''When the World is Wide'' is the debut studio album by Japanese

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. It was released on July 22, 2015 by

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Track listing

Personnel

;Ykiki Beat *Nobuki Akiyama –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Kohei Kamoto -

*Koki Nozue -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

*Yotaro Kachi -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Mizuki Sekiguchi -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

;Additional personal *Yujiro Yonetsu - production *Tom McFall - mixing *Yoshirotten - artworks *Yu Nakazato - A&R *Takuya Yamaguchi - management *Hiroki Sakida - management

Charts

Weekly chart

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2015 debut albums Japanese-language albums P-Vine Records albums