Releases: Solo: Atsushi Sakurai
Compilation
Track #1 out of a 13 track compilation
artist: Atsushi Sakurai + Xymox
album: Dance 2 Noise 002 (booklet image)
song: Yokan (lyrics by Sakurai; song and arrangement by Ronny Moorings & Anka Wolbert)
release date: March 21, 1992 (this song was also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015)
Credits
Atsushi: vocals
Ronny: all instruments
Anka: all instruments
recorded at: Marcus Studio (UK)
directed by: Junichi Tanaka
coordinated by: Junko Yamazaki
* this is Atsushi's first work outside of Buck-Tick.
Singles
Sacrifice
release date: May 26, 2004 (contents also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015)
company: Victor
formats: cd (VICL-35659)
initial price: ¥1260
single chart ranking: #25
goodies: liner notes fold out to reveal an image of Atsushi
Tracklisting
- Sacrifice (Sakurai/Wayne Hussey/arranged by Wayne Hussey)
- Love (Dakishimetai) (Yuu Aku/Katsuo Ono/arranged by Shigekazu Aida)
- Wonderful World (Injection to NY Mix) (Sakurai/Hisashi Sutou/arranged by Hige)
All songs produced by Atsushi Sakurai
(song credits: lyrics/music/arrangement)
co-produced & directed by Junichi Tanaka (Happy House)
artist management: Taeko Nomura (Banker), Takahiro Chiba (Banker)
art direction & art work: Tetsuya Nagato
photography: Makoto Okuguchi
styling: Masashi Nomura (Stuttgart)
hair & make-up: Takayuki Tanizaki (Fats Berry)
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe (VDC)
Love (Dakishimetai)
guitar: Shigekazu Aida
cello: Kenji Satou
drums: Masahiro Komatsu
recorded & mixed by Toshimi Nanseki
recorded at Victor Studio
mixed at Aobadai Studio
Masahiro Komatsu by the courtesy of Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.
Taiji / Smell
release date: July 21, 2004 (contents also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015)
company: Victor
formats: cd (VICL-35691)
initial price: ¥1260
single chart ranking: #22
goodies: liner notes fold out to reveal an image of Atsushi
Tracklisting
- Smell (Sakurai/Yasuyuki Okamura/arranged by Yasuyuki Okamura)
- Taiji (Embryo's Theatre Version) (Sakurai/Taiji Sato/arranged by Taiji Sato)
- Fantasy (Cubic Orange Mix) (Sakurai/Cube Juice/arranged by Cube Juice)
- Amaoto Wa Chopin No Shirabe -I Like Chopin- (original song by Gazebo & Pierluigi Giombini; Japanese lyrics by Yumi Matsutoya; arranged by Maki Fujii)
* this was a joint single of both "Taiji" and "Smell"
All songs produced by Atsushi Sakurai
(song credits: lyrics/music/arrangement)
co-produced & directed by Junichi Tanaka (Happy House)
artist management: Taeko Nomura (Banker), Takahiro Chiba (Banker)
art direction & art work: Tetsuya Nagato
photography: Makoto Okuguchi
styling: Masashi Nomura (Stuttgart)
hair & make-up: Takayuki Tanizaki (Fats Berry)
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe (VDC)
Amaoto Wa Chopin No Shirabe -I Like Chopin-
all instruments: Maki Fujii
recorded & mixed by Yuuji Sugiyama
recorded & mixed at Victor Studio & Debris
Wakusei Rebirth
release date: February 23, 2005 (contents also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015)
company: Victor
formats: cd (VICL-35723)
initial price: ¥1260
single chart ranking: #62
goodies: ?
Tracklisting
- Wakusei Rebirth (Sakurai/Kenji Kishida/arranged by Shigekazu Aida & Masatomo Kawase & Cube Juice)
- Tensei (Sakurai/Cube Juice/arranged by Cube Juice)
- Ai No Sanka (original song by Edith Piaf & Chante Marguerite Monnot; Japanese lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani; arranged by Gari)
- Wakusei (Live at NHK Hall 21st July, 2004) (Sakurai/Kenji Kishida/arranged by Wakusei group)
- Wakusei Rebirth (Last Supper Mix) (Sakurai/Kenji Kishida/arranged by Shigekazu Aida & Masatomo Kawase & Cube Juice)
All songs produced by Atsushi Sakurai
(song credits: lyrics/music/arrangement)
co-produced & directed by Junichi Tanaka (Happy House)
artist management: Taeko Nomura (Banker), Takahiro Chiba (Banker)
art direction & art work: Tetsuya Nagato
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe (VDC)
Tensei
all instruments: Cube Juice
recorded & mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma
recorded at Victor Studio
mixed at Prime Sound Studio Form
Ai No Sanka
mc & programming: Yow-Row
guitar: Yutaka Dokko
bass: Naoki
drums: K2 (Kei)
recorded by: Yuuji Sugiyama
mixed by: Shinichi Ishizuka
recorded at Innig Recording Hostelry & Victor Studio
mixed at Victor Studio
Explosion
release date: 2004
company: Victor
formats: cd (CDS-1863)
initial price: n/a (promo)
goodies: (limited to 2000 copies)
Tracklisting
- Explosion (Sakurai/Yukio Murata/arranged by Yukio Murata)
- Amaoto Wa Chopin No Shirabe -I Like Chopin- (Mix Mitsuai) (original song by Gazebo & Pierluigi Giombini; Japanese lyrics by Yumi Matsutoya; arranged by Maki Fujii)
artwork: Tetsuya Nagato (Aru Kenchikubutsu To No Wakare)
*Limited edition bonus disc that was given away to contest winners. The contest was to send in the proofs of purchase from the first two singles, the album, and the movie. 2000 winners. The back of the CD states, "This sample is not for sale, for promotional use only."
