The official YouTube channel for singer-songwriter Uru started streaming a music video for "Katawara nite Tsukiyo" ("By Your Side in Moonlight"), the theme song for the upcoming anime film adaptation of Keigo Higashino's The Keeper of the Camphor Tree ( Kusunoki no Bannin in Japan) novel. Uru "Katawara nite Tsukiyo" Music Video "Katawara nite Tsukiyo" was newly composed for the film by Iyori Shimizu, vocalist and guitarist of the three-piece rock band back number, and arranged by the band themselves. This marks the first time back number has provided a song and produced for a female artist. The music video features Uru herself, marking her first appearance in a music video in about three years since "Soba ni Iruyo" released in 2022. Satomi Inagaki, who has helmed Uru's music videos for "Prologue," "Furiko," and “Filament,” is in charge of directing. Uru said, "While words alone cannot fully convey human emotions, through this film and ‘Katawara nite Tsukiyo,’ I feel I've received that anew.” "Katawara nite Tsukiyo" released digitally first on January 19, 2026, and the CD single will follow as Uru's 17th single on January 28. "Katawara nite Tsukiyo" digital jacket Uru artist photo RELATED: The Keeper of the Camphor Tree Anime Film Unveils New Trailer, Theme Song, Additional Voice Cast Members The A-1 Pictures-animated film The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is set to release in Japan on January 30, 2026 . Publisher Abacus, which will release an English edition of Higashino's original novel in June 2026, describes the synopsis as such: If you knew you didn't have long to live, who would you tell? What would you say? And how would you deliver the message? Reito Naoi has just been fired. Enraged and fuelled by feelings of revenge, he tries to steal a valuable device from his workplace, but things don't go to plan, and he ends up arrested. In jail, Reito is paid an unexpected visit by a lawyer who offers to arrange for his release, if he complies with the wishes of the lawyer's client. Seeing no alternative, Reito accepts and soon discovers that the lawyer's client is his aunt. When Reito tells her that he has no plans for the future, she gives him an order: 'What I want you to do is to guard a camphor tree.' And thus begins Reito's custodianship of a camphor tree standing on the grounds of a shine – a camphor tree with a mysterious legend associated with it… Source: Uru official YouTube channel , Press Release
