Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Mai Kuraki. The album was released on August 14, 2019, by Northern Music. It is the follow-up to her 2018 album Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō. The album was released on standard edition, fan club edition, and five limited editions, each of which includes a lyric book of different designs. Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei is a J-pop album, incorporating elements of R&B, rock, electropop and many other genres.

The album was supported by the double A-side single, "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" and "Barairo no Jinsei", which peaked at number four in Japan, becoming her forty-second consecutive top 10 single. To promote the album, the singer embarked on the national tour, "20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei"" from August 17, 2019.　Upon release, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei debuted at number three on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 19,998 copies, becoming Kuraki's fifteenth top 10 album in Japan.

Release On 15 April 2019, Kuraki announced the release of the new album, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei in the summer of the year. The release date of the album was revealed on 26 May 2019, at the meet and greet tour held at Venus Fort in Tokyo. On 31 July 2019, the snippets of each track on the album was uploaded on Kuraki's official website.

Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei was released in seven versions, standard edition, FC & Musing edition, and five limited editions, each of which represents the five rings of the Olympic symbols and the five corresponding continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania. While the standard edition includes the bonus track, the limited editions was accompanied by the bonus disc which includes the cover of Zard's song, "Makenaide". Each limited edition was accompanied with the different design of lyric booklets.

Promotion Singles A double-A side single, "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai"/"Barairo no Jinsei" was released as the lead single from the album on 20 March 2019. Both songs served as the theme song to the Japanese animated television series, Case Closed. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number four in Japan and selling over 37,000 copies nationwide.

Other songs "Shiawase no Tobira" was used on the television commercial for Cleverlyhome, in which Kuraki was starred.

"Makenaide" is a cover of a Zard song, and was included exclusively on limited editions of Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei. To promote the album, Kuraki performed the song on television shows including Music Station and Best Artist 2019.

Tours Meet and greet tour In support of the album, Kuraki embarked on the meet and greet tour entitled 20 Shūnen Arigato! Medal Juyoshiki, which began on 25 May 2019 in Abeno-ku, Osaka.

Set list This set list is from the show in Osaka on May 25, 2019. It may not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" "Shiawase no Tobira" "Barairo no Jinsei"

Date City Country Venue 25 May 2019Abeno-ku, Osaka Japan Abeno Cues Mall 26 May 2019Tokyo Venus Fort 15 June 2019Nagoya, Aichi Asunal Kanayama 16 June 2019Chiba LaLaPort Tokyo Bay 17 August 2019Zama, Kanagawa Harmony Zama

20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei"

The concert tour, entitled 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei" began on August 17, 2019 in support of the album. The show in Tokyo was recorded and released on a video album, 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei".

Set list This set list is from the show in Tokyo on October 26, 2019. It may not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"Love, Day After Tomorrow" "Stay by My Side" "Secret of My Heart" "Delicious Way" "Long Distance" "Your Best Friend" "Missing You" "Tsumetai Umi" "Tonight, I Feel Close to You" "Anata ga Irukara" "Happy Days" "Be Proud: We Make New History" "Time After Time (Hana Mau Machi de)" "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" "Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" "Let's Go!" "Change" "Sawage Life" "Stand Up" "Best of Hero" "Feel Fine!" "Barairo no Jinsei" Encore "Jump! Jump!" "Shiawase no Tobira" "Chance for You" "Makenaide" "Always"

Tour dates Date City Country Venue Opening act 17 August 2019Zama, Kanagawa Japan Harmony Zama rowspan="11" 24 August 2019Kobe, Hyogo Kobe International House 25 August 2019Kyoto, Kyoto ROHM Theatre Kyoto 31 August 2019Hanyu, Saitama Hanyu City Industrial and Cultural Hall 7 September 2019Okayama, Okayama Okayama Civic Hall 8 September 2019Mihara, Hiroshima Mihara Performing Arts Center Popolo14 September 2019Yasugi, Shimane Yasugi General Culture Hall Artepia 16 September 2019Takamatsu, Kagawa Sun Port Hall Takamatsu 28 September 2019Kumamoto, Kumamoto Kumamoto Prefectural Theater 29 September 2019Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Miyakonojō Art & Culture Hall 6 October 2019Sapporo, Hokkaido Sapporo Education and Culture Hall 20 October 2019Nagoya, Aichi Aichi Arts Center All at Once 22 October 2019Osaka, Osaka Grand Cube Osaka 26 October 2019Tokyo Tokyo International Forum11 November 2019Sendai, Miyagi TOHKnet Hall Sendai

Cancelled show Date City Country Venue Reason 12 October 2019Sendai, Miyagi Japan TOHKnet Hall Sendai Schedule changes due to the Typhoon Hagibis

Commercial performance On August 13, Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei debuted at number three on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart with 8,949 copies sold. It also debuted at number three on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, with 19,998 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 29,451 copies and stayed on the chart for eleven weeks. The album was a commercial failure, becoming Kuraki's lowest-selling studio album.

Track listing

Personnel

Kenichi Ide - producer, composer Daisuke Nakamura - producer, composer H-Wonder - producer, composer Benbrick - producer Akihito Tokunaga - producer, composer Josef Larossi - producer, composer Andreas Romdhane - producer, composer Omega - producer, composer Fernando Garibay - producer, composer One Above - producer Hiroshi Asai - producer Mai Kuraki - executive producer, vocals, composer Daiko Nakato - executive producer Maana - backing vocals Shinichiro Ohta - backing vocals Kanna Inoue - backing vocals All at Once - backing vocals Yoshinobu Ohga - guitars Tokiko T Nishimuro - chief director Shun Sato - director Takayuki Ichikawa - recording engineer, mixing Masahiro Shimada - mastering Tetsuo Sato - art director, designer Hidemi Arai - art director, designer Sunao Ohmori - photographer Hitoko Gotoh - stylist Keizo Kuroda - hair and makeup artist Kaoru Chujo - visual contents Hideyuki Kouno - print coordinator Asumi Narita - creative coordinator Miho Saito - artist and relation Asako Watanabe - artist management Manami Yoshita - artist management Being, Inc. - media promotion, distribution Toshinori Masuda - supervisor Holly Mama - composer Yukiko Kaneda - composer Jeff Franzel - composer Paul Carter - composer Kanata Okajima - composer Tamra Keenan - composer Jake Torrey - composer Benjamin Ingrosso - composer Ramiro Padilla - composer Nick Long - composer Andrew Burford - composer

Charts

Daily charts Chart (2019)PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)2

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peakposition Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 5

Monthly charts Chart (2019)PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)15

Release history Region Date Format LabelRef.JapanAugust 14, 2019 CD (Standard edition) VNCM-9050 Northern Music 2CD (Limited edition: Blue) VNCM-9045 2CD (Limited edition: Yellow) VNCM-9046 2CD (Limited edition: Black) VNCM-9047 2CD (Limited edition: Green) VNCM-9048 2CD (Limited edition: Red) VNCM-9049 CD (Musing & edition) VNCF-9011 Digital download Being Inc.

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