Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me

"Too Shy Shy Boy!"
Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me
Studio album by Arisa Mizuki
Released	October 1, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Pop, dance
Length	51:29
Label	Nippon Columbia
Producer	Motoki Funayama, Tetsuya Komuro, Takao Konishi, Arisa Mizuki (exec.), Yasuharu Ogura, Johny Taira (exec.)
Arisa Mizuki chronology
Singles from Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me
	"Too Shy Shy Boy!"; Released: May 27, 1992;

Last updated October 01, 2019

Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me is the second studio album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on October 1, 1992. Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me is predominately a pop and dance music album. It is written and produced by an array of famous Japanese musicians, including Anri, Keizō Nakanishi, Takao Konishi, and Tetsuya Komuro.

Alisa Mizuki is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four.

Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd., often pronounced Korombia, TYO: 6791, operating internationally as Nipponophone Co., Ltd., is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd.. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.. On October 1, 2010, the company returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company formerly as the Savoy Label Group, which releases recordings on the SLG, Savoy Jazz, and continues to operate as Denon. It also manufactured electronic products under the Denon brand name until 2001. In 2017, Concord Music acquired Savoy Label Group.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

The Komuro-produced "Too Shy Shy Boy!" was released as the album's lead single and became Mizuki's most successful single, selling over 360,000 copies. The original version of the song is not featured on the album, instead an extended remix version was included. "Too Shy Shy Boy!" was the only single released from Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me, however the title track "Shake Your Body for Me" was also promoted. It served as theme song for the first season of the Fuji TV drama Bokutachi no Drama Series, Hōkago (episodes 1-5), starring Mizuki herself.

Too Shy Shy Boy! 1992 single by Alisa Mizuki

"Too Shy Shy Boy!" is the fourth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on May 27, 1992 as the lead single from Mizuki's second studio album Shake Your Body for Me. The title track was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It was used in commercials for the soft drink Chasse by Kirin, starring Mizuki herself. Komuro recorded a self-cover of the song for his album Hit Factory. "Too Shy Shy Boy!" is Mizuki's best-selling single. The B-side, "Haru no Tobira," was written and produced by singer-songwriter Midori Karashima and was used in commercials for the Soft MA contact lenses by Menicon, also starring Mizuki.

A lead single is the first single to be released from a studio album, by a musician or a band, usually before the album itself is released.

Fuji Television Network, Inc. is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as Fuji TV or CX, based on the station's call sign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System.

Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me debuted at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 46,730 copies in its first week, becoming Mizuki's highest charting studio album.^[1]

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

Commercial performance

Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me debuted on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart at number 6 with 46,730 copies sold in its first week.^[1] It spent a second week in the top twenty at number 12, selling 15,410 copies.^[2] On its third week, the album dropped to number 19 with 9,990 copies sold.^[3] The album charted for eight weeks and has sold a total of 109,250 copies.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Shake Your Body for Me"	Tetsuya Komuro	Komuro	5:28
2.	"Give Me Your Love Tonight"	Komuro	Komuro	4:49
3.	"Koibitotachi no Sonnet" (恋人達のソネットKoibitotachi no Sonetto "Lovers' Sonnet")	Tomoko Ohmoto	Keizō Nakanishi, Takao Konishi	4:15
4.	"Wings of Love"	Yumi Yoshimoto	Chiho Kiyooka	5:11
5.	"Wilders" (WILD･ERS -ワイルダーズ-Wilders (Wairudāzu))	Yoshimoto	Anri	4:07
6.	"Heavenly Blue (Gokujō no Ao)" (HEAVENLY BLUE ～極上の青～)	Masaya Ozeki	Ozeki	4:26
7.	"Aisareterutte Kanjiteru?" (愛されてるって感じてる? "Do You Feel Loved?")	Yoshimoto	Nakanishi, Konishi	4:33
8.	"Too Shy Shy Boy! (Extended New Remix)"	Komuro	Komuro	7:16
9.	"Generation"	Komuro	Komuro	6:34
10.	"He's Gone"	Komuro	Komuro	4:50
Total length:				51:29

Charts and sales

Chart (1992)	Peak position	Sales
Oricon Weekly Albums^[1]	6	109,250^[5]

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