Human (Masaharu Fukuyama album)

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Human
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Studio album by
Masaharu Fukuyama
ReleasedApril 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)
Genre J-pop
Label Universal Music Japan
Masaharu Fukuyama chronology
The Best Bang!!
(2010)		Human
(2014)

Human is the eleventh studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released on April 2, 2014 through Universal Music Japan. The cover jacket of the album is the image of Fukuyama's brain as seen on an MRI scan. [1] The album reached number 1 on the Oricon albums chart [2] and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). [3]

Contents

The single's artwork was one of the fifty works entered into the shortlist for the 2015 Music Jacket Award committee. [4]

The first track on the album, "Kusunoki" (クスノキ), honours the camphor trees of Sannō Shrine, which, like Fukuyama's own parents [5] , survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Fukuyama used the song to solicit donations which the city of Nagasaki used to establish the Kusunoki Foundation, dedicated to preserving atomic bombed trees and teaching the history associated with them. [6]

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. Kusunoki (クスノキ, lit. Camphor Tree)
  2. Prelude
  3. Human
  4. Toribi! (とりビー！, lit. For now, beer!)
  5. Miscast (ミスキャスト)
  6. 246
  7. Cherry
  8. Akatsuki (暁, lit. Daybreak)
  9. Shōwa Yatta ne (昭和やったね, lit. We did it, Showa)

Disc 2

  1. Kazoku ni Narō yo (家族になろうよ, lit. Let's become a family)
  2. Fighting Pose
  3. Ikiteru Ikiteku (生きてる生きてく, lit. Go and live life)
  4. Around the World
  5. Beautiful Life
  6. Game
  7. Tanjōbi ni wa Masshiro na Yuri o (誕生日には真白な百合を, lit. A pure white lily for your birthday)
  8. Get the Groove
  9. Koi no Maryoku (恋の魔力, lit. The Magic of Love)

DVD (Limited Edition)

  1. Human
  2. Kazoku ni Narō yo (家族になろうよ)
  3. Fighting Pose
  4. Ikiteru Ikiteku (生きてる生きてく)
  5. Beautiful Life
  6. Game
  7. Tanjōbi ni wa Masshiro na Yuri o (誕生日には真白な百合を)
  8. Get the Groove

References

  1. ↑ "福山雅治、5年ぶりオリジナルアルバム『HUMAN』発売決定 ジャケットに自身の"脳内写真"" (in Japanese). Barks. February 19, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "「ＨＵＭＡＮ」 福山雅治". Oricon . Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会". Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ CDジャケット大賞候補50作品決まる 一般投票スタート (in Japanese). Oricon. March 10, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Yuminaga, Rika (August 27, 2020). "Hibakusha's son to lead campaign inspired by A-bombed trees". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved March 27, 2025. Singer Masaharu Fukuyama, who was born in the city, will lead the campaign's production. He is a second-generation hibakusha, or survivor of the atomic bombing.
  6. ↑ "The NAGASAKI Kusunoki Project". October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2025. Masaharu Fukuyama, a singer-songwriter and actor from Nagasaki, released 'Kusunoki,' a song about atomic bombed kusunoki, or camphor trees, in 2014. Mr. Fukuyama donated the entirety of the monies that were raised through the song along with related live shows throughout Japan as well as through Kusunoki Donations to the official website (the donations were addressed to Amuse, his management agency) to the city of Nagasaki with the wish that the money be used for preservation of Sanno Shrine's atomic bombed camphor trees and other trees that survived the atomic bomb. Spurred by this donation, the city of Nagasaki established the Kusunoki Foundation in December 2018 to further preservation and use of the trees that survived the atomic bomb.
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