Nanjou Yoshino released her 3rd album today, July 12th, titled “Santorowa∴” The album is titled Santorowa∴ because it is her 3rd album on her 33rd birthday. The title corresponds to the Japanese 三 (san/three), the French Trois (Three) and three dots (∴). Similar to her 2nd album, the album will come with footage of her solo live tour and a special song cover disc. The single will be released in three versions. CD+BD(2-discs), CD+DVD(2-discs) and CD-only.

＜First-Press Limited＞

(CD+ Special Bonus Cover CD+ Special Bonus Blu-ray×2+32P Photobook)
GNCA-1508
￥6,000(without tax)

＜First-Press Limited＞

(CD+ Special Bonus Cover CD+ Special Bonus DVD×2+32P Photobook)
GNCA-1508
￥5,500(without tax)

＜Regular Edition(CD only)＞

GNCA-1510
￥3,000(without tax)

CD Content

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YuiKaori’s new album “Bright Canary” has been released.

YuiKaori’s 3^rd album “Bright Canary”, according to Ogura Yui and Ishihara Kaori, is a workpiece that means To fly as high as a canary, for a brighter future. This album includes their summer 2014 guitar-rock song “Intro Situation,”, their January 2015 single “NEO SIGNALIFE,” that tells a strong message from its lyrics. An album with various songs worthy to be called a “next project” after their 1^st album, Puppy and their 2^nd album, Bunny. So how did they sing these new pieces that they called “YuiKaori’s Brand New Tunes?” We asked them about it.

Interview──Text / Narimatsu Tetsu

Running on the ground, jumping from the ground, and then flying into the sky.

──The first album title which released in 2011 was “Puppy”, which means a small dog and the 2^nd album which released in 2013 titled “Bunny” = rabbit. And this time’s album is “Bright Canary”, it’s a canary.

Ogura Yui: We started from the image of puppies running around, and next was rabbits. It had the image of rabbits hopping around, so we came into discussions such as “What should we do next?” or “We want to fly even more, right?” and then, we came up to “Canaries are the birds with beautiful voices, isn’t it a perfect image for us?” thus, we put “Canary” on the title.

──But this time, you put “Bright” before it.

Ogura:  You’re right, if you came with “Puppy” and “Bunny”, of course it should be “Canary”, but…

──The euphony of “Puppy”, “Bunny”, and “Canary” also sounds nice, after all (laughs).

Ogura:  It’s just as you said (laughs) but now that both of us turned into our twenties, we had a concept of challenging things we haven’t tried until now, so while also following the flow up, we decided to add something new.

Ishihara Kaori: So we added “Bright”, to mean a promising future.

──After that, you selected the songs which are worth to be featured in “Bright Canary”?

Ishihara:  No, we didn’t. The songs selection and the title creation went together, right?

Ogura: Yes. Instead of us hearing everything first to choose, it was the Staff who chose them for us with the theme “YuiKaori’s Brand New Tunes” in mind. We were allowed to listen to the demo songs since all of them were fit into the theme; songs we’ve never had up to now, then we thought “Let’s add something else for ‘Canary.’” Just as what Carrie-san (Ishihara) said, the songs selection and the title creation progressed together.

The symbol of the evolving YuiKaori = “Baisoku∞Love Straight”

──And then you lined up “YuiKaori’s Brand New Tunes” that evolved from your guitar rock summer single “Intro Situation” from last year, and this year’s summer single “Ring Ring Rainbow!!”

Ishihara: However, I was a bit anxious even since we started to make this album. We’ve been making this album with hope that everyone would see YuiKaori’s growth, which is different with the one they know in mind, but every time we record the new songs and received the completed songs, I started to feel like “Will it be okay?” or “Will everyone accept it?”… But because it’s an album, when you listen to it together with the songs from the singles, you could really feel our progress, or rather, it properly becomes a YuiKaori song, so to be honest, I felt a bit relieved (laughs).

Ogura: Ever since I got the demo songs, I also felt really anxious before listening to the completed songs, like “Will this song represent YuiKaori properly?”, but now that the satisfaction is bigger, I thought “Were we able to express a new thing which only our current self could do?”

──Certainly, you could say that even from the 1st song “Baisoku∞Love Straight”, you can feel the new representation, or rather, I was surprised by it. With the recent 4/4-beat dance rock, you only did extensive word plays. The things happened in the lyrics, such as getting late, forgetting things, sitting beside the boy you like during class in campus, being without no make-up, only that. No narratives and plots at all (laughs).