Album
Ai No Wakusei
release date: June 23, 2004 (contents also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015)
company: Victor
formats: cd (VICL-61419)
initial price: ¥3045
album chart ranking: #15
goodies: a collector's box set version was also released (with photo of Atsushi's right arm)
Tracklisting
- Sacrifice (Last Confused Mix) (Sakurai/Wayne Hussey/arranged by Wayne Hussey)
- Yellow Pig (Sakurai/Raymond Watts/arranged by Raymond Watts)
- X-Lover (Sakurai/Bryan Black/arranged by Xlover)
- I Hate You All (Sakurai/J.G. Thirwell AKA Foetus/arranged by J.G. Thirwell AKA Foetus)
- Wonderful World (Injection to UK Mix) (Sakurai/Hisashi Sutou/arranged by Hige)
- Smell (Sakurai/Yasuyuki Okamura/arranged by Yasuyuki Okamura)
- Märchen (Sakurai/Robin Guthrie & Sakurai/arranged by Robin Guthrie)
- Fantasy (Sakurai/Cube Juice/arranged by Cube Juice)
- Taiji (Sakurai/Taiji Sato/arranged by Taiji Sato)
- Hallelujah! (Sakurai/Yukio Murata (My Way My Love)/arranged by My Way My Love)
- Shingetsu (Sakurai/Masami Tsuchiya/arranged by Masami Tsuchiya)
- Yokan (2004 re-construct) (Sakurai/Ronny Moorings & Anka Wolbert/arranged by Xymox)
- Wakusei (Sakurai/Kenji Kishida/arranged by Shigekazu Aida)
- Neko (Sakurai/Masatomo Kawase/arranged by Cloud Chair)
Credits
all songs produced by Atsushi Sakurai
(each track was recorded with various musicians)
mastering engineer: Kotaro Kojima (Flair)
co-produced & directed by: Junichi Tanaka (Happy House)
artist management: Taeko Nomura (Banker), Takahiro Chiba (Banker)
artist promoter: Katsuyuki Ooishi (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
music video coordinator: Tomoko Fujikane (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
web coordinator: Mai Sato (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
sales promoter: Hideyuki "3go" Suzuki (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
art direction, artwork & design: Tetsuya Nagato
photography: Makoto Okuguchi
styling: Masashi Nomura (Stuttgart)
hair & make-up: Takayuki Tanizaki (Fats Berry)
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe (VDC)
special thanks: Buck-Tuck [sic], BMG Funhouse, Victor all staff, Banker all staff, Yoshihiro Hoshina, Koichi Matsumoto (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Akira Yasukawa (Yoshimoto Kogyo), Yoshi Hashimoto (Sony Music Artists), Shigeru Inoue (Sony Home Net Company), Gary & Hiromi Newby (Ether), Hidetaka Mogi (Riverrun), Yukio Kobayashi (3rd Stone from the Sun Corp.), Akinori Imahashi (3rd Stone from the Sun Corp.), Keisuke Andou (Cool Corporation), Jin Maeda (Jingle Plus Angels), Shizuka Hikita (Victor Studio), Yosuke Watanabe (Victor Studio), Yoshiyuki Watanabe (Victor Studio), Yuko (Fourth Dimension NY), Kayoru, Tsubakihime, Chibi, Hami, Hagiwara-san, and all fan.
