arrangers: []
barcode: '4988021815482'
catalog: VPCD-81548
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Vocal, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/2082
  names:
    en: Hajime Mizoguchi
    ja: 溝口肇
- link: artist/6941
  names:
    en: Toshiaki Matsumoto
    ja: 松本俊明
- link: artist/20941
  names:
    en: Hachidai Nakamura
    ja: 中村八大
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discs:
- disc_length: '66:28'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      Japanese: OPERA?
      Romaji: OPERA?
    track_length: '3:42'
  - names:
      Japanese: The Wave
      Romaji: The Wave
    track_length: '5:37'
  - names:
      Japanese: やさしい答え
      Romaji: Yasashii Kotae
    track_length: '5:02'
  - names:
      Japanese: Asian Blue
      Romaji: Asian Blue
    track_length: '4:58'
  - names:
      Japanese: Somewhere in Time
      Romaji: Somewhere in Time
    track_length: '2:34'
  - names:
      Japanese: Perfect Days
      Romaji: Perfect Days
    track_length: '5:41'
  - names:
      Japanese: My Prayer
      Romaji: My Prayer
    track_length: '4:06'
  - names:
      Japanese: Same Old Story
      Romaji: Same Old Story
    track_length: '4:22'
  - names:
      Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう
      Romaji: Ue wo Muite Arukou
    track_length: '7:08'
  - names:
      Japanese: La Mouette
      Romaji: La Mouette
    track_length: '5:58'
  - names:
      Japanese: あふれるもの
      Romaji: Afureru Mono
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
      Japanese: Lush
      Romaji: Lush
    track_length: '5:16'
  - names:
      Japanese: Eternal Wind
      Romaji: Eternal Wind
    track_length: '4:40'
  - names:
      Japanese: Espace
      Romaji: Espace
    track_length: '3:12'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/147
  names:
    en: VAP Inc.
    ja: 株式会社バップ
    ja-latn: VAP Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/120975
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2022-06-06T22:06
  edited_date: 2025-07-16T21:52
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T10:47
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 956
name: OPERA? / HAJIME MIZOGUCHI
names:
  en: OPERA? / HAJIME MIZOGUCHI
  ja: OPERA? / 溝口肇
  ja-latn: OPERA? / HAJIME MIZOGUCHI
notes: '01. OPERA?

  music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Kento Ohgiya

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Tomoo Suzuki at Sound City

  assistant engineer: Nobushige Mashiko (Sound City)

  02. The Wave feat. Jazztronik

  music: Hajime Mizoguchi

  arrangement: Ryota Nozaki

  keyboards & programming: Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik)

  guitar: Shunji Takenaka

  bass: Keisuke Torigoe

  drums: Hidenobu "KALTA" Otsuki

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded by Shinjiro Ikeda & Mizuo Miura (MIXER''S LAB)

  recorded at STUDIO SOMEWHERE, ON AIR Azabu Studio & Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO

  mixed by Shinjiro Ikeda at Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO

  assistant engineers: Takuya Komiyama (Joint1), Hitomi Joko (MIXER''S LAB), Naoya
  Tokunou (Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO)

  03. Yasashii Kotae feat. Asako Toki

  lyrics: Asako Toki

  music: Toshiaki Matsumoto

  arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  vocal: Asako Toki

  guitar: Shigeharu Sasago

  bass: Hiroshi Yoshino

  percussion: Yoichi Okabe

  cello quartetto: Hajime Mizoguchi, Ayano Kasahara, Akio Ueki & Shinichi Eguchi

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded by Tomoo Suzuki at Victor Studio & Kenyo Ueno (MIXER''S LAB) at ON AIR
  Azabu Studio

  mixed by Hajime Mizoguchi

  assistant engineers: Yoshiyuki Watanabe (Victor Studio) & Hiromi Shinjo (MIXER''S
  LAB)

  04. Asian Blue

  music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Hatsuho Furukawa

  guitar: Susumu Nishikawa

  cello & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at CRESCENTE STUDIO

  assistant engineer: Hitomi Joko (MIXER''S LAB)

  05. Somewhere in Time

  music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio

  assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)

  06. Perfect Days feat. GONTITI

  music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  nylon strings guitar: Gonzalez Mikami (GONTITI)

  steel strings guitar: Titi Matsumura (GONTITI)

  piano: Sae Konno

  cello quartetto: Hajime Mizoguchi, Ayano Kasahara, Akio Ueki & Shinichi Eguchi

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER''S LAB) at Victor Studio

  assistant engineers: Akitomo Takakuwa (Victor Studio) & Fumi Shinohara (Victor Studio)

  07. My Prayer

  music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Sae Konno

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio

  assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)