Ogura–Ishihara: Ahahahaha (laughs).

Ogura: But I thought that this song is the proof of the evolution of YuiKaori’s songs. Even while we have rock as the base, the way we play with the Chinese-like melody and ethnic melody popped on the way of the song is also new, but we also have “PUPPY LOVE!!” which was included in “Puppy”…

Ishihara: Or the song from a single that’s also in this album, “LUCKY DUCKY!!”…

Ogura: To some extent, we could say that this song is similar to our previous slapstick songs where we chattered and did word plays along the rhythm. For example, the part where we chase each other’s lines is certainly from “PUPPY LOVE!!”, I was surprised by the sound, but then it made me think “The slapstick, chatter song has finally come after a while, huh”.

Ishihara: Yeah. Even though we have something new, we also have the same things as before. Now that we have both sides, we were able to make this song our own song, it’s a great thing for YuiKaori, or so I thought.

Ogura Yui & Ishihara Kaori, thinking about their friendship once again

──Just as Ishihara-san said before, the new songs for this album actually have the roots from your previous discography. Starting from “Baisoku∞Love Straight” which has the strong novelty feels, to “Ring Ring Rainbow!!” which is about your relationships and determination towards the fans, it linked smoothly, and later on, and it continues to the lead track “Canaria”.

Ogura: This song is embarrassing!

──While the strings dramatically resounds, the two canary birds = the singing birds, in other words, it’s a song where you gently sing about your friendship, isn’t it? (laughs).

Ogura: Up until now, we didn’t have any songs where we need to sing in our own world, so I was surprised by it, and got a bit embarrassed. During the recording, I sang this song while imagining about my friends from school, the fans, or the friends of the fans. Because I thought “If I only think about Carrie-san while singing it, it’ll be very embarrassing, you know?” (laughs).

Ishihara: Ahahahaha (laughs). I also didn’t only think about myself when I sang it. If I sing it with only about Yui-chan and I in mind, I feel that this song would be a really personal song, which nobody could empathize it.

Ogura: Right? I might exaggerate it if I say that “We’ve been together in joys and sorrows” until we became the YuiKaori we are now, and were able to release three albums like this, but it’s a fact that many things had happened, and we reached up into our relationship like now. Once, I tried to put these feelings that sometimes appears inside of me into my singing, but if I imagine our episodes specifically, just as Carrie-san tried to explain, I thought that it’d be a world of a song where no one could get in to.

Ishihara: Though the reason why we didn’t stand close only to ourselves, it’s just as Yui-chan said before, because it’s embarrassing (laughs).

“Ishihara-san, you’re so easy to please.” “This, this isn’t me!!”

──Certainly, for you who have been together since middle school, and has already turned into adults now, you need some courage to confirm about your friendship and how deep your relationship is, right?

Ishihara: I’ll change the topic for a bit, but until recently, I couldn’t really grasp how to use the word “nikoichi”.

──With the meaning of ‘to combine the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine’, it also means “We’re tied with a strong friendship like two people becoming one” wait, huh?

Ishihara: That’s right. My relationship with Yui-chan is something that’s beyond that word. I think it’s because I have this relationship with her that doesn’t need the label ‘friendship,’ anymore.

Ogura: Even without confirming it with words, Carrie-san being on my side, her existence has already become obvious, and we know about each other too much that I would think “Has she seen through me?” (laughs).

Ishihara: That’s why when we got the lyrics for “Canaria,” I felt that I’ve been seen through (laughs).

Ogura: But that’s why, there’s a meaning of why we need to sing and confirm our friendship and relationship now. I think that it’s only our current self who could sing out about how deep the relationship we’ve built and the friendship that one could feel because of the time that passed, from then until now.

──Not only that, your annual solo songs for YuiKaori’s albums are also recorded here. But they’re the opposite of the solo songs on “Puppy” and “Bunny”. Up until now, Ogura-san got the electric song, while Ishihara-san got to sing the guitar song, but…

Ogura: Ah, you’re right! (laughs)

Ishihara: I didn’t realize it at all! (laughs)

──Hahahaha (laughs). And then, on the electric dance music “Telephone Call” which Ishihara-san sings, there is this lyrics “Even though you coldly deal with me with ‘I’m busy’ or ‘I can’t’, but sometimes you come to me to be spoiled, that part of you is incredibly lovely”. If I should say it, Ishihara-san, you’re easy to please (laughs).

