Best E.P Selection of Tokio

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Best E.P Selection of Tokio
BEST I TOKIO album cover.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Tokio
ReleasedAugust 26, 1996
Genre Japanese Rock/Pop
Length54:35
Label Sony Music Entertainment
Tokio chronology
Blowing
(1996)		Best E.P Selection of Tokio
(1996)		 Wild & Mild
(1997)

Best E.P Selection of Tokio is the first compilation album by Japanese band Tokio. It was released on March 26, 1997. [1] The album reached fourth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for five weeks. [2]

Tokio (band) Japanese rock/pop band

Tokio is a Japanese rock/pop band formed by Johnny & Associates that debuted in 1994. It is made up of five men who were signed with Sony Music Entertainment from 1994 to 2001, with Universal Music Japan from 2001 to 2008, and are now signed under J Storm, a label owned by Johnny & Associates. In addition to their activities as a band, the members of Tokio also act in dozens of dramas and host variety programmes, both as a group and individually.

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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Kaze ni Natte (Studio Live Mix)"Tetsuo KudouRyoumei ShiraiRyoumei Shirai4:07
2."Ticket to Love (Gimme Gimme Mix)"Tetsuo KudouTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai3:57
3."Uwasa no Kiss (Brighter Mix)"Tetsuo KudouTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai3:29
4."Soko Nashi Love (New Sokonashi Mix)"Tetsuo KudouTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai3:55
5."Sayonara Kara Torimodose"Tetsuo KudouIchirou KouRyoumei Shirai5:02
6."Magic Channel (Special Mix)"Zenji Nagahata and Hiroshi YamadaZenji NagahataTatsuya Nishiwaki4:13
7."Mirai ha Sense"Kanata AsamizuTatsuya NishiwakiTatsuya Nishiwaki3:39
8."Zettai!"Kanata AsamizuTatsuya NishiwakiTatsuya Nishiwaki4:16
9."Tokio wo Yoroshiku!"Shigeru Joshima and Hiroshi YamadaTatsuya NishiwakiTatsuya Nishiwaki3:57
10."Ashita no Kimi wo Mamoritai"Tetsuo KudouTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai5:29
11."Heart wo Migakukyanai"Rui SerizawaTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai3:56
12."Love You Only"Tetsuo KudouTakashi TsushimiRyoumei Shirai3:55
13."Arigatou...Yuki (Hyper Energy Mix)"Yasuhiko AkasakaToshinobu KubotaManabu Tsuchiya4:32

Personnel

Shigeru Joshima is a Japanese musician and actor. He is the leader and main guitarist of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group.

Tomoya Nagase is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group. He is the primary vocalist, in addition to playing the guitar alongside Tokio's leader, Shigeru Joshima.

Masahiro Matsuoka is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is a member of Tokio, a Johnny Entertainment musical group. His nicknames are Mabo and Maa-kun. He starred as Shinichi Ozaki in Godzilla: Final Wars, and comedy series Yasuko to Kenji.

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributing LabelCatalogue codes
JapanAugust 26, 1996 [1] CDSonySRCL-3630
South KoreaMarch 4, 2004 [3] 2285527

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References

  1. 1 2 "Johnny's Net TOKIO Discography - Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  2. ↑ "ＴＯＫＩＯ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. ↑ "TOKIO(토키오) - BEST E.P SELECTION OF TOKIO" (in Korean). Hot Tracks. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
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