Meikyo Shisui

Meikyo Shisui
Meikyo Shisui
Studio album by Shizuka Kudo
Released	July 4, 2024
Recorded	2022–24
Genre	Pop
Length	50:35
Label	Pony Canyon
Producer	Shizuka Kudo;
Shizuka Kudo chronology

Meikyo Shishui (明鏡止水（めいきょしすい）) is the eighteenth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on July 3, 2024, through Pony Canyon.

Background

Kudo had idea of composing the new original album during the production of her first self-cover album Kanjuu in 2022.

The album marks Kudo's first original studio album in over seven years and first album in over two years.

The album was released in two versions: a standard edition and a limited, first press editions, which comes with BD.

It charted at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart, marking Kudo's highest-charting studio album in close to twenty years, since I'm Not (1999).

Promotional singles

Kudo released three songs off the album since 2023. The first song "Yuusha no Hata" was released as a promotional single in June and in physical format in September. In August it was announced that the single would serve as a theme song to the 23rd season of the Japanese television drama "The Woman of S.R.I. ". The second song "Kousetsuran: Suki Yori Aishiteru" was released in October and been promoted on the headlines as a "collaboration ballad-single with the Sukima Switch". The third song Maru has been released in April 2024, served as a theme song to the anime television series "Ojamaru". The song makes her Anime song for the first time in 10 years. The final fourth song "Misore" was released digitally with the album cover. In the music videoclip, her daughter Koki stares here.

Tour

To commemorate the release of Meikyo Shinsui, Kudo announced a two-month concert tour "Piece of my heart" from July to September.^[1]

Commercial performance

Meikyo Shinsui debuted at number 17 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart.^[2] marking Kudo's highest-charting studio album in close to twenty years, since I'm Not.

Track listing

*Meikyo Shisui* CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ice Coffee" (アイスコーヒー)	Aeri Kōki	5:06
2.	"Kodoku na Rhapsody" (孤独なラプソディー, Lonely Rhapsody)	Aeri Takatsugu Muramatsu	5:14
3.	"Boo"	Satori Shiraishi Aeri	4:12
4.	"Go Easy"	Shiraishi Aeri	2:54
5.	"Maru" (丸, "Round")	Aeri Yōhei Hashiguchi	3:50
6.	"Kosetsuran ~Suki Yori Itoshi Teru~" (香雪蘭～好きより愛してる～)	Takuya Ohashi Aeri	6:02
7.	"Yuusha no Hata" (勇者の旗)	Muramatsu Aeri	4:53
8.	"Sea Glass"	Shiraishi Aeri	4:02
9.	"I'm Ready"	Aeri Kōki	3:58
10.	"Mizore" (霙)	Hashiguchi Aeri]	5:15
11.	"Dai 3 Wakusei" (第3惑星)	Ohashi Aeri	5:04
Total length:			50:35

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	July 3, 2024	CD digital download	Pony Canyon	^[3]
Various	July 3, 2024	Digital download streaming	Pony Canyon	^[4]

References

^ "工藤静香、7年ぶりとなるオリジナルアルバム「明鏡止水」を7月3日に発売、限定盤にはシンフォニックコンサートの映像を収録！". News Ponycanyon. April 30, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
^ "明鏡止水工藤静香最高順位 17位". Oricon. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ "明鏡止水（通常盤）". Pony Canyon. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
^ "明鏡止水 by Shizuka Kudo on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

[sanspo-1] "工藤静香、7年ぶりとなるオリジナルアルバム「明鏡止水」を7月3日に発売、限定盤にはシンフォニックコンサートの映像を収録！". News Ponycanyon. April 30, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

[Sales-2] "明鏡止水工藤静香最高順位 17位". Oricon. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

[pony-reg-3] "明鏡止水（通常盤）". Pony Canyon. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

[streaming-4] "明鏡止水 by Shizuka Kudo on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

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