Sacrifice (Last Confused Mix)
backing vocal: Wayne Hussey
all instruments
except acoustic drums: Kosaku Abe
recorded by Wayne Hussey & Koniyang
mixed by Koniyang
recorded at Innig Recording Hostelry
mixed at Victor Studio
Yellow Pig
all instruments: Raymond Watts
recorded & mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma
recorded at Landmark Studio
mixed at Prime Sound Studio Form
X-Lover
backing vocal: Bryan Black
all instruments: Xlover
recorded & mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma
recorded at Weat Side Studio
mixed at Warner Music Recording Studio
I Hate You All
backing vocal: J.G. Thirwell
composed, produced & performed by J.G. Thirwell aka Foetus
additional drum programming: Jay Wasco
recorded & mixed by Koniyang & J.G. Thirwell
recorded at Victor Studio & Self Immolation Studios
mixed at Victor Studio
J.G. Thirwell aka Foetus by the courtesy of Ectopic Ents
Wonderful World (Injection to UK Mix)
guitar: Yuki Saito (Hige)
guitar: Hisashi Sutou (Hige)
bass: Tomoyuki Miyakawa (Hige)
drums: Hirotoshi "Filipo" Kawasaki (Hige)
drums: Koichi "Koteisui" Satou
backing vocal: Saya Satou
recorded & mixed by Toshimi Nanseki
recorded at Landmark Studio
mixed at Aobadai Studio
Smell
all instruments: Yasuyuki Okamura
programming: Hideyuki Fukasawa
recorded by Koniyang & Mitsunori Tamanoi
produced by: Yasuyuki Okamura
mixed by: Yasuyuki Okamura & Hideyuki Fukasawa
recorded at Victor Studio & Studio Fine
mixed at Victor Studio
Yasuyuki Okamura by the courtesy of Def Jam Japan/Universal Sigma
Märchen
backing vocal: Makiko Suzuki
all instruments: Robin Guthrie
recorded by Robin Guthrie & Yuuji Sugiyama
mixed by Robin Guthrie
recorded at Victor Studio
Fantasy
all instruments: Cube Juice
recorded & mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma
recorded at Landmark Studio
mixed at Warner Music Recording Studio
Taiji
backing vocal: Taiji Sato
guitar & programming: Taiji Sato
bass: Takashi Nakajou
drums: Takashi Numazawa
keyboard: Emerson Kitamura
produced by: Taiji Sato
recorded & mixed by Masatoshi Mutou
recorded at Power House
mixed at Sound Dali
Hallelujah!
electric, acoustic guitar & sampling: Yukio Murata (My Way My Love)
bass: Dai Hiroe (My Way My Love)
drums: Takeshi Owaki (My Way My Love)
recorded by: Sou Nakamura & Yuuji Sugiyama
mixed by Yuuji Sugiyama
recorded at Vox Recorders & Innig Recording Hostelry
mixed at Innig Recording Hostelry
Shingetsu
guitar: Masami Tsuchiya
bass: Tokie
drums: Masafumi Minato
digital president, slide geisha, scum tape from the garbage, gram-pot: Hoppy Kamiyama
strings: Great Eida Strings
strings arrangement: Hoppy Kamiyama
produced by Masami Tsuchiya
recorded & mixed by Koniyang
recorded & mixed at Hitokuchi-Zaka Studio
Yokan (2004 re-construct)
backing vocal: Ronny Moorings & Anka Wolbert
all instruments: Xymox
recorded & mixed by Yuuji Sugiyama
recorded & mixed at Victor Studio
Wakusei
guitar: Shigekazu Aida
bass: Kenji Satou
drums: Masahiro Komatsu
recorded & mixed by Toshimi Nanseki
recorded at Victor Studio
mixed at Aobadai Studio
Masahiro Komatsu by the courtesy of Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.
Neko
all instruments: Masatomo Kawase (Cloud Chair)
recorded & mixed by Yuuji Sugiyama
recorded & mixed at Landmark Studio
Ai No Wakusei -Collector's Box-
release date: September 30, 2015
company: Victor
formats: cd + blu-ray (VIZL-872)
initial price: ¥7980
album chart ranking: ?
goodies: B-3 size double-sided poster (album cover and the picture of Atsushi's arm from the 2004 album release)
This is a remastered re-release of Atsushi's 2004 solo works containing 4 discs and a visual booklet that documents his solo efforts.
