Secret Ambition

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“Secret Ambition”
“Secret Ambition” cover
Single by Nana Mizuki
from the album Great Activity
B-side Heart-Shaped Chant, Level Hi
Released Flag of Japan April 18, 2007 (2007-04-18)
Format CD
Genre J-rock, pop-rock, J-pop
Label King Records
Certification Sales of 39,000 copies
Nana Mizuki singles chronology
Justice to Believe/Aoi Iro (2006) Secret Ambition (2007) Massive Wonders (2007)
Alternate Cover
Secret Ambition Cover 2
Secret Ambition Cover 2


Secret Ambition is the fifteenth single from Japanese songstress Nana Mizuki. Secret Ambition saw a massive change in Nana Mizuki's music style, dramatically changing from pop and powerpop to an explosive rock sound.[1][2]

Secret Ambition was the first opening theme for the anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS and the B-side, "Heart-Shaped Chant" was the theme song for PS2 game Shining Wind).

The song peaked at #2 on the Japanese Oricon charts.

[edit] Music Video

The dark ego in Nana Mizuki's PV for Secret Ambition
The dark ego in Nana Mizuki's PV for Secret Ambition

The music video of "Secret Ambition" starts off with a scene showing what a white room with a floor covered in looks like a white tea set of china ware. The video features two Nana egos - a "dark" one, and an "innocent" one. The dark one is singing on a stage in dark-coloured clothes, with a dark background and a backing band consisting of guitar and drum players who are also dressed in black or dark colours.(The outfit is rumored to look like Fate's barrier jacket.) The "innocent" one sits crouched in the white room with the cups, in white clothes.

[edit] Tracklisting

  1. SECRET AMBITION
  2. Heart-shaped chant
    • Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
    • Composition, arrangement: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
    • Theme song for PS2 game Shining Wind
  3. Level Hi!
    • Lyrics: Chisato Nishimura
    • Composition, arrangement: Shinya Saitou
    • Ending theme for TBS TV series Gacchiri Monday! (がっちりマンデー?)
  4. SECRET AMBITION (without NANA)
  5. Heart-Shaped Chant (without NANA)
  6. Level Hi! (without NANA)
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