is the second full-length album by

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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 ...

, released on November 16, 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

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weekly charts, charting for 3 weeks. This album was the last Berryz Kobo release to feature

Maiha Ishimura 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 ...

, who graduated from

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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.

Track listing

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Koi no Jubaku Koi no Jubaku (恋の呪縛) (Love's Spell) is the fifth single by Berryz Kobo. It was released on November 10, 2004. The single entered the Oricon Daily Singles Chart at number 6. Details * Main vocalists: Miyabi Natsuyaki, Momoko Tsugunag ...

(恋の呪縛 Love's Curse) # # " Happiness (Kōfuku Kangei!)" # # # # #

Personnel

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 ...

- vocals *

Momoko Tsugunaga is a former Japanese singer, actress, and radio personality. Tsugunaga joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids at the age of 10 and later became part of the girl groups Berryz Kobo and Buono! Following Berryz Kobo's hiatus, sh ...

- vocals *

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. ...

- vocals *

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 ...

- vocals *

Maasa Sudou 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 o ...

- vocals *

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 ...

- vocals *

Risako Sugaya is a former Japanese singer and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015. Career 2002–2004: Hello! Project Kids, 4 ...

- vocals *

- vocals (uncredited) * Koichi Yuasa - keyboard, drum and MIDI programming *

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- keyboards, drum and MIDI programming *

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- 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 , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconut ...

- backing vocals, composer *Atsuko Inaba - backing vocals *Hiroaki Takeuchi - backing vocals *

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( Yuko Otaki, Kumi Saito, Tomoko Hada) - backing vocals

Production

* Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination *

Kazumi Matsui is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. Early life Matsui was born on January 8, 1953 in Hiroshima, Japan. His parents are ''hibakusha'', atomic bomb survivors. He earned a ...

- recording engineer, mix engineer * Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer * Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer * Takeshi Yanagisawa - mix engineer * Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer *

- mix engineer * Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer * Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer * Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer * Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer

Charts

References

External links

Discography entry on the Up-Front Works site
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