Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana

Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (涙の種、笑顔の花) is the eighth single by Nakagawa Shoko. It was released on April 29, 2009 with "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" serving as the single's lead track. It was release in three editions: a regular CD edition, a limited CD+DVD edition and a Gurren Lagann CD edition.

Single Informations
The song "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" was used as the ending of the anime movie Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Ragan-hen.
 * Lyrics: meg rock, ryo
 * Composition: Fukumoto Koshiro, Kurosu Katsuhiko, ryo
 * Arrangement: Kurosu Katsuhiko, nishi-ken, ryo
 * Chorus: mao
 * Catalog Number: SRCL-7023 (Regular Edition), SRCL-7021 (Limited Edition), SRCL-7024 (Gurren Lagann Edition)
 * Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Regular / Limited Editions

 * 1) "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" (涙の種、笑顔の花) - 4:45
 * 2) "Gozen Rokuji" (午前六時) - 4:16
 * 3) "Milky kiss" (ミルキィkiss) - 4:24
 * 4) "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Instrumental-" (涙の種、笑顔の花 -Instrumental-) - 4:43

Gurren Lagann Edition

 * 1) "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" (涙の種、笑顔の花) - 4:45
 * 2) "Gozen Rokuji" (午前六時) - 4:16
 * 3) "Sorairo Days -Tengen Toppa EDITION Lagan-hen-" (空色デイズ -天元突破EDITION 螺巌篇-)
 * 4) "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Movie Edit-" (涙の種、笑顔の花 -Movie Edit-)

DVD

 * 1) "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (Music Video)" (涙の種、笑顔の花 (Music Video))
 * 2) "Making of "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana"" (Making of "涙の種、笑顔の花")

Oricon Chart Positions
The single reached the fourth position and charted for a total of eight weeks.