Showta Best

Showta Best (stylized as SHOWTA. BEST) is a compilation album by Showta (currently known as Shouta Aoi).[lower-alpha 1] The album was released on July 6, 2016.

Showta Best
Regular edition
Greatest hits album by
Showta
ReleasedJuly 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)
Recorded2006-2009
GenreJ-pop
Length1:12:31
LabelKing Records
Showta chronology
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(2016)		 Showta Best
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(2017)
Alternate cover
Limited edition

Background and release

Before entering voice acting under the stage name Shouta Aoi, Aoi had previously released music with King Records under the stage name Showta from 2006 to 2009.[2] After Aoi left B-green and returned to King Records in 2016,[3] King Records re-released his previous songs as a compilation album.

Showta Best was released on July 6, 2016. The limited version of the album included an alternate cover and a DVD containing all five music videos Aoi had released during the time he performed as Showta.[2]

Music

Showta Best compiles songs from Showta's six singles released from 2006 to 2008 and his debut album Eve. The album also included "Ekubo", a song performed for the soundtrack for Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! the Movie, which was released as a promotional digital single.[4]

Reception

The album debuted at #19 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, charting for 5 weeks.[1] The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales, selling 4,799 copies.[5]

Track listing
Album
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Negaiboshi (願い星)"Masumi KawamuraHiroo YamaguchiTakao Kosai, Shingo Kobayashi4:53
2."Hotaru (ホタル)"SatomiH-WonderNobuyuki Shimizu4:40
3."Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa) (Trans-winter 〜冬のむこう側〜)"Sonomi TameokaSonomi TameokaDaisuke Kahara, REO3:56
4."Fuyu no Oto (雪の音)"Masumi KawamuraYasuo ŌtaniJun Ichikawa3:56
5."Hito Shizuku (ひとしずく)"Taiyō Morito, Juli ShonoHideya NakazakiHideya Nakazaki4:14
6."Reality"mavieMakoto SakumaU-Key3:48
7."Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni (君に、風が吹きますよ)"Gorō MatsuiAkimitsu HonmaCMJK4:07
8."Haru na no ni (春なのに)"Miyuki NakajimaMiyuki NakajimaMasayuki Sakamoto4:11
9."Go-gatsu Ame no Uta (五月雨のうた)"SyunaCo., Chokkyu Murano[6]Tsunetaka Danjo[6]Masayuki Sakamoto5:24
10."Gozen Ni-ji no Angel (午前2時のエンジェル)"Caoli CanoCaoli CanoSeikō Nagaoka5:04
11."Tameiki Button (ため息ボタン)"Mikio SakaiMikio SakaiMikio Sakai5:05
12."Watashi no Haru ga Hajimaru (私の春がはじまる)"Ren TakayanagiKei YoshikawaKei Yoshikawa5:13
13."Yubikiri (ゆびきり)"mavieH-WonderTakao Konishi4:45
14."Sausage (ソーセージ)"Jun IchikawaJun IchikawaJun Ichikawa3:52
15."Hikaru no Gen-chan (光のゲンちゃん)"Kenzo SaekiAkira SenjuAkira Senju4:35
16."Ekubo (えくぼ)"Yutaka ShinyaYutaka ShinyaDJ Kent, Yutaka Shinya4:48
Total length:1:12:31
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Negaiboshi" (MV) 
2."Trans-winter (Fuyu no Mukōgawa)" (MV) 
3."Hito Shizuku" (MV) 
4."Kimi ni, Kaze ga Fukimasu You ni" (MV) 
5."Haru na no ni" (MV) 

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak

position

Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales[5] 19
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[1] 21

Notes
  1. Official descriptions for Shouta Aoi's discography lists his work released under the name "Showta" as separate from his current work.[1]

References
  1. "SHOWTA.BEST(初回限定盤)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  2. "蒼井翔太、SHOWTA.時代のベスト盤が7月に". Natalie (in Japanese). April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. "蒼井翔太の所属レコード会社移籍につきまして". S Inc. (in Japanese). March 1, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. "蒼井翔太 SHOWTA.時代の名曲を収録したベストアルバム発売決定！". Billboard (in Japanese). April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (July 18, 2016)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. "五月雨のうたの歌詞". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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