In September 1995, Kubota released an English version of Bumpin' Voyage , which was titled Sunshine, Moonlight , his eighth album. The album peaked at number one and sold over a half million records worldwide. [1] In May 1996, Kubota released " La La La Love Song ." The single became Kubota's first number one hit. The single also became certified million selling over two million copies worldwide. The song was also used as the theme song of Japanese television drama series Long Vacation . In December 1996, the album La La La Love Thang was released. [2] The album peaked at number two and became certified double platinum, selling over 840,00 copies. [1] [3] In following years, Kubota released three non-album singles "Cymbals" (1997), "Ahhhhh!" (1998), and "Soul Bangin'" (1999). In 2000, Kubota released the albums Nothing But Your Love (second English-language album) and As One , which both albums charted in the top ten. [1] In the following years, Kubota went on to release the albums United Flow (2002), Time to Share (his third English-language album) (2004), and For Real? (2006).