Final Distance

"Final Distance" is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada. It was released on July 25, 2001 as the first single for their third studio album Deep River (2002). Utada wrote the song, and produced and composed it with long-time collaborators Akira Miyake, Utada's father Teruzane Utada. "Final Distance" is a re-recorded and re-arranged version of the song "Distance", originally released on Utada's 2001 album of the same name. The song was dedicated to Rena Yamashita, a six-year-old victim of the Ikeda school massacre who had written an essay about being inspired by Utada. Utada