Ishihara: This main character isn’t me! (laughs)

Ogura: Ahahahaha (laughs).

The song I need to sing, and the song which is strange yet interesting

──So, is this main heroine, easy to sing?

Ishihara: It’s the type I haven’t able to get to sing up until now, so it was fun. You could say that singing while acting is interesting. But, this girl’s feelings, as Ishihara Kaori personally, I couldn’t understand her (laughs).

──You also said “What do you mean by ‘but sometimes you come to me to be spoiled, that part of you is incredibly lovely’!?” (laughs).

Ishihara: That’s why, contrarily, I was able to sing it fairly. If I were this kind of type,I think it’ll be the same with when I got “Canaria” lyrics, that it felt like I’ve been seen through and get embarrassed by it, but I was able to sing it in a different feeling from my own, I think it’s because of that I’m also working as a voice actor. Not only that, the songs I usually listen to are mostly dance music. I’ve been thinking of wanting to sing this kind of song for my solo, so I was really happy that it’s finally granted.

──On the other hand, Ogura-san’s solo song is “Liar Sheep”.

Ogura: I was worried about “How far I’d be immersed into this song’s world?” just before the recording…No, actually it’s until we were recording this song. It’s also because the key for this song is originally a bit high, and has a bit of a float-y feeling. I thought about it a lot, of how should I sing with a bit of soft vocal but with lyrics that has a strong message.

──It’s a bit of an ironic song where you need to act as “The boy who turns fresco”, “The boy who turns the globe”, “The old man who turns the clock”, they’re strange characters; you need to sing about the transition of time, and about no matter how many time has passed, there are people’s actions and ridiculous things which wouldn’t change, after all.

Ogura: So, I tried out various ways to sing it, but the finalization was in the condition where the key had been lowered to a half tone, so if I sing it with the current key, it’ll be a rock number which I could send the message properly; but the soft part from the original arrangement isn’t completely deleted. It became a song that can hype with the listener during a live, also a song which you could enjoy while wearing a headphone by yourself. I think it became a song that is strange yet interesting.

Although it’s embarrassing, we tried to act cool to aim for the “New World”

──Next, your song “New World” with an emo-loud type of tough sound with lyrics such as “I’ve been forgetting about important things, counting the stars, to keep running away, but I swore to myself”, “To only look ahead and cut through into my only future”, it’s a song with a strong message.

Ogura: The first time I listened to the demo song, I thought that “It’s really cool!” But after that I realized something, “By the way, this song, we’ll be the one who will sing it, right?”…

──Something like “Ah, it’s not good if only I enjoyed listening to it!” (laughs).

Ogura: Exactly (laughs). I’d say, that this song is a piece which you need to act cool to send the message, isn’t it? That’s why we need to act cool to sing it, and it’d be meaningless if it obviously sounds like “Somehow YuiKaori is acting cool”, I grabbed my head for a while because of that.

──You could finally find a cool voice style, while still being yourself, couldn’t you, Ogura-san? 

Ogura: But we have the adlib-like singing parts like “Oh no…” and “Oh, oh” in-between the verse and the bridge, I felt how interested I was during the beginning of the recording, who tried to act cool and sing the “Oh no…” and “Oh, oh” parts (laughs).

Ishihara: Ahahahaha (laughs).

──That “Oh no…” and “Oh, oh” were also cool, you know?

Ogura: In the end, I felt that I could properly act cool and sing the “Oh, oh”, but the first “Oh, oh” was really a hurdle (laughs). It’s a phrase that doesn’t usually come out from our songs after all.

Ishihara: Ah, but I think it’s the opposite for me. Because it’s the type of song that YuiKaori hasn’t been able to sing up until now, so it might be misleading, but it was near to when I sing my favorite musician’s songs at the karaoke, or something like that. While thinking of “It’s a bit difficult, but it’s a cool song~”, I was able to have fun by acting cool and singing it, and I was able to say “Oh, oh” in a high spirit (laughs). And maybe this isn’t a strong word so far, because recently we have sung “From now on, too, we’ll go forward together with everyone” in “NEO SIGNALIFE” and “Ring Ring Rainbow!!”

Ogura: That’s right. That’s why in the end we were able to sing the “Oh, oh” part.

The album making that didn’t end at the finale

──Amongst the new songs, was “New World” the most troubling song to record?

