Ultimate Diamond
{{Infobox album
| name = ULTIMATE DIAMOND
| type = studio
| artist = Nana Mizuki
| cover = Ultimate Diamond Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 June 2009
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop, pop rock, jazz, Eurobeat
| length = 65:26
| label = King Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Great Activity
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Impact Exciter
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Regular Edition
| type = studio
| cover = Ultimate Diamond Cover2.jpg
| border =
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{{Singles
| name = Ultimate Diamond
| type = studio
| single1 = Starcamp EP
| single1date = February 6, 2008
| single2 = Trickster
| single2date = October 1, 2008
| single3 = Shin'ai
| single3date = January 21, 2009
}}
}}
Ultimate Diamond is the seventh studio album released by Japanese voice actress and pop singer Nana Mizuki on June 3, 2009. It was released in two editions: a CD only edition and a limited CD+DVD edition.
The first press of the album has a 44-page booklet. A limited CD+DVD edition of the album included a DVD of a concert at the Shinjuku Koma Theater on October 11, 2008. At the concert, she covered two enka songs: Fuyumi Sakamoto's "Yozakura Oshichi" and Mitsuko Nakamura's "Kawachi Otoko Bushi".{{cite web|url=http://anime.biglobe.ne.jp/news/index?news_id=929|title=水樹奈々さん念願の『コマ劇場座長公演 水樹奈々 大いに唄う』開催(アニメイトTV)|publisher=BIGLOBE|date=2008-10-28|access-date=2009-06-03|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} The limited DVD included the two songs.{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3543876|title=Ultimate Diamond|publisher=HMV Japan|access-date=2009-06-03|language = ja}}
The album reached number 1 in Japan's Oricon weekly albums charts for the week of June 15, 2009, and became the first album from a voice actress to accomplish that feat since the creation of Oricon.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/66771/full/|script-title=ja:デビュー9年目の水樹奈々、声優史上初の首位獲得に「夢のような出来事」|publisher=Oricon|date=2009-06-09|access-date=2009-06-10|language = ja}}
Track listing
- Maria & Joker
- *Lyrics: Hibiki
- *Composition, arrangement: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
- {{Nihongo|Etsuraku Camellia|悦楽カメリア}}
- *Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
- *Composition, arrangement: Shogo Ohnishi
- Perfect Smile
- *Lyrics, composition, arrangement: Hiroyuki Ito
- Trickster
- *Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
- *Composition, arrangement: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
- Mr.Bunny!
- *Lyrics: Sayuri
- *Composition: Mitsuru Wakabayashi
- *Arrangement: Shinya Saitou
- {{Nihongo|Chinmoku no Kajitsu|沈黙の果実}}
- *Lyrics, composition: Shihori
- *Arrangement: Renka Amou
- Brand New Tops
- *Lyrics: Yūmao
- *Composition, arrangement: Tomoya Miyabi
- {{Nihongo|Shounen|少年}}
- *Lyrics, composition: Toshirou Yabuki
- *Arrangement: Toshirou Yabuki, Tsutomu Ouhira
- Gimmick Game
- *Lyrics: Hibiki
- *Composition, arrangement: Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)
- Dancing in the Velvet Moon
- *Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
- *Composition: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
- *Arrangement: Noriyasu Agematsu, Masato Nakayama (Elements Garden)
- Ray of change
- *Lyrics, composition: Kazunori Saita
- *Arrangement: Kouichiro Takahashi
- {{Nihongo|Shin'ai|深愛}}
- *Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
- *Composition: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
- *Arrangement: Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden)
- {{Nihongo|Aoki Hikari no Hate -Ultimate Mode-|蒼き光の果て-ULTIMATE MODE-}}
- *Lyrics: Junko Tsuji
- *Composition: Shunsuke Matsui
- *Arrangement: Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden)
- Astrogation
- *Lyrics: Hibiki
- *Composition, arrangement: Jun Suyama
- {{Nihongo|Yume no Tsuzuki|夢の続き}}
- *Lyrics, composition: Nana Mizuki
- *Arrangement: Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)
Charts
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! Chart ! Peak ! Sales |
Oricon Weekly Albums
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|104,902 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422045411/http://www.mizukinana.jp/special/diamond/index.html Information on official website]
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