''Arisa'' is the debut
studio album
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by Japanese recording artist
Arisa Mizuki
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four.
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, released through
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
on December 4, 1991. ''Arisa'' is predominantly a
pop music album. It is written by an array of famous Japanese musicians, including
Amii Ozaki,
Princess Princess vocalist
Kaori Okui,
Takeshi Kobayashi,
Tetsuya Komuro, and
The Alfee guitarist
Toshihiko Takamizawa
The Alfee is a Japanese folk rock band who debuted in 1974, and have been recording and touring since then, with 23 studio albums and 63 singles throughout their career. The band marked its 40th anniversary in 2014 with their 64th single.
Histor ...
. In its review of the album, CDJournal described ''Arisa'' as an "
idol record" that can appeal to actual music lovers.
The online magazine praised Mizuki's vocal ability for being "far greater than the typical teenager" and noted that the only apparent flaw was the album's lack of cohesion.
The album spawned three singles, "
Densetsu no Shōjo," "
Eden no Machi
is the second single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on August 28, 1991 as the second single from Mizuki's debut studio album '' Arisa''. The title song was written by Jun Taguchi and composed and produced by Princess ...
," and "
Kaze no Naka de
is the third single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on November 21, 1991 as the third and final single from Mizuki's debut studio album '' Arisa''. Both the A-side and B-side were written and composed by Amii Ozaki. Th ...
," all of which were top ten hits. The original version of "Densetsu no Shōjo" is not featured on the album, instead an extended album version was included. ''Arisa'' debuted at number 8 on the
Oricon Weekly Albums chart, selling 49,950 copies in its first week.
The official title of track six is "Cherry Cherry ♥ Strawberry," with the black
heart mark. The official pronunciation for the title of track ten, "" ("moon" in Japanese), which is habitually romanized as "Tsuki," is "Luna" ().
Commercial performance
''Arisa'' debuted on the
Oricon Weekly Albums chart at number 8 with 49,950 copies sold in its first week.
It spent a second week in the top twenty at number 20 with 20,990 copies sold.
The album charted for eight weeks and has sold a total of 123,980 copies.
Track listing
Charts and sales
References
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1991 albums
Alisa Mizuki albums
Nippon Columbia albums
Japanese-language albums