Is "Hikari" Ai Otsuka's new song?

BIG UPDATE: Yes, it's confirmed and true. You can read about it here

EVEN BIGGER UPDATE: Listen to "Hikari" (full song)!

Japanese fans tweet about a new Ai Otsuka's song called 「ヒカリ」("Hikari"). The song allegedly is be released on 9th of October 2011. Moreover, Tetsuo Hiraga (a journalist who has recently posted a photo with Ai) mentions something about it on his blog.

However, since the official Ai-chan's site hasn't been updated since April and there's absolutely nothing new, right now I feel reluctant to get excited about all this new song story. Possibly the rumour is just a rumour and Ai still isn't coming back to music soon. Therefore, I think the best thing right now will be to follow the news from reliable sources. And this is what I'm going to do :)


Tetsuo Hiraga twitted that the song will be available on 9th of October for LOVE9CUBE members.

Hmmm... Does the rumour prove to be true after all? :) <-- Yes, it does ^^

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