"Endless Story" is the first single released by Yuna Ito

Yuna Ito

is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan.She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film Nana; she also starred in the film,...

. This single was released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. "Endless Story" was used in the movie Nana

Nana (2005 film)

Nana is a 2005 Japanese film adaption of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarō Ōtani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....

in which Yuna played the character Reira Serizawa. "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily and weekly charts its first week, but in upcoming weeks it was able to hit #1 on the daily charts on multiple occasions, but was unable to reach #1 on the weekly charts. At the end of 2005, "Endless Story" was named the "Best Love Song of 2005" by the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 magazine. It also holds the record for the most downloaded debut song for a female artist. 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." This song has also a sample from Faith Hill

Faith Hill

Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...

's "If I'm Not In Love", which is clear on both songs verses, and similarities on "Endless Story"'s English parts.

Track listing

1. "Endless Story"
2. "Journey"
3. "Endless Story" (instrumental)
4. "Journey" (instrumental)

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
7 September 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	67,092	471,099	60 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	2
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	20 (2005) 85 (2006)

Covers

Japanese singer Hideaki Tokunaga

Hideaki Tokunaga

is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.Although Tokunaga failed to pass the test of Star Tanjō! in 1982, he debuted as a recording singer in 1986. After he released hit songs such as "Yume o Shinjite" and "Kowarekake no Radio" in 1990, his single "Wednesday Moon" reached No...

covered the song "Endless Story" on his 2007 album Vocalist 3.

Saya Chang, a Taiwanese singer, covered "Endless Story" and renamed it "Xiang Nian Ni De Ge."

Hong Kong singer, Janice Vidal also covered this song as Cloudy Vacation 'Yum Tin Gah Kay' in her 2008 Cantonese album, Serving You.