Discs:
- #1 cd of Ai No Wakusei original album
- #2 cd of Ai No Wakusei single & works (disc has 15 tracks comprised of all the singles and the original 1992 version of Yokan plus the tracks from the Explosion promo)
- #3 cd of Ai No Wakusei live at NHK Hall 21st July, 2004
- #4 blu-ray of -Explosion- Ai No Waikusei Live 2004 + music videos (Sacrifice, Taiji, Wakusei -Rebirth-)
Videos
Longinus
release date: August 25, 2004
company: Victor
formats: DVD (VIBF-192) Region 2
initial price: ¥6090
video chart ranking: #16
goodies: first copies sold were in a limited edition packaging (back cover, inside image, booklet); some may have received these postcards
Contents:
- "Longinus" short film by Ryuhei Kitamura
* this is Atsushi's acting debut
Bonus materials:
- making of "Longinus" documentary
- music videos for "Sacrifice" and "Taiji"
- making of Atsushi's solo album Ai No Wakusei documentary
Credits:
director: Ryuhei Kitamura
original plan: Ryuhei Kitamurai, Ryuichi Takatsu, Isao Kiriyama
screenplay: Isao Kiriyama
cast: Atsushi Sakurai, Kanae Uotani, Yumi Kikuchi, Minoru Matsumoto, Tarou Kanazawa, Kazuhito Ooba, Takehiro Katayama, Shion Machida, Hideo Sakaki, Toshiyuki Kitami
ending song: Sacrifice (Last Confused Mix)
DVD Staff
Documentary of "Longinus" directed by Shirou Shinkei
"Sacrifice" PV directed by Hiroki Yamaguchi
"Taiji" PV directed by Daisuke Shimada
guest appearance: Taiji Sato
menu design: Masaaki Takakura
DVD authoring: Video-Tech
Product Package
art direction & design: Tetsuya Nagato
photography: Makoto Okuguchi, Keisuke Sanada
styling: Junko Kobayashi
hair & make-up: Hisako Araki
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe
-Explosion- Ai No Wakusei Live 2004
release date: December 16, 2004 (contents also included as part of re-release collector box set September 30, 2015; separate disc for Blu-Ray video and audio cd)
company: Victor
formats: DVD (VIBL-235) Region 2
initial price: ¥6090
video chart ranking: #47
goodies: first copies sold were in a limited edition packaging (booklet1, booklet2, booklet3, booklet4)
Tracklisting
- X-Lover
- Wonderful World
- Yellow Pig
- I Hate You All
- Hallelujah!
- Yokan
- Fantasy
- Smell
- Märchen
- Shingetsu
- Taiji
- Neko
- Explosion
- Wakusei
- Amaoto Wa Chopin No Shirabe -I Like Chopin-
- Love (Dakishimetai)
- Sacrifice
- Space Oddity (cover of David Bowie)
Bonus material included a live version music video of "Wakusei -Rebirth-" and photo gallery.
Credits:
vocal: Atsushi Sakurai
guitars: Masatomo Kawase
guitars: Ken Miyo
bass: Tomohiro Matsuda
drums: Kosaku Abe (The Collectors)
synthesizer, backtrack compile, & rebuild: Maki Fujii
Guest Musician:
Fantasy: Cube Juice
Taiji: Taiji Sato
produced by: Atsushi Sakurai
recorded at NHK Hall July 21-22, 2004
recorded & mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma
mastering engineer: Kazushige Yamazaki (Flair)
opening SE: Maki Fujii
ending SE: Cube Juice
Artist Staff
artist management: Takahiro Chiba (Banker), Taeko Nomura (Banker)
mangement desk: Mayumi Kaneko (Banker)
information desk: Rumi Ikeda (Banker)
Fish Tank staff: Tomoko Nakagawa, Miho Iwata, Rika Sasahara
DVD Staff
directed by: Sojiro Ohtsubo (To Max)
A&R director: Junichi Tanaka (Victor Entertainment Inc.)
producer: Tomoko Fujikane (Victor Entertainment, Inc.), Akie Hayashi (Birth)
artist promoter: Katsuyuki Ooishi (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
sales promoter: Yasuhiro Kanabou, Hideyuki "3go" Suzuki (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
web coordinator: Mai Sato (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
menu design: Tetsuya Nagato
DVD authoring: Video-Tech
Product Package Staff
art direction & design: Tetsuya Nagato
photography: Makoto Okuguchi
styling: Masashi Noguchi (Stuttgart) [probably a typo for Masashi Nomura]
hair & make-up: Takayuki Tanizaki (Fats Berry)
creative direction: Tomoro Watanabe (VDC)
Special thanks to: Buck-Tick, BMG Funhouse, Sogo, All Victor Staff, 3rd Stone from the Sun Corp, Napalm Films, Junko Kobayashi, Fish Tank Members, Love & Media Portable Members, and You!
Wakusei -Rebirth- Version
producer: Akie Hayashi (Birth)
observer: Sojiro Ohtsubo (To Max)
director: Naoko Miyokawa
"Solo Works Photo Gallery"
photography: Makoto Okuguchi, Keisuke Sanada, Hiroshi Harada, Kazuko Tanaka
Books
Yasou
release date: July 14, 2004
initial price: ¥5250
goodies: includes a 15 minute DVD; some may have received these postcards
his book of poetry
Sacrifice
release date: July 20, 2004
company: Pia Kabushiki Gaisha (Pia Co., Ltd.) (ISBN 4-8356-0948-4)
author: ?
size: A4 wide
pages: 160
initial price: ¥4200
goodies: a photo and frame were sold separately
photo book
