Demonstration

Featuring	Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID Keyboard)
Producers	Akiba Winds
Categories	Demo song
Description	A demonstration for the VOCALOID Keyboard.

Lyrics

Japanese (日本語歌詞)	Romaji (ローマ字)
大胆不敵にハイカラ革命	daitan-futeki ni haikara kakumei
磊々落々(らいらいらくらく)反戦国家	rairai-rakuraku hansen kokka
日の丸印の二輪車転がし	hinomaru-jirushi no nirinsha korogashi
悪霊退散　ICBM	akuryou-taisan I C B M

環状線を走り抜けて　東奔西走なんのその	kanjousen o hashirinukete touhon-seisou nan no sono
少年少女戦国無双　浮世の随(まにま)に	shounen shoujo sengoku-musou ukiyo no manima ni

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ	senbonzakura yoru ni magire kimi no koe mo todokanai yo
此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台で見下ろして	koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai de mioroshite

三千世界　常世之闇(とこよのやみ)　嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ	sanzen sekai tokoyo no yami nageku uta mo kikoenai yo
青藍(せいらん)の空　遥か彼方　その光線銃で打ち抜いて	seiran no sora haruka kanata sono kousenjuu de uchinuite

百戦錬磨の見た目は将校	hyakusen-renma no mitame wa shoukou
いったりきたりの花魁(おいらん)道中	ittari-kitari no oiran douchuu
アイツもコイツも皆で集まれ	aitsu mo koitsu mo minna de atsumare
聖者の行進　わんっ　つー　さん　しっ	seija no koushin wan tsuu san shi

禅定門(ぜんじょうもん)を潜り抜けて　安楽浄土厄払い	zenjoumon o kugurinukete anraku-joudo yakubarai
きっと終幕(さいご)は大団円　拍手の合間に	kitto saigo wa daidan’en hakushu no aima ni

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ	senbonzakura yoru ni magire kimi no koe mo todokanai yo
此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台で見下ろして	koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai de mioroshite

三千世界　常世之闇(とこよのやみ)　嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ	sanzen sekai tokoyo no yami nageku uta mo kikoenai yo
希望の丘　遥か彼方　その閃光弾を打ち上げろ	kibou no oka haruka kanata sono senkoudan o uchiagero

環状線を走り抜けて　東奔西走なんのその	kanjousen o hashirinukete touhon-seisou nan no sono
少年少女戦国無双　浮世の随(まにま)に	shounen shoujo sengoku-musou ukiyo no manima ni

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ	senbonzakura yoru ni magire kimi no koe mo todokanai yo
此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台を飛び降りて	koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai o tobiorite

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君が歌い僕は踊る	senbonzakura yoru ni magire kimi ga utai boku wa odoru
此処は宴　鋼の檻　さあ光線銃を撃ちまくれ	koko wa utage hagane no ori saa kousenjuu o uchimakure

Derivatives

Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, MEIKO, and KAITO's Cover

Featuring	Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO, KAITO
Producers	yaswi
Categories	VOCALOID cover
Description	A chorus of Cryptonloids using sources from sm15630734, sm16153669, sm15962970, sm15969422, sm15811266, and sm15976487.

MEIKO's Cover

Featuring	MEIKO
Producers	Ryousuke-P
Categories	VOCALOID cover
Description	A cover of MEIKO singing Senbonzakura made for her 6th anniversary.

Yukari's Cover

Featuring	Yuzuki Yukari
Producers	Iruguitar
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Iroha's Cover

Featuring	Nekomura Iroha
Producers	Kikubari-P (tuning), Hiro (video)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

SeeU's Cover

Featuring	SeeU
Producers	VenDre
Categories	VOCALOID cover; Arrangement

Zunko's Cover

Featuring	Tohoku Zunko
Producers	Etsujiro Komine
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Lily's Cover

Featuring	Lily
Producers	Hōzuki
Categories	VOCALOID cover

GUMI's Cover

Featuring	GUMI
Producers	Cursemagnet (tuning, encode, mix), Geko (illust)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Ryuto's Cover

Featuring	Ryuto
Producers	Lucifroz (cover, VSQx, illustration)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

CUL's Cover

Featuring	Ryuto
Producers	Tofu - P
Categories	VOCALOID cover

galaco's Cover

Featuring	galaco
Producers	MirageMaster64 (tuning, mixing), Kanon (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Kokone's Cover

Featuring	galaco
Producers	Stardust (tuning, mixing), Kik Makawan (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Una's Cover

Featuring	Otomachi Una
Producers	Sint :D (cover), Kik Makawan (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Rin and Len's Cover (Wagaku Senbonzakura)

Featuring	Kagamine Rin Append Power, Kagamine Len Append Power
Producers	Nichrome-P (Len cover, video), Ouenuta-P (Rin cover, mix), 96mame (illustration)
Categories	Arrangement; Human cover
Description	A popular arrangement cover by Nichrome-P using Kagamine Rin and Len using the arrangement in the Wagaku Senbonzakura Digest version.