Ogura: No, it’s the last song “Billion-Carat”, isn’t it?

Ishihara: Yeah.

──Certainly, it’s not a “J-POP that adopted Electro Dance Music’s technique” or “Dubstep-like J-POP ”, nor the cool dance music; it has intense Electro Dance Music-feels, which actually is real Dubstep. I was surprised that you put this song as the last song of the album.

Ishihara: It’s not where we sing a YuiKaori-like song which everyone might think of and it goes into a “happy end”, but rather even we were surprised by how we needed more challenges for a new thing (laughs).

──Not only that, the title is “Juu-oku (Billion) Carat”, and the lyrics are declaring things such as “One day of the Billionaire heart” and “Hey, Be a Bright GEM!”, you put a blast to the listeners, which are the “jewelries”.

Ogura: I feel that I’ve been saying the same thing for quite a while, but this demo song particularly had an impact (laughs). The lyrics, title, and also the sound. “Billion-Carat” is obviously a title for a dance music, but the rules of the rhythm is different with all of the dance music songs we’ve been dancing and singing up until now.

──Electric Dance Music (or EDM) means to reach the peak. Because it keeps the rhythm on the surface of the beat, so the manner of the rhythm is different with Hip Hop, Jazz, and House music which engraves the beat, isn’t it?

Ogura: That’s why I thought something such as “I wonder where should we put a step forward to take into the rhythm?”

When our voices overlaps, I suddenly can see clearly before me.

──How did you settle it?

Ogura: It’ll be an abstract explanation though, but we tried to search something like the link between the cool part which could show how YuiKaori is, and the cool part which this song has. At first we snuggled up to this sound, we sang it in quite a serious way, but somehow it didn’t feel right.

Ishihara: I think I’ve already talked about it, but with our characters, we couldn’t show “The sexy older women who runs a club” (laughs). (Reference: YuiKaori “NEO SIGNALIFE” Interview).

Ogura: That’s why I tried a lot of trials and errors, but when I tried to change it into “Let’s genuinely enjoy this new rhythm a bit, like kids”, my impression of the song suddenly changed by itself, and I was able to sing it into a YuiKaori-like EDM very smoothly.

Ishihara: Thus, because Yui-chan has finally found her way to ‘YuiKaori-like “Billion-Carat”’, it made me a bit at ease (laughs).

──You felt at ease?

Ishihara: As for me, I kept thinking about how to show the cool YuiKaori-like way, I was really troubled by it, but it was Yui-chan who did the recording first. At the chorus, there’s a part where I need to sing in unison with Yui-chan, but when I heard Yui-chan’s voice that was recorded first, it made me think “Ah, it’s okay to sing just like I thought” and “So it’s okay with the cool YuiKaori-like I’ve thought of”. It’s not like we talked about “Let’s sing it like this, okay?”, but the way we think of it was the same. That’s why, the moment our voices are mixed together, I felt that I was able to see clearly before me.

──It’s not about the friendship we’re talking about before, but you really are able to communicate with each other spiritually, aren’t you? You also previously said “You don’t know why, but you know everything about Ogura-san” after all (Reference: YuiKaori “Ring Ring Rainbow!!” Interview).

Ishihara: Ahahahaha (laughs). The me at that time, I was close to not saying anything, wasn’t I? I really don’t know why, but I know if it’s about Yui-chan.

Ogura: For me as well, to know something such as “If it’s Carrie-san, I bet she would sing like this” or “I bet she would act like this” is a normal thing, when you said something like “you can communicate with each other spiritually”, in contrary, it made me surprised. But even though we were able to try a lot of new things for this album, it still ended up being a YuiKaori-like work; I guess it’s because we’re in unison, or so I thought.

Translations: Rurei
TLC/QC: Satsunyan
Source: Natalie PowerPush

Kusuda Aina is set to release her 3rd Album exactly on her Birthday in 2017, February 1st. The theme of the album will be designed like a calendar, matching the album’s name “Calendar no Koibito” (Lit. Calendar of Love). The tracklist was revealed as well alongside the planned other content. The album will be released in Limited A (BD), Limited B (DVD) and Regular (CD Only).

Tracklist and Content below. Store Bonuses to be added once they are available.

Calendar no Koibito 【Limited Edition-A】

・CD＋Blu-ray
・2Disc Case
・16 Page Photobooklet + 16Page Lyrics Card
Product Number：VPCG-80688
Price：￥5,000＋tax
※(The content of the booklet is different for each album type)
※(The lyrics card is the same for all types.)

