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Seiko Fujibayashi signed the lyrics for 'Iron Star.'

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Iron Star	Lyrics by the author

Music production

Seiko Fujibayashi signed the lyrics for 'Iron Star.'

A collaboration inspired by 'Ruriruran Ginza Roman.'

Kohei Tanaka reflected on "Ruriruran Ginza Roman," saying that the same melody must naturally form in both major and minor keys. He collaborated with lyricist Seiko Fujibayashi and arranger Fuminori Iwasaki to create this day-night dual design.

Research on the new Sakura Wars and revision of lyrics

When Seiko Fujibayashi joined the lyrics for "Shin Sakura Wars," she first listened to SEGA's explanation, reviewed the detailed character designs, and inquired about the relationships between them. She hopes to extract details from the female perspective in the original work, rather than creating a world apart from the original.

She wrote the lyrics for the game song "Star's Birth," conducted extensive research on the Taisho era and the "Sakura Wars" series, and did not want to harm the work due to her unfamiliarity with the subject.

When writing lyrics for the 2020 anime ending theme "Sakura Yumemi-shi," she felt that imitating Prince Hiroi's slogan-style writing would lose her own expression, so she shifted to a softer female perspective. She first ponders why these girls rise up in the face of the times and wars, making love the core of their characters' motivations.

She once tried not to directly express the consciousness of self-sacrifice, but after repeated writing, she still felt it lacked restraint, and eventually incorporated this awareness into her lyrics in later stages.

When Tanaka recalled the game song "Tetsu no Hoshi," he said he did not change the lyrics Fujibayashi sent but followed the lyrics to complete the musical expression.

The starting point and study of ci poetry

Fujibayashi debuted in 1995 as a lyricist. Previously, she happened to meet a lyricist and was encouraged by his trial writing; The person who initially offered her a professional job taught her the basics of lyric structure, and she also tried writing new lyrics for existing songs and then asked for guidance. She recalled that after about a half-year trial at the agency, she was advised to join JASRAC when she officially signed the contract.

Record the melodic structure before writing the lyrics

Before writing lyrics, Fujibayashi roughly memorized the melody, marked in his notebook by the computer how many lines each of sections A, B, and C had, where the rhythm was emphasized, and confirmed whether section D existed, then took notes line by line. When encountering lyrics before melody, she first confirmed the opening paragraph, then referred to past examples to estimate the required number of lines for a specified duration.

Arrangement of keywords and titles

After determining the overall structure, Tenglin first arranges the positions of keywords, then expands on them, and tries to set titles first; If the title is found to differ from the song during writing, it will be changed.

Rhetoric during the recording session

Teng Lin recalled that during recordings, sometimes certain words were difficult to sing due to the key used. She would remove voiced or contracted sounds and adjust the wording to make it easier for singers to sing.

Weir's style of lyrics first, music later

《ウィーアー！ The lyrics were first included, then composed by Kohei Tanaka. Fujibayashi recalled that Tanaka paid attention to keeping Japanese accents when matching melodies; The lyric contest for the song did not require starting with the chorus, so she wrote freely.

Related entries

Participated songs:Iron Star
Songs produced by Dual Day and Night Himself:Ruriruran Ginza Roman
Songs for the game where I investigate the era and write lyrics after the series:Star Birth is born
The original form of your own lyrics is used to compose a game song:Iron Star
Weir Composer:Kohei Tanaka

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Data compiled on: 2026-10-16.