Itsuka Kitto...

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| name = Itsuka Kitto...

| cover = Exile Rising Sun Itsuka.jpg

| alt =

| caption = "Rising Sun" / "Itsuka Kitto..." CD Only cover artwork

| type = single

| artist = Exile Atsushi

| album = Solo

| released = September 14, 2011

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| length = 4:13

| label = Rhythm Zone

| writer = Atsushi, Matthew Tishler, Andrew Ang

| producer = Matthew Tishler

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Ooo Baby

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{nihongo|"Itsuka Kitto..."|いつかきっと…}} is the debut single by Atsushi, the lead singer of the popular Japanese band Exile. It was released on September 14, 2011 as a "double A-side" along with Exile's 36th single called Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto... (Rising Sun / いつかきっと…). The single debuted at #1 on the RIAJ's Digital Tracks Chart{{cite web|title=RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue September 13, 2011 |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2011s&weeklyCd=20110913&rankKbn=50 |work=Recording Industry Association of Japan |accessdate=16 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821113843/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2011s&weeklyCd=20110913&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=21 August 2014 }} and #1 on the Oricon Charts with first-week physical sales of 234,846.{{cite web|title=Oricon reveals the monthly chart rankings for September|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/tag/rising-sunitsuka-kitto/|work=Tokyohive}} "Itsuka Kitto" has also gained popularity as the theme song for the TV Asahi drama, “Hi wa Mata Noboru“.{{cite web|title=EXILE's charity song and ATSUSHI's solo song to be released as a double A-side single!|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/07/exiles-charity-song-and-atsushis-solo-song-to-be-released-as-a-double-a-side-single/|work=Tokyohive|accessdate=6 November 2011}} The song was written by Atsushi Sato, Matthew Tishler and Andrew Ang.

"Itsuka Kitto..." has since become the #14 highest-selling single in Japan for 2011, with 305,001 physical sales.{{cite web|title=2011 Oricon Yearly Ranking TOP 50: Singles|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2011/musicrank1219/index01.html|work=Oricon}} It was included on the Exile/Exile Atsushi album Exile Japan/Solo released on January 1, 2012.{{cite web|title=EXILE to release a new album on New Year's Day|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/11/exile-to-release-a-new-album-on-new-years-day/|work=Tokyohive}}

A remixed version was made as the theme for the Japanese release of Captain America: Civil War

Rising Sun

{{Infobox song

| name = Rising Sun

| type = single

| artist = EXILE

| album = EXILE Japan

| released = September 14, 2011

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| genre = Dance-pop

| length = 4:58

| label = Rhythm Zone

| writer = Atsushi

| producer = Johan Becker, Didrik Thott, Sebastian Thott, Sharon Vaughn

| prev_title = Each Other's Way (Tabi no Tochuu)

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Anata e

| next_year = 2011

}}"Rising Sun" is a song recorded by Japanese group EXILE. The song was the official charity anthem after the tsunami disaster. It was released in September 2011 along with Atsushi's debut single "Itsuka Kitto..." The song was written by Didrik Thott, Sebastian Thott, Johan Becker, Sharon Vaughn and EXILE ATSUSHI.

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