[CD]

1. February – Mainichi Dare ka No Happy Day♡ (Lit. Everyday is Someone’s Happy Day♡)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Yamada Takahiro

2. March – spring heart
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Iuchi Maiko (She has also composed songs such as, Nanjou Yoshino’s Kimi ga Emu Yuugure and Iguchi Yuka’s Lostorage)
Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko

3. April – Haru Iro Rejyume (Lit. Spring-colored Resume)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamaguchi Hiroo (He has composed songs for ARASHI and EXILE)
Arrangement: Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki

4. May – JUMP UP
Lyrics: Okada Maria
Composition: Tashiro Tomokazu
Arrangement: manzo

5. June – Rainy Mermaid
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Ichikawa Jun
Arrangement: Ichikawa Jun

6. July – Natsu Hajimemashita☆ (Lit. Summer Has Begun)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: ArmySlick
Arrangement: ArmySlick

7. August – Time Limit Summer!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Hirata Souichirou (He has arranged music for Hello! Project)

8. September – Hoshizora no Reverb (Lit. Starry Sky’s Reverb)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Uesugi Hiroshi (He has arranged music for AKB48’s Stage Songs, and Shimokawa Mikuni)

9. October – Anniversary
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Ito Tsubasa (Has worked in Strike the Blood and Plus Magica)
Arrangement: Ito Tsubasa

10. November – Roll Roll Roll!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sakita Hajime

11. December – Christmas Carol no Machikado de (Lit. On the Corner of Christmas Carols)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Negishi Takamune (Bassist of the Duo, Dr. StrangeLove)
Arrangement: Negishi Takamune

12. January – Snow Breathe Celebration
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Saitou Shinya
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

13. Calendar no Koibito (Lit. Calendar of Love)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sagawa Tomoji

14. Welcome Future (Cheating Craft Ed Theme)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

[BD] (Planned)
1st Live Blu-ray “Eternal Precious Wave” Release Commemoration LIVE Digest
2016/11/13 Zepp Tokyo “1st Live Blu-ray “Eternal Precious Wave” Release Commemoration LIVE” Digest

Calendar no Koibito 【Limited Edition-B】

・CD＋DVD
・2Disc Case
・16 Page Photobooklet + 16Page Lyrics Card
Product Number：VPCG-80689
Price：￥4,000 + tax
※(The content of the booklet is different for each album type)
※(The lyrics card is the same for all types.)

[CD]

1. February – Mainichi Dare ka No Happy Day♡ (Lit. Everyday is Someone’s Happy Day♡)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Yamada Takahiro

2. March – spring heart
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Iuchi Maiko (She has also composed songs such as, Nanjou Yoshino’s Kimi ga Emu Yuugure and Iguchi Yuka’s Lostorage)
Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko

3. April – Haru Iro Rejyume (Lit. Spring-colored Resume)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamaguchi Hiroo (He has composed songs for ARASHI and EXILE)
Arrangement: Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki

4. May – JUMP UP
Lyrics: Okada Maria
Composition: Tashiro Tomokazu
Arrangement: manzo

5. June – Rainy Mermaid
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Ichikawa Jun
Arrangement: Ichikawa Jun

6. July – Natsu Hajimemashita☆ (Lit. Summer Has Begun)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: ArmySlick
Arrangement: ArmySlick

7. August – Time Limit Summer!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Hirata Souichirou (He has arranged music for Hello! Project)

8. September – Hoshizora no Reverb (Lit. Starry Sky’s Reverb)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Uesugi Hiroshi (He has arranged music for AKB48’s Stage Songs, and Shimokawa Mikuni)

9. October – Anniversary
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Ito Tsubasa (Has worked in Strike the Blood and Plus Magica)
Arrangement: Ito Tsubasa

10. November – Roll Roll Roll!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sakita Hajime

11. December – Christmas Carol no Machikado de (Lit. On the Corner of Christmas Carols)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Negishi Takamune (Bassist of the Duo, Dr. StrangeLove)
Arrangement: Negishi Takamune

12. January – Snow Breathe Celebration
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Saitou Shinya
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

13. Calendar no Koibito (Lit. Calendar of Love)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sagawa Tomoji

14. Welcome Future (Cheating Craft Ed Theme)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

[DVD](Planned)
“Welcome Future” Music Video + Making footage of the jacket shoot and the PV Making.

