"Final Distance" Is A Song By Japanese Recording Artist Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル For Her Third Studio Album Deep River 2002 . Written By Utada Herself The Song Was Produced And Composed By Long-Time Collaborators Akira Miyake Utada's Father Teruzane Utada And Herself. "Final Distance" Was Originally Recorded As "Distance" Which Was Taken From The Album With The Same Name Despite Not Being A Single. The Song Was Re-Recorded And Re-Arranged After Utada Was Aware Of The Young Girl Who Was Inspired By Utada Was Murdered During The Osaka School Massacre.