Shine -Mirai he Kazasu Hi no Youni-

Shine -Mirai he Kazasu Hi no Youni- (Shine-未来へかざす火のように-), roughly translated as "Shine -Hoist the Future, Like a Flame-", is one of the songs performed by Japanese vocalist, Ayaka Hirahara. It appears on her eponymous thirty-first single and celebrates ten years of her successful career.

The melody is an arrangement of Overture ~Nobunaga no Yabou~, the series's characteristic main theme first composed by Yoko Kanno. Hirahara's version was specifically composed to be Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence's image song; a shortened version of it plays during the game's credits and promotional videos. Customers who purchase the single can obtain a serial code which unlocks Hirahara as a general within the game.

Credits

 * Lyrics: Goro Matsui
 * Composition: Yoko Kanno, Ayaka Hirahara
 * Arrangement: Masayuki Sakamoto
 * NAYUTAWAVE RECORDS

Lyrics
Kanji=
 * さあ輝いて
 * 誰よりも強く
 * ときめきは
 * くりかえす
 * すべてを超え


 * 雨にふれて
 * 花から堕ちた
 * いつ咲くか
 * わからない
 * 小さな種


 * それはどこか
 * 私のようで
 * ふりそそぐ
 * 楊の光
 * 捜している


 * どすれば　心に
 * 応えられるのか知りたい
 * そこから先へ行きたい


 * いつも
 * 愛へ伸ばす手のように
 * 未来へかざす火のように
 * 新しい私になりたい
 * 夢を抱きながら


 * そう涙の跡にも
 * 次のまなざしは生まれる
 * 時は続いてゆくならば


 * どんな嘘に迷っても
 * 孤独に閉じ込められても
 * 創造はなにかを変える
 * かならず


 * 愛へ伸ばす手のように
 * 未来へかざす火のように
 * 新しい私になれる
 * 夢を抱きながら


 * 忘れないで
 * なにより強く
 * ときめきは
 * くりかえす
 * すべてを超え


 * -|Romaji=
 * saa kagayaite
 * dare yori mo tsuyoku
 * tokimeki wa
 * kurikaesu
 * subete wo koe


 * ame ni furete
 * hana kara ochita
 * itsu saku ka
 * wakaranai
 * chiisana tane


 * sore wa doko ka
 * watashi no youde
 * furisosogu
 * hi no hikari
 * sagashiteiru


 * dosureba kokoro ni
 * kotaerareru no ka shiritai
 * soko kara saki he yukitai


 * itsumo
 * ai he nobasu te no youni
 * mirai he kazasu hi no youni
 * atarashii watashi ni naritai
 * yume wo idaki nagara


 * sou namida no ato ni mo
 * tsugi no manazashi wa umareru
 * toki wa tsuzuite yuku naraba


 * donna uso ni mayottemo
 * kodoku ni toji-komeraretemo
 * souzou wa nanika wo kaeru
 * kanarazu


 * ai he nobasu te no youni
 * mirai he kazasu hi no youni
 * atarashii watashi ni nareru
 * yume wo idaki nagara


 * wasurenaide
 * nani yori tsuyoku
 * tokimeki wa
 * kurikaesu
 * subete wo koe


 * -|English Translation=
 * Now let loose your shine
 * Be stronger than anyone
 * Relive the thrill
 * within you again
 * Surpass everything


 * This small seed
 * touched by the rain
 * and dropped from the flowers
 * may never blossom
 * I have no idea if it will


 * It somehow
 * resembles me
 * The rain is pouring down on me
 * I am searching
 * for the light of day


 * What am I to do? Will my heart
 * give me the answer? I want to know,
 * I want to move forward


 * Like the hand reaching for love,
 * like the light ushering the future,
 * I always wanted
 * to become a new me
 * while holding onto my dreams


 * Yes, even the trace of tears
 * can give birth to another gaze
 * Time moves on, so shall I


 * Be it through the perplexity of lies
 * or the crippling of loneliness,
 * I know for certain
 * that ingenuity shall cause change


 * Like the hand reaching for love,
 * like the light shining towards the future,
 * I will
 * become a new me
 * while holding onto my dreams


 * Never forget
 * Become stronger than anything
 * Relive the thrill
 * within you again
 * Surpass everything