Calendar no Koibito 【Regular Edition】

・CD＋DVD
・2Disc Case
・16 Page Photobooklet + 16Page Lyrics Card
Product Number：VPCG-83518
Price：￥3,000 + tax
※(The content of the booklet is different for each album type)
※(The lyrics card is the same for all types.)

1. February – Mainichi Dare ka No Happy Day♡ (Lit. Everyday is Someone’s Happy Day♡)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Yamada Takahiro

2. March – spring heart
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Iuchi Maiko (She has also composed songs such as, Nanjou Yoshino’s Kimi ga Emu Yuugure and Iguchi Yuka’s Lostorage)
Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko

3. April – Haru Iro Rejyume (Lit. Spring-colored Resume)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamaguchi Hiroo (He has composed songs for ARASHI and EXILE)
Arrangement: Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki

4. May – JUMP UP
Lyrics: Okada Maria
Composition: Tashiro Tomokazu
Arrangement: manzo

5. June – Rainy Mermaid
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Ichikawa Jun
Arrangement: Ichikawa Jun

6. July – Natsu Hajimemashita☆ (Lit. Summer Has Begun)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: ArmySlick
Arrangement: ArmySlick

7. August – Time Limit Summer!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Hirata Souichirou (He has arranged music for Hello! Project)

8. September – Hoshizora no Reverb (Lit. Starry Sky’s Reverb)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Uesugi Hiroshi (He has arranged music for AKB48’s Stage Songs, and Shimokawa Mikuni)

9. October – Anniversary
Lyrics: Kusuda Aina
Composition: Ito Tsubasa (Has worked in Strike the Blood and Plus Magica)
Arrangement: Ito Tsubasa

10. November – Roll Roll Roll!
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sakita Hajime

11. December – Christmas Carol no Machikado de (Lit. On the Corner of Christmas Carols)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Negishi Takamune (Bassist of the Duo, Dr. StrangeLove)
Arrangement: Negishi Takamune

12. January – Snow Breathe Celebration
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Saitou Shinya
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

13. Calendar no Koibito (Lit. Calendar of Love)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Sagawa Tomoji

14. Welcome Future (Cheating Craft Ed Theme)
Lyrics: Kodama Saori
Composition: Yamada Takahiro
Arrangement: Saitou Shinya

Source: VAP Kusuda Aina Official

Announced right after the airing of the BS Sky Perfect TV Show “Dive into YuiKaori World!!” the BD/DVD for YuiKaori’s recently held Tour “Rainbow Canary” is to be on sale on September 28th, 2016!

The content would be the following:

＜BD＞
Product Code：KIXM-255～256
Price：￥7,700+tax
＊First Press Limited：Special Box (No Specifications)
＊BD Limited： Visual Commentary

＜DVD＞
Product Code：KIXM-605～606
Price：¥7,700+tax

【Contents】
＜Disc 1＞
YUIKAORI LIVE「RAINBOW CANARY!!」〜Brightest Stage〜
2016.3.12 Nippon Budokan

-Prologue-
01. Ring Ring Rainbow!!
02. LUCKY DUCKY!!
03. Baisoku∞Love Straight
-MC 1-
04. Shiny Blue
05. Intro Situation
06. HEARTBEAT ga Tomaranai！
-Short Movie-“RAINBOW FIGHT Budoukan Special”
Round One (Mini Game Showdown)
07. Telephone Call (Ishihara Kaori solo)
-MC (Ishihara Kaori)-
08. Sunny Ray Beam!! (Ishihara Kaori solo)
09. ライアーシープ (Ogura Yui solo)
-MC (Ogura Yui)-
10. Honey♥Come!! (Ogura Yui solo)
-Short Movie-“RAINBOW FIGHT Budoukan Special”
Round Two (Sports Showdown)
11. Calling Calling
12. VIVIVID PARTY!
13. NEO SIGNALIFE
-Short Movie-“RAINBOW FIGHT Budoukan Special”
Round Three (Fashion Coordinate Showdown)
-MC 2-
14. Kimi no YELL
15. Tsubasa ni Naru Yo
-MC 3-
16. Hoshifuru Yoru no Happy Link
17. Canaria

＜ENCORE＞
18. Shooting☆Smile
19. Weika!! 〜 PUPPY LOVE!! Medleyー
-MC 4-
20. Our Steady Boy

