''My Favorite Things'' is the first studio album by

Shiori Takei is a former Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Nishinomiya, Hyogo. She was signed to Giza Studio and Tent House after she came in second place on fifth season of Super Starlight Contest, the audition hosted by Being. Her debut extended play ...

, released on September 15, 2004 under

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label. The album consists of two previous released singles such as

Shizukanaru Melody "" is the debut single by Shiori Takei and released 18 February 2004 under Giza Studio label. The single reached #88 rank first week and sold 1,495 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold over 2,116 copies. Track listing In media *"Shizukanaru M ...

and Kimi ni Koishiteru. The album charted at #78 on the Oricon charts in its first week. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 4,237 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

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- composing *Kenta Takamori - composing *Koji Goto - composing *Hiya & Katsuma - composing *

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) - composing *

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) - composing *Satoru Kobayashi - arranging *Hirohito Furui (

) - arranging *

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) - arranging *Dr.Terachi & Pierrot Le Fou - arranging *Takashi Masuzaki (Dimension) - guitar, bass, arranging *Ohga Yoshinobu (OOM) - guitar *Koga Kazunori - guitar *Itsufumu Ohgawa - guitar *Akira Onozuka (Dimension) - piano *Osamu Ueishi - trumpet, flugel horn *Juan Carlos López Valdés - percussions *Shinji Takashima - directing, male vox *Aki Morimoto - recording engineer *Katsuyuki Yoshimatsu - recording engineer *Shin Takauwa - recording engineer *Takayuki Ichikawa - recording engineer *Hiroyuki Kubota - recording engineer *Akio Nakajima - mix engineer *Masahiro Shimada - mastering engineer *Gan Kojima – art direction *Kanonji - producing

In media

*Shizukanaru Melody: the song was used in

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TV program "Pro Doumyaku" as ending theme

References

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