| Mirai e no Present | |
| Cover: | Miho Nakayama with Mayo - Mirai e no Present.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Miho Nakayama with Mayo |
| Album: | Treasury |
| Language: | Japanese |
| English Title: | A Present for the Future |
| B-Side: | Darlin' |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 4:27 |
| Label: | King Records |
| Composer: | Mayo Okamoto |
is the 35th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama and a collaboration with Mayo Okamoto (as "Mayo"). Written by Okamoto and Nakayama, the single was released on November 1, 1996, by King Records.[1] [2] [3]
"Mirai e no Present" was Nakayama's second collaboration single since "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" in 1992. Co-writer Okamoto performed backing vocals on the song; she later on self-covered the song as "Will... (Mirai e no Present)" on her 1997 album Smile.
The song was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series, which also starred Nakayama. The B-side, "Darlin", was used by Astel Tokyo on a commercial that also featured Nakayama.
"Mirai e no Present" peaked at No. 6 on Oricon's weekly singles chart, becoming her last career top-10 single. It sold over 409,000 copies and was Nakayama's last single to be certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[4] [5]