＜W ENCORE＞
21. Koi no Overtake
-Epilogue-

＜Disc 2＞
 ★Bonus Footage★
＜YUIKAORI LIVE TOUR「RAINBOW CANARY!!」Outtakes＞
CUE the Future 〜Theme of「Q」〜 (2016.1.2 Kanagawa DAY1)
Crystal no Chikai (2016.1.3 Kanagawa  DAY2)
Rainy Day (2016.1.3 Kanagawa  DAY2)
Billion-Carat (2016.1.3 Kanagawa  DAY2)
New World (2016.1.3 Kanagawa  DAY2)

＜Making of LIVE TOUR「RAINBOW CANARY!!」＞

＜Making of「RAINBOW CANARY!!」〜Brightest Stage〜＞

＜-Short Movie-“RAINBOW FIGHT”＞
Round One (Mini-game Showdown)
Round Two (Sports Showdown)
Round Three (Fashion Coordinate Showdown) @ Osaka
Round Three  (Fashion Coordinate Showdown) @ Aichi
Round Three  (Fashion Coordinate Showdown) @ Kanagawa Day 1
Round Three  (Fashion Coordinate Showdown) @ Kanagawa Day 2

＊Content and Product Specifications are subject to change.

★BD Bonus★
・Visual Commentary

★Store Bonus★
●Animate: A4 Art Board
●Gamers: A3 Tapetry & Bromide
●Tower Records Bromide
●Toranoana Ticket holder & Bromide
●Bunkyodo (Selected Stores, Including EC)/Animega: A3 Clear File Poster
●HMV: Bromide
●Neowing/CDJapan: A3 Poster
●Sofmap: Bromide
●KING e-SHOP: Bromide & 57mm Can Badge
●Amazon: 75mm Can Badge

To those curious on what “Visual Commentary” is, it is exactly just like it was with the HEARTY PARTY BD/DVD, it would include a Visual Commentary of YuiKaori reacting/talking about the live as they watch it.

Continue on checking Seiyuuri and our twitter for more updates!

Source: YuiKaori Official Website , YuiKaori BD/DVD Tokuten

YuiKaori’s 3rd Album “Bright Canary” will be on sale on November 4th 2015! As we stated before, their 3rd Live Tour will be happening soon as well, the first performance is on 12/23 in Osaka!

The album will be released in 3 versions. CD+BD+Mini Album A, CD+DVD+Mini Album B and Regular CD version.

Contents

・Canaria (MUSIC VIDEO)
・LUCKY DUCKY!! (MUSIC VIDEO)
・Intro Situation (MUSIC VIDEO)
・NEO SIGNALIFE (MUSIC VIDEO)
・Ring Ring Rainbow!! (MUSIC VIDEO)
・Making of Bright Canary

The store bonuses has been announced!

●Animate: 56mm Can Badge & Bromide
● Gamers: A3 Tapestry
● Circle K Sunkus: Acrylic Keyholder
●Shinseido Wonder Goo: Bromide
●Tower Records: Post Card
● Toranoana: Clear File
●Bunkyodo Animega (Store Only): A3 Clear Poster
●HMV Loppi: Bromide
●Neowing: A3 Poster
●Sofmap: Bromide
● TSUTAYA: Bromide
●KING e-shop Bromide

Click on an image to view the gallery and check the upper right hand corner to view details!

Animate 56mm Can Badge Neowing (CD Japan) A3 Poster Tower Records Post Card Gamers A3 Tapestry King e-shop Bromide HMV Bromide Toranoana Clear File Shinseido Wonder Goo: Bromide Animate Bromide Circle K Sunkus Acrylic Keyholder Sofmap Bromide TSUTAYA Bromide animagaa3clearfileposter

Are you curious about who are involved in this album? Read more!

01. Baisoku∞Love Straight (Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: 服部祐希[Hattori Yuuki?])
– It seems that Hattori -san has composed a song for the NHK Drama “Anata wo Wasurenai” or commonly translated as “26 Years Diary.” This explains the bubbly and catch tune of this song. If you’re curious about how it sounds like! Isn’t it about time to listen to YuiKaori’s radio?

