Secret Ambition is a Japanese-language song, and the 15th single from Japanese singer
Nana Mizuki
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voi ...
. Secret Ambition saw a massive change in Nana Mizuki's music style, dramatically changing from pop and powerpop to an explosive rock sound.
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Secret Ambition was the first opening theme for the anime
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'' and the B-side, "Heart-Shaped Chant" was the theme song for PS2 game ''Shining Wind
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''). It is currently her second best-selling single.
Music video
The music video of "Secret Ambition" starts off with a scene showing what a white room with a floor covered in looks like a white tea set of china ware. The video features two Nana egos - a "dark" one, and an "innocent" one. The dark one is singing on a stage in dark-coloured clothes, with a dark background and a backing band consisting of guitar and drum players who are also dressed in black or dark colours. The "innocent" one sits crouched in the white room with the cups, in white clothes.
Track listing
#SECRET AMBITION
#*Lyrics:
Nana Mizuki
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voi ...
#*Composition: Chiyomaru Shikura
#*Arrangement: Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden)
#*First opening theme for anime television series ''
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''
#Heart-shaped chant
#*Lyrics:
Nana Mizuki
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voi ...
#*Composition, arrangement:
Noriyasu Agematsu
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer, as well as founding member of the musical group Elements Garden.
He composed and arranged tracks on Nana Mizuki's singles ''Massive Wonders'' and '' Eternal Blaze'', ''"Brave Phoenix"'' ...
(Elements Garden)
#*Theme song for PS2 game ''
Shining Wind
is an action role-playing game developed by Nextech and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2, and the 19th game in the '' Shining'' video game series. It was released on May 17, 2007 in Japan. The game is the sequel to '' Shining Tears''. The ...
''
#Level Hi!
#*Lyrics: Chisato Nishimura
#*Composition, arrangement: Shinya Saitou
#*Ending theme for TBS TV series
#SECRET AMBITION (without NANA)
#Heart-Shaped Chant (without NANA)
#Level Hi! (without NANA)
Charts
References
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Nana Mizuki songs
Songs written by Nana Mizuki
2007 singles
2007 songs
King Records (Japan) singles