is the second full-length album by
J-pop
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group
Berryz Kobo
was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maa ...
, released on November 16, 2005. "Dai 2" (''the second'') is pronounced ''Dai ni''. The first pressing of the album was enclosed in a cardboard slipcase and included four double-sided photocards of the band. The album peaked at #19 on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
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weekly charts, charting for 3 weeks.
This album was the last Berryz Kobo release to feature
Maiha Ishimura, who
graduated from
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...
in 2005 in order to focus on her education. Ishimura's vocals are featured on the singles within the album; she is, however, not credited anywhere and does not feature on the cover. The seven remaining members of the band are depicted in school uniforms and carrying bookbags.
''Dai 2 Seichōki'' would be the first of an informal trilogy of three Berryz releases, each issued within one or two weeks of each other, to close out the group's second year of existence.
Release
is the first single taken to promote ''Dai 2 Seichōki''. It entered the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart at number 20, with 11,000 copies setting a record for Berryz Kobo's first week sales.
The second single, "Koi no Jubaku" (恋の呪縛) (Love's Spell), was released on November 10, 2004. The single entered the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...
Daily Singles Chart at number 6.
The third single, , was released on March 30, 2005. The single placed 7th in the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...
Weekly Singles Chart,
It became the group's first single (or album) to rank in the Top 10 and also its first to sell over 20,000 copies.
At that time, the group's average age was below 12 years.
Track listing
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Personnel
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Saki Shimizu
is a Japanese former singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of two smaller groups compos ...
- vocals
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Momoko Tsugunaga
is a Japanese former singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, sh ...
- vocals
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Chinami Tokunaga
(born May 22, 1992) is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the J-pop idol group Berryz Kobo.
History
Tokunaga was born in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids audition and became a member of Hello! Project.
S ...
- vocals
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Miyabi Natsuyaki
is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of four smaller groups composed of ...
- vocals
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Maasa Sudou - vocals
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Yurina Kumai
is a Japanese model and former singer. Kumai began her career as a member of Hello! Project Kids in 2002. In 2004, she debuted as a member of Berryz Kobo, a girl group associated with the musical collective Hello! Project. During her time with ...
- vocals
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Risako Sugaya
is a former Japanese singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015.
Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids, ...
- vocals
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Maiha Ishimura - vocals (uncredited)
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Koichi Yuasa - keyboard, drum and MIDI programming
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Koji Makaino - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
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Shunsuke Suzuki - guitar, keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
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Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
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Horishi Iida - percussion
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Masato Yamao
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* Masato ...
- organ
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Shoichiro Hirata - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
*Nao Tanaka - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming, guitar
*Manao Doi - guitar
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Shunji Takenaka - guitar
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Takashi Morio - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
*Eiji Kawai - guitar
*Koji - guitar
*Takao Konishi - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
*Yasuo Asai - guitar
*Yasushi Sasamoto - bass
*Masanori Suzuki - trumpet
*Yoshinari Takegami - saxophone
*Satoshi Mizota - trombone
*''Noriyoshi Matsushita'' - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
*
Tsunku
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q.
As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Co ...
- backing vocals, composer
*Atsuko Inaba - backing vocals
*Hiroaki Takeuchi - backing vocals
*
Amazons
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(
Yuko Otaki,
Kumi Saito,
Tomoko Hada) - backing vocals
Production
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Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
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Kazumi Matsui
is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
Early life
Matsui was born on January 8, 1953, in Hiroshima, Japan. His parents are ''hibakusha'', atomic bomb survivors. He earned ...
- recording engineer, mix engineer
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Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
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Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
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Takeshi Yanagisawa - mix engineer
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Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
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Tsunku
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q.
As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Co ...
- mix engineer
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Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
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Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
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Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
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Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer
Charts
References
External links
Discography entry on the Up-Front Works site
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Berryz Kobo albums
Piccolo Town-King Records albums
2005 albums