03.Canaria (Lyrics/Composition: 服部祐希[Hattori Yuuki?]/Arrangement: Kawai Eiji / Strings Arrangement: Kikuya Tomoki)
– The same as Baisoku, it seems that Hattori -san is taking the helm to composing for YuiKaori! Meanwhile Kawai Eiji has arranged a few songs from the group KAT-TUN as well as fellow seiyuu Kitamura Eri. Kikuya Tomoki has done the guitar arrangements for Ogura Yui’s songs “Itsudatte Call Me” and “Sugar Heartache”

04.Telephone Call (Ishihara Kaori Solo) (Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Yamaguchi Akihiko)
-Yamaguchi-san has composed a few songs that YuiKaori has sung previously such as MIRACLE RUSH (for StylipS) and Ring Ring Rainbow!! But for this time it seems like it is the first time for lyrics and arrangement. Must something to look forward to!

05. Liar Sheep (Ogura Yui Solo) (Lyrics/Composition: phatmans after school’s Yoshida Takumi / Arrangement: Nakajima Ikya)
-Yoshida Takumi-san is the Vocalist and Guitarist for phatmans after school. Meanwhile Nakajima-san is also part of phatmans after school. It seems that the phatmans after school has taken over Ogura Yui’s solo for this album! After listening to a few songs composed by Yoshida-san it seems that he specializes in RnB and guitar/acoustic music!

06.New World (Lyrics: Kokudo Kaon /Composition: Koyama Hisashi /Arrangement: Taka Kouichiro)
– Kokuda Kaon-san has written lyrics for a Fairy Tail OP by Tacky and Tsubasa. Meanwhile Koyama Hisashi-san is part of the agehasprings group who has worked on songs by OLDCODEX and Aimer. He has worked together with Kokuda Kaon-san with the Fairy Tail OP song. Meanwhile arranger Taka Kouichiro-san has arranged songs for Tamura Yukari, namely “Eccentric Lover” and “Suki Datte Ienakute”

10.Rainy Day (Lyrics: Isogai Yoshie/ Composition: SigN / Arrangement: SigN and Sekine Yuuki)
– Isogai-san has worked for Ogura Yui’s song “Tinkling Smile” while SigN-san and Sekine Yuuki-san does not come up with a lot of results after researching. Which makes this song quite mysterious… but going with just Tinkling Smile itself. It may or may not be a cutesy song?

12.Billion-Carat (作詞：大森祥子／作曲・編曲：TSUGE) (Lyrics: Oomori Shouko/Composition/Arrangement: TSUGE)
– Oomori Shouko-san wrote the lyrics for most of K-ON’s songs such as Don’t say Lazy! and CAGAYAKE GIRLS! Meanwhile Composer/Arranger for Ring Ring Rainbow!!’s c/w song “Calling Calling” TSUGE-san comes back for this song! Given with the playful lyrics displayed by K-ON and the amazing musical content for “Calling Calling” this is starting to look like a very interesting song so far!

Are you interested in BRIGHT CANARY yet? Preorder your copies now!

As a final note: due to not enough information about Hattori Yuuki-san, we’re unable to confirm the correct reading for their name. If you find any information, please do tell us!

Source: YuiKaori Official Website [1], [2], [3]

In the same essence as the marriage article, YuiKaori also had a “big announcement.” It was their 3rd Album (as we all expected!) Their 3rd album is titled “Bright Canary” with its title track “Kanaria.” It will be on sale on November 4, 2015.

The album is set to release in CD+BD (+Mini Photobook A and a 3-fold case), CD+DVD (+Mini Photobook B and a 3-fold case), and CD Regular.

There will be a total of 12 songs. It will have their past single title songs, LUCKY DUCKY!!, Intro Situation, NEO SIGNALIFE, Ring Ring Rainbow!! and Kanaria (the new title song) + 7 new songs whose titles are still to be announced. The BD/DVD will include the music videos to their past singles + Kanaria and a making footage.

Their 3rd Live Tour’s dates has been announced earlier. However, the theme for the tour has been decided to be “Rainbow Canary” Ticket entries will start on August 30th 12:00 until September 7th 18:00! Entry results will be on September 18th. General Admission tickets will be sold on November 14th.

Event Dates:
December 23, 2015 – Kishiwada Shiritsu Namikiri Hall (Osaka)
December 26, 2015 – Nagoya Gokusai Kaijou Century Hall (Nagoya Congress Center Century Hall) (Aichi)
January 2&3, 2016 (2 Days) – Pacifico Yokohama Kokuritsu Dai Hall (Kanagawa)

Source: YuiKaori Official Web [1] [2], Natalie