"Pop Master" is the 24th
single by Japanese singer and
voice actress
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Nana Mizuki
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voic ...
, released on April 13, 2011, together with her 23rd single, "
Scarlet Knight".
Track listing
# "Pop Master"
#*Lyrics, composition: Nana Mizuki
#*Arrangement: Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden)
#*Cheering song for
NTV's ''
31st High School Quiz''
#*Theme song for
mobile game
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''
Idol o Tsukuro
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Religion and philosophy
* Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
* Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ...
''
# "Unbreakable"
#*Lyrics:
Shoko Fujibayashi
is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of ''Kamen Rider Den-O'', '' Kamen Rider Kiva'', and their fil ...
#*Composition: Shunryuu
#*Arrangement: Jun Suyama
#*Opening theme for
Nintendo 3DS
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and
Sony PlayStation Portable
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game ''
UnchainBlades Rexx''
Trivia
* The music video from was recorded live at
Nippon Budokan
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, and featured three of ''Cherry Boys'' musicians:
Kenji Kitajima,
Itaru Watanabe
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*, Japanese baseball player
*, pseudonym of a female Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
*, Japanese publishe ...
(Guitars) and
Ryuta Sakamoto (Bass). It was a homage to
CNN graphics, entitled ''Mizuki Nana News Network'' or ''MNN''.
* The song was performed at
62nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", aired on December 31, 2011 from NHK Hall in Japan beginning from 7:15 p.m. JST.
The year's theme was "Ashita o Utaou" ("Let's sing for tomorrow"), which aimed to spread positive thoughts to a country ...
on .
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
References
2011 singles
Nana Mizuki songs
Songs written by Nana Mizuki
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