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 edit
Before 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 edit
Showta 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 edit
The 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 edit
References 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.