Arisa (album)

Arisa
Studio album by Alisa Mizuki
Released	December 4, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Pop
Length	53:28
Label	Nippon Columbia
Producer	Ichirō Hada Akira Inoue Masami Kishimura Takeshi Kobayashi Tetsuya Komuro Seiichi Kyōda Yasuhisa Murase Kaori Okui Masanori Sasaji Jun Satō Takao Sugiyama Tetsuo Taira (exec.)
Alisa Mizuki chronology
Arisa (1991) Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me (1992)
Singles from Arisa
"Densetsu no Shōjo" Released: May 15, 1991 "Eden no Machi" Released: August 28, 1991 "Kaze no Naka de" Released: November 21, 1991

Arisa is the debut studio album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on December 4, 1991. Arisa is predominantly a pop music album. It is written by an array of famous Japanese musicians, including Amii Ozaki, Princess Princess vocalist Kaori Okui, Takeshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Komuro, and The Alfee guitarist Toshihiko Takamizawa. In its review of the album, CDJournal described Arisa as an "idol record" that can appeal to actual music lovers.^[1] The online magazine praised Mizuki's vocal ability for being "far greater than the typical teenager" and noted that the only apparent flaw was the album's lack of cohesion.^[1]

The album spawned three singles, "Densetsu no Shōjo," "Eden no Machi," and "Kaze no Naka de," all of which were top ten hits. The original version of "Densetsu no Shōjo" is not featured on the album, instead an extended album version was included. Arisa debuted at number 8 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart, selling 49,950 copies in its first week.^[2]

The official title of track six is "Cherry Cherry ♥ Strawberry," with the black heart mark. The official pronunciation for the title of track ten, "月" ("moon" in Japanese), which is habitually romanized as "Tsuki," is "Luna" (ルーナ).