Kokinshū (album)

Kokinshū
Studio album by Hiroko Yakushimaru
Released February 14, 1984
Genre pop, kayokyoku
Length 35:53 (original edition)
Language Japanese
Label Toshiba EMI/East World
Producer Hiroshi Ōkawa, Munetake Koga, Kazumi Harasawa
Hiroko Yakushimaru chronology
Kokinshū
(1984)		 Yume Jūwa
(1985)

Kokinshū (古今集?) is the first studio album by Japanese actress and pop singer Hiroko Yakushimaru, released in 1984.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger Length
1. "Genki o Dashite (元気を出して?)"   Mariya Takeuchi Mariya Takeuchi Kazuo Shiina 3:58
2. "Tsubuyaki no Onpu (つぶやきの音符?)"   Etsuko Kisugi Yoshitaka Minami Akira Inoue 2:40
3. "Triangle (トライアングル?)"   Mariya Takeuchi Mariya Takeuchi Kazuo Shiina 3:35
4. "Carmel no Garou Nite (カーメルの画廊にて?)"   Reiko Yukawa Katsuo Ohno Shirō Sagisu 3:38
5. "Nemuri no Sakamichi (眠りの坂道?)"   Etsuko Kisugi Yoshitaka Minami Akira Inoue 4:15
Side two
No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger Length
6. "Shiroi Sanpomichi (白い散歩道?)"   Taeko Ōnuki Taeko Ōnuki Nobuyuki Shimizu 4:28
7. "Jeanne d'Arc ni Naresō (ジャンヌダルクになれそう?)"   Yōko Aki Akira Inoue Akira Inoue 4:32
8. "Tsuki no Opera (月のオペラ?)"   Taeko Onuki Taeko Onuki Nobuyuki Shimizu 3:58
9. "Adolescence　(Jūdai Kōki) (アドレサンス(十代後期)?)"   Yōko Aki Akira Inoue Akira Inoue 4:01
Bonus tracks
No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger Length
10. "Tantei Monogatari (探偵物語?)"   Takashi Matsumoto Eiichi Ohtaki Akira Inoue 3:56
11. "Sukoshi Dake Yasashiku (すこしだけ やさしく?)"   Takashi Matsumoto Eiichi Ohtaki Akira Inoue 4:40
12. "Sailor-fuku to Kikanjū (セーラー服と機関銃?)"   Etsuko Kisugi Takao Kisugi Akira Inoue 4:44
13. "Tantei Monogatari (探偵物語?) (strings version)"   Takashi Matsumoto Eiichi Ohtaki Akira Inoue 3:55

Charts

Chart positions

Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1984 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 16 477,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 24

Year-end charts

Chart (1984) Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[2] 12
Preceded by
Timely!! by Anri		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
February 27 — March 5, 1984		 Succeeded by
Thriller by Michael Jackson

Reference

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yakusimaru.html. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
  2. ^ 1984年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1984" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.geocities.jp/entamedata/music/music_a1984.html 1984年アルバム年間ヒットチャート. Retrieved 27 November 2010.