Showta Best (stylized as SHOWTA. BEST) is a compilation album by Showta (currently known as Shouta Aoi).[a] The album was released on July 6, 2016.
| Showta Best | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Regular edition | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 6, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2009 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 1:12:31 | |||
| Label | King Records | |||
| Showta chronology | ||||
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| Alternate cover | ||||
 Limited edition | ||||
Background and release
editBefore entering voice acting under the stage name Shouta Aoi, Aoi had previously released music with King Records under the stage name Showta from 2006 to 2009.[2] After Aoi left B-green and returned to King Records in 2016,[3] King Records re-released his previous songs as a compilation album.
Showta Best was released on July 6, 2016. The limited version of the album included an alternate cover and a DVD containing all five music videos Aoi had released during the time he performed as Showta.[2]
Music
editShowta Best compiles songs from Showta's six singles released from 2006 to 2008 and his debut album Eve. The album also included "Ekubo", a song performed for the soundtrack for Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! the Movie, which was released as a promotional digital single.[4]
Reception
editThe album debuted at #19 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, charting for 5 weeks.[1] The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales, selling 4,799 copies.[5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Negaiboshi (願い星)" | Masumi Kawamura | Hiroo Yamaguchi | Takao Kosai, Shingo Kobayashi | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Hotaru (ホタル)" | Satomi | H-Wonder | Nobuyuki Shimizu | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa) (Trans-winter 〜冬のむこう側〜)" | Sonomi Tameoka | Sonomi Tameoka | Daisuke Kahara, REO | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Fuyu no Oto (雪の音)" | Masumi Kawamura | Yasuo Ōtani | Jun Ichikawa | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Hito Shizuku (ひとしずく)" | Taiyō Morito, Juli Shono | Hideya Nakazaki | Hideya Nakazaki | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Reality" | mavie | Makoto Sakuma | U-Key | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni (君に、風が吹きますよ)" | Gorō Matsui | Akimitsu Honma | CMJK | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Haru na no ni (春なのに)" | Miyuki Nakajima | Miyuki Nakajima | Masayuki Sakamoto | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Go-gatsu Ame no Uta (五月雨のうた)" | SyunaCo., Chokkyu Murano[6] | Tsunetaka Danjo[6] | Masayuki Sakamoto | 5:24 |
| 10. | "Gozen Ni-ji no Angel (午前2時のエンジェル)" | Caoli Cano | Caoli Cano | Seikō Nagaoka | 5:04 |
| 11. | "Tameiki Button (ため息ボタン)" | Mikio Sakai | Mikio Sakai | Mikio Sakai | 5:05 |
| 12. | "Watashi no Haru ga Hajimaru (私の春がはじまる)" | Ren Takayanagi | Kei Yoshikawa | Kei Yoshikawa | 5:13 |
| 13. | "Yubikiri (ゆびきり)" | mavie | H-Wonder | Takao Konishi | 4:45 |
| 14. | "Sausage (ソーセージ)" | Jun Ichikawa | Jun Ichikawa | Jun Ichikawa | 3:52 |
| 15. | "Hikaru no Gen-chan (光のゲンちゃん)" | Kenzo Saeki | Akira Senju | Akira Senju | 4:35 |
| 16. | "Ekubo (えくぼ)" | Yutaka Shinya | Yutaka Shinya | DJ Kent, Yutaka Shinya | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 1:12:31 | ||||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Negaiboshi" (MV) | |
| 2. | "Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa)" (MV) | |
| 3. | "Hito Shizuku" (MV) | |
| 4. | "Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni" (MV) | |
| 5. | "Haru na no ni" (MV) |
Charts
edit| Chart (2015) | Peak
position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales[5] | 19 |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[1] | 21 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "SHOWTA.BEST(初回限定盤)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "蒼井翔太、SHOWTA.時代のベスト盤が7月に". Natalie (in Japanese). April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "蒼井翔太の所属レコード会社移籍につきまして". S Inc. (in Japanese). March 1, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "蒼井翔太 SHOWTA.時代の名曲を収録したベストアルバム発売決定！". Billboard (in Japanese). April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ a b "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (July 18, 2016)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "五月雨のうたの歌詞". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2019.