:Koakuma Heaven

{{Infobox song

| name = Koakuma Heaven

| cover = Gackt 2009 Single Koakuma Heaven Cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gackt

| album = Re:Born

| released = June 10, 2009

| format =

| recorded = 2008

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Electropop, Pop rock

| length =

| label = Dears

| writer = Gackt C.

| producer = Gackt

| prev_title = Journey Through the Decade

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Faraway (Hoshi ni Negai o)

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Extra album cover|

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Single

| cover = Koakuma heaven dears only.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Dears only

}}

}}

{{nihongo|"Koakuma Heaven"|小悪魔ヘヴン|Koakuma Hevun}} is the thirty-first single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on June 10, 2009.{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/9259/products/822607/1/| title="Koakuma Heaven" on Oricon| publisher=Oricon| access-date=December 10, 2015| language=ja}} This single was the first of four singles of the countdown to Gackt's 10th anniversary as a solo artist.{{Cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/65430/| title=Gackt、4週連続リリースで10周年&新たなる章へ| date=2009-04-21| publisher=Oricon| access-date=July 15, 2014| language=ja}} This single was titled The 1st Heaven. Each of the countdown singles were scheduled to be released within a week of each other.

The second song on the single, "My Father's Day" was written in memory of Gackt's Fūrin Kazan co-actor and close friend, Ken Ogata.{{cite web |url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/music/graph/otodama/77/index.html |script-title=ja:音魂:第77回GACKT 美しさと悲しさが共存する「雪月花」|language=ja |access-date=2009-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116140105/http://mainichi.jp/enta/music/graph/otodama/77/index.html|archive-date=2010-01-16}}

Record jacket

On its record jacket, "Koakuma Heaven" features a total of 15 female models, such as Sayaka Araki and Sayo Hayakawa, who have appeared in the popular gyaru magazine Koakuma Ageha. The fanclub-only version of the jacket features only Gackt dressed as a woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/66092/full/|title=Gackt、"面白さ"求めて女装「僕も壊れちゃいました! 」 ("Gackt dresses as a woman for fun, 'I'm broken too!'")|date= May 14, 2009|publisher=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-22}}{{cite news| url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/gackt/24013| title=Gackt、女になる!?| date=2009-05-14| work=CDJournal| accessdate=December 6, 2023| language=ja}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = {{nihongo|Koakuma Heaven|小悪魔ヘヴン}}

| length1 =

| title2 = My Father's Day

| length2 =

| title3 = {{nihongo|Koakuma Heaven|小悪魔ヘヴン}} (Instrumental)

| length3 =

| title4 = My Father's Day (Instrumental)

| length4 =

}}

Charts

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Chart (2009)

! Peak
position

Oricon Weekly Singles

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Billboard Japan Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2009&month=06&day=22 |title="Koakuma Heaven" on Japan Hot 100 chart |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 10, 2015}}

|align="center"| 38

Billboard Japan Top Independent{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=indepedent&year=2009&month=06&day=22 |title="Koakuma Heaven" on Japan Top Independent chart |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 10, 2015}}

|align="center"| 2

References