Kōya o Aruke

"Kōya o Aruke" (荒野を歩け; "Walk in the Wild Land") is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released on March 29, 2017 and was used as the theme song for the 2017 anime film, Night Is Short, Walk On Girl.^[1] Yūsuke Nakamura, the illustrator for all of the band's artwork, is also the person in charge of the original character design for the movie.^[2]

"Kōya o Aruke"
Single by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
from the album Hometown
Released	March 29, 2017
Genre	Indie rock, alternative rock
Length	4:16
Label	Ki/oon
Songwriter(s)	Masafumi Gotoh
Producer(s)	Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Asian Kung-Fu Generation singles chronology
"Blood Circulator" (2016) "Kōya o Aruke" (2017) "Boys & Girls" (2018)
Music video
"Kōya o Aruke" on YouTube

Music video

The music video for "Kōya o Aruke" was directed by Nakamura Hiroki.^[3] The video features a girl walk around the city at midnight until morning, with the band appear on her back as projection screen.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Masafumi Gotoh.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kōya o Aruke" (荒野を歩け "Walk in the Wild Land")	Masafumi Gotoh	4:16
2.	"Omatsuri no Ato" (お祭りのあと "After the festival", Kita on lead vocal)	Kensuke Kita, Takahiro Yamada	2:53
Total length:			7:09

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kōya o Aruke" (music video)	4:20
2.	"Night Is Short, Walk On Girl" (trailer)	1:48
Total length:		6:08

Personnel

• Masafumi Gotoh – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Kensuke Kita – lead guitar
• Takahiro Yamada – bass
• Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums
• Asian Kung-Fu Generation – producer

Charts

Chart (2021)	Peak positions
Japanese Singles (Oricon)[4]	15
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[5]	14
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)[6]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan	29 March 2017	Ki/oon	CD	KSCL-2899
			CD+DVD	KSCL-2897
Various			Digital download streaming