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M(a)de in Japan

CD+DVD Cover
CD+BD Cover
TeamAyu CD+2DVD Cover
TeamAyu CD+BD Cover
CD Only Cover
AWA Cover
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
M(A)DE IN JAPAN
Released
2016.05.11 (AWA)
2016.06.29 (CD - Japan)
2016.07.08 (Taiwan)
Catalog Number
AVC1-93436/B (TeamAyu CD+2DVD)
AVC1-93437/B (TeamAyu CD+BD)
AVCD-93438/B (CD+DVD)
AVCD-93439/B (CD+BD)
AVCD-93440 (CD Only)
Price
¥10,780 (TeamAyu CD+BD)
¥9,680 (TeamAyu CD+2DVD)
¥4,840 (CD+BD)
¥4,290 (CD+DVD)
¥3,410 (CD Only)
CD Tracklist
  1. tasky
  2. FLOWER
  3. Mad World
  4. Breakdown
  5. Survivor
  6. You are the only one
  7. TODAY
  8. Mr.Darling
  9. Summer Love
  10. Many Classic Moments (Bonus Track)
DVD/Blu-ray Tracklist
  1. FLOWER (video clip)
  2. Mad World (video clip)
  3. Winter Diary (video clip)
  4. FLOWER (making clip)
  5. Mad World (making clip)
  6. Winter Diary (making clip)
DVD "ayumi hamasaki LIMITED TA LIVE TOUR at Zepp Tokyo" Tracklist
  1. Sorrows
  2. Startin'
  3. UNITE!
  4. Last minute
  5. Heartplace
  6. Days
  7. beloved
  8. Summer diary
  9. HEAVEN
  10. XOXO~Lelio~Sparkle~Feel the love~You & Me
  11. Love song
  12. Boys & Girls
  13. The Show Must Go On
  14. Replace
  15. MY ALL


Information

MADE IN JAPAN is 17th studio album recorded by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was first released via the Japanese streaming service called AWA, and was released physically at the end of the following month. It was released in five different versions: a TeamAyu CD+Blu-ray edition, a TeamAyu CD+2DVD edition, a CD+Blu-ray edition, a CD+DVD edition, and a CD only edition. All editions come with a Sumapura app. The concert DVD was only included on the "TeamAyu" edition. It's her first studio album to not enter the Oricon yearly top 100 charts with #109.

Credits

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  • Produced by max matsuura


  • Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto (form THE MASTER)
  • Recorded & Mixed at prime sound studio form, ABS Recording Studio
  • Recordist: Koji Morimoto, Naoki Yamada, Hiroshi Sato (prime sound studio form), Yuichi Nagayama, Masatake Osato (SATOYAN MUSIC)
  • 2nd Engineer: Kohei Hatakeyama, Yutaro Wada, Shinya Kondo, Atsushi Ota, Shun Sakakibara, Yushi Iwata, Soma Yoshihara (prime sound studio form), Maho Shiozaki (birdie house)
  • Composer & Sound Producer Management: Tomonori Takeda (Ryuken), Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki Iwabuchi (avex management), Kohei Takemori (prime sound studio form)
  • Engineer Management: Rieko Furukawa (I to I Communications, Co.)
  • Studio & Engineer Management: Noriko Yajima (prime sound studio form)
  • Players Coordination: Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft), Masato Naka (Halftone Music)
  • Director: Hidetomo 'KOME' Yoneda (avex trax)
  • A&R: Junya Shinozaki, Jiro Nakagiri (avex trax)
  • A&R Supervisor: Hidetomo Yoneda, Junichiro Kawata (avex trax)
  • A&R Chief: Hanako Kimura (avex trax)
  • Artist Management: Jiro Nakagiri, Yoshitaka Miura (avex management), Seiko Suzuki, Masashi Yamasaki (A COLLECTION)
  • Artist Management Supervisor: Yasuto Hoyamatsu, Kenta Sugawara, Shigeo Fujimoto, Kentaro Furusawa (avex management)
  • Artist Brand Management: Hideki 'Jackie' Endo (avex management)
  • Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Mizumo' Utsumi (avex music creative)
  • Media Promotion: Hideki Hori, Tatsuya Ikeda, Keiichi Jogan, Kei Yonekawa, Taisho Moriwake & All Promotion and Publicity Room Staff (avex music creative)
  • Sales Promotion: Naoya Munemura, Ayako Murakami, Kurato Sekiguchi & All AMC Staff (avex music creative)
  • Social Media Director: Naoya Munemura (avex music creative)
  • Tie-up Coordination: Shohei Taniishi, Tomotsugu Ohta, Eiichi Sekine & All Tie-up Room Staff (avex music creative)
  • Casting Coordination: All Casting Room Staff (avex management)
  • Merchandising Director: Naomi Mayuzumi (avex management)
  • Advisory Merchandising Producer: Koichiro Tanaka (avex live creative)
  • TeamAyu Producer: Shinsuke Kubo (avex live creative)
  • TeamAyu Staff: Yosuke Hojo, Sota Kawasaki (avex live creative)
  • Web Designer: Miki Shimizu (avex music creative)
  • Management Desk: Tamae Sasaki, Hiroko Oriyama (avex management)
  • General Supervisor: Shintaro Higuchi (avex music creative), Hiroaki Ito (avex management)
  • Executive Supervisor: Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)


  • Photographer: Kazutaya Nakamura
  • Art Direction & Design: brg
  • A Stylist: Kei 'Okei' Ito (ab fab)
  • A Costume Designer: Masataka Kato
  • A Hair: Yoshiyuki 'Sukesan' Sukegawa (Allure)
  • A Make Up: Akemi Kibe (PEACE MONKEY)
  • A Nail: Yui Yamazaki (es NAIL)
  • A Trainer: Yuki Takano (BONITO)
  • A Trainer: So Nagashima (tune:up)
  • A Adviser: Takako 'Turico' Tsuriya


  • Creative Coordination: Nanami Takahashi (avex group holdings)
  • Quality Control: Toshiyasu Takahashi (avex music creative), Masaya Ishida, Toshiyuki Suzuki (avex group holdings)
  • Authoring & Menu Design: Akihito Horikoshi (avex music creative)

Charts

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 2 4 3 5 5 9 2 30,269
8 30 34 23 12 13 16 22 4,729
16 40 38 28 30 36 48 39 1,848
17 - - - - - - 58 1,174
43 - - - - - - 94 771
- - - - - - - 110 536
- - - - - - - 142 416
- - - - - - - 174 349
- - - - - - - 228 280
- - - - - - - 246 237

Total Reported Sales: 40,609 (#109 album of the year 2016)

Billboard Japan 'Hot Albums' Chart Positions

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Position 2 17 35 62 76 100

Billboard Japan 'Top Albums Sales' Chart Positions

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Position 2 23 35 62 81 94

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