  08. Same Old Story feat. CINEMA dub MONKS

  music: Hajime Mizoguchi

  arrangement: CINEMA dub MONKS & Hajime Mizoguchi

  melodion & tape recorder: Daiho Soga (CINEMA dub MONKS)

  bass: Gandhi Nishigaki (CINEMA dub MONKS)

  cello & piano: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at innig recording hostelry

  assistant engineer:

  09. Ue wo Muite Arukou feat. Yosuke Yamashita

  music: Hadachi Nakamura

  arrangement: Yosuke Yamashita & Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Yosuke Yamashita

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at ON AIR Azabu Studio

  assistant engineer: Kentaro Kikuchi (CRESCENTE STUDIO)

  10. La Mouette feat. Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami / Satoshi Takebe / Dozan Fujiwara

  music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  drums: Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami

  piano: Satoshi Takebe

  Shakuachi: Dozan Fujiwara

  bass: Koichi Osamu

  strings: Nagisa Kiriyama Strings

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Sound City

  assistant engineer: Takehiko Naito (Sound City)

  11. Afureru mono feat. Tomoko Tane

  lyrics: Tomoko Tane

  music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  vocal & piano: Tomoko Tane

  cello & background vocal: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER''S LAB) at Victor Studio

  assistant engineers: Akitomo Takakuwa (Victor Studio) & Fumi Shinohara (Victor Studio)

  12. Lush feat. Jazztronik

  music & arrangement: Ryota Nozak

  keyboards & programming: Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik)

  percussion: Takashi Nakazato

  flute: Tomohisa Himeno

  background vocal: Yurai

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Towerside Studio

  mixed by Shinjiro Ikeda at Heart Beat RECORDING STUDIO

  assistant engineer: Hisashi Nagayama (sunrise studio) & Naoya Tokunou (Heart Beat
  RECORDING STUDIO)

  13. Eternal Wind

  music, arrangement & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  piano: Sae Konno

  strings: Nagisa Kiriyama Strings

  cello & programming: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Mizuo Miura (MIXER''S LAB) at ON AIR Azabu Studio

  assistant engineer: Hitomi Joko (MIXER''S LAB)

  14. Espace

  music & arrangement: Hajime Mizoguchi

  cello: Hajime Mizoguchi

  recorded & mixed by Shinichi Akagawa (STRIP) at Wang Guang RecLabs

  mixed by Tomoo Suzuki at Victor Studio

  assistant engineers: 島袋敦司 (Wang Guang RecLabs) & Nobushige Mashiko (Sound City)

  produced by Hajime Mizoguchi

  co-produced & directed by Tempei Matsubayashi (Horipro)

  mastered by Toru Kotetsu at JVC Mastering Center

  production coordination: Hiroshi Yamada (ShinShitsu)

  A&R: Hideyuki Asada (VAP)

  public relation: 横崎塵直 (VAP)

  sales promotion: Masashi Hashimoto (VAP)

  artist management: 岡部吉一 (Horipro)

                                田畑伸典 (Horipro)

  executive producers: Kazuo Sato (VAP)

                                 岡孝二郎 (Horipro)

  patissier: 中島眞介 (HOTEL NEW OTAN!)

  art direction & design: Shunsaku Takashi (5fret)

  photographs: 細野普司 (STAR SHOT)

  stylist: 吉永希

  hair & make up: 内藤歩 (traffic)

  art coordination: Nobuyoshi Shimomae (FELLOW SHIP)

  special thanks

  Takayuki Morinaka (Styrism), Akihiko Ogura (SMA PLAYERS), Kazuo Ohsato (FUJIPACIFIC
  MUSIC), Shota Sawaki (HIP LAND MUSIC)

  立川美緒 (HIP LAND MUSIC), 村松広明 (JamRice), 安部裕之 (BUGcorporation), Takatoshi Horino (Halftone
  Musie)

  Nao Yoshida (Halftone Music), 足立修一 (Horipro), Naomi Hirano (Horipro), Koichi Ujiie
  (IMAGE QUEST INTERACTIVE)

  岩崎州彦 (HOTEL NEW OTAND), R-Body, 泰松ひろみ , Ahiru Mizuno (STRIP)

  Ryota Nozaki (Jazztronik) Appears by the Courtesy of Knife Edge / PONYCANYON INC.

  Asako Toki by the courtesy of LD&K Inc.

  CINEMA dub MONKS by the courtesy of plants records

  Shuichi "PONTA" Murakami by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc

  Dozan Fujiwara by the courtesy of Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2285
  names:
    en: vap
    ja: vap
    ja-latn: vap
  role: label
- link: org/147
  names:
    en: VAP Inc.
    ja: 株式会社バップ
    ja-latn: VAP Inc.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2006-10-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2800.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/120975?perpage=99999
votes: 0
