Showta Best

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Showta Best
Showta Best regular edition.jpg
Regular edition
Greatest hits album by
Showta
ReleasedJuly 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)
Recorded2006-2009
GenreJ-pop
Length1:12:31
LabelKing Records
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Alternate cover
Limited edition
Limited edition

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.

Background and release[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Album
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Negaiboshi (願い星)"Masumi KawamuraHiroo YamaguchiTakao Kosai, Shingo Kobayashi4:53
2."Hotaru (ホタル)"SatomiH-WonderNobuyuki Shimizu4:40
3."Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa) (Trans-winter 〜冬のむこう側〜)"Sonomi TameokaSonomi TameokaDaisuke Kahara, REO3:56
4."Fuyu no Oto (雪の音)"Masumi KawamuraYasuo ŌtaniJun Ichikawa3:56
5."Hito Shizuku (ひとしずく)"Taiyō Morito, Juli ShonoHideya NakazakiHideya Nakazaki4:14
6."Reality"mavieMakoto SakumaU-Key3:48
7."Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni (君に、風が吹きますよ)"Gorō MatsuiAkimitsu HonmaCMJK4:07
8."Haru na no ni (春なのに)"Miyuki NakajimaMiyuki NakajimaMasayuki Sakamoto4:11
9."Go-gatsu Ame no Uta (五月雨のうた)"SyunaCo., Chokkyu Murano[6]Tsunetaka Danjo[6]Masayuki Sakamoto5:24
10."Gozen Ni-ji no Angel (午前2時のエンジェル)"Caoli CanoCaoli CanoSeikō Nagaoka5:04
11."Tameiki Button (ため息ボタン)"Mikio SakaiMikio SakaiMikio Sakai5:05
12."Watashi no Haru ga Hajimaru (私の春がはじまる)"Ren TakayanagiKei YoshikawaKei Yoshikawa5:13
13."Yubikiri (ゆびきり)"mavieH-WonderTakao Konishi4:45
14."Sausage (ソーセージ)"Jun IchikawaJun IchikawaJun Ichikawa3:52
15."Hikaru no Gen-chan (光のゲンちゃん)"Kenzo SaekiAkira SenjuAkira Senju4:35
16."Ekubo (えくぼ)"Yutaka ShinyaYutaka ShinyaDJ Kent, Yutaka Shinya4:48
Total length:1:12:31
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
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[]

Chart (2015) Peak

position

Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales[5] 19
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[1] 21

Notes[]

  1. ^ Official descriptions for Shouta Aoi's discography lists his work released under the name "Showta" as separate from his current work.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "SHOWTA.BEST(初回限定盤)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (July 18, 2016)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "五月雨のうたの歌詞". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2019.

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