is the third studio album (a mini-album) by the Japanese girl group

Berryz Kobo was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yuri ...

. It was released in Japan on July 5, 2006. It's the group's third studio album (although this is a mini album), fourth non-single release, and fifteenth audio release overall. ''3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz'' is a concept album with a summer theme. It is also Berryz' second seasonal-themed release (Their previous EP, '' Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare'', featured a winter theme in its artwork but no winter-related songs) and features their previous single "

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" along with five tracks exclusive to the EP. The EP is equally notable to Berryz fans for featuring separate members, or clusters of members, covering summer-related

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songs by

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, and 3nin Matsuri. The album debuted at number 20 in the

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Weekly Single Chart, remaining in the list for 3 weeks.

Track listing

# # "It's so summer-like" # "Summer Remembers You" # #*Vocals:

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. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by

. # "Kiss! Summer Party" #*Vocals by

Yurina Kumai is a Japanese pop singer and fashion model. She is a member of Berryz Kobo (activities suspended indefinitely) and former member of Hello! Project Kids. Her signature color is green. Born in Kanagawa, Japan. Her blood type is B, and her heigh ...

Miyabi Natsuyaki is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of four smaller groups composed of ...

and

Chinami Tokunaga (born May 22, 1992) is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the J-pop idol group Berryz Kobo. History Tokunaga was born in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2002, she passed the Hello! Project Kids audition and became a member of Hello! Project. ...

. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by 3nin Matsuri (

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and Aya Matsuura) # #*Vocals by

Saki Shimizu is a J-pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of two smaller groups composed of H ...

Maasa Sudo is a Japanese actress, singer, and tarento. She is a former member of Berryz Kobo, a J-pop idol group within Hello! Project. Career Sudo was born in Tokyo. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids audition. Sudo was a member ...

and

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. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by

Personnel

– vocals and band captain *

– vocals *

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– vocals *

– vocals * Koichi Yuasa – keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar * Hiroshi Shibasaki – guitar *

Yukari Hashimoto is a Japanese composer and arranger. She has composed the music for a number of anime series, including ''Toradora!'', ''Omamori Himari'', ''Mayo Chiki!'', ''Kanamemo'', ''MM!'', ''Penguindrum'', ''Yurikuma Arashi'', '' Sankarea: Undying Love'', ' ...

– keyboard and MIDI programming * Masato Ishinari – guitar *

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– percussion * Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar *

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– keyboard and MIDI programming * Shochiro Hirata – keyboard and MIDI programming *

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– backing vocals, songwriter *

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– backing vocals * Hiroaki Takeuchi – backing vocals

Production

*Nobatsu Umemoto – recording coordination *Asuka Ishikiri – production assistant *Kazumi Matsui – recording and mix engineer *Ryo Wakizaka – recording and mix engineer *Takeshi Yanagisawa – mix engineer *Shinnoskue Kobayashi – mix engineer *Yuichi Ohtsubo – 2nd engineer *Hirofumi Kiraki – 2nd engineer *Youhei Koriuchi – 2nd engineer *Mitsuo Koike – mastering engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control Berryz Kobo albums 2006 EPs Piccolo Town-King Records EPs