is the second full-length album by J-pop group Berryz Kobo, released on 16 November 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.
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.
Release is the first single taken to promote Dai 2 Seichōki. It entered the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart at number 20, with 11,000 copies setting a record for Berryz Kobo's first week sales.
The second single, "Koi no Jubaku" (恋の呪縛) (Love's Spell), was released on 10 November 2004. The single entered the Oricon Daily Singles Chart at number 6.
The third single, , was released on 30 March 2005. The single placed 7th in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, It became the group's first single (or album) to rank in the Top 10 and also its first to sell over 20,000 copies. At that time, the group's average age was below 12 years.
Track listing
Koi no Jubaku (恋の呪縛 Love's Curse)
"Happiness (Kōfuku Kangei!)"
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
Production
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) Peakposition Weekson chart Sales Firstweek Total Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) 8 Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart) 19 3 11,843 14,631
References
External links Discography entry on the Up-Front Works site