Last Scene is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Rina Aiuchi, released on July 28, 2010 by Giza Studio.[1] The album has yielded four singles, including a Japan top thirty hit single, "Hanabi". After the album release, she went into hiatus due to health issues.[2]

Last Scene
Standard edition/digital download cover
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)
GenreJ-pop
Length60:26
LabelGiza Studio
ProducerRina Aiuchi
Rina Aiuchi chronology
Thanx
(2009)
Last Scene
(2010)
Forever Songs ~Brand New Remixes~
(2011)
Singles from Last Scene
  1. "Good Days"
    Released: 14 April 2010
  2. "Sing a Song"
    Released: 26 May 2010
  3. "Clover"
    Released: 23 June 2010
  4. "Hanabi"
    Released: 28 July 2010

The album reached number 8 on the Oricon weekly albums charts in its first week and charted for six weeks.[3]

Promotion edit

Singles edit

As a first part of the weekly project of releasing a song every week on the three consecutive weeks, "Good Days" was released as the lead single from the album on 14 April 2010.[4] The released was followed by two other singles: "Sing a Song" and "C Love R".

"Hanabi" was released on 28 July 2010 as the fourth single of the album. The song served as the theme song to the Japanese television show Happy Music. The song reached number twenty-eight on the Oricon singles chart, selling approximately 6,152 copies nationwide. The single was a commercial failure, becoming Aiuchi's lowest-charting and least-selling single as of September 2018.

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Rina Aiuchi[5]

Last Scene track listing
No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Prologue"Aika OhnoKentarou Ishii2:46
2."Good Days"Kouji GotouIshii3:59
3."Sing a Song"OhnoTakeshi Hayama3:37
4."Merry Go Round"IshiiHayama3:48
5."Love Me"
  • Joe Min Sung
  • Shin Hwan Hee
Satoru Kobayashi4:07
6."Time"IshiiMasazumi Ozawa3:35
7."Priority"IshiiHayama4:41
8."Hanabi"OhnoIshii3:35
9."In My Shoes"Takahiro HiragaTetsushi Hasegawa5:08
10."37°C"GotouRyuji Ibuki4:21
11."Last Scene"Silver StreamJinichi Tajiri4:51
12."C Love R"IshiiIshii4:52
13."Epilogue" (Hidden track)IshiiIshii3:55
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Document of the Last Scene" 

Charts edit

Chart performance for Last Scene
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 8

Sales edit

Sales for Last Scene
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) None 20,672

Release history edit

Release history and formats for Last Scene
Region Date Format Label
Japan 15 September 2010 CD (Standard edition) Giza Studio
CD/DVD (Limited edition)
digital download

References edit

  1. ^ "愛内里菜 CD". musing.jo (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "愛内里菜、年内をもってアーティスト活動に終止符". natalie.mu.
  3. ^ "Lats Scene (愛内里菜)". Oricon News.
  4. ^ "愛内里菜、10年間のアーティスト活動に終止符". Barks.
  5. ^ "Library 愛内里菜 (Albums)". rina-aiuchi.com.