Iroha's Cover (Wagaku Senbonzakura)

Featuring	Nekomura Iroha
Producers	Kikubari-P
Categories	Arrangement; VOCALOID cover

Meiji's Cover

Featuring	Gahata Meiji
Producers	Konuko (mixing, mastering, encode), Kukiwakame (artwork)
Categories	UTAU cover

VOCALOID & UTAU Chorus + Shamisen & Whistling

Featuring	VOCALOIDs: Hatsune Miku (Kurousa-P), GUMI (Cursemagnet), KAITO (星-sei-), MEIKO (Ryousuke-P), Nekomura Iroha (Kikubari-P), IA (Lemon0837), Lily (Mothra-P), Yuzuki Yukari (豆太), Camui Gackpo (青羽). UTAUs: Matsudappoiyo (沙緒), Namine Ritsu (zuckey), Haruka Nana (Nyanta), Kasane Teto (兼行/阻止されP). Whistling by くちぶえ村の村長, shamisen by the uploader and 早紅夜.
Producers	Riotto
Categories	UTAU cover

96Neko and Pokota's Cover

Featuring	96Neko, Pokota
Categories	Human cover

Cocolu's Cover

Featuring	Cocolu
Categories	Human cover

cosMo and Owata-P's Cover

Featuring	cosMo, Owata-P
Producers	You-ring (illust)
Categories	Human cover

kradness's Cover (Giga-P's Arrangement)

Featuring	kradness
Producers	Giga-P (arrange), △○□× (illust), Okiku (movie)
Categories	Human cover; Arrangement

10 Person Chorus

Featuring	Kouhey, タイ焼き屋, Mafumafu, ビビ, Akatin, るし, 柿チョコ, レジ, ノイズ, and yim
Producers	Soramame, Lancha (illust), 秋吉 (illust), ユウキ (illust), そうび (illust)
Categories	Chorus

Wagaku Senbonzakura Digest

Featuring	Kyounosuke
Producers	Kyounosuke (song), Kine Ienami (shamisen), Ohata Nahoko (koto, 17-string koto), Takei Makoto (whistle, shakuhachi), Mizukawa Toshiya (shakuhachi, arrangement, recording, mix), Keiko Tada (percussion), Kenji Kawashima (vocal mix), Fuyu Ayabe (lyrics), Ikkaisai (ukiyoe), Suzusiro (book), Camel Studio (shooting, editing), Koutarou Fujiyama (general manager)
Categories	Arrangement; Human cover

un:c's Cover & Rap

Featuring	un:c
Producers	Kazyu-P (mix)
Categories	Human cover; Arrangement

Wagakki Band's Cover

Featuring	Yuko Suzuhana
Producers	Wagakki Band: Yuko Suzuhana, Kiyoshi Ibukuro, Daisuke Kaminaga, Beni Ninagawa, Kurona, Machiya, Asa, Wasabi
Categories	Human cover; Arrangement
Description	This band arrangement has received over 100 million views on YouTube

Machigerita's Cover

Featuring	Machigerita
Producers	Machigerita
Categories	Human cover; Arrangement

4U's Dance Cover

Featuring	96Neko, Pokota
Producers	4U
Categories	Dance cover

りりり & 鬼兵's Dance Cover

Featuring	Cocolu
Producers	りりり & 鬼兵
Categories	Dance cover

ViolinxViola's Viola Cover

Producers	ViolinxViola
Categories	Arrangement; Human cover

Violin Cover

Producers	Fesnir
Categories	Arrangement; Human cover

String Quartet Arrangement

Producers	MIZ弦楽四重奏団
Categories	Arrangement

Piano Arrangement

Producers	Wingu
Categories	Arrangement

Piano Ballade Arrangement

Producers	Wingu
Categories	Arrangement

Guitar Arrangement

Producers	Osamuraisan
Categories	Arrangement

marasy8's Piano Arrangement

Producers	marasy
Categories	Arrangement

ICBM Remix

Producers	dj EBICO
Categories	Arrangement

Ocelot Style Neo Japanesque mix

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Ginsuke
Categories	Arrangement

masa's Arrangement

Featuring	Hatsune Miku, GUMI
Producers	masa
Categories	Arrangement

8 VOCALOID A cappella

Featuring	Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, GUMI, IA, KAITO, Camui Gackpo
Producers	TheKawaiiHurts
Categories	Arrangement

Erhu Cover

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	YungAn
Categories	Arrangement

Lindsey Stirling's Violin Cover

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Lindsey Stirling (violin), James Khabushani and RJ Collins (executive producers), Tom Morris (director), Elliot Feld and Jaz Kalkat (producers)
Categories	Arrangement

Moyun's Guzheng Cover

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Dana, Lex, Pichu
Categories	Arrangement

Cosplay PV

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Dana, Lex, Pichu
Categories	Fanmade PV

Live Action Cosplay MV

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	Kameko Surabaya
Categories	Fanmade PV

Live Action Cosplay MV

Featuring	Hatsune Miku
Producers	yumi kimura
Categories	Fanmade PV

Other media appearances

Promotional Involvement

A re-recording of a part of marasy's piano cover of the song appeared in an ad for the Toyota Aqua (known as the Toyota Prius in America). It is said that he spent four hours in the studio just re-watching the ad to find the most appropriate arrangement.

Literature

On September 17 the novelization of the song was announced, with its release date being March 9.

Piano sheet music appeared in the Piano Solo Yasashiku Hikeru 2 collection. This song has also appeared as sheet music in the VOCALOID Best Selection series and also in Vocaloid Super Selection. This song also featured in the magazine/book VOCALO☆Band Score, vol.2.

Concerts

This song was featured in the following concerts.

MUSIC STATION Ultra FES

Hatsune Miku gave a A small performance that was just one among many at the "MUSIC STATION Ultra FES" concert event, which was held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Music Station. Miku sang "Senbonzakura", and the performance used the graphics of "-Project DIVA- Arcade Future Tone", in order to promote the game.