Dai 2 Seichōki

"Dai 2 Seichōki" (第②成長記, Daini Seichōki, "Record of the Second Growing Season") is the second full-length album by J-pop group Berryz Kobo, 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 weekly charts, charting for 3 weeks.^[1]

This album was the last Berryz Kobo release to feature Maiha Ishimura, who graduated from Hello! Project 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.

Track listing

"Special Opening" (スッペシャルOP)
"Special Generation" (スッペシャルジェネレーション)
"Nanchū Koi o Yatterū You Know?" (なんちゅう恋をやってる YOU KNOW？, "It's How Love Is, You Know?")
"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～, "Girls' Basketball (Hairdo for Morning Practice)")
Koi no Jubaku (恋の呪縛 Love's Curse)
"Ohiru no Kyūkeijikan." (お昼の休憩時間。, "Lunch Break.")
"Happiness (Kōfuku Kangei!)"
"Sabori" (さぼり)
"21ji made no Cinderella" (21時までのシンデレラ, "Cinderella Until 9 PM")
"Aisuru Hito no Namae wo Nikki ni" (愛する人の名前を日記に, "Name of the One I Love Inside My Diary")
"Berryz Kobo Kōshinkyoku" (Berryz工房行進曲, "Berryz Kobo's March")
"Special Ending" (スッペシャルED)

Musical personnel

Saki Shimizu - vocals
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

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
Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Sales
Chart (2005)	Peak position	Weeks on chart	First week	Total
Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart)	8
Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart)	19	3^[2]	11,843	14,631

References

↑ "Dai 2 Seichōki - Oricon Style Music" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Ｂｅｒｒｙｚ工房のCDアルバムランキング、Ｂｅｒｒｙｚ工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.

External links

Discography entry on the Up-Front Works site

Berryz Kobo

Saki Shimizu Momoko Tsugunaga Chinami Tokunaga Maasa Sudo Miyabi Natsuyaki Yurina Kumai Risako Sugaya Maiha Ishimura

Singles	"Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai" "Fighting Pose wa Date ja Nai!" "Piriri to Yukō!" "Happiness (Kofuku Kangei!)" "Koi no Jubaku" "Special Generation" "Nanchū Koi o Yatterū You Know?" "21ji made no Cinderella" "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai" "Jiriri Kiteru" "Waratchaō yo Boyfriend" "Munasawagi Scarlet" "Very Beauty" "Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba" "Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi" "Dschinghis Khan" "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance" "Madayade" "Dakishimete Dakishimete" "Seishun Bus Guide / Rival" "Watashi no Mirai no Danna-sama / Ryūsei Boy" "Otakebi Boy Wao! / Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!" "Maji Bomber!!" "Shining Power" "Heroine ni Narō ka!" "Ai no Dangan" "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" "Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)" "Cha Cha Sing" "Want!" "Asian Celebration" "Golden Chinatown / Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi" "Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta / Rock Erotic" "Otona na no yo! / 1oku 3senman Sō Diet Ōkoku" "Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni / Futsū, Idol 10nen Yatterannai Desho!?" "Romance o Katatte / Towa no Uta"

Albums	1st Chō Berryz Dai 2 Seichōki Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū 5 (Five) Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 1 6th Otakebi Album 7 Berryz Times Ai no Album 8 Berryz Mansion 9kai Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol.2

Berryz Kobo × Cute singles	"Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" "Chō Happy Song "

Other collaboration singles	"Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" by Hello! Project Mobekimasu "Makeru na Wasshoi!" by Bekimasu

Related articles	Berryz Kobo discography Aa! Buono! Cute Hello! Project Hello! Project Kids Morning Musume S/mileage Tsunku ZYX

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