Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare explained

Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~
Type:	EP
Artist:	Berryz Kobo
Cover:	Berryz_mini_album2.jpg
Released:	December 7, 2005
Recorded:	2004 - 2005
Genre:	J-pop
Length:	22:50
Label:	Piccolo Town
Producer:	Tsunku
Prev Title:	Dai 2 Seichōki
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz
Next Year:	2006

is an extended play CD released by girl idol group Berryz Kobo on December 7, 2005.^[1] It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album Dai 2 Seichōki and the ninth single "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai". "2.5" is pronounced nī ten go.

The EP contains five previously released tracks in the aforementioned ninth single's A-side, plus four earlier single sides. Only one track, "Arigatō! Tomodachi", is exclusive to the EP.

Former band member Maiha Ishimura appears, but is not credited, on tracks 3 to 6.

The album debuted at number 45 in the Oricon Weekly Album chart,^[2] remaining in the list for 2 weeks.

Track listing

1. Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai
   1. 1. 1. Piriri to Yukō!
2. Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai

Personnel

• Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
• Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
• Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
• Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
• Maasa Sudo - vocals
• Yurina Kumai - vocals
• Risako Sugaya - vocals
• Maiha Ishimura - vocals (Tracks 3-6, uncredited)
• Yuichi Takahasi - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
• Kaoru Kubota - backing vocals
• Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
• Hiroaki Takeuchi - chorus
• Koji Makaino - keyboard and MIDI programming
• Shinsuke Suzuki - guitar
• Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
• Horishi Iida - percussion
• Masato Yamao - organ
• Tsunku - backing vocals
• Amazons - backing vocals
• Takao Konishi - keyboard and MIDI programming
• Yasuo Asai - guitar
• Yasushi Sasamoto - bass
• Masanori Suzuki - trumpet
• Yoshinari Takegami - saxophone
• Satoshi Mizota - trombone
• Shoichiro Hirata - keyboard and MIDI programming
• Keiko "Chibi" Furuya - backing vocals
• Akira - guitar, bass, keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals
• Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
• Kazumi Matsui - recording engineer, mix engineer
• Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
• Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
• Masakazu Kimura - mix engineer
• Naoki Yamada - mix engineer
• Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
• Tsunku - mix engineer
• Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
• Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
• Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
• Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position	Sales
		First week	Total
Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart)	14
Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart)	45^[3]	6,071	7,072

External links

• Up-Front Works site entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: スッペシャル！ベストミニ～2、5枚目の彼～ Berryz工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE. 2012-02-17. Oricon Inc.. Japanese.
2. Web site: Oricon CD Album Weekly Ranking - ORICON STYLE Ranking (2005-12-19). 2012-02-17. Oricon Inc.. Japanese.
3. Web site: Berryz工房のCDアルバムランキング、Berryz工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE. 2012-02-17. Oricon Inc.. Japanese.