Dai 2 Seichouki

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Dai 2 Seichouki
Studio album by Berryz Koubou
Released	November 15, 2005
Recorded	June 2004–September 2005
Genre	Japanese Pop
Length	43:12
Label	Piccolo Town
Producer	Tsunku
Berryz Koubou chronology
Nijuuichiji made no Cinderella (single) (2005) Dai 2 Seichouki (2005) Gag 100 Kaibun Aishitekudasai (single) (2005)

"Dai 2 Seichouki" (第②成長記, A record of the second growing season^?) is the second full-length album by J-pop group Berryz Koubou. "Dai 2" (the second) is pronounced as Dai ni.

The album, which includes the singles Happiness ~Kofuku Kangei!~, Koi No Jubaku, Special Generation, Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteruu YOU KNOW?, and Nijuuichiji made no Cinderella, is the last Berryz Koubou release in which founding member Maiha Ishimura (who quit the group to concentrate on her education) participated, by way of the aforementioned single A-sides and possibly some of the other album tracks, although she is not credited or depicted anywhere in the album's liner notes. The seven remaining members of the band are depicted in school uniforms and carrying bookbags.

Dai 2 Seichouki 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 Berryz Koubou's second year of existence. The band's first single as a seven-piece, Gag 100 Kaibun Ashitekudasai, was scheduled to be released one week after Dai 2 Saichouki.

The first pressing of the album was enclosed in a cardboard slipcase and includes four double-sided photocards of the band.

[edit] Track listing

1. Special Opening (スッペシャルOP, Special Opening^?)
2. Special Generation (スッペシャルジェネレーション, Special Generation^?)
3. Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteruu YOU KNOW? (なんちゅう恋をやってる YOU KNOW？, Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteruu YOU KNOW?^?)
4. Joshi basket bu ~Asaren Atta Hi no Kamigata~ (女子バスケット部～朝練あった日の髪型～, Joshi basket bu ~Asaren Atta Hi no Kamigata~^?)
5. Koi no Jubaku (恋の呪縛, Koi no Jubaku^?)
6. Ohiru no Kyuukeijikan (お昼の休憩時間。, Ohiru no Kyuukeijikan^?)
7. Happiness ~Kofuku Kangei!~ (ハピネス～幸福歓迎～, Happiness ~Kofuku Kangei!~^?)
8. Sabori (さぼり, Sabori^?)
9. 21ji made no Cinderella (21時までのシンデレラ, 21ji made no Cinderella^?)
10. Aisuru hito no Namae wo Nikki ni (愛する人の名前を日記に, Aisuru hito no Namae wo Nikki ni^?)
11. Berryz Koubou Koushinkyoku (Berryz工房行進曲, Berryz Koubou Koushinkyoku^?)
12. Special Ending (スッペシャルED, Special Ending^?)

[edit] Musical personnel

• Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
• Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
• Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
• Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
• Maasa Sudou - vocals
• Yurina Kumai - vocals
• Risako Sugaya - vocals
• Maiha Ishimura - vocals (uncredited)
• Koichi Yuasa - keyboard, drum and MIDI programming
• Koji Makaino - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
• Shunsuke Suzuki - guitar, keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
• Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
• Horishi Iida - percussion
• Masato Yamao - organ
• Shoichiro Hirata - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming
• Nao Tanaka - keyboards, drum and MIDI programming, guitar
• Manao Doi - guitar
• Shunji Takenaka - guitar
• 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 - backing vocals, composer
• Atsuko Inaba - backing vocals
• Hiroaki Takeuchi - backing vocals
• Amazons (Yuko Otaki, Kumi Saito, Tomoko Hada) - backing vocals

[edit] Recording personnel

• Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
• Kazumi Matsui - recording engineer, mix engineer
• Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
• Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
• Takeshi Yanagisawa - mix engineer
• Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
• Tsunku - mix engineer
• Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
• Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
• Youhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
• Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer

[edit] External links

• UP-FRONT WORKS: Berryz Koubou discography entry
• ThePPN: Dai (2) Seichouki