Japanese singer-songwriter Ringo Sheena has produced many songs for other artists, as well as collaborating as a musical director for projects. The following is a list of songs that feature songwriting and/or song production by Ringo Sheena. In 2014, Sheena released an album compiling self-covers of several of these songs, called Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku . [1]
Title | Year | Album | Notes |
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"Private" (Ryōko Hirosue) | 1998 | Private | Originally appeared on the "Jeans" single. |
"Cappuccino" (Rie Tomosaka) | 1999 | Murasaki. | Released as a single. |
"Mokuren no Cream" (木蓮のクリーム, "Magnolia Cream") (Rie Tomosaka) | Originally appeared on the "Cappuccino" single, additional whistling by Sheena. | ||
"Shampoo" (シャンプー, Shampū) (Rie Tomosaka) | Additional piano by Sheena. | ||
" Shōjo Robot " (少女ロボット, "Girl Robot") (Rie Tomosaka) | 2000 | Rie Tomosaka Best +3 | Released as a single, additional piano and chorus by Sheena. [2] |
"Ikenai Ko" (いけない子, "Bad Kid") (Rie Tomosaka) | Originally appeared on the "Shōjo Robot" single, additional piano by Sheena. [2] | ||
"Nippon ni Umarete" (日本に生まれて, "Born in Japan") (Rie Tomosaka) | Originally appeared on the "Shōjo Robot" single, additional piano and song arrangement by Sheena. [2] | ||
" Amagasa " (雨傘, "Rain Umbrella") (Tokio) | 2008 | 17 | Released as a single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen. [3] |
"Kachū no Otoko" (渦中の男, "Vortex Boy") (Tokio) | — | Arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen. [3] | |
" Hiyori Hime " (日和姫, "Weather Princess") (Puffy) | 2009 | Bring It! | Released as a single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen. |
"Shuen no Onna" (主演の女, "Leading Lady") (Puffy) | |||
"Tokai no Manner" (都会のマナー, "Urban Manners") (Rie Tomosaka) | Toridori. | Arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen, additional chorus by Sheena. | |
"Kodomo no Jōkei" (子供の情憬, "A Scene of Children") (Rie Tomosaka) | Arrangement performed with Ichiyo Izawa. | ||
" Oishii Kisetsu " (おいしい季節, "The Tasty Season") (Chiaki Kuriyama) | 2011 | Circus | Released as a single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen, additional chorus by Sheena. [4] |
" Ketteiteki Sanpunkan " (決定的三分間, "The Decisive Three Minutes") (Chiaki Kuriyama) | Released as a single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen, additional synths by Sheena. [4] | ||
" Tsukiyo no Shōzō " (月夜の肖像, "Portrait of the Moonlit Night") (Chiaki Kuriyama) | Released as a single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen. [5] | ||
" Seishun no Matataki " (青春の瞬き, "Flicker of Youth") (Chiaki Kuriyama) | Originally appeared on "Tsuki no Shōzō" single, arrangement performed with Tokyo Jihen. [5] | ||
"Manatsu no Datsugokusha" (真夏の脱獄者, "Midsummer Escaped Prisoner") (SMAP) | 2012 | Gift of SMAP | |
"Wakare 1940" (別れ, "Separation") (Ichigo Ichie) | Dokuichigo | Lyrics by Hideki Noda, co-written by Sheena. | |
"The Heavy Metallic Girl" (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena, arrangement by Sheena. | ||
"Sōshitsu" (喪失, "Defeat") (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena, arrangement by Sheena. | ||
"Wakare 1964" (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena. | ||
"What Did U Say?" (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena. | ||
"Bōenkyō no Naka no Kioku" (望遠鏡の中の記憶, "Memories Inside of the Telescope") (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena. | ||
"Bōenkyō no Soto no Keshiki" (望遠鏡の外の景色, "View Outside of the Telescope") (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena. | ||
"Wakare 2012" (Ichigo Ichie) | Lyrics by Noda, co-written by Sheena. | ||
" Saisakizaka " (幸先坂, "Fortune Hill Road") (Yōko Maki) | 2013 | — | Released as a single. [6] |
"An'ya no Shinjūtate" (暗夜の心中立て, "Dark Night Promise") (Sayuri Ishikawa) | 2014 | X: Cross II | Released as a single. [7] |
"Naute no Dorobōneko" (名うての泥棒猫, "The Celebrated Cat Burglar") (Sayuri Ishikawa) | Originally appeared on the "An'ya no Shinjūtate" single, music video produced for the song. [7] | ||
"Saihate ga Mitai" (最果てが見たい, "I Want to See the Very End") (Sayuri Ishikawa) | |||
"Karei Naru Gyakushū" (華麗なる逆襲, "Magnificent Counterattack") (SMAP) | 2015 | — | Released as a single, theme song of the drama Zeni no Sensō. [8] |
"Yasei no Dōmei" (野性の同盟, "Wild Alliance") (Ko Shibasaki) | — | Released as a single, theme song of the drama Kasouken no Onna. [9] |
Title | Year | Type | Notes |
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Hyakuiro Megane (百色眼鏡, "Kaleidoscope") | 2003 | film | 40-minute film based on her album Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana (2003), featuring music from the album. "Stem (Daimyō Asobi-hen)" acts as the theme song, and the songs "Doppelganger", "Odaiji ni", "Yattsuke Shigoto", "Torikoshi Gurō" and "Poltergeist" feature as incidental music. |
Lens | 2004 | stage play | The play was produced by Kentaro Kobayashi and was presented in July 2004. Lens is an adaptation of Hyakuiro Megane. |
Sakuran | 2007 | film | Sheena was a music director of this film. Tokyo Jihen and guitarist Kiyoshi Hasegawa, etc. participated in production. Some music was not recorded on any albums because an official soundtrack was not produced. |
Sannin Kichisa (三人吉三) | Kabuki | Sannin Kichisa is the program of the 8th performance of the Cocoon Kabuki which performed at the Theater Cocoon in Shibuya which is the town of youth culture to popularize kabuki. It was presented from June 7 to 28, 2007. She produced a part of music in the play and the ending theme "Tamatebako" (玉手箱, "Casket"). | |
Egg | 2012 | stage play | The play was produced by Noda Map which Hideki Noda, dramatist, theatre director, manages. It was presented from September 5 to October 28. The album Doku Ichigo (毒苺, "Poison Strawberry") which contains eight songs (Noda wrote, Sheena composed and Eri Fukatsu lead in the play sang) was released on August 31, 2012. |
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"Cappuccino" is a single by Japanese entertainer Rie Tomosaka, released on January 27, 1999. "Cappuccino" and its B-side "Mokuren no Cream" were both written by musician Ringo Sheena. In 2014, Sheena released a cover of the song on her album Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku, which reached number 98 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Chart.
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"Tsukiyo no Shōzō" is Japanese entertainer Chiaki Kuriyama's fifth single, released on November 23, 2011. It acted as the theme song to Himitsu Chōhōin Erika, Kuriyama's first starring drama. The two songs on the single were added to the deluxe edition of Circus, which was released on January 11, 2012. The single was produced by musician Ringo Sheena, who later covered the B-side "Seishun no Matataki" for her album Